So in July we made a trip out to Illinois to visit My brother and his family. We also hit Nauvoo while we were there!! It was lots of fun. My brother works for Catepillar. So of course he gave us a quick drive by tour of the stock yard. My boys loved it. What's not to love about tractors to little boys... and believe me my boys are all boy! The picture above is of Broc in the cab and Dane and Dirk with their Uncle Brent! They love their Uncle Brent!

Of course who wouldn't want a family photo in front of a huge grater!! I love this picture of my boys and not so much of me!! But whatever!!
We also visited the Lincoln memorial Tomb. Here we are rubbing Abe Lincoln's nose for luck. As you can tell were aren't the first ones to do it!! In the picture we have my three boys. Rosemary ( my sister-in-law) and her four kids...Sariah, Joseph, Ben, and Sam.
While at the Nauvoo pageant we got a few snow cones. As you can see, Dane rather enjoyed a blue snow cone!! Even though it was cold he was sad when it was gone!!
Dane was full of smiles and tried to take his own picture with Brent and Rosie's camera!
We also played on a slip-n- slide at Brent and Rosie's house. Dane thought it would be good to give me a hug between runs down the slide!! He is growing up sooo fast. Next Friday is already his first Birthday! Hard to believe!!

Summer Fun!!

So we had a lot of fun this summer. Cousin Chloe came to visit for an afternoon. Broc and Dirk had a blast with Chloe. They jumped until their hearts were content, on the tramp with the sprinkler underneath it!! They also loved using the the slip-n-slide!! I laughed because I had to hold Chloe's hand to help her down the slip-n-slide. She had fun playing at our house and we loved having her here!!
We also did a little four- wheeling this summer. My three older Boys loved it as you can see in the picture above. We loved it so much we purchase our own four- wheeler recently. Joe keeps telling people I made him do it!! In the picture above notice the wild flowers in Broc and Dirks hands. They started collecting the flowers on our way back down the mountain!! It become a game for them to see if they could get all of the different kinds!! They had quite the bouquets by the end!!

Joe thought it was funny how the dust collected on my face. The sun-glasses I was wearing made the dust lines look even worse!!

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The kids, Joe included, were playing around with the camera and took this picture. What can I say... They are a bunch of crazies. Mind you, a lovable bunch of crazies!!

Broc's T- ball or should I say G-ball

So Broc played a t-ball this summer. He had a blast making some new friends and learning how to play with his new mitt, ball and bat. It was rather entertaining to watch him while he was out in the field. I have several pictures I could post of him sitting on the ground, with his mitt on his head rather than his hand, but this is one of my favorites of him goofing around with his hat.

Dirk also kept busy during Broc's games. He was courting the ladies. Dirk had this cute little girl, Morgan, holding his hand. They would run up the field hand in hand looking for flowers. Dirk is quite the ladies man!!

Dirk's Birthday

So, on May 26h Dirk turned 3 years old. He decided he wanted a Race Car Cake. He wanted it to look like Lightning Mcqueen only green. So what can a mother do than give her little man what he wants. He got a Power Wheels 4-wheeler for his birthday. As you can see I'm not sure if Dirk or Broc was more excited about the gift. This summer the 4- wheeler has been well used. I was worried it would get used and their bikes would become a thing of the past. Such was not the case. Broc has learned to ride his bike without his training wheels and Dirk has become very interested in also trying to ride his bike without training wheels too!!! Monkey see, Monkey do!!





Dirk had a really good time on his birthday. We had a small birthday party with Grandma and Grandpa Daines, Uncle Morgan and Aunt Liz. Of Course Mom, Dad, Broc and Dane were there too!!