Father's Day

So I was pathetic and did not pull off a decent Father's Day. I felt bad because Craig did such a great job on Mother's Day. I tried really hard to whoop my butt into shape all week, but no matter what I just felt swamped and overwhelmed. I seriously did bare minimum, and even that was a struggle. A lot of my time was spent in bed. I tried to think of something fun and exciting to do for Craig, but whatever energy I could find was wiped out by the stress of having to spend money.

I did manage to get him and the boys some fun superhero shirts. I try to get the boys some cute Father's Day shirts every year. This year we chose superheroes because the boys are obsessed and because I was hoping we may be able to finally see The Avengers movie for Father's Day.



This next part is total nerd of me, so hang in there. So there are DC Comics and Marvel Comics-- and other various one's I do not know about. I know, I'm a weird girl that actually knows this stuff. I grew up on DC comic characters-- Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc. My brother and I would put on our Superman capes and jump off the top bunk, in an attempt to fly. My Dad would read us the Batman Comic strip every Sunday and I think Wonder Woman is in my childhood memories somewhere. Anyway. . .I'm more of a Justice League girl-- Superman, Batman, Green Lantern. But there isn't a cool Justice League movie out right now-- though I keep hoping maybe someday-- so that led me to try and find Avengers shirts. The Avengers are Marvel comics, and I'm sure most people know what characters are included on their team. Well The Avengers characters don't have cool symbols to go on shirts. And all the shirts that feature Avenger superheroes are kind of ugly. The best we could find was a Captain America shirt for Craig. I grabbed that, and a Superman shirt in his size. I decided we'd check out the little boys department and see what we had more options with, Avengers or Justice League. Well neither one won, so we ended up with a combo of both. We have Superman, Batman, Spiderman,-- another Marvel Comics character-- and Captain America-- or Super Star's as he is called in our house :).

The boys love their shirts. In fact they had to give them to Craig the night we bought them because they were so excited-- which happened to be 4 days before Father's Day. When Craig wears his they have to get theirs. And when they wear their shirts Craig has to wear his. It's super cute!

For the Grandpa's we printed off these pictures.



So the Grandpa's got a picture, Craig got a shirt and, thanks to my family, we all enjoyed a nice meal.

Oh, and thanks to our nursery leader! Who had some more cute things planned for Father's Day. I thought, "I need to at least have the boys give their gifts and cards to Dad when we get home."






Yeah I didn't even do that. He got them a couple days later. Seriously, I was pathetically wiped out till Monday.

I really do feel bad that I did absolutely nothing for Father's Day. But hey, I still managed to make a long post about it.

Art City Days

Art City Days sort of sneaked up on us this year. We didn't get around to participating in anything until Saturday the 9th.

We woke up early and took the boys to the balloon festival. The balloons didn't launch because of the wind, so we saw them as they were starting to take them down.




We then headed over to the Fireman's Breakfast.



Our Bishop is a volunteer fireman, so he made the boys some special pancakes.



Our friends invited us over to watch the parade-- and enjoy a BBQ afterwards.

Another one of Big H's "Take a Picture Mom" moments.


The boys were way into the parade this year. They loved grabbing candy, and the twins loved dancing to the music.






After the parade we enjoyed a BBQ, and some fun with our neighbors. Seriously, the burgers were DELICIOUS!

When we got home the boys crashed!



Later that day our friends, John and Holly and their boys, came into town and we got to visit with them for a while. Then a storm blew in, so we canceled our plans to enjoy the concert and fireworks that night. Instead we camped out downstairs and watched Captain America. The boys LOVED it! Except, according to them, we watched Super Stars-- that's what they insist Captain America's real name is. These superhero flicks, that all came last summer, weren't the greatest movies, but I enjoy them enough. And, seriously, watching them with the boys is like going to Disneyland-- almost :). Next time you're over we'll watch Green Lantern and you'll see what I mean.

Memorial Ride and Hike up Lloyd's Hill

In remembrance of my Grandfather, who passed away last year, some fellow bikers arranged a memorial ride up Lloyd's Hill.



There was a hike also, which is the route we took. It all happened on June 2, 2012.



The hike was steep, but short, and soon we were at the top. The view is spectacular, which, as far as I understand, is precisely why my grandpa enjoyed the ride up this extra, little, steep slope.

I got the genius idea to make these cute shirts for the boys in honor of the event. Unfortunately the idea didn't come to me until the night before. I was scurrying around Wal-Mart trying to figure out how to pull it off in under $10.00. My mom, after hearing about my idea, graciously purchased these printable iron on's for me. Much easier then my idea to use fabric paint. Still, Craig and I were up till two in the morning finishing the shirts. But I was really happy with how they turned out.





Baby M's new scarf.




The day didn't start out great for us. Big H threw up on the ride up to there. I forgot to ask my mom to grab her umbrella strollers. And, the cherry on top, was arriving to find that it was cold and windy, and I was without sweaters for the boys. Grrr. . .I have just felt so unprepared lately. But it warmed up. The hike was fine without sweaters. And we even survived the awful throw up smell, that was awaiting us in the car, when we left. It ended up being a pretty good day. And I enjoyed seeing the family, and all the people that came out to ride in honor of my Grandpa.

"Take a Picture!"

Big H has started requesting that I "take a picture" of various things. Most of the time it's him. He then takes my phone, carries it around and looks at his cute little picture with glee.

Here are some shots I've snapped at Big H's request.

One shot is of a bird on a wire he saw at my friends house. He kept saying, "That's the bird in his home."

He got rather concerned when the bird left his "home".

Another shot is him showing off his lightening bolt. I have to draw it on his tummy everyday as part of his super hero obsession. For those of you that might have drawn the conclusion that he is imitating the flash, I must add a correction. He is very insistent that he is Lightening Bolt, not the flash.

Because We're Cute. . .That's Why!

It's time again for another random post. I guess there's just so much cuteness, amongst these boys, that we can't fit it all into our regular posts. So there's no way to escape a random catch up every once and a while.

Though Big H has been "potty trained" for a couple of months now, he hasn't really been "potty trained". Our biggest culprit: the pooping of the pants. I made a sticker chart to help and it slowly filled up, but he never could get quite all those stickers. Why? Because he kept pooping his pants. Finally, I took away the viewing rights of his favorite TV show, Super Hero Squad. Within a few days he was fully potty trained! And within a few more days he had filled his sticker chart!



What did he get for filling said sticker chart. A new toy! A toy which I have come to call his "potty" train. He played with it for a day or two. Now it's old news. But he is still fully potty trained and going strong. And that is what matters.



Here's my favorite little super hero, Big H again, out playing in our "yard." One day it will start to resemble a yard.



Here's another one of my little cuties. Baby M is all ready for nursery, bag and all. Our nursery leader decided to just advance him to Senior Nursery since we couldn't get him to stay in the other class. Now he gets to be in there with Craig and I, and his brothers. He loves nursery! He loves having his own little bag to carry, and he loves participating in all the actions and games. He has a harder time sitting and doing some of the activities but that's OK. All the kids have somewhat of a hard time, so it's not too much of a difference.



Here is a cute picture of Baby M caught in between the seats in the car.



On a subject completely unrelated to boys:

My friend had her little girl the weekend before Memorial Day-- if I'm remembering correctly. This is the friend who also has three boys. This is her first girl. She's the one I threw the shower for not too long ago. We were way excited to meet their new little bundle of sweetness. It was so strange to see pink in her house ;)

Memorial Weekend

Saturday

We headed up to "Day Out With Thomas". It was freezing cold that day. When we arrived in Heber we found out that they were now charging just to go in and walk around-- $5.00 got you in, but you couldn't participate in anything. Baby M was the only one who could get in free so that would've been $20.00 just for our family to walk around and look at things.



We waited for Thomas to pull in and took a picture outside the gates. Had it been warmer we might have stayed longer, but we grabbed the boys and ran for the car. Little H was upset. "I want to see Thomas!" He kept crying.



I felt bad, but it just seemed like it was getting too overpriced.

Well we decided to stop at the Dairy Keen-- our favorite burger joint in Heber. After all, we had come all that way. Everyone and their dog was there, but we went inside anyway. They had a Thomas train running around their track, and the boys shouted with excitement every time they saw that little train. Seriously! It was like Christmas Morning.



They also had little engineer hats for $1.00. It made the day so much more fun.




We stopped by to see Thomas one more time.



Then the drive home. The boys crashed!



Sunday

We visited my Grandpa G's grave, and took him some flowers. Baby M fell asleep in the car so we took a picture with the twins.



We also stopped at my Grandma G's house, and got to visit with my cousin and her family. It was a fun day.

Monday

I was awesomely exciting and cleaned the whole morning. The boys pitched in and helped.



Then we headed to my Grandma A's and helped my Dad plant the garden. The boys were so cute, and only a little trouble, when it came to helping in the garden.








After the garden was done we drove to my Grandpa A's grave in Payson. The twins went home with my Dad so we just had Baby M. He had started to drift off as we pulled into the cemetery, so he was kind of grumpy. We took a picture quickly and then left, so he could sleep.



We then met up at my parents for a yummy BBQ, and the boys pretended to get in the pool-- it was pretty cold.




That concludes the events of our fun, exciting and exhausting Memorial Day weekend.