More Slip-n-Slide

The boys were so excited the first night that we broke out the slip-n-slide. They dared the rain storm to test it out and, as Spencer would say, "Take it on its Maiden Voyage"!!

Ta-Dah

Spencer being modest :)

It's all about the tongue Spencer-good job!

Eli and Spencer racing to the death!!

Tanner enjoying the show

Birthday Boys

Eli and Ethan's birthday party was a big hit this year, we celebrated their birthdays together since their only two weeks apart-much easier on me :)  We had our traditional pinata for Eli and of course we had to have some yummy cupcakes for Ethan-that was his favorite part of the night.  Ethan didn't really like the pinata because everyone kept yelling and cheering and it was just too much noise for him. 

This year, thanks to Ty and Aleisha, who gave Eli a slip-n-slide for his birthday, we also had some good laughs!!

Ethan trying to grab the candle off his cupcake

Yummmmm

 

 Eli picked out this SpiderMan Pinata.

The little people got to go first-Tanner you're up!!

Eli taking a whack at it

McCord trying the chop method

Ethan checking out his new truck

Stevo trying to surf down the slip-n-slide

Megan

Tamra's showin her skills

Go Tanner!!

Eli

McCord

I don't know if Spencer and Kyle were trying to race or just tackle each other

Tyler and Stevo

"Yeah, Party On"

Raging Waters

We went to Raging Waters last month. It was the first time I had ever been to the water park so I wasn't sure what to expect, but we all had a great time.
Spencer loved going down all the slides with his brothers. Their favorite slide was of course the biggest one, they all went down it and caught air in the middle of the slide and Troy almost ran into the end of the pool at the bottom of the slide-crazy boys!! We had a ton of "fun in the sun".

Eli loved the kiddie area!!

The Bro's

Sara and Nadiya enjoying the wave pool

Stevo too!!

McCord didn't want to go to the wave pool with the other kids so he hung out in this kiddie pool most of the time, trying to chase the floating lobster :)

Can't wait till we get to go back again next year!!

Oregon 2010

Since Spencer had youth conference and scout camp back to back I decided to take the boys on a little vacation up to Oregon. It was Ethans first trip up to see my family. His first plane ride too!! He did pretty well with it all, he didn't like being held on the plane but luckily its only a 2 hr flight and we gave him lots of snacks to keep him happy :)
The weather was beautiful and it was great to see everyone. We didn't do anything really exciting, just had a relaxing week and visited with family.

Uncle Shane runs the community pool in the small town where my parents live, so we got to go play in the pool in the off hours-its so great to have the whole pool to ourselves!! Of course, the boys both loved it. Ethan sat in the kiddie area and splashed most of the time.

Ethan and Uncle Shane going down the lazy river

(This is the first time Shane got to meet Ethan)

Eli and Uncle Shane going down the water slide. Eli was so excited he just wanted to keep going over and over.

Our little musician, Ethan, playing the little kiddie piano at my parents

Eli showing everyone his karate moves.

Eli, Ethan and Grandpa Jim

Ethan and Grandma Norma at the Park

Great Grandma Wetzel and Spidey

Great Grandpa Wetzel found this Spiderman costume at a garage sale and saved it for Eli. I think this was Eli's favorite part of the whole trip!! Everytime we turned around he was trying to change into this costume!!

Thank You to all my family for the wonderful trip, We miss you all, and look forward to seeing you again soon!!!

The Boys

Our boys are growing up sooo quickly. Eli is going to be starting Preschool this fall-he is so excited for school!! He had to bring his backpack and a show-n-tell along when we went and met with his teacher, He wasn't shy or nervous at all of course, he just went ahead and talked her ear off, telling her all kinds of random stories :)
Ethan is crawling around like a pro and is anxious to start walking, so he can keep up with Eli. Since the weather finally got nice, he has loved going outside and getting as dirty as possible-he's such a boy!

Ethan is pulling himself up on all the furniture and then he'll let go and see how long he can stand all by himself

Oreos......mmmmmmmmmm, good!!

Ethan loves to splash in the bathtub, I always end up just as wet as they are!!