"Thanks alot MOM"!

Today Bryce comes up to me and says "Bye, mom give me kiss...I go gym". "I needs my keys". I have a key hook where I hang all of our keys and I keep a pair of keys that are his "play" keys. So I opened the closet and got his keys off of the hook. Well he of course spots my keys and says "Ohhhhhh there mommy keys...I like yours keys. I kind of laughed because he does love my keys and I gave him his keys and he headed into the playroom. I continued on with my cleaning and then after a couple of minutes I realized that he was being awful quiet so I put down my broom and go into the playroom. Of course the door was closed so I opened the door and there was Bryce in the garage with a bucket proped up to the garage door opener, with my keys in his hand............he was caught!!!! I had caught him during his escape attempt :) So I brought him back inside and he ran over to his bean bag, sat down and hid the keys under his legs. I told him to let me have the keys or he would have to go on a time out. Then he takes the keys from under his legs and throws them on the ground and says "THANKS ALOT MOM"! I just started busting up! I had to take a second look to see if this was really my sweet, innocent little 3 year old. I couldn't believe that he said that!! I was so taken back and for a minute I felt like I was dealing with someone older...like Shaun. It was seriously so funny! He totally amazes me with the things that he says. I could not believe that he said that! Anyway, I thought it was too funny and I wanted to write it down before I forgot.

Signed,
The Funwrecker :)

Jenks Lake

Today we took the kids fishing at Jenks Lake near Big Bear. We had a really good time. Unfortunately we didn't catch anything but we still had alot of fun. The kids spent most of the time playing in the dirt and climbing up the trees. Bryce liked to fish the moss out of the lake and that was about all of the fishing that he did. Shaun had fun fishing but of course was a bit disappointed that he didn't catch anything. We had been there about 3 hours and the thunder started going off like crazy. About 15 minutes later there was a huge down pour followed by hail....( I think that's how you spell it??) Anyway it was pretty fun and even though the rain and hail drove us out it was nice to see a change in the weather.

Shaun

Shaun turned 8 this March. Shaun is definately full of energy! He is very social and loves to be on the go and always doing something. He really loves his cousins and is constantly asking if he can play with them. Last week he asked me if he could live on the farm with Grandma Bettie and Papa. He said that he would live with them Monday thru Friday and help grandpa and then he would come home on Saturday and Sunday so that he could spend time with us on Saturday and then go to church on Sunday. We had a good laugh! He loves Gavilian Hills! There is dirt, rocks, dogs, cousins everything thing that a boy needs :) I love having Shaun in our family. He really keeps us on the go and there is never a dull moment with him around.

Bryce

Bryce just turned 3 on August 4th. There is no other way to describe him other than "pure boy"! He loves trucks. dinosaurs, dirt, climbing on anything and he is constantly on the go. He is also obsessed with keys right now. He loves to get our keys and "go to work in his big truck" or he says that he is going to the gym. It is really cute but also quite frustrating since our keys are always turning up missing. I am so blessed to have such great kids and I love being a mom!

Shaun's First day of School!

Shaun started school last week and as much as I miss him it has been good for both of us. He really likes to be on a structured schedule and I like to not have to entertain and be on a structured schedule :) He loves his new teacher. Her name is Ms. Wilson and she seems to be a very sweet teacher. She has sent me two emails telling me how much she loves having Shaun in her class and that she is really excited to get to know him. Bryce has been asking me everyday if he can go to school. He wants to be just like Shaun so if Shaun goes to school, Bryce wants to go to school. I hopefully will have some pictures of Shaun's first day posted in the next few days!

Our Trip to Utah

We had such a blast this past week in Utah. I went with Shaun and Bryce for Rosemary's wedding. We spent the week swimming, preparing for the wedding and meeting up with old friends. I got to see one of my best friends from High School.....Sharla! It was so good to see her and her three adorable little girls. It has been over 10 years since I have seen her but we picked up like we had never been apart. The wedding went really good! The decorations were beautiful and Rose looked so pretty.