A new adventure awaits

My family's carwash is hooking up with another carwash & will be changing over to a new name in a few weeks. It's kind of weird because it's been our family's business for so long & we've all put so much care, love & hard work into it. I'm happy for my parents in this economy to be lucky enough to have found such a wonderful opportunity, but it's also sad that they had to go looking! We will all miss the carwash. Everwhere we go with my parents, they are waving & saying hello to people. We will ask "who is that?", and 9 times out of 1o, they answer "a really good customer." It has been quite a legendary little business! We seriously were driving down the highway in Hawaii several years ago on vacation, and a guy driving a motorcycle passed us wearing one of our carwash t-shirts! My Dad knows most people by what kind of car they drive. We'll be talking about someone, and Len will have to tell my Dad "you know...the red, convertible BMW guy" and he'll be like "oh yah, him." It's pretty funny!

Len will continue working for the carwash & is registered to go back to school & finally finish his undergrad work. Yeah! He will cruise through it & be done in 2 semesters. I will loose my stay at home job, unfortunetely, but I have a really hard time getting much done with all the kids anyway. Plus, I'm also registered to go back to school & complete my graduate work. Pheww! It's going to be crazy! It's probably all for the best though. We are looking at new, creative ways to make up for the lost income, where I can still be home with our little munchkins!

It will be hard to see the sign, with our name on it, being taken down & replaced. I guess the best thing is to look forward & wish the new partnership & owners best of luck. Happy washing! Here's to new adventures! Click here for more info.

First food & first lie?

Naughty! We had a basket full of Hershey's chocolate kisses left over from the boys' birthday party, and I put them in the laundry room to save for treats in their easter baskets. When I went in yesterday I noticed the kisses were practically gone!!! Everyone denies that they emptied the basket. The day before I had caught Mack & Sam behind our chair & when I asked them what they were doing they said "nothing"! I made them show me their hands because I could tell they were hiding something. They had empty hands & I quickly peeked behind the chair & didn't see anything. They almost got away with it, but today when I was vacuuming I noticed shiny chocolate kisses wrappers stuffed down the vent behind the chair! There are ALOT of wrappers down there! Someone's got some expainin' to do!

Sam & Mack still insist they are innocent. When they are being so cute to their little sister it's hard to interrogate them.

Isabella had her first rice cereal today!!! We were planning on waiting until she's 6 months, but she was practically eating my face off when I was holding her & eating. She was definetely ready! She loved it!

She loved this little net teether thingy with a banana in it even better! She acted like a dog with a new bone! She was so excited!

Is it just me...

or has anyone else noticed that EVERY episode of SuperNanny has twins in the family (usually boys!)???? Ahh!

Another Birthday Boy!

Mr. laid back is turning 7!

Our boys had the best birthday ever this year! My cousin, David, and his family came from Boise to visit & help with the birthday party. They have 2 boys too- Dawson & Aidan, whom our boys will miss terribly. They had such a blast together all weekend. We did too! :) David & Jenn were so much fun ( & helpful too! ). Bella got sick, so we needed an extra hand or two to get ready for the big party.

Noah wanted a "Reptile Party" more than anything (even more than Disneyland!) He & his brothers loved holding the snakes, lizards & turtles....even the humongous ones!

I made this snake cake for my 3 little dudes :) It wasn't Sam, Mack or Noah, but the girls at the party that fought over who got to eat the head! Ewww!

Noah's birthday is tomorrow & I can't believe how fast 7 years has gone by. He seems so grown up sometimes & other times...he's still just my first baby!

hApPy biRtHdAy NoAh!

We love you TONS!

(by the way, this Kenny Chesney song is his FAV!)

Channeling my inner dweeb

Click here to watch Derek's proposal to Meredith on last night's Grey's Anatomy. I love it!

Yah, I know...

another kid post. There's just not much else around here that's worth posting. The kids are definetely the most interesting people in this house! Here are a few new pics we took this afternoon for Sam & Mack's upcoming birthday, on the 24th. I know between now & then I'll be soooooo busy, that I'm just going to post the pics now! It's also my Mom's birthday the same day :) I was scheduled to be induced on the 25th, but I guess they wanted to share Grandma's birthday. They are HUGE Grandma fans!

So, Happy Birthday early to my wonderful Mom & my little monkey's!

You two boys have brought a whole new level of craziness to our lives! You have also brought an enormous amount of humor, delight & love. Sam wanted to know the other day why the book I was pasting pictures into was all about Isabella? It was her baby book, and I told him there's a whole book about him too. He was so excited, so I got out Sam & Mack's baby books & we looked through them. There are pages of pictures of the two of them getting into the fridge when they were barely old enough to walk, pictures of them locked inside their crib's with tents because they would climb out, and many pictures of them amidst huge messes with smiles on their faces! The adventure continues....thankfully!

Birthday-palooza

I was taking some pictures of Bella today to celebrate her 5 month birthday!!! I remember just sitting there taking pictures of the boys all the time, but I have been so busy since I've had Bella, I haven't taken many pics of her. It was fun...we just sat on my bed, while the boys were shopping with Daddy & snapped a bunch of cute pictures. She was very cooperative. I also realized today that if I lay her down in her bed, she'll cry for a few minutes & fall asleep. I have been spoiling her so much, I hadn't really tried that yet! She's such a good girl!

The boys got birthday gifts in the mail today from Aunt Gayle Sue. Sam & Mack watched Noah open his & they went "I want Star Wars" with whiney voices. As soon as Len showed them their own Star Wars gifts they went from whiney to happy screams in less than 1 second. I guess it's not just Bella's that's spoiled! Geez! They are loving their new gifts though. They play Star Wars & Legos ALL DAY. They play with the Star Wars characters like girls play with Barbies! This is the kind of stuff I hear while they're playing..."Hi, what's your name?" (as they hold up their figures next to each other. "I'm Anakin. I''m a good guy!" "Want to go for a ride in my Millenium Falcon?" "I love you Obi Nobi!". My favorite was this morning, when I heard Sam say "Hi Mom", to which I answered "Hi" back, but Sam looked at me and said "Not you. My droid Mom" & held up a droid figure! It's hilarious to listen to them! It takes me back! They never get sick of it!

It's going to be a fun month of constant Birthday celebrations! By the way, Noah is wearing a hat that he made himself! He's very excited about it!