4th of July

Alright so we went to Nellis AirForce Base to watch the fireworks. Had a nice picnic threw a ball around had some Ice Cream . Made glow in the dark necklaces for the kids. It was surprisingly relaxing considering we don't have a lot of those kinds of days when we are out and about. As a matter of fact it's pretty much a rare occasion! We went along with my mother-in-law and father-in-law, he's the one that got us in. It was a fun new experience and it was actually kind of nice weather! Surprising for Vegas! Mike's sister Tiff was there and her daughter my cute little niece Brooklyn! We watched fireworks and then went back to the in-laws and did more foreworks. We
didn't get home til 11:30p.m. which is really late for us cause we're old fogies. So I actually think this is the best 4th we've had since we've been married. Ha! There you have it our Independence day of 2009!









Here's a clip of the awesome fireworks we saw at the Base.

Crazy kids!

My boys have the greatest personalities ever! They're just so goofy and fun. Gage is every where and into everything right now. He is constantly on the go getting into trouble and Rhett is right there with him!But in a different way. Rhett is a lot more tantrummy and talks back a lot lately it's driving me insane! But the kid is always trying to tease us and say crazy things that he thinks are funny. Gage on the other hand is constantly dancing to everything he hears and is starting to say alot more words. It's crazy! The pic with the book Rhett is reading to his brother. Actually showing him the shapes.He'll ask Gage where a shape is and he'll say "good job Gage"! It's pretty dang cute! I heard him doing it while I was in another room. I actually recorded it but am to lazy to put it on so maybe later. THe pic with Gage holdin the remote. He thought he was so cool chillin on mom and dad's bed changing the channels,little stinker! Then Rhett's big face ! He decided it would be a good idea to steal mom's camera and take a couple pics one being himself. Not bad!And of course the last silly pic. Rhett one morning found Gage's old halloween costume in Gages room and was pretending to be a lion and chase Gage around. That's what's been happening lately with my two little monsters. Too cute!

My boys

Look at those little boogers up top. Aren't they the cutest things!! Gage with his evil looking smile and Rhett always making funny faces for the camera. I love those boys! Rhett just finished preschool today and he absolutely loves going. He'll ask me all morning if it's time to go on the bus yet. His speech skills are improving alot he is starting to say small sentences more and you can understand him more which is nice. I'm not so sure with the behavior though. He is a pretty stubborn kid so it's hard to get the naughtiness out! He is very into hitting for some reason right now which drives me crazy since he got kicked out of the gym two weeks ago. He is still my little stinker butt! But he is Mr. Funny right now he loves to tell jokes they may not make sense but they make me laugh! He'll say "knock knock" and I'll say "who's there" he'll pretend like he is opening the door and say"pickles" and I'll say 'pickles who' and he'll just start laughing cause that pretty much was the joke. He'll just say something random and laugh histarically it's the greatest thing! He is our little comedian!lol Then comes Gage he's is Rhett little follower tries to do everything Rhett does. They're my little trouble makers. Gage absolutely loves the table he'll get on it and dance or he'll just go sit in his chair for no reason. He spends alot of his time there. It's really hard for any one to eat at the table if he's not strapped in his seat! he is Mr. Friendly though he smiles at just about any one. He is definately a mamas boy. I love it! Both of them like to be my helpers except Rhett has to feel in the mood for it or I just force it upon him! lol Gage will help me put the clothes from the wash into the drier. I'll just set the clothes on the door and he pushes it in. Oh yeah Gage will walk right in front of us and just act like he knows where we are going. It's so funny he'll turn his head to make sure that's where we're going but he has to be the leader! Both my boys are super smart Rhett knows his alphabet and already can draw most of the letters which surprised me cause I had no clue he could do that! He is very good at manipulating things. Gage he seems to understand most things I say to him. We already puthim in time out for being bad cause he understands it for the most part.He'll sit in the corner until we say all done. That's pretty dang good for one and a half. When I tell Rhett to take out the trash he goes right to the door where we take it out. So that's my boys for ya! Hope you enjoyed my ranting on about them. There will be more in the future!

Boom Boom Pow

The boys absolutely love to dance and they love the Black eyed peas song Boom Boom Pow. In the video they rock out and try to sing with the song. My boys are so cute!

EE...III...EEEE.....IIII....OHH.....

So Rhett has been to school for a week and these are two of the things he accomplished last week.I'm guessing the theme was farm animals. Which he did a good job crafting! I was surprised how well he did I thought there would at least be one bad day in the week for him but he did really well. He ended up getting a prize out of the prize box for being good all week. He felt pretty special about that! I think he is already improving with his sentences even though it's only been a week and also pronouncing things better. I'm glad he has something in the week he can look forward to. Once school is over I think I'll get him into some gymnastics or some other physical activities so he's occupied for the summer at least. I'm also loving the little bit of free time since my littlist is pretty much a toddler now. I got my hands full that's for sure. It's good to have a break though!

We Thought this was hilarious Gage put this on his head then Rhett. You just had to be there!

Rhett's First Day!

Rhett with his new awesome spider man backpack!

So Rhett has started preschool today! Crazy! I can't believe every thing seemed to happen so fast. His school's name in Cozine Elementary. He will only go for a month since school is almost out for everyone and pick back up next year he rides a bus and they're teaching everything from behavioral , social, and speech skills. Everything that he needs to learn for starting kindergarten. The best thing is that it's free. For those who know Rhett he is a little harder than other children and his speech is behind so i decided to get him tested at child find. Which will help to see if your child needs help in speech autism or any other problems your child could be having I think this will be a great experience for him and he'll be ready for kindergarten when he is through with this. They decided some behavior needs to be fixed but mostly his speech which they'll be working on alot. He'll also hopefully will be better at home for me. . He's a good boy but he is definately my little challenge but there is a reason he is my challenge and I'm ready for it! So I didn't know if the bus was coming so I was packing the boys in the car and all the sudden the bus shows up I hurry him to the bus and he looks back at me confused like "aren't you coming mom". I felt so bad and told him I loved him and he went off it all happened so fast I couldn't explain anything to him so now I just wait from 12:30 to 2:54 wondering how everything is. Hmmm... It's very quiet with out him and I already miss my little monster!

Yep 45 pounds!

Rhett can lift more than his own weight. He's a big boy so the weight isn't much more than him. But it's pretty amazing a three year old can lift that much! Mike made this video to prove to his buddies at work that he can actually lift that much so I thought I might as well show you!