Summer So Far

Six Flags Great America, the kids are just LOVING it! (ok and me too... :)  ) although parker does look concerned in a lot of these pictures.... Payton and I convinced him it is fun... :)

 The Paytons have some precious cargo in the back of their green truck

 Waiting in 90 plus degree weather an hour early for the Wild Kratts!

 Here, have some water Dylan, you look hot.

 Payton is mesmerized by the Kratt Brothers. When he first saw them come on stage, he said to me, "Mommy, it's really Chris and Martin from on TV!!"

 They did a good job with the show, Payton loved it! As well as they other 10,000 5 year olds there, it seemed... :)

Growing Up

 Payton did some fishing with Daddy recently, and yes, caught that huge rainbow trout with his "kid" fishing pole!

 Weather's been warming up, and Parker has discovered a love for chalk....all over our back patio and of course, his face and clothes.

Mother's day photo with my boys. It is really hard to get a picture with Parker smiling and looking at the camera these days!! :)

ok, here's one of him smiling... much better....

Payton has been growing up so fast recently, it seems. Ever since he has turned 5, he has started doing so much. He can now read books, ride his bike without training wheels (short clip above), do math, write chinese characters and play the piano (by reading music). I guess he's ready for Kindergarten in the fall!! (but mommy is not... )  :)

More From Texas

 Some more photos from Texas. Better late than never..... :)

 Enjoying Birthday Celebration #2 with Family and chinese cake!

 Payton and Parker just love hanging out with Ben and Daniel

 Fun cousin time.

Happy Easter! He is Risen!

 We have had a wonderful couple of weeks! I decided to help Payton practice his reading by writing clues to finding his Easter present. He LOVED the clues. In fact, he wrote some for me to find as well! and at bedtime, asked me to write him 6 more clues tomorrow to find... :)

 I just thought this picture is hilarious...He only cried while the photo was being taken.

 A little better...

 Parker is happiest when he is allowed to wonder around. This is at our Village Egg Hunt (waiting for Payton while he hunted for eggs)

 Building a bird feeder with Daddy!

 Parker ate the entire time they were building...The little guy can really put down alot of food....

 My parents came to visit over spring break! :)

 So, of course we had to visit the Jelly Belly Factory...Payton LOVES this place and is always asking to go...

 Parker slept through the entire tram tour (thanks for holding him Gong Gong!)

 This was taken a few weeks ago when we had a weird heat wave. Can't believe parker is old enough to have ice pops with the "older" kids...

 Mom's group easter egg hunt!

 Not sure why payton is making this face, but this is the clearest photo i could get of them cruising in the jeep...

Ice Skating

Payton has been begging to go ice skating. So, during spring break, I signed him up for a lesson. There were lots of falls, but he seemed to get the hang of it by the end! I think part of the fun was being in a beginner class with all his friends. After the lesson, he immediately asked when he could go again!