We went to feed the ducks down the road from the house today. This is one of Jacob's very favorite things to do. On the way though we found that the nest of robins in our tree in our front yard had fallen out and all three of the babies were laying in our driveway dead. It was kind of sad but also a little gross. Our neighbor was out and came over and cleaned them up for us and then we fed the ducks. The kids seemed to have forgotten all about the birds by the time we got home. Thats good I don't know how the nest fell though.





Later this afternoon it was time for buzzes.



They did a great job didn't they.

I think that I will have to see if Aunt Jenny wants to hire them to work in her salon.

The boys jumping on the trampoline today with a friend. I actually took these pictures from the window. Once they realize that you are taking pictures it becomes a bit of an ordeal sometimes to get them and I didn't want them to know that I was taking them. You can see that our sunflowers have migrated and are surrounding the trampoline this year. Craig says they are weeds and he wants to get rid of them. But I think that they are pretty once they get the flowers on them.

The sun is starting to come out. We are going to try and get the pool up and running this weekend. The kids are always asking for dipped stuff. Pretzels cookies or whatever they don't care as long as it is dipped in chocolate. It always sounds fun but it always turns out to be a ton of work. And I don't really enjoy it. My stuff never turns out the way that they do on all of the cute foodie blogs out there. As you can see by example A above and B below.



I covered shortbread cookies, animal crackers and mickey mouse pretzels (from our last disneyland trip). I did have grand ideas when I started I thought that I would put eyes on the crackers and make them all cute. But once I got started I just dumped them all in mixed them up and pulled them out by the handful and spread them out. The kids don't really care how they look I guess. They all taste the same right. It was fun anyway. Ok I am off work now and off to bed. Thanks for looking.

It's a rainy day here nice cool and pretty. The kids are dissapointed that it is still raining cause we can't get the pool up and going. But it is keeping the weather nice and cool so I don't mind. Plus once the pools up that means I have to go and buy a new bathing suit and that is my least favorite piece of clothing to shop for. Yuck. I took these pictures of the cherry tree outside the window. My favorite tree and the cherries looked pretty with the rain falling on and around them. Although the picture doesn't do them justice and the screen in the window doesn't help. I'm no professional:}





And one more.



And my favorite picture of all....

What the boys are doing to spend their time on a rainy afternoon. And they are getting along. Better mark this on the calendar so I can remember this tomorrow. Well so much for that Jacob is crying before I even finished typing. Oh well. Hope that everyone else is having a better weekend then he is. Thanks for looking.

Zach's birthday was on Wednesday, I meant to post but didn't get it done. Thanks for all the Birthday wishes and visits from everyone. I have some pictures of them playing kickball in the yard from yesterday that they wanted to add. Jacob hand picked the pictures that I could keep he made me erase several because they weren't action shots. He even asked me if I knew what an action shot was. Mr Smartypants.




And then we have Jacob's usual action pose... trying to boss Zach around or anyone that will take it. But don't get me wrong Zach does plenty of his own bossing with Jacob:>



And then we have our action shots of Zach. And yes Jacob told us exactly what to do and take pictures of. Maybe if I would quit humoring him he would quit being so bossy. But it is kind of funny. Sometimes anyway.




Hope everyone had a good week. We are looking forward to a fun fathers day weekend. Thanks for looking.

Here they sit my two little wii addicted couch potatoes. I think that they think summer vacation is one endless road of nothing but wii games. Aren't they going to be sad when reality sets in tomorrow and I make them do some chores and other things around the house. hahaha vengeance will be mine you could say. They are pretty good though I can't complain they both got their rooms cleaned up this weekend without my help for once. I guess that I had better write this on the calander. Zach's birthday is on Wednesday and he has a pretty good sized list of games that he is wishing for. As you can see we didn't have much going on today Zach is still in his pjs and Jacob only got half dressed. Oh well tomorrow is another day after all right=)

Hope that everyone is doing good and thanks for looking.

We are home. Glad to see the boys and glad to be home although we did have a lot of fun and would have liked to have stayed longer as well. oh well. Next time we are taking the boys. Thanks again Mark for all of the time that you spent showing us your beautiful town. Thanks also to our wonderful grandma and grandpa for watching the boys so that mom and dad could have a nice getaway. We had a fun flight home we flew through Long Beach Ca and Craig got to sit next to a favorite radio personality. He was entertained the whole way. I got the chance to jumpseat and had fun talking with coworkers. Lots of fun.

We took the boys out to the movies today they wanted to see Night at the Museum. It was cute I think that I might have liked the first one better. It was still fun for them and wasn't to bad. They had a cute up display when we saw up the other day so I took my camera and it was gone today. I need to remember to take it when we go everytime. It never fails if I don't have it there is something there that the kids want their pictures taken with. But Jacob was willing to settle for this he just loves to pose for pictures.

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far. Thanks again for looking.

Yesterday we spent the day in Forks, Wa. Actually we spent a couple of hours there and the day travelling to and from. It was still a fun day and the drive there and back was absolutely beautiful. It was really amazing how pretty and green everything was. I am really loving all the vegetation around here. This is a picture I snapped of Craig while waiting for the ferry at six yesterday morning. he wasn't very happy at this point. We had a bit of a problem with the gps recognizing where we were when we left the hotel. When we couldn't get the right directions he told the female voice not so nicely what she could go do with herself and she responded no. This just made him madder and he repeated his statement and she just kept saying no back to him. It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud it was pretty funny. Later yesterday afternoon I started laughing about it and so did he admitting that it wasn't funny to him at the time but that he can now see the humor in it. I still think that it was funny at the time;)



This next picture is a picture I took while we were driving across the floating bridge.



These were some of the scenic shots that we saw along the way isn't it pretty.









This is a picture of the Sherriffs office in town although I took it just past the sign that says Sherriffs office on it. We only drove down the main street in town so we missed the hospital with the sign for Dr. Cullens parking space.



Almost all of the stores had some sign up referring to a character. Bella shops here or something to that nature. Most of them also advertised having a selection of twilight merchandise as well. Some had a better selection than others. But most people visiting were going from store to store and hitting the twilight sections. We saw a lot of groups of moms and daughters a few other couples and a lot of groups of women in various ages.



After spending some time there I think that even Craig became a little Dazzled by Twilight... He at least let me take his picture. On the drive back we realized that we hadn't taken any with me in them so this picture of him is the closest that I have to proving that I was there. Since he wouldn't have made the trek if it hadn't been for me.



And sadly this last picture is about the closest we came to a vampire sighting it was just to sunny a day.



But then again maybe we should be greatful this way no one got bit. We are having a lot of fun here we miss and love you boys. See you tomorrow.

Seattle day 2

Here we are in Seattle this was taken in Kerry park this morning. This is the same location that they used for the scenes out of Frasiers windows. It was very sunny and pretty here today. We can't get over how green and lush everything is. And tons of flowers everywhere.



These were pictures of just some of the many flower stands in Pikes Place market. It was very fun reminded us a lot of the wharf in San Francisco but there were tons of flowers. Everywhere and they were in huge gorgeous bouquets and very inexpensive. The flowers were unbelievable.



We didn't get any pictures of them throwing fish in the famous pikes place fish place. But we did get a picture of it anyway. It was cool.



This picture was of Mark and I in west Seattle. He was wonderful enough to play tour guide for us for the day. We saw more then we would have otherwise and really enjoyed every minute of it. And last but not least is Craigs favorite....

The very first Starbucks also located in pikes market place.



Hope things are going well for everyone and boys we hope that you are remembering to behave for grandma and grandpa. We know that you are though you are both wonderful. We have a big day tomorrow driving into Forks for the day. Looks like it will be a sunny day so we shouldn't get bitten by anything bigger then possibly a spider. Talk to you soon we love you.

Seattle day 1

We are here in sunny Seattle. It was actually a lot sunnier here then it was in Salt Lake when we left this morning. Here are some pictures of our hotel room front and bedroom. It seems really big and empty without the boys here to fill it up. But they are having fun at home with grandma and grandpa who are staying with them.



I also took a picture looking out of our hotel room window for you. There are a ton of pine trees around here and everything is very green and pretty.



We are looking forward to going out and seeing more of the town tomorrow. And we are also looking forward to a full nights sleep with no night time visitors (sorry grandma and grandpa). And last but not least we have one more picture for you boys. After all everyone is a disney fan at heart.



Today was the first flight that we have taken in a long while where no one in our group has watched spongebob. Kind of weird. But now my little hidden mickey seekers I am off to bed be good and we love and miss you. Talk to you soon. Dad says he loves you to.

And so summer vacation starts. Hard to believe that the school year is over even harder to imagine the long summer ahead of us. Haha. Now I know why my mom looked forward to fall every year. The kids are enjoying their extra time on the wii up before the crack of dawn and if they could they would play all day non stop. I snapped this picture of Zach and he was upset that he was still in his underwear. I am hoping it will teach him to get dressed in the morning but doubt it. So the second picture they have clothes on. Jacob is always willing to pose for the camara but where there is a game involved Zach can't be dragged away.



The Murray city fire dept showed up to Zach's school on thur and the teachers locked all of the kids outside and they were hosed down. It looked like a lot of fun the kids were running and screaming. I guess they do it every year and he is already talking about it happening next year. Jacob will be in the same school as Zach next year and he is worried that he will get wet. Zach was soaked. It looked like a good time for all and especially the parents and teachers watching. Jacob was accepted into the same school as Zach so I really looking forward to back and forth between only one school. And they will both finally be in all day. Time to celebrate.

Craig and I are going to Seattle tomorrow for a few days just the two of us. No kids. Kind of a late anniversary trip. Neither one of us has ever been before and we have a friend there who is going to show us around so it should be a good time. We are also going to take a day and swing through Forks. Can't get that close and not take a look right? Maybe we will get bitten and come back creatures of the night.

Hope that everyone is doing well and off to a fun start to summer. Thanks for looking.