No internet and lost

So we haven't had the internet for nearly 2 weeks and I have been going crazy! Expect serious blogging in the next week! Since my last blog, we've been to Las Vegas, Chicago, and we found out we've got a bun in the oven and we're due in February, yea! More soon!

Blogaversary?

I was just looking back at the blog and can't believe how much the boys have changed over the past year. I also realized it is almost happy fanily's blogaversary. Jenni B. convinced me to joing the blogger world. I really do love having the blog so people who do have time to check us out can :)

On another funny note. Last June the boys were five pounds a part and now they weigh the same. S.Jessen is a super eater now, too. Tate rarely turns any food down though and is never full. We literally have to stop feeding him as he knows no limits. He is stretching out though. Not as much hail damage, mine on the other hand is still there... :)

Fell off the blog band wagon, but we're back!

Apparently I have fallen off the blog band wagon, but I am back ! This is the longest I've gone in between posts, but we have been so busy this past month and some times it's hard to get it together! May flew by so fast and every weekend accept for this one was full!

I am so thrilled that my second year of teaching has been completed and it was so much more fun this year than last. I learn more every year, month, week, day, and it will always get better with more experience. Now I won't focus on that though. I will focus on the boys and all the fun that we will have together!

I will try to catch you up with photos for May.

We were able to do lots of playing outside and barbequing already with Roger's new grill. A 5 year anniversary gift to ourselves. The other one held out quite well , but was ready to be retired :)

The boys are "tater-tottering" as S.Jessen calls it :)

We got to go the St. Edmond ball, a fund raiser my school puts on every year... which is always a good time for us.. They raised the most money ever this year, I think...

Daddy and Mommy ready for the ball

After that weekend was Mother's Day and we went out to eat and relaxed at home. It was nice. I guess I did have down time that weekend, but no time to blog... we also got rid of Tate's nuk and S.Jessen's thumb sucking this weekend, yahoo! This is my in to have two more kids... we had them quit together so the next babe will need a partner to quit his/her thumb or nuk, too. I think it's a great idea :) No there are no more on the horizon yet :)

S.Jessen, Mommy, and Tater reading books :)

My cousin Dustin got married to Alicia the following weekend, and we had a nice time chasing Tater everywhere. Three times he yelled "sh**," but not during the wedding. We were just waiting for him to say his other naughty line, "Oh weanie! Who tooted?" The cussing isn't funny, but that line is...I know I should punish him, but it's so funny! I'm terrible! Oh my goodness do we have our hands full.

The boys before the wedding and during... with my nephews and brother Adam

S.Jessen is a rascal, too! He's taught Tate everything he knows... He completed his first year of preschool! I can't believe it. On his last day of school the parents met with the kids at a park here in town. Super Daddy Roger took him on his field trip to the park as it was too hard for me to get out of work :( I'm glad they got to have that time together though. It was really special. Roger saw S.Jessen blowing on a dandelion and before he blew on it he said, "I wish for ice cream!" Guess what he got on the way home? What a good daddy!

S.Jessen and his teacher on his last day of school

Then, it was Memorial Day weekend and we were helping Nanny and Papa move and visiting with both sets of parents. We still had Monday afternoon to ourselves and we planted flowers and let the boys get really, really messy! They loved it and I loved not freaking out about the dirt. I'd like to try to focus on the fun and let them be kids. Which is much easier said than done :)

Tate on Mommy's last day of school. Roger brought both boys for a visit. We caught Tate on film, but S.Jessen was too busy running around with my students.

And now it is June and the boys and I have enjoyed our first week at home with "no work" as they call it. There will be more updates soon!

Trying

I all of a sudden realized I have barely taken any pics of the boys this month. Sometimes I can get a good shot of both, but other times I cannot, ahhhh! Here are my attempts and then Tate had enough as you can see :)

Weekend

Mom and Dad came to visit the weekend after Seth's birthday. It was nice to be with them. Dad put my new kitchen sink in and Mom baked and baked with S.Jessen. They made Pancake Puffers, which were really fun! Below is a pic of where Dad found Tater. He was researching Ann's eating habits. What a goof! Here is another picture I had to include of Tate, who dressed himself. He is so proud with his shirt on backwards and the pants barely over the hump. The boys are getting so independent! It was a nice weekend.

Bar-b-que!

Well, I'm sure some of you have thought we've fallen off the face of the earth, but indeed we are still here :) Over the past few weeks we have encountered ear infections, stomach flus, and tonsilitis. I officially have no paid time off left and Roger seems to be close, but not really! He took a few days off for remodeling the bathroom (which is getting closer!) and then more days due to stomach flu for him and the boys. I had it, too! He ended up taking a week off for no fun at all! Roger's parents have really chipped in. Jim helped/facilitated the construction of the bathroom and after he finally got to go home, had to come back the next day, with Barb, to watch Roger and the boys while I went to work... We really appreciated the help :)

Here are some pics of the beginning of the month when it was so nice out we actually got to have our first kabobs of the season! We had our friends Dan and Amy over and their kiddos Brett and Claire. Amy and I met while in baby preparation classes when we were pregnant with S.Jessen and Brett! We didn't speak then, but have since had about 4 other cuincidences for knowing each other so we decided we had to hang out! The last being that Roger and I bought her husband, Dan's grandparent's house. Too small of a world, really!

Anyway, S.Jessen and Brett are identical busy souls and a month a part in age. We did lots of play dates over the summer and continued it through the fall. We've ventured out a few times this spring and are now ready to be outside again.

Tate likes baby "Square". I think the boys are ready for a little sister, but it will most likely be a brother, whenever that time comes around. No, I'm not pregnant, Give us a few months :)

Happy Birthday, Seth!

Today is our brother Seth's birthday. He would have been 22. This summer he will be gone for 8 years. It's crazy how fast time has gone by and how it seems it was only yesterday that it was Seth's 14th birthday.

I remember when I figured out that you could drive with your older sibling if they were 21. I was 21 when Seth turned 14. I came home on this exact day, 8 years ago, and let him drive me around in my crappy Cavalier we called Betty. We drove by all of his friends' houses and the horn wouldn't work... I think Seth was embarrassed, but he never said a word. He just smiled and gave that proud face that we all look for in our own boys' faces :)

Our family never knows how this day will feel and it sort of creeps up like a gray cloud and at the end of the day we made it through the storm. It's never easy. I think some of us like to stay busy to distract ourselves :)

It is nice to remember Seth on his special day though. Our brother was full of life and a s**t as my brother Adam added today. A rascal and full of love all at the same time. We loved that about him.

Fortunately I did get to see Adam today, but I missed my brother Aron, his family, and my parents. I hope I'm not making anyone sad, I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to Seth and tell him that I miss him. I'm sure that he knows though.