sweet summer

one of the best things on these HOT summer days is ice cream! my sisters and i took colin to dairy queen for his first ice cream cone yesterday...and boy did he love it!

leo is 3!!

colin's big brother is three today! this morning we took leo to petsmart to pick out a new toy and he even got some sausage for breakfast ;). we love our little leo!

happy birthday kelly!

my oldest little sister turned 25 on friday! love you kell and can't wait till you come home!!!!!!

squinty eyes and tons of teeth!!

this is colin's new look...he makes these squinty eyes at everyone. he usually does it to me when i tell him he can't do something.

also.........
get a load of these teeth!!! i was pretty sure his other top tooth had broken through and it is usually pretty hard to get a good look. today i got a great look and this is what i saw!!! its like his whole top row of teeth are all coming in at once!

tori is a wakeboarder!

a few weekends ago a few of us went to the lake again. my sister kelly is the best wakeboarder and helped coach tori so she got up and stayed up for a long time!!! yay tori!




they both obviously love having their picture taken ;)



two of my beautiful sisters


now tori is a pro too!!!!

ouch...again

(i think this might be a title you are going to see a lot)
today was a crazy busy day. not because i had a lot to do but because i have the tazmanian devil for a child. this was basically our day: grocery store, running, screaming, trying for 45 minutes to take a nap, not taking a nap, learning to climb on the ottoman, then learning the ottoman had wheels while half way on it, pouring water all over the floor, sitting in it, putting the shorts mom took off to dry in the dog's water bowl, phones ringing, dogs barking, "washing" our hands in the toilet...you kind of get the picture??? i was totally exhausted and ready to call it a day when i looked at the clock and saw that it was only 11:30am!!!!!!!!!!! we hadn't even had lunch yet!

of course it would only be fitting to end the day by falling off the couch and hitting the coffee table and a cardboard box that was being used as a step ladder.
but don't worry...a popsicle makes everything better :)

wii

just wanted to show all of you colin's new favorite game. he even makes sound effects when he swings the wii controller (or anything else). it was so cute to watch him "play" with tori and her friend...he really thought he was playing tennis and bowling!!

happy father's day!

ouch

i am starting to learn how different boys are from girls...colin can pick up anything and he starts hitting stuff with it, kicking it, or throwing it. he climbs up book cases, on furnature, and even up my leg! Because he is so "active", we usually see random bumps and bruises.
being in mexico was no different, and of course he had two of his worst injuries yet!
first, and worst, on saturday, he fell in the living room and went face first into a coffee table that had a SHARP corner. luckily his cheek hit it first and not his eye or mouth. he had a little puncture on his cheek with a bruised purple line going up his cheek. (josh said he looked like the joker). the worst part was that he wouldnt stop crying and wouldn't let me get a good look at it. and we were in MEXICO! i was a little freaked.



then, on monday just when my heart started beating normally again, he got his head stuck in the railings on the patio. i was able to pull him out quickly but i wanted to throw up it scared me so bad! he got a nice little bruise on his ear from that too!




i can't believe the stuff he gets into now and he is only ONE!
i am sure the worst is yet to come!

we're baaaaack

reading us weekly on the beach



crazy hair in the wind





enjoying a mango...mmmmmmmm




so messy


taking a break from the sun to watch shark tale in his shark jammies
(colin LOVES fish and shark tale and finding nemo are his favorite movies!!)
he sat there totally quiet for a good 15 minutes :)




familia


being silly ;)




saying "bye" to the beach...



hopefully we will be back soon!!!

beach boy

we are down in rocky point right now for a reay family trip! the weather is PERFECT and it is so fun spending time with my family. colin LOVES the beach and thinks it is funny to throw sand ;) he is the cutest beach boy!