Wyoming Outlaws!

When I had Chase and Sawyer and we were in the hospital in the NICU, I had pictures of all three boys up in our little area to try to make things seem a little more like home and to comfort my babies when I wasn't there....or maybe it was to comfort me. Anyway, one day one of the nurses was looking at the pictures and commented on the boys' names. She really liked all three of them and said that they all sounded like Wyoming Cowboys....Garrett, Chase and Sawyer. I never thought of it that way, but I think that she is right.

When the boys put on these adorable chaps and vests that my mom actually made for my brothers and I (Luke and Loren), it confirmed the nurses thought....and brought back so many memories of when I was their age. I used to ride my horse most everyday and there are many pictures of me in my orange chaps!

Here's to things remembered, making memories, and my three Wyoming Cowboys!TEEKA HAD TO JOIN INTHESE ARE THEIR BIGGEST, BADDEST, MEANEST FACESSAWYER'S NOT SO GOOD AT MEAN FACES...I LOVE THAT SMILE

OKAY, SO THEY ARE BIG & BAD!!!!!

Teeka The Super Hero...Or Villain?

It has officially happened. I was wondering how long it would take. The boys have finally turned Teeka into a super hero. I originally thought that she would be Mary Jane or Lois Lane...at least that was what I was hoping for, but the boys turned our little princess into CAT WOMAN...is she a villain? Garrett swears to me that she is a good super hero, so why do the boys run from her, calling her Cat Woman as she crawls as fast as she can chasing them around the house? Anyway, it is so dang cute and she loves it! Sometimes I think her poor little arms are going to fall off from exhaustion, but she just keeps on going. The girl's gonna be tough!

It is not unusual to see all kinds of Super Hero's running around our house. You name it, we've got the costume and they all have a blast! Costumes are great toys! Pick them up after Halloween for just a few bucks!

Swimming In Thermop!

We had sooooo much fun swimming in Thermopolis. Grandpa, Dad and I all got our workouts taking the boys up the stairs to the slides and back down again...about 500 times! It was great! Dad and Sawyer heading down the slide. The boys learned to plug their noses....it seemed to help with the very minimal splashing they experienced entering the pool....their heads NEVER went under the water:)

Things like this are really fun for Garrett now because he is getting to be a good little swimmer and tall enough to touch in the shallow water. We still have to watch him close, but he is now big enough to go down the adult slides by himself and he felt so big! We just had to teach him how to pretend that he was 6 years old for the age limit! One little girl actually asked how old he was...it was cute!

Chase and Mom going down the slide. For some reason I could get going the fastest and actually had a hard time slowing down at the end so that I didn't dunk the boys all the way under.

Sawyer and Mom

Grandma's job was to entertain Teeka for hours while we were on the slides. But eventually Grandpa even took Teeka down the slide. It was so cute because she didn't even know what was happening. She just sat on his lap chillin'.

Grandpa and Chase hauling butt down the slide. Great action shot, Grandpa!

Chase and Mom

Picnic In The Park!

Here are a few things we did while we were in Thermopolis with Grandma and Grandpa.... All the kids with Grandma and Grandpa by the "hot pots"

Walking over the river on the swinging bridge. They were all really brave...just a little cautious.

Picnic in the park

Grandpa and Grandma set up an Easter egg hunt in the park for the boys. They loved it!

Only bonked their heads a couple of times:)

Their baskets were left over fast food bags that we had from our picnic. We improvise well!

Grandma & Grandpa!

The boys always get so excited to be around their grandparents (both sides!) and we love the relationships they share with them. We were able to spend a really great weekend with my parents over Easter weekend in Thermopolis. We went swimming, to the dinosaur museum, and on a fun walk over a swinging bridge over the river. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! We had a blast!Grandma with the boys at the dinosaur museum.

Grandpa with Teeka!

I love this picture.

Dinosaurs!!!!

Over Easter weekend we decided to take the kids to Thermopolis to go swimming and enjoy the nice weekend. Grandma & Grandpa Anderson decided to met us there for a little fun. It is always helpful these days to have some extra helping hands around to help us take care of the kids and we love being with our grandparents! While we were there we decided to take a trip to the dinosaur museum. None of us had ever been there and we were all pleasantly surprised! What a great museum for little Thermopolis! It had so many dinosaurs and the boys just went crazy with excitement! Just a fun dinosaur they took turns riding.

The boys are looking in the window where the scientists make molds and work on projects.

Teeka was really interested. She slept the whole time!

Garrett was such a big brother. He held Chase's hand almost the whole way through the museum.

Chase loves "Sharp Tooth's", but when he saw how big they are he was a little intimidated.

T-Rex A.K.A "Sharp Tooth"

I loved this display of a nest of baby dinosaurs and their mother. Chase and Sawyer wanted nothing to do with it. It looks very real.

I wanted a picture of them close to the dinosaur, but the twins wouldn't get very close. I love Sawyer's expression. He is such a poser, but this is how he felt, I'm sure.

I highly recommend this place! We had a blast!

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW!!!

The last two snow storms we had really added up. I love snow this time of year because it gets so nice after the storm and the snow doesn't stick around for long. In fact, it is already gone, but it is so nice to be snowed in once in awhile! That means I don't have to pack up all the kids to go ANYWHERE! Lance teaching the boys about snowballs!!!! I think?

Lance is so great about going out and playing with the kids. They were outside this day for 2 hours building a snow fort.

This is only the beginning!

The dogs made trails to and from their dog house. Didn't even touch the ground it was so deep. We had a hard time keeping them in the yard because they could jump over the fence so easily.

Check out the fence line. The snow is about 3 feet deep. It was such a pretty snow. No wind at all and it just looked like an ocean of snow with smooth white waves everywhere!