BBQ'in

We have had plans to build this bbq for a long time but have been putting it off, mainly because I did not want my back patio torn apart for days and days thru the building stage!! We finally decided to start the project and get it done and believe it or not it didn't take too long at all!! The beautiful granite counter tops were installed last week just in time for Clay and I to enjoy a Dos Equis and bbq for Cinco De Mayo!!! Now all that's left to do is stucco, paint & stone venir!! Clay did such an awesome job, he still amazes me at the stuff he can do!!!

YELLOW BELT

Last night Rhett had his very last class for this session of karate and it was awards ceremony night!!! The kids put on a little performance for us and showed off some of the moves they have learned and then it was on to awards and new belts for those who were moving up a rank!!! Our little man moved up from a white belt to a yellow belt and he was so stoked ... he had the whole famous Rhett Man open mouth grin going on that he couldn't even control!! Love him and so proud of his accomplishment!!

As you can see we ended up with seats on the oppositte side of where Rhett was lined up which didn't make for the greatest video, so please excuse the man's face and the ladies head that are a constant fixture in this clip, but I had
to share it anyways!!!!

Before the ceremony started we had some time to kill which allowed us to get in a little park time, one of Rilyn's most
favorite things . . . slides slides slides!!! She even suckered Grandma into going down the slides!!!

IMPOSSIBLE

Even today, a day later, I am sitting here thinking how impossible it is that Trey celebrated his 6th birthday yesterday, where have the past six years gone!! Being that his party is this weekend, we didn't really have much planned for the day but it turned out to be very eventful anyways!!! Grandma & Grandpa came over in the morning and we had birthday doughnuts and sang happy birthday!! Aunt Lacey & Cody stopped by and hung out for a while. Then later that afternoon Grammy & Grandpa took the boys to see a movie and after the movie brought pizza out to our house for dinner! The birthday boy didn't so much like being the center of attention and took a little while to warm up to the fact that it was his special day!!!

Trey at 6 years old is:
* our early bird, still the first one to come to our room in the morning ready for breakfast long before momma is ready to roll out of bed!
* the best snuggler and back scratcher in the whole world
* total Play Station 3 and You Tube junkie (I literally have to set timers to keep it under control!!)
* the bestest big brother EVER!! Always so kind and patient. One of my favorite things is every morning when I am done getting Rilyn ready and her hair is all done, the first thing she does is goes running to Trey to show him that she is all ready and it never fails every time he stops whatever he is doing to tell her "oh littles you look soooooo prettttyyyy"!!!!
* Mr. Math, loves doing math at school and at home
* Excelling Student, always looks forward to going to school and has made it thru kindergarten with flying colors.
* Growing taller and taller by the day, pretty sure he is going to pass me up in no time!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEEZY!!!

A BIRTHDAY LUAU

Trey was invited to a friend from school's birthday party this Saturday so we loaded up the fam and went!! Boy o boy was it a party, complete with a bounce house, blow up slide, snowcones and much much more!! The kids had a blast and its awesome that Trey has made some new friends at school!!!

Rilyn's favorite thing at the party was the Hula Hoops!!!

THE FIRST DIP!!

Yesterday was pretty much the first day that the kids actually used the pool since daddy set it up a few weeks ago and even though it is our little ghetto fab pool I must say they had a blast!! Watching them made me wish ten times more than I already do that we had a real pool, in fact if the ground wasn't so incredibly hard and impossible out here I might just start digging a hole myself!!!

Here is the naked streaker of the family in action .... when I was changing her back into her dry clothes after getting out of the pool!!!

THE POTTY PRINCESS

With all the interest Rilyn has been showing in the "big girl potty" along with the squatting experience while we were camping, I decided it was time to go get her a potty seat of her own. So after a trip to the store and a small debate over which one Rilyn wanted opposed to which one her brothers thought she should want, we settled for a red Dora seat with handles!! Once we were home we immediately opened it up and headed for the bathroom to try it out ... it didn't take long and we heard the tinkle tinkle ..... wooooo weeeeee ...... even with the audience (Me, Trey & Rhett) gathered around it was mission succesful!! Then about 30 min later she comes running over to me yelling "potty" "potty" and I'm thinkin to myself, no way, I can see it already this is going to become a big game, but of course I didn't let Rilyn know I was thinking this and we head for the bathroom AGAIN!!! Only this time it was not a tinkle tinkle it was a plop plop .... yeppers the big #2!!! I couldn't even believe it and I would be lying if I didn't say that I had no choice but to do the potty dance, I was so so so proud of her and she was so proud of herself that as soon as I got her down and wiped clean she went running for her brothers to tell them the big news and started pulling them towards the bathroom . . . at this point we had all 4 of us in the bathroom high fivin' and the whole nine!!! I love how the boys totally play along and give her so much encouragement!!

EASTER SUNDAY

When we got home on Sunday from our campout in the desert we were beyond running late and completely exhausted . . . however we were some how able to pull ourselves together and made record time and I mean record time getting ready, literally getting all 6 of us showered & out the door in under an hour ... how we managed this I still haven't quite figured out!! We headed over to Brandon & Dana's house for some family time, an easter egg hunt & more egg coloring!!

Rilyn chillin' out with her Aunt Lacey ... I dont think she left her side the entire time we were there!!

Hunting for easter egg's with Grandpa!!

Egg Coloring with Uncle Bradley!!!

Rhett & Corey had a little water gun fight!!

Rilyn & Jade ridin' in their pretty easter dresses!!


After our visit there, we came back home and had a few more easter festivities!!!

Rilyn & Daddy blowing the bubbles the Easter Bunny brought!!

On your mark, get set, GOOOOOO!!!!! We had a little "balance the egg on the spoon race" . . . I never imagined how much of a hit this would be . . . in fact the kids were asking me for spoons and more eggs the next morning, first thing out of bed!!!

Ummmm, I would call this cheating but according to Rilyn its perfectly legal, just ask her!!!

Grandpa John had the magic touch, according to Rilyn, for putting her egg back on her spoon . . . as he was the only one that could do it for her over and over and over again until it became a game!!!

Holidays are the best, but can become very exhausting, as we always try to fit a million things into very little time and make sure our family time is spread evenly!! So, like I say at the end of every holiday, we had a blast doing it, but I'm glad its over, until next year of course!!