Poundin' Nails...

Turtle and the boys have had some fun this summer building a garage up at the cabin. I have only joined them twice, but the boys and Turtle have had some wonderful time up at Bear Lake spending time with family, and of course, pounding nails!

Jake, Age 6 ( um.... Child Labor laws???) Tee hee hee!

Joey, Age 3... (DCFS is gonna have some fun with this one! LOL!)

The First Wall...

Turtle and the First Truss... He loves every minute of this by the way!

Starting the Shingles...

From Left to Right, Mother In Law, Brother in Law and Turtle. I wish I was that comfortable with heights! YIKES!

Where they left off... it's coming right along!

Some stories...

The first weekend up there, the boys had so much fun with the family. They were both so excited when they got paid by Gramma! They immediately had to show me what they earned for working so hard and helping out!

Joe loved ensuring the fact that the family thought he was funny. He asked several family members several times, "Am I funny?" "I am funny, Huh!"

They loved riding on the 4 wheelers each weekend.

They absolutely LOVED playing with the cousins!

I missed them while they were gone, but I know they had a great time, and how fun it is for them to have time with daddy all to themselves!

Thank you to my sweet SIL who let me use her photography! She has been there every weekend helping as well as keeping me up to day on my boys! Thank you!!!! Love ya girl!

Aye Aye Cap'n!

Over Labor Day, the whole family went up to the Turtle's family cabin in Bear Lake. We had fun with a few little setbacks (like no running water for the first 12 hours, and Magellan picking fights with dogs twice his size) but overall it was fun to spend time together as a family.

One of the days up there, we took the children out on the boat along with the dog. This was a first for Courtney and Magellan. The boys have been on the boat so much it is second nature to them, they know where to sit, how to sit and often tell me what to do!

Courtney was not a fan. Let me repeat that, NOT A FAN! The life jacket, the noise, the bumpiness, the wind, everything, wasn't too appealing to her. Once she fell asleep she was fine, but whew! She was not happy!

Magellan on the otherhand was happy as a clam! Turtle was working on burning up the old gas in the boat, so he had a decent speed, and Magellan had his front legs over the front of the boat just taking in the splash. I guess it is all in his name!

Bow anyone?

I had to share this picture. This is the boys masterpiece for their sister's hair. Jake came up with the idea, and Joe made sure to help! Forgive me for the quality, it is a cell phone picture!

Demands...

I want to write this down, because Turtle and I find this humorous each and every day...
Our children are quite demanding. They have wants and they make sure we know about them. EACH. AND. EVERY. DAY.
For example, every morning, (and I mean EVERY MORNING) Joe wakes up and comes in our room, if he isn't in our bed already and makes his first request. The first thing out of his mouth isn't, "Hi Mom and Dad!," "Good Morning," or even "wake up," this is what it is verbatum...
"I want you to turn on a Cartoon and get me some milk." EVERY SINGLE MORNING.
Jake is an exceptionally finicky eater. When I say finicky, I mean EXTREMELY finicky. In fact 85% of the time I make supper, I am pretty sure he isn't going to eat it. For example.... If I am making enchiladas, he must specify that he will NOT eat CHICKEN! When I ask him why? He explains that chicken is slimy like a stingray. If I mention that he likes chicken nuggets from McDonalds, he will very politely inform me that "Chicken Nuggets is not real chicken." While I am sure there is some truth to this statement, it is difficult for Turtle and I to not bust out laughing.
Courtney is little. However, at 6 months old, she makes it very clear what is and isn't satisfactory with her. She will not just hang out in her carseat in play with toys. Instead she wiggles, and fidgets, until she has maneuvered out of the carseat (when she is not in the car of course.) If she is strapped in, and not in the car, she turns red in the face and growls until I get her out.
I love that the kids are so willing to speak their piece. While it does get frustrating and stressful at times, I am happy to be able to share the days with them.

Sleeping...

I was going through the pictures on the camera, and I found some pictures worth showing...

Apparently, my boys like to sleep...together, apart, but never on their beds!

Miss Courtney at 6 Months!!!

It's official! Miss Courtney is SIX MONTHS OLD!

Time is flying and we are having so much fun! I love babies at this age!

We took little Courtney in for her 6 month check up! She is 13 lbs. 8.5 oz. Just to give you an idea of how shocking this is to me, when Jake and Joe were six months old, they both weighed 18+ lbs. She is definitely small and dainty! She is 24 1/2 inches long. So, in the grand scheme of things she is in the 12th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for height.

She is more and more fun everyday!

She can now sit up for about a minute or two on her own.

She loves to jabber, just like her mother.

She is rolling all over the place.

Magellan is the king of getting this little princess to laugh hysterically!

Her sleeping patterns are pretty much unchanged.She is eating solids. So far she LOVES sweet potatoes, apples and bananas, and she will tolerate carrots. Green beans, well, those are just nasty to her.

She is a bundle of fun and we just love her to pieces!