Braydon @ VBS

 Church Buddies

 Big Slides w Dad :)

Sidelines with Brooks!

We started June with VBS.  I was a teacher in 4's and it was such a precious week for me and the boys!  Nothing is sweeter than hearing Braydon tell me his Bible verses.  "Jesus is alive" and "God can do anything!"  are his two favorite.  Hawaiian Falls was rented out by the Church one night and we had so much fun we stayed until 945pm.  Braydon was so brave and rode every ride that 42' would allow. He loves thrills and Brooks loves to watch with Mommy!  I love these boys! If it werent 107 I wish it was Summer all year! 

Kick off to Summer!

Lately...5 month summary

It's been a long time since I last posted anything...So a lot has happened. Braydon and Brooks turned 4 and 2 and we moved into our new house and we took a great vacation to Atlantis in the Bahamas. Here are a few pictures to document the last few months.  

We absolutely LOVE our new house and we make daily use of the pool.  I can't imagine living in a house without a pool ever again. Life is just so easy and fun!!!  The boys love to swim.  Braydon is fish and just completed 2 weeks of swim lessons so he is very confident in the pool!  Brooks will start swim lessons soon, but for now he loves to jump in to us and splash around. Thankfully, he know his boundaries well. So it makes it easy to watch them. We are just so happy with our decision to buy this house and cant believe we contemplated going a different direction. Life at home is so fun with these boys! Since we live next door to Nana and Papa we have lots of little impromptu visits which is nice for me :)  And I think my Mom and Dad love it too. Braydon and Brooks have become such little buddies. Braydon will often tell me that Brooks is his best friend. love him. He is a sweet big brother and Brooks absolutely loves him back!

We feel so blessed to have a healthy family and are enjoying every bit of these magical years right now.   Life has been busy but so good and we are just thankful to look back on these last few months and remembered how blessed we are. 

 Sweet Braydon turned 4!!! McDonalds party...He LOVED it!

 Zoo on Brooks 2nd Bday!

 The boys loved feeding the giraffes

 Brooks 2nd bday party at Gymboree...Look at all the hair :)

 Braydon played on his first soccer team!

 Easter egg hunt at the old neighborhood

 Rough Riders games are the best time with my boys!

 Cute Braydon!

 Loves the new pool!

 And  Brooks loves babies!!! I mean really loves them...

 Dessert and bath time in the pool...we do this several times a week. 

 We bought a new house and I decided to try my first DIY wall stencil

 We took an awesome trip to the Bahamas/Atlantis

 Family Vacation 2012

 Dolphins with my big boy

 Love this picture of Rpwdy and Braydon

 And this one of baby Brooks and Daddy

 Mommy and Baby

 These boys are my favorite!

 The boys loved the slides

 I loves these smiles

 I was so glad to see my boys after they jets skied on the ocean..I worry too much!

Last night on our Family Vacation. It was a dream!!!!

My Favorite!!!

Braydon 3.11 and Brooks 21 months

It took me nearly two years to get this sweet picture of our boys smiling and looking the same direction. I love this picture and I know I will have it in our house always!!! Speaking of houses, we recently sold ours and we will be building a new house near by with a much bigger yard! I am excited, but sad to leave this house. It is our first home and Rowdy built it.... Not to mention the thought of bringing our babies home...was to this cozy home of ours. So new memories to be made and the thought of the boys playing outside while I cook dinner makes me a little less sad.

Anyway, Braydon and Brooks are at a fun stage and they play together lots. I love when Braydon asks Brooks to play with him. Brooks plays like a 4 year old. It cracks me up to listen to him play bad guys with action figures and act so boy when he just a baby :) Braydon was playing with balls and books and fisher price at 21 months...so is life as a baby brother.

Braydon has been praying for a baby sister lately and he is very sure that he wants a sister and not another brother. This was instigated when he held Daniels new baby sister Claire and he told me he wanted one....So we pray for a baby sister :) But for now we are content with two boys and I am looking forward to enjoying them for now!

Da baby!!!

Aww the baby! 20 months

His excitement to see all the bounce houses out front!!

Precious Brooks is 20 months!!! Yay!! Brooksie is chatty and snuggly and sweet and has about the best scream of any child I have ever met. Really, I challenge!!! ;) He has a big personality and makes me laugh all the time. He has by far the cutest/fastest run of any little guy his size. He kicks his little feet out to the sides and takes off...he kind of looks like a cartoon running. I giggle every time I see it. He has lots of words and I forget how cute it is to hear him say things like "Alligator" or "Apple Jacks" I think I have him figured out a little better as of..yesterday. He just really wants me to talk him through everything and let him help with everything. It has made life a little less noisy and it makes me so happy that he is happy! I catch him hugging Braydon all the time and in those moments I just thank God for blessing us with 2 babies!!! Its such a joy to my heart to see them really love one another. Rowdy and I fight for who gets to pick him up at the church nursery because he might makes us feel like the MOST loved parents ever. He runs and squeals with such excitement he nearly looses his breath. He just can't wait to get his Mama or Dada!!! We are super thankful for the life Brooks West brings to our home. I love this baby like crazy!!!! Happy 20 months Brooks Bear!!!

Happy Halloween!

Braydon's dream came true!!! He has super hero parents and brother..at least for a day!!! Poor Brooks had about 102 in this picture so he went straight to the couch to watch Tom & Jerry after we got a quick family picture. We already know what Braydon wants to be next year....Spiderman....Shock ;)

Braydon Lately 3.9

Sweet Braydon is 3 years and 9 months old I just can't believe he will be four in 3 short months!!! I feel like he grows taller, smarter and sweeter every. single. day. So this post is for the sweetness that is our Braydon Michael! Just a few of the reasons my heart is complete putty for this boy!

Me: "Hey B, how come you are so sweet?"

B: "Mama I love you sooo much bigger than the whole wide word"

Dad drives home from work while we are out front playing and the 1st thing Braydon says to Rowdy is, "Hi Daddy! How was your day at work today?"

In the middle of dinner he always says, "Mama I want to give you a hug and a big kiss" (so it may be a diversion to actually eating, but it's the sweetest!)

I was down with the stomach bug and he came to check on me...he checked my head and told me I had a fever asked if I needed some medicine and blew me kisses and let me "get some rest"

He has been creeping into our bedroom almost every night for at least a month and he always comes to my side of the bed and crawls up in btwn Rowdy and I and one night while I was almost back to sleep he held my cheeks and kissed my lips and said in a whisper, "Love you so much Mama!" My heart about exploded out of my chest. In the morning if he has crawled into bed w us he will always ask me if it's ok to wake up yet and time to open our eyes.

I could type for hours about the dialog I have with this tender hearted boy, but I just wanted to remember some of the sweet things he does when I look back on this age. While I love having babies in the house I sure am crazy about this big boy!!!