Brotherly Love

Tyler & Garett share a room and have bunk beds in their room. Every once in awhile when Mommy goes to check on them after they've been in bed and she is on her way to bed, they've gotten in the same bed to snuggle. We always knew they really did love each other! :) On this particular night they were looking so sweet, Mommy decided to snap some pictures. Tyler climbed into bed with Garett and they were snoozing away! Tyler was practically falling out of the bed, so Mommy moved him over a little bit, and he then snuggled right up to Garett. Sweet boys!

Summer Happenings!

We've been quite busy around here this summer! It's definitely good to keep busy, because it is making the days pass quickly, and each day that passes is one closer to Daddy coming home! Mommy has been able to take the boys on some special adventures to the water park and air and space museum, and we've all been able to enjoy outings together, among which have included the movies! We love going to the kid summer movies in the summer, because even though some of the movies we own, it's much  more fun to watch on the big screen! There have also been a few new kid movies to come into the theaters that we've gotten to enjoy!

                Here we are getting ready to watch "Brave" with friends!

Caleb and Tyler also got to participate in VBS at church and they had a blast! They came home talking about what they did and learned! After they finished up at VBS, all three boys headed to North Carolina to spend time with their grandparents! They were gone for a total of 10 days, and Mommy and Sophie definitely missed them! They got to spend a few days visiting at Nana and Paca's and a few days visiting at Grandma and Grandpa's! They had so much fun and were exhausted by the end of their adventure! With each visit there were special things planned for the boys to participate in, and I think they enjoyed each of their fun adventures!!


While the boys were off on their adventure, Mommy set off on her own adventure to get Sophie completely potty trained. She had done very well, but not quite getting I need to tell Mommy when I need to go, so that was their goal for the week! She did great, and just a couple days in began telling Mommy when she needed to go, and by the end of the week she had earned her special new princess she had picked out as her potty training prize. Needless to say, Mommy is so happy to have her potty trained and that the experience was quite painless for them both! ;) She's staying dry during naps, and is doing better at night, but we're still working on it! Hoping her one diaper at night will soon be none. After 7.5 years of diapers we're almost done with them! Yay Sophie bug!

We have a couple of more fun adventures planned for this summer, so stay tuned!

Sophie the gymnast!

Sophie absolutely loves gymnastics! She thinks every day should be her gymnastics days. :) She goes twice a week, and I think she would be ecstatic to go every day! Her favorite apparatus right now other than the trampoline, seems to be the bars. She hangs like a monkey, pulls her feet up to the bar and loves having her teachers help her flip over the bar. Today, she mastered a new trick. She has been working on her "skin the cat" on the bar, and she finally did it all by herself. After she figured out how to do it on her own, she kept doing it over and over again, at least 15 times! Her teachers had been watching, and were impressed with her new trick on the bars! They gave her a special ribbon for her accomplishment, and she hasn't stopped talking about it since! She knows her ribbon is for her "skin the cat" :)

                                Showing off her ribbon!