Some fun July stuff

We have had such a wonderful month. This weekend Kib and I went out for an overnight. We headed to a local hotel, and spent the night in the pool, just having fun. We stayed overnight so that the boys could experience waking up without Mommy and Daddy. They did awesome. We are so blessed to have Reyna living with us, the boys really consider her part of the family. I was so worried that they would freak out, and they never even batted an eye.
We had ice cream cake last week with some friends, to celebrate Zane's birthday. You can't have a birthday, without cake. Ryder is walking like crazy, he loves it. Life is so much better on 2 feet. He is even working on walking with his hands down. Other than that we are just trying to get ready for the next, totally crazy month, of vacationing. Here are some fabulous photos of my favorite boys.

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Just had to post

I am sitting in the living room, checking my email, and both of my boys are dancing in front of the TV to the movie "Brigadoon." It is the cutest thing I have ever seen. Just had to share all the cuteness in my house with everyone else.

Zane is 3 !!!!!

Zane turned 3 yesterday, and we had the most wonderful day. When Zane woke up we had the house decorated with streamer in some of the doorways. He enjoyed ripping them all down in record time. We opened a gift from Chloe (Andrea) and it was a police officer dress-up. Zane freaked, and tried his hardest to convince me to let him wear it all day. We had waffles and whipped cream for breakfast.
We made our way up to Scottsdale for our normal Friday outing. First the Chiropractors and then to Chik-fil-A. After our trip to Scottsdale we took Ryder home and hired a sitter to watch him. Then the 3 of us were off for an afternoon of fun. We started out at Build-A-Bear (a first for us). And Zane built a dog, a firefighter dog, that he named....Kitty. (that cracks me up). Then we went to the Lego store so Zane could pick out some new Legos. It's not a new place for us, but everytime we walk in there you would think that Zane and Kib had never been to such an amazing place. We played at the play area at the mall for a while, and then headed to Famous Daves BBQ for dinner. This is Kib's favorite restaraunt, that he has some how convinced Zane that it's his too. They both at like it was the last meal they would ever get. What a riot. The last stop on our day of fun was a place called Makutu's Island. It is an enormous indoor playplace, like a gerbal cage on crack. It was AWESOME!!!! We spent 3 hours there, and had to bribe Zane to leave becuase Kib and I were just too tired to play any longer.
When I set out planning our day, I wanted to make it special, and all about Zane (hence leaving Ryder at home). At one point Zane told me that this was the best birthday ever. That's just too funny coming from a 3 year old (like he has so much to compare to). But Kib did say numerous times that we had an awesome day. That was nice to hear. I wish we could have one Zane day and one Ryder day every week.
Here are some of the photos from yesterday, ENJOY!

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Our July 4th weekend

We had the most fabulous holiday weekend. We went to Show Low (northeast AZ) on Thursday to get a jump start on our weekend. Show Low is a beautiful place in the mountains with breathtaking scenery and cool weather (80's, not 110's). The best part is that our good friends, the Callister's, live there. We spent the weekend at the Callisters house along with another family, the Buckmeisters. What a great group of people to be spending a long weekend together. Friday we we got the house ready for the party the next day, everyone helped, including the guys. We managed to get done before lunch and decided to go to the top of one of the largest mountains around (10,200 ft). At the top of the mountain (can't remember the name) was a Ranger Tower, most everyone, including the kids, went to the top and got to talk to the Ranger. It was so cool, and she gave each of the kids a gift bag of smokey the bear stuff.
Saturday we had breakfast in town at a local fundraiser, it was so fun to feel like a part of this community. Then we headed to the parade where we had the best seats in the whole place. Our friend Dave went at 4 am to reserve us seats and he did so right next to the judging station. Thanks Dave!!!! After the parade was we had a great BBQ at the Callisters with a bunch of their fabulous friends. The boys spent most of the day taking turns on the dunebuggies. They are so fun. We love going out into the seemingly endless woods and just driving for ever. Zane and Ryder love it too, both fell asleep at least once while out riding. That night we went to see the local fireworks, we watched them from a bluff overlooking the city. Zane thought it was really cool that we sat on the roof of our car. Sunday we headed home, back to reality. This was an awesome weekend thanks to the kindness of the Callister Family. We can't wait to do it again next year!!!!

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