Happy Birthday Theo

My baby just turned 5 at the end of July! Theo you are the best kid - you are hilarious, smart, sweet and fierce. A little about Theo at 5:

- You continue to crack us up - with your silly faces, funny jokes, and general antics.
- You are easy going (most of the time) - you like Kindergarten but I'm convinced you would be content staying home with mommy or mama for the next 18 years. On your second day at Kindergarten you asked me 'when will I be four again?' I responded that you won't ever be four again and you said, 'Ahhhhhh, being four is so fun'. When I asked why you said, 'Because I don't have to go to school'. Well, buddy you have a ways to go with the school thing :)
- You love riding your bike and dirt bike and you ditched the training wheels a few months ago.
- You love your big brother so much, he is your best buddy (and at moments your worst enemy).
- You have the worst sweet tooth ever! And everyone knows it. You just love sugar in any form. But you eat good healthy foods too :)
- You are athletic and strong like your brother, but you loose the will to live on any uphill. We hope you are never lost in the desert :) You can swim laps with the best of them and you have almost mastered a head stand.
- You are sweet, sweet, sweet (maybe it is all the sugar). I just love your hugs, snuggles, and little voice saying I love you.
- You are fierce and persistent - do not mess with a little brother!

We love you so much Theo! I'm so lucky to be your mom!

Summer of the Cabin

Where did the summer go? The boys had 8 weeks for summer break and I think we spent about half of that time at our cabin. You may have guessed this is our most favorite place to be! We also bought the cabin next door to ours which was in need of a major renovation and made some good progress on that. We crammed in an unbelievable amount of fun this summer and here it is in pictures!

Neighborhood doggie, trixie!

Mama and Theo watching the baby herons!

Yay!  Uncle Arthur came to the cabin!

We lived on bass, trout and crawfish this summer, getting our omega 3!

Coffe break in Chester with Eliza!

Crawfish hunting is serious business!

So is crawfish eating!

Summer of Carlee

Our summer had another theme, Carlee! Carlee is our niece and the boys cousin. She and her parents, Cory's brother Chad and our SIL Holly, moved from Alaska to Reno.  And they bought a house you can see from our kitchen window!  The kids all go to the same school and love playing almost everyday!  Carlee cries EVERY time we part ways as if she will never see the boys again, too funny and very sweet!  We all just laugh now because we know the tears are coming.  Fun times!  

Fourth of July

We had some friends up to our cabin to celebrate the Fourth of July!  It was the perfect weekend of summer partying!  On the 4th the moms ran a 5k and then we all watched the Chester parade.  The rest of the weekend we did some serious lake  days, lounged by the creek, games, biking, fishing and more.  Good friend make the cabin even more special!

Cory and his friend John started the weekend with a big adventure.  They rode from our house in Reno to the cabin on dirt roads.  They made it no problem!

Chester parade!

Funny boys, Brock and Asher

The whole crazy gang!!

Theo and Juliet.  I must have been having too much fun because that is it for the pictures!

South Lake Tahoe

Next stop on the summer agenda was Tahoe to visit with the Kosticks and the adorable Maddie.  

Cousin snuggle!

This duck has had a few handouts and would eat out of your hand!

Brock towing Theo with the paddle board:)

Night swim in Tahoe!

Santa Cruz Boardwalk

This was a first for the boys this summer. We decided to do it right and get wristbands for a day of rides, but I wasn't sure how long we would last. Brock looked a little green on the first ride but he recovered and we rode rides for 9 hours! Mama and Connie came too and we had lots of fun, ride after ride, after ride.