All five of us

Girls Girls Girls

2011-07-19T13:40:00.000-07:00

Since it was such a "BUSY" week I didn't get a whole lot of pictures. So I'm just going to do a one post for the whole week. My sister Sara had a midwife conference in the springs so I watched Ellie, Adri and Kalia from Tuesday-Friday. Six kids was busy and tiring but we had a "BLAST" and I wouldn't hesitate to do it again. They got here on Tuesday afternoon so we just watched movie, played and relaxed. Wednesday we went to the Summer $1 movie, then headed to the pool after, came home relaxed, then headed to the boys favorite park that is three stories for dinner and play. Thursday we meet our friends Melissa, Tyler & Morgan at this AWESOME park that has fountains, and a small creek for the kids to play in. What a BLAST it was, I made sure and took pictures this day. Then Friday we manage to fit the pool in again on Friday before Sara picked the girls up. See what I mean by "BUSY" Love my girls though!

Auntie Brenna was a GREAT help over those days!

Little Miss Kalia is just a doll! I brought these crocs for her so I gave them to her when she got here and she didn't want to take them off the whole time she was here.

In this picture it was so cute, she looked me and said with a very serious attitude "me have to nurse my baby"

July 4th

2011-07-04T06:44:00.000-07:00

Last year we watched the town fireworks just from our neighborhood. As they were good because you could see them you didn't get the sound affects from them. So this year we decided to get closer. They light them in one of town ball parks so we sat in the one right next to the one they light them in. It was much better this way! The boys enjoyed hearing them as did we.

Enjoying Daddy's love!

It was pretty darn fun this Fourth of July with three very active little boys! My future looks pretty scary! As this year they were lighting their own fireworks with no help and even worse Daddy taught them how light in hand and throw. I have to say they done really good and it didn't really scare me as they never came close to having one blow up in their hand. But considering their 6, 5 and almost 4 and doing this already is the scary thing. None the less it was fun to see their smiling faces and hear their giggles!

They did have very serious face when they were lighting and throwing them!

Little Miss Kali had to be right there hanging out with us. She felt she was apart of it by chewing on one of the burnt fireworks!

See what I mean!

What An Adventure!

2011-07-03T08:22:00.000-07:00

While camping we had quite the adventure! It was a little scary at times but a BLAST and in the end I can't wait to do it again. Just in a different car. LOL On Sunday of camping we set out for a hike/little drive in search of a waterfall. Well it ended up more like a off road drive in our SUV's. I was more scared something very bad was going to happen to my car than that one of us were going to get hurt. But poor Melissa (were blaming it on just having a baby hormones) was in tears at the end before heading back up the road from the river. That's right we found a river! It was Gorgeous! Also so many laughs and memories! next time we're finding the waterfall though!

Kali is such a funny dog! She loved swimming!

The only horrible part of the day was Gavin got a ear ache. But this meant all the kids got rides back up to the car, there came two points on the road that we all decided it would just be safer to get out and walk down from there since we could see the river!

First Camping Trip Of The Year

2011-07-02T07:31:00.000-07:00

We finally made it out for our first camping trip this year. Our boys really enjoy camping and we are hoping to get out more and more as they get older. But we didn't plan on getting sick the whole week before camping either so we were lucky to make it this weekend. Gavin came down with the 24hr stomach flu on the Tuesday before, I came down with it on Wednesday, Grant on Thursday, Koen on Friday. Thank goodness Kaitin never got it. So by saturday afternoon we felt well enough to get the car packed up and head out. So glad we suffered through some tiredness and not being 100% and made it out for a couple nights.

We went with our friends Melissa and James. They took us to one of their favorite spot and now it's become one of favorite too. It's pretty much in our back yard but still takes about 45 mins to get to it as your having to drive on mountain roads. Which is fun because that's a adventure in it's self.

See why they have a BLAST camping!

Gotcha, Gavin on the crapper! LOL

There was a huge tree trunk that went across over the creek, it was one of their favorite things!

Another fav was putting things in to watch them go under the bridge!

Making one of our favorite camping foods, bacon flavored potato chips!

Slip'n & Slide'n

2011-06-26T16:23:00.000-07:00

Got the boys a slip and slide! Once we thought about getting the boys one last year everywhere was already sold out so this year we made sure to get them one. Man did they LOVE it!

By the end they were going so fast down it they were flying into the grass at the end!

A Perfect Evening

2011-06-14T08:04:00.000-07:00

There's certain hikes we like to do at least once a year. Since this one is right in our town and such a fun we decided to do one evening for a little bit of fun exercise and to catch a good sun set. Let me tell we for sure got both! I love that my love to hike as much as we do. As does Kali, Grant & Kaitin ran the whole way up and down because Kali wanted to run it.

Every Christmas they light this star! My boys always love finding it when were in the car. Well this time we did this hike we were able to go clear on top of the Rock. When they got up there and saw how BIG the star actually is they were AMAZED!

Such a GREAT way to end a day!

Hiking

2011-06-12T08:08:00.000-07:00

One of our favorite hikes is Devils Head! It's a look out tower with a 360 view of the Colorado Rockies for fires!

One of the Library's summer reading things is if they color and take a picture with what they call "Flat Doggie" they get their names in a drawing for a prize!

The boys are so funny when hiking, they'll try to complain that their tired. But when it comes to climbing a rock or going in this cave, whatever it may be they become energetic very quickly!

Monkey Bars

2011-06-01T14:20:00.000-07:00

This spring Kaitin figured out how to do the monkey bars with no help and of course it didn't take Koen & Gavin long to do them either!

Christmas 2011"

2010-12-25T06:47:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve Pj's

Going to miss have this big of tree next year, do to moving! :(

Moving means the boys get the Christmas present they really really wanted though, Rockie the elf had to stick around one more night to inform the boys the puppy was coming just a month later.

Christmas was GREAT! We love having traditions with our boys that are old and new. We like to just spend Christmas at home with just the three of them instead of spending it with any crazy family. Yes I said crazy! I love them all but love my little family of 5 is better and love every minute I spend with them.

Spoiled....

2010-12-22T07:26:00.000-08:00

What else are Birthday's for than to Celebrate that person and let them know how spoiled you are for having them in your lives. Since Kaitin's Birthday is 3 days before Christmas it never works to have his party on the day of his actually Birthday. So this year he had three special days! One in his class at school, a friend party. Then his actually Birthday we went to Donuts with Daddy before he headed to work, went to Toys R Us for him to use his gift care and finally spent a couple hours at pump it up.

Koen's pretty fond of Little Miss Morgan!

Quick Trip

2010-12-20T07:14:00.000-08:00

I made a quick trip to my sister's to deliver my nieces Christmas gift to them from all of us. Since we had their names and weren't going to see them till after Christmas I wanted to make sure they had it before. Since I don't have any girls as we all know and my sister has the 4 girls. They help me out with my girl fix, so Auntie Lindsay enjoyed finding this AWESOME Pottery Barn Doll house for them brand new at half the price on craigslist. They LOVED it!

The boys really love their little but growing cousin Kenzie!

Ginger Bread House!

2010-12-19T15:59:00.000-08:00

I can't wait for when doing the houses consist of the boys putting the house together by themselves then me putting it together. They doing enjoy eating while I work though.

See what i mean, poor tree!

Not Far Behind!

2010-12-19T15:02:00.000-08:00

Koen and Gavin don't let Kaitin get far ahead! Since he got a new bigger bike and felt like big stuff. Koen and Gavin decided they would show him and learn how to ride their bikes with out training wheels earlier then he did. Koen is two months from his 5th Birthday and Gavin is 3yrs 4 1/2 months. This makes me so proud!

Stay tuned for videos...

Kaitin Turns 6, Wow!

2010-12-18T13:51:00.000-08:00

Kaitin's such a GOOD boy, I wanted to give him a AWESOME Birthday party! So I heard through a friend the Castle Rock Fire Department will send a crew of firemen to your party and let the kids explore the fire truck. They even let them get the hose out and spray water. Sadly we didn't get to do this because it was the middle of December. But none of the kids seem to mind, Kaitin was in Heaven, I let the pictures tell the rest!

Learn and try on the equipment!

Take a turn driving...

And blow the horn, our neighbors loved us for this!

Super yummy cake, oreo cake with oreo filling even!

Morgan help him out keeping his eyes closed for the last present, a NEW BIKE! He was trilled!

2010-12-14T20:32:00.000-08:00

This day we went and found a perfect Christmas tree. We LOVE this tradition we are creating with our boys. It's a blast to go on a hunt of a tree and cutting your own down. We always have some laughter in there too, like because Grant was driving to fast in my opinion on the road up the mountain we passed our turn of where we wanted to look. Made it to this other road, that was totally a off riding road. Lets just say I'm surprised my car came out of it with no damage. But it was fun and then we finally found the picture one.

They got their fire safety tips from Smokey before we headed up in the hunt of a perfect tree

Then posed for a picture...

and then they were off!

Our tree in it's natural standing

They all took a wack at it...

Grant measuring out the length, we had to cut off 8ft of the tree and our tree is still 14ft tall

Cherry Creek Santa

2010-12-07T19:00:00.000-08:00

We ate at California pizza kitchen! You get these four boys together and their quite the handful but full of joy too!

This Santa was very talkative! He never let the boys stop and smile for the camera but then again with three boys wishes to hear he was a busy santa!

We've heard this Santa was pretty cool, I have to say I was disappointed! But we made the day of and got to have lunch with Grant. The boys enjoyed it that's all that mattered!

Santa

2010-12-04T13:53:00.000-08:00

The first Santa we visited this year was in one of the neighborhoods here. They had a craft, carriage rides and time on Santa's lap. The boys enjoyed it and it was nice that it was here in town and free!

Getting a picture of the three of them was not easy!

Thanksgiving

2010-11-29T13:22:00.000-08:00

We spent Thanksgiving with my family again this year! It's always fun knowing you have family to spend time with on Holiday's! I am very Thankful for all 24 of us!

The guys frying the Turkey! I have to say I think I'm just not a big fan of Turkey it did seem alittle more moist than just baking it but still not the GREATest meat I've eaten!

Molly painting Adri's toes!

So I have to put this so I remember this, last year when I made pies everyone was kinda like pies "why pies, not really being fans of pies" This year the pies were pretty much gone with in the first 30 mins and everyone started eating pies not long after eating their meals.

Our littlest Turkey this year, Miss Kenzie!

The kids table!

Last year we went to the Husker/CU game and wanted to go again this year! We planning on make it a yearly thing to at least go to one game a year. Next year should be pretty fun as we plan on taking the boys!

Making Turkey cookies!

Miss Kenzie is finally upto 4 lbs! I thought this picture really showed her size!

It was a GREAT family weekend! As you can tell the boys were all worn out!

Proud

2010-11-18T16:50:00.000-08:00

Kaitin and I had his first Parent Teacher Conference today. It went well! Kaitin is doing GREAT in class. About the only bad thing she said is he's alittle shy, like when it comes to speaking out. Which with all of you that know Kaitin like I do know this kid is not shy. I think the reason for this and so does Miss Jojola is that it's his first year in school. It's just that all NEW to him he hasn't been to daycare, preschool or even church sunday school/nursery so pretty this is probably a big change for him. But he's doing GREAT and like I say many many times, I am one proud mama!

Here's his first report card:

Husker Love

2010-11-14T08:10:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we went to a place in town called the fowl line, because it's now a watch site for the Huskers games. I guess we didn't realize how many Huskers live in Castle Rock. There wasn't a single table or even place to stand left in the place. We just came back home and ordered the game and pizza and enjoyed it at home.

Snow Finally

2010-11-10T12:15:00.001-08:00

We finally got our first snow fall. We were all very happy and excited for this, we are for sure a family that loves the snow. Last year our first snow fall was on September 20th this year we had to wait alittle longer for it. It was so cute seeing each boys reaction to seeing it snowing.

I think he h

Reading

2010-11-08T06:51:00.000-08:00

I'm so happy to say Kaitin is reading! I couldn't be more proud of this kid, I'm one proud mama, He didn't learn this at school but at home him and I have been working on it. It's not a easy task teaching your own child stuff from what I've learned through all this, I don't know if this is more because he's a boy or what. But we worked hard together and made it happen. Kaitin were very very proud of you, your one amazing kid!

In this video, he is reading the second story in the book for the first time!

Halloween Night

2010-10-31T13:14:00.000-07:00

Halloween night we went over to our good friends the Blanchard's and join up with Anna and her two cuties for some trick or treating in their neighborhood!

Downtown Trick or Treating!

2010-10-29T13:08:00.000-07:00

Our town every year has a trick or treating downtown day. The kids had alot of fun collecting all their goodies!

Wishing Star Farm

2010-10-26T07:57:00.000-07:00

This last Sunday we went to the Wishing Star Farms Pumpkin Patch! This one is located in Monument, Co. I wasn't sure what to expect but their website looked like it was a fun place. Grant and I were so happy we were able to take the boys to a pumpkin patch this year. Last year Koen was so sick from chemo that he wasn't upto it. The boys had a BLAST!

Here their having fun singing a poop song while walking to the slide, 1,2 Don't step on the poo!

This place didn't grow their own pumpkins but they had tons to choose from that were huge and it was included in the price for getting in. If you ask the boys still one of their favorite parts was riding in the wheel barrel back to car. LOL

Pumpkin Carving

2010-10-17T12:32:00.001-07:00

Yesterday Auntie Karlissa, Uncle Lucius, Aunt Molly, Auntie Brenna came into town for Koen and Gavin's last soccer game. Thanks guys for coming and showing the boys how much you LOVE them by cheering them on. So they decided to carve pumpkins in the afternoon.

Pumpkin Patch

2010-10-16T21:27:00.000-07:00

On Friday my friend Sylvia and I decided at 8:30 we would head to the pumpkin patch for the day. We thought oh it's alittle late to get started, considering the place was a hour away. But we thought oh well, we got on the road around 10:15ish. Our five little boys were more than excited to be going. Well it didn't quite turn out like we thought it would.. We dressed all five boys for a 70 degree weather day with a breeze, it turned out to be 90 degrees instead. Then once we got there Koen was complaining about a headache but we thought were here lets see how it goes. Well we got a few fun things in, lunch feed and headed out on the hayride in search for the perfect pumpkin. Once we hit the field Koen just seat down and started crying that his head hurt, so we hurried and found our pumpkins and headed back to the hayride. While waiting to get headed back Koen started to throw up everywhere. Poor little guy didn't feel at all, so our day ended alittle shorter then we had hoped for and was quite abit warmer than we had planned for. But the boys didn't seem to mind the craziness and still had fun! :)

North Pole

2010-10-04T11:23:00.000-07:00

This last weekend was a GREAT one! I just LOVE my little family! I can't get enough of seeing their enjoyment in things. Seeing them just giggle and giggle this weekend at the North Pole was so much fun. This is down in CO springs, it's a GREAT place if you have little kids. All the rides are meant just for them! I must say I love living where we live right now, it's such a GREAT state and we couldn't have picked a better town to live in. It's literally tens mins from the big city then 30 mins from the springs. Plus all the great hiking trails with in mins. It's pretty GREAT, i'm just saying!

Okay on to the their adorable little smiles!

Mommy didn't feel so well after the many spinning rides!

Scary Skeletons

2010-09-29T19:35:00.000-07:00

Three little scary skeletons!

Oh wait their sweet too!

Were all ready for Halloween here! Were all excited about it this year as last year we were in the hospital with Koen removing his tumor. Which means we didn't get to do any trick or treating.

Skydiving

2010-09-25T10:11:00.000-07:00

Falling out of a airplane is AMAZING! It's a crazy feeling! Grant surprised me with going a week or so ago. It was pretty exciting that he change his mind and let me do it. In the past when we had talked about it he always said he probably wouldn't let me considering we have three boys. But he just decided one day it was time to surprise me with something fun and exciting so we went skydiving. Once I hit the ground I wanted to go right back up. Can't wait till next time, Grant and I are going to take the class to jump alone and not have to have someone on our back for the jump. Everyone should at least try it once in their life time. It's truly amazing! There's a moment in the sky when time literally feels like it stops and your just sitting in the sky. I also have a video but I have to figure out how to get on my computer before I can upload it anywhere, so I guess if you want to see it them you'll have to come see me.

First Field Trip

2010-09-23T12:25:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I got the privilege of going on a field trip with Kaitin's class. It was his first field trip so he was very excited about it. I really LOVE being a stay at home mama. There's nothing much better than it! I also realize this as I was on this field trip. I could never be a teacher or a bus driver. For those that do that, God Bless you! Being a mama and so much easier!

We went to a outdoor museum of the past and present in Littleton, Co!

Tower of Terror

2010-09-23T09:15:00.000-07:00

The boys LOVED this ride and were hilarious on it! So I had to do a post just for all the facial expressions I got of them!

Elitches

2010-09-21T13:19:00.000-07:00

Since we were able to stay the night in downtown denver. We thought we would take advantage of free pass to Elitches for the day. It was kinda rough day for me as I still wasn't feeling to well. But Kaitin was fine and the boys were thrilled to get to spend the day there. They didn't want to leave when mommy and daddy were ready too. Thank goodness we left when we did though as soon as we got home Grant came down with the sickness. Here's some cute pictures though of the boys completely enjoying themselves.

Kaitin was not happy about the rollercoaster! But we made him at least try it once, yes were those parents. The Bus ride before this we dragged him on it with him kicking and scream and he loved it within the first few seconds. So he's rule is he always has to at least try it. Hopefully he'll out grow this as his parents are huge theme park people.

Miracle Party

2010-09-20T19:41:00.000-07:00

Saturday was Koen's Miracle party. It's a party they throw every year for cancer patience. It was our first year since last year he was still going through chemo and wasn't up to that much partying. I was totally bummed though when about 3:00 that afternoon I started feeling sick but went ahead and got ready and thought oh I can do this. Well then with in the first hour of the party Kaitin started complaining that his head hurt. So Kaitin and I went ahead and went back to the hotel room and sleep. Grant and the boys had lots of fun though. From the bounce house, Limo rides, dancing, cookies and cupcakes. Hopefully next year we'll all make it trough the whole party. So this means once again I got very few pictures of my boys all dressed in their tux.

Boys rooms

2010-09-17T16:51:00.001-07:00

I finally got the boys room pretty much finished! There's still a few things I would like to do like put their names on their walls and some kind of car picture in K & G's room. But pretty much done otherwise! K & G's room is a vehicle room and Kaitin's room is a Airplane room! Their pretty happy with them I have to say.

Yes that's a airplane propeller in the corner!

Money saving tip: The curtains finals are from pottery barn. But I didn't pay the complete pottery barn price. You can just buy the finals and then they will fit just a target curtain rod. Other's wise it's like $75+ just for the those two things. So you get the pottery barn look for half the price. We were going to just put the airplane ones in Kaitin's room but K & G didn't think that's was to fair so they got truck ones.

Hair cut & New Bike

2010-09-12T11:21:00.000-07:00

Gavin, was in serious need of a hair cut. So the other night we buzzed him. He looks so different with it buzzed. He also upgraded from a trike to a bike. He's pretty happy with his new bike. Everyday since he wakes up puts his shoes on and heads out for a ride. Can't get enough of this kid, he melts my heart!

Daddy thought it would be funny to give him the business in the front party in the back look, also know as a mullet.

So Proud!

2010-09-10T20:00:00.000-07:00

Kaitin learned to ride his bike today with no training wheels! It's taken me three days to talk him into it but with the motivation of getting to go to the store and pick out a toy he was willing to give it a try. But I knew if he just tried it he would have it down in no time. Within the first 5 minutes he had it down. It took me only 3 times of holding on the back of seat of the bike and he was off. He road his bike for a 2 hours straight after that and wanted to go back our after dinner but it was too late. He was happy to learn he doesn't have school tomorrow and will be able to just ride his bike.

First one to learn to ride was Lizzy

Second was Gregory and finally Kaitin

Last Day

2010-09-08T21:30:00.000-07:00

Monday was the last day for our pool to be open, we were quite bummed. So even though it was alittle chilly we still went just to enjoy it once more. Now we'll just be spending more time at the park now that's it's not to hot for it.

We finished our Labor Day weekend with a barbecue, later in the evening we found the kids all snuggled up on the watching a movie. It makes my heart smile to see how well my kids play and LOVE their friends!

First Soccer Game

2010-09-07T13:24:00.000-07:00

Koen & Gavin had their first soccer game last week! It was pretty darn cute and they LOVED it!

Karlissa Wedding!

2010-08-28T07:57:00.000-07:00

The weekend of the 28th my baby sister got married! She was a gorgeous bride and I couldn't be more happy for her! Congrats Lucius & Karlissa!

She was a beautiful bride!

Kaitin and Koen were ring bears!

This was our ride from the church to the reception!

I was quite bummed when I got home and realized all three of my boys wore tux and I didn't get any pictures of them in them! I was super busy though so it's no wonder! Not this weekend but next were going to a Golden Miracle Party for Koen so we'll all be dressed up then. I'll be sure and get pictures! I was also happy to find another purpose for the boys to wear their tux since I bought them!

Koen & Gavin Start Soccer

2010-08-23T15:19:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday Koen and Gavin had their very first soccer practice. They enjoyed it alot and they were so darn cute! It's going to be a busy season for soccer. We have soccer three nights during the week and on saturday mornings. Kaitin will practice Mondays and have games on Wednesday. I'm also coaching his team. Then Koen and Gavin will practice Thursday's and have games Saturday mornings. Always busy busy in this house!

WOW, Kindergarten

2010-08-06T09:19:00.000-07:00

Today, Was Kaitin's first day of Kindergarten! I can't believe he's already starting school. But, let me tell you how excited I am! Not because I'm getting rid of a kid but because oh how I LOVE to see my boy, grow, learn and just becoming a little human. I LOVE being a mom and I think the best part is seeing how these kids turn out. I couldn't be more PROUD of him! He's really grown into a AWESOME little boy! He has a GREAT personality, he's smart, caring, loving and most of all he's mine!

Their going to miss their big brother!

There's alittle bit of time to play around before!

His teacher, Ms Jojola!

Birthday Boy

2010-07-31T16:09:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my Baby is 3 years old today! He's grown up so fast and actually even seems older than 3 most of the time. That is before he decides to throw his 2 year old fits. Hahahaha But man do I LOVE this kid! Here's just a couple pictures of him as I'm too busy celebrating with him to take to much time.

Final Game

2010-07-29T10:01:00.001-07:00

Kaitin had his last T-Ball game lastnight, he was pretty bummed that it was his last. But loves all his new friends he made and can't wait for Soccer now.

Always talking on the side lines!

So Proud!

Denver Zoo

2010-07-29T09:29:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, we meet up with Aunt Sara and headed to the zoo. After being there for half an hour we had wished we choose the water park over the zoo. But the kids didn't mind it and always LOVE getting to see all the animals, ride the carousel, the train, and feed certain things. This was my boys first time to visit the Denver Zoo, they enjoyed it and at the end just kept telling me how much they like that zoo. It was one busy day for us as we went to the zoo and then Koen had a hearing appointment to get his very own hearing aids. Then we also had Kaitin's last baseball game. We were all beat by the end of the day!

They got to see baby peacocks! I was surprised this mama didn't take their hands off because they were so close at times they could reach down and touch the babies!

They all squeezed into one wagon, by choice!

Gavin had alittle bit of a melt down so Kaitin and Ellie help him get over it!

Kaitin & Ellie decided to find a tree to climb and made it clear to the top!

ATV riding and Camping!

2010-07-26T09:24:00.001-07:00

This picture is hilarious, their bumping their fist with thumbs up and saying lets ride!

Isn't she pretty!

Sisters!

In this picture Kaitin told me, lets ride like the wind baby!

They enjoyed some games of horse shoes too!

The boys demanded a hole, so their Uncle Lucius dug as deep as hole as he could before he hit rock.

The boys LOVE finding the wood to build the fires!

Off to find more wood!

One of the BEST parts of camping is our cooking, this night we had Barbecue ribs, is sliced potatoes fried in bacon grease.

Yum, Yum Barbecue ribs!

This all started with the boys "men" wanting to make a bigger fire than the people across the way. So they went to find fire wood and came back with this. LOL

This weekend we went camping and ATV riding in the mountains, which when I say that I mean only 30 mins from our house. It was so much fun! Now I want to get some ATV's of our own to be able to do this whenever we want. The boys LOVED it, and cried the whole 30 min ride home. We went with my sister Karlissa and future husband Lucius, My brother Quinton and friends Amy & Terry. It was nice to be able to get away and kinda get our minds off everything that could lie ahead for Koen.

Devils Head Hike

2010-07-15T15:13:00.000-07:00

On this last Saturday we hiked up to Devil's Head tour. It's a look out tower that can look out over pretty much all of Colorado. It pretty AWESOME to see! It was a 3 mile hike, but to my surprise the boys done really really well. They all three hiked up and then only Koen and Gavin needed carried half way down. One of tricks for getting their minds off their tired legs were dum dum suckers. When ever they would stop and be like were tired we would throw a sucker in their mouth and they would keeping trucking on. Worked wonderful considering I got a 5,4 and 3 yr old to make a 3 mile hike up and down a mountain in 3 and half hours. It was a GREAT family outing.

Could this kid get any cuter!

Gavin was really into this walking stick!

Here I think they boys were trying to complain so Daddy was making them laugh and forget about it.

A couple pictures of the views, see what I mean by amazing!

They were pretty proud of there certificate for climbing up the tower!

They went climbing around on the rocks after lunch!

4th

2010-07-11T16:29:00.000-07:00

Our fourth was much better than last fourth. I remember our last fourth really being the day I realize there had to be something really seriously wrong with my Koen and feeling hopeless because I couldn't make it better. Little did I really know it was as bad as it was and that there was noway I alone could fix it. So this year it was so cute to see my boys excitement for the fireworks and for Koen to be able to enjoy them. All three of them weren't scared at all and Gavin at one point was trying to put a firework out with his barefoot. For sure all boys!

Here's a picture of Koen this 4th verse last 4th, I think he looks much healthier now!

We hung out with friends for the fourth!

Baseball Game

2010-07-01T12:37:00.000-07:00

Kaitin had his third bball game and I finally remember my camera! He LOVES LOVES baseball! The days he doesn't have practice or a game he asked a tons of times how long before he does!

Boston

2010-06-30T10:37:00.000-07:00

This last week Grant and I got a week vacation to Boston through his work. Well he still had to work alittle bit but not a normal work week so we still got alot of time to do stuff and enjoy each other. It was a GREAT break from all the normal life of being a parent. But let me tell you I really was missing my boys and all that normal stuff by the 6th day. I was so happy when the day came to go home and just get those sweet kisses, hugs and smiles again. We did so much and have way to many pictures. But here's a few!

The first night there we caught a RedSox game!

Grabbing a drink before a Duck Tour we went on!

We went to see the Cheer Bar while there too. I was pretty excited about this as I grew up watching it!

The company Grant was training with took us out for dinner one night on top of the highest building in Boston. The whole meal without the tip it cost over $800. It sure was yummy and we got a GREAT view while we ate too!

A wicked boat ride we went on! Check Grant's hair in the above picture and then his hair after, Hilarious!

Sun, Sun and More Sun

2010-06-17T12:45:00.000-07:00

Cheeto Face & Pb&Honey face!

Our Buddy Jack-Jack!

My little swimmer, he learned how to swim breath stroke this last year "on his own". Just in the couple times we've been to the pool this year he has learned out to dive down and get something off the bottom of the pool and also swim doggy paddle "as he calls it" LOL!

My baby fix Cash, Such a GREAT baby! You'll rarely hear him cry!

Man are you we LOVIN our summer here! Mama, loves it cause it's means GREAT sun rays! Boys LOVE it because it means water, water and more water. Of course I Love the fact that I can go to the pool and sit pool side soak up the side and the boys just play and play and eat ton I should add. We went with our friends Sylvia, Jack Jack and Baba Cash. It was Blast! Back tomorrow in between the cleaning house, ha!

My BOY

2010-06-09T15:50:00.001-07:00

The last two night I haven't been able to sleep well at all. Last night I found myself checking my old blog post which in turn brought ALOT of tears along with it. I just can't believe how sick my Koen was for so long and how it took us forever to figure it out and just the whole journey. It something that I really wish didn't happen at all. Other times I know there was a point to it, not completely sure of all those reason yet. But one thing I do know is I try so hard to not take any minute with my boys for granted, though sometimes I do get caught up in the stress of raising three boys. I always find myself stopping and just remembering how BLESSED I am to even still have a three amazing little boys. One of the things I LOVE most is their little giggles of thrill, their smiles which are endless and I even love their naughtness I just wish at those times I didn't have to be the parent and correct them and could just be that person that could totally laugh at how hilarious their acting sometimes. All in all I LOVE my boys and can't get enough of them!

These pictures are of Koen from his last flashes of hope photo shoot back in Febuary! We took a whole lot more of me and the two boys in them but for some reason it took forever to get them and lost alot of the shots because some kind of problem.

First Tee Ball Practice

2010-06-08T06:59:00.000-07:00

Kaitin had his first Tee Ball practice last night. It was so ADORABLE! Unlike Soccer he really really enjoyed this and can't wait for the next practice. It was hilarious, Grant told me after "Man it's nice to see him enjoy that so much I was about to declare are kid a nerd" LOL! Kaitin did enjoy soccer to a point but you could tell he really would rather not have played. But it totally had to do due with the weather "I believe". When it's 30 degrees outside who's gunna wanna play anything. By his last game of soccer it was a nice 50 degree and he did GREAT! But it for sure makes us so happy to see how much he enjoyed tee ball!

Yep, That color is PINK! Real men wear pink, right???

First Water Day

2010-05-28T16:53:00.000-07:00

Man has it been hot well actually it's only been 90 degrees. But I feel like I'm dying I guess you get used to being cold in Colorado so even though it doesn't get all that hot here it still feels hot to us. The boys are loving it they finally got to use the sprinkler today. Were looking forward to our neighborhood pool opening tomorrow!

Last Game

2010-05-23T20:44:00.000-07:00

Kaitin's last soccer game was on Sunday! I have to say he has really come a long way since the first game. He really got into this game. At one point he totally pushed a kid down. Which at the start of the season he was the kid getting pushed down then walking off cause he was sad that he got pushed down. Next year all three of the boys are going to play that should be a lot of fun.

I have to say Kaitin had the hottest coach!

Half time break and cooling off with a slurpee and enjoying some fruit!

Spring Days

2010-05-17T17:10:00.001-07:00

Since Spring days have finally arrived we decided to spend the afternoon at the zoo. Of course the boys had a blast as always. But they actually did very well and behaived well. Since Koen and Gavin normally take a 2 hour nap everyday I wasn't sure how it could turn out. But it was GREAT and felt so good to spend the day outside and wearing shorts. Lovin it!

Our new friends Blake and Dominika that actually live right in the house behind us but it's taken us 8 months to meet. Crazy!

Blake was trying to catch the fish!

Our weekend!

2010-05-17T17:01:00.000-07:00

Kaitin became the ball!

Check out that form!

Our weekend was a good weekend! Nice and relaxing! We did yard work and had some dinners with some friends. Also lots of playing around in our house!

Love them!

2010-05-14T13:43:00.000-07:00

Nap time, I love looking at my boys were their sleeping they look so sweet and like they could no wrong. HA!

Little Gavin has alittle bit of a cold so he's been sleeping with his mouth open.

This is what Kaitin does for a good portion of his quite time.

Beaten MailBox

2010-05-14T13:33:00.000-07:00

Ok, seriously our life is never boring and there's always something going on in the Slovek home. Last night our mailbox mostly likely got beat with a bat. I heard a car noise, a bang noise and talking going on outside around 11:30 last night but I didn't jump out of bed soon enough to catch who or what happened. But this morning when I took my trash down to the road I noticed our mail box didn't look right at all. Not sure why we were targeted, hope it has nothing to do with Koen's news story the other day. But I really think it's just stupid kids being just that stupid. We didn't have any outside or inside lights on so this is why we probably were targeted. But man how unlucky are we. LOL!

Should we call him Lucky

2010-05-11T08:38:00.000-07:00

Okay so should we call him lucky or a very accident prone child. Yesterday we were coming home from once again the Children's hospital from just getting Koen's second cast removed. He was so happy to have it off and to be able to walk around normally. He told daddy later that night "watch daddy I can run now". So normally I open the garage door while I'm pulling into the drive but today it skipped my mind so I got Koen and Kaitin out then pushed the garage door open so they could get their bikes out to play outside for a bit. Next thing I know I hear a bloody scream and turn around and Koen is hang from the garage door by his shirt and pulled all the way to the top. I hear his shirt rip as I'm running towards him. All I was thinking was here we go back to the hospital. Lucky I made it to him and then was able to lift him up high enough on my shoulders to help him get his shirt off and get down. My neighbor saw all this as she was walking her dog and came running too. He was actually one lucky little boy and finally caught a break. Because had he fallen to the cement under him he could have been very injured. To make a long story short my neighbor felt that the piece on the door is really truly pointless and a dangerous thing to even have on there so she gave the news stations a call and they came out and did a story on it. Which I was totally fine with cause really even though this mostly like hasn't happened before (as grant couldn't find anything when he googled it) but it could very easily happen again and somebody could not turn out so lucky to only walk away with a ripped shirt (which was one my faves by the way, lol)
So here is the link to the news story that was run last night!

http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-garage-door-accident-051010,0,7985022.story

One again breathing a sign of relief for my little man. What I can't figure out is why just Koen, I have two other boys too why not one of them for once. Or nothing for once, our lives are for sure not boring!

Mother's Day

2010-05-11T08:22:00.000-07:00

Mama's Day was a good and relaxing day. It was a GREAT day to just enjoy my boys and eat yummy food. Grant made me barbecue pork ribs, corn on the cob, potato salad and yummy brownie Carmel desert. Yes I gain at least 5 pounds!

I didn't get any pictures cause I actually had a cold and didn't feel all to well! Here's a cute story though that I want to remember. Kaitin came running upstairs while I was getting ready for the day and was like Happy Mother's Day mama. He said want do you want me to buy you and I was like oh, he was like maybe a toy. I laughed and was like I bet you would like that huh, so he got this look that he was really trying to think of something and then he was like a purse you would really like a purse. Then on our way to have donuts for breakfast he was was telling Koen how daddy was going to take him to buy a purse for mommy and wanted to know what Koen wanted to get me. Koen was like I wanna buy her something pink. It was so cute! Then they all decided that Kaitin was going to buy me a purse, Koen a necklace and Gavin a ring.

I LOVE my boys so much and couldn't be more happy to call myself their mama. They truly are just so AMAZING and make me so proud everyday! Being a mama is one of the best and most rewarding job in the WORLD! I'm one LUCKY mama. Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's day and felt Blessed to call yourself a mama.

Grant also got my pictures hung up for me! My house is just about all put together and finished. Of course though this is me were talking about and if you ask Grant I'll always have something for him to hang. I guess I still have the office to do too.

Saturday Fun

2010-05-11T08:07:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we went to Chuckie Cheese for Jackson Birthday party. My kids LOVE this place, they had a blast and ate too much cake.

This is our buddy Jack Jack!

He was just alittle scared!

In this picture Gavin was so thrilled that daddy picked him up a slingy dog at target when we stop for Jackson gift. My boys are VERY into Toy Story right now. They can't wait till the new ones comes out soon!

Estes Park

2010-05-03T14:12:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we had a little family weekend in Estes with my family. Didn't take awhole lot of pictures but here are a few. While we were up there I took Karlissa's & Lucius's Engagement pictures. I'm waiting till I get photoshop this week to do all the little fun fixes to them before I upload them.
Such BIG brown eyes these two have!

Storms!

2010-04-20T08:18:00.000-07:00

Our afternoon rain storms are starting. Which I so LOVE! Around 3:30-4:00 we get some dark storm clouds and then rain and sometimes lighting and thunder. With the sun still shining. It only rains about 30-45mins then stop and then we get these great rainbows and fresh air. I love the smell of rain and Love Colorado weather! Were all looking forward to spending a summer here!

There's was three rainbows total yesterday!

Swimming

2010-04-16T19:26:00.000-07:00

Today was a really cold day so we decided to meet some friends for some swimming!

Gavin enjoys these fountains but...

Spent most of his time doing this! Guess everyone of them are going to have to go through the scared of the water stage. Koen did it last year and Kaitin the year before all at the same age. Weird if you ask me!

Kaitin is my little fish!

His poor goggles cut into his face so bad, guess it's back to target to see if I can find a better pair.

Some of the friends we met up with!

Bubbles

2010-04-12T09:42:00.000-07:00

What a bubble bath! Koen kinda missed out on the fun as he had already gotten out before Gavin dumped the whole bottle of shampoo in the tub! Koen thought it was pretty hilarious to watch though, I'll have to get the video up loaded at some point. I think we need to get a tub with jets so my boys can have bubble baths like this more often.

Kaitin

2010-04-12T09:19:00.000-07:00

Sleeping Boy

2010-04-12T07:59:00.000-07:00

Gavin, this is kid is let me tell you so much fun! Even though he can be my most challenging child with his strong will. He's also my most Lovable one. He thinks he's as BIG as his brothers and always try to do it better. He's really started talking lately in sentence and down right conversation. He also loves to copy everything somebody says from "Kaitin I told you not to do that and now your trouble", to "don't hit the table or mommy be very mad at you". All in his own little voice. Let me tell you I LOVE this boy and so very glad God knew better than me and gave him to me. It really is GREAT having three boys! They really love each other and really never want to be apart and when they start playing something they can play for hours doing just that one thing. What can I say I'm one Blessed Mama!

Thought about it but then....

Decided this was much better!

Kaitin and Koen thought daddy need some sand in his hair while he was sleeping!

Lovin it

2010-04-12T07:49:00.000-07:00

I'm going to do a post of my favorite shots for each boy! As there's so many! So here is Koen! I've said this a million times already and I'm going to say it again but you can truly tell that Koen doesn't take life for granted anymore and really really enjoys anything and everything. He's a very happy kid anymore with very few dislikes or meltdowns.

SO

2010-04-12T07:34:00.000-07:00

Sorry I didn't post yesterday about another day in Florida. Honestly it's almost tiring just doing all the post of our trip because there is so many. But alot of it has to do with the fact that I spend from 8:30-5:30 in Aurora from taking Koen in for his three month check up. But anyways, on Monday April 12th we were all amusement parked out, so we decided to go to the beach. Which we think was a GREAT call, Koen and Kaitin both had a blast. Not so much Gavin as for some reason he wasn't feeling well and spent most of his time asleep on beach. (Which what's better than sleeping on the beach) and mommy got some sun. It's was a great relaxing day.

First we grab some breakfast at the ice cream shop and then got to meet Mickey, Minnie Mouse, Goofy and Pluto!

Back to Magic Kingdom

2010-04-11T16:43:00.000-07:00

This was one of their favorite rides!

Fun ride, But Kaitin didn't think so!

Animal Kingdom

2010-04-11T16:30:00.000-07:00

So on Sunday we went to Animal Kingdom, I have to say we weren't very impressed. I don't know if was cause of what they called a petting zoo or because my boys weren't to interested. So in the afternoon we headed back to Magic Kingdom where it made the day so much better. The boys wanted to go here in the first place but we thought we should at least check out animal kingdom. Guess we should have listen to them in the beginning.

This was the only about petting they did, a "RAT" and a nasty goat that was even roped in!

This was another ride that was one of Kaitin's favorites! Poor Gavin was yet again to short for it though!

Mini Golf

2010-04-10T20:13:00.000-07:00

My prisoners, their so cute I'm never letting them go!

That night we went and played some miniature golf. The boys were hilarious! They all loved it but had their own idea of how to play! Gavin also is very into golf right now I could see him being my future golfer. Some days he carries a club and golf ball around.

Block Party Bash

2010-04-10T20:03:00.000-07:00

We grab yet another cold treat and waited for the block party to start! The energy it has to take for these people to put this on is amazing!

Poor Koen got blissters on both of his feet! He wanted to take a picture of them! LOL

Pizza Planet

2010-04-10T12:50:00.000-07:00

The boys thought it was so cool that they were getting to eat at pizza planet!

Hollywood Studios!

2010-04-10T12:22:00.000-07:00

Saturday we spent the day at Hollywood studios! This park is alot of just shows and characters! They did have one Buss Lighter Year ride though that was pretty fun.

They got to meet alot of Characters this day!

Doug the dog was pretty funny! I think he was probably the boys favorite! Because he really interacted with the boys! Kaitin asked him where the squirrel was, it was hilarious because Kaitin really got a kick out of it!

That night Kaitin was like mom the characters weren't really real, their just people dressed up! It was pretty funny!

Play & Ride

2010-04-09T17:16:00.000-07:00

Trying to talk Kaitin into getting on the roller coaster he was ready to run away!

Dippin Dots, YUM!

So sleepy about to pass out!

Finally bit the dust!

Kaitin ate a bean and cheese burrito from taco bell just about every night. One of Kaitin's hilarious moments: He loves them but always just ask for a bean burrito, well I never order it with just beans always with cheese on it. I don't think he would honestly really like it with just beans but he never knows cause the cheese always is pretty much melted and mixed in with the beans. For hilarious part. He was enjoying his burrito and next we know he is yelling and saying mom, mom my beans are falling out then within seconds he yells (IN A VERY ANGRY VOICE, WITH A VERY ANGRY LOOK) "AND there's CHEEEEESE on it" It was hilarious wish I could have gotten his look on camera.

Shamu, Shamu, Shamu

2010-04-09T14:25:00.000-07:00

The boys enjoyed the shamu show too!

Water FUN!

2010-04-09T13:12:00.000-07:00

Grant watch Koen and Gavin while Kaitin and I rode a water ride like splash mountain! I can't wait till the boys are all tall enough for every ride, the fun we'll have then will be GREAT!

So they found a spot on the bridge that water splashed over!

And yes I'm adding all of these cause there so darn cute! Loving their faces in every one!

They must have had chocolate at some point too, notice the face. Also picked out stuffed animals!

What could make a kid happier than chocolate in the belly and a stuff animal in hand!

Dolphins!

2010-04-09T13:02:00.000-07:00

This was so cool we all got to feed the dolphins! Once again the boys LOVED it!

Gavin was so EXCITED!

See they really do LOVE each other!

Such a FUN day!

2010-04-09T06:47:00.000-07:00

The second day we went to Sea World. It was a very fun filled day. The boys loved everything from the shows, animals and rides. I have never been to a Sea World so I really enjoyed it too. We all also got to feed stingrays and dolphins.

First stop was the Dolphin show!

Feeding the stingrays!

Then we caught a seal show! It was pretty funny cause the seal were not wanting to listen very well.

Funny story!

2010-04-08T17:01:00.000-07:00

Funny story about Kaitin after we finally got back to our villa. It took an hour and a half to get out of the park at closing. So we finally got back to our villa at 12:30 ish. The boys were all passed out in the car and transferred well from the car to bed. Well about the time Grant and I laid our heads on our pillow we hear Kaitin screaming bloody murder. So we ran in there and he was screaming and say I'm spinning I'm spinning I'm going to fall out I'm going to fall out. Did this many times and even ended up and bed with us. (Thank God for that king size bed) It was pretty funny! I guess all the rides did him in.

The End to a Magical Day

2010-04-08T15:48:00.000-07:00

The end of the day they have a light parade and then fireworks! The fireworks are amazing some of the best I've ever seen!

Waiting for the fireworks! About five mins after this photo he was like...
This!

Splash Mountain, Woody & Jessie

2010-04-08T15:25:00.000-07:00

One of Kaitin's favorite rides was splash mountain I think he road it totally of 5 or 6 times.

Gavin was too short to ride on the ride so he got treats instead!

The GREATEST thing was we had a special pass and were able to jump to the front of any line. When we saw Woody and Jessie they were closing down the line to meet them but because of our pass we didn't just get to wait in line we got to go to the front of the line. There's noway we could have made it through the whole Magic Kingdom park in one day with out this pass. Everyone else were at least waiting 20 mins to even 40 mins in line for rides. Can you say special treatment!

Rides!

2010-04-08T08:42:00.000-07:00

After the Castle show we hit some rides!

Magic Kingdom

2010-04-08T08:17:00.000-07:00

The first day we knew we had to hit Magic Kingdom! The Boys were so so so EXCITED! We were given 3 days pass tickets to the disney parks there are four different ones Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot, Animal Kingdom. We only made it to three of the them. We were weren't sure if Epcot was very kid friendly and they wanted to go back to Magic Kingdom instead of go there.

After you get of the the tram from the parking lot you have to ride either a ferrry or the monorail to get to the front gates of Magic Kingdom so we picked the ferry.

Rocking the shades!

This is a show that all the characters put on at the castle at the start of the day! It's also includes some fireworks!

We were also given a photopass card that is for all the pictures that the Disney workers take. Like a family one in front of the castle. This normal cost $150 just for the card and then the to order the cd with your pictures on it to do what you want with cost more. But it was just given to us!

Finally Made it!

2010-04-07T11:53:00.000-07:00

They had somebody from Give Kids The World there to meet us when we got off the plane! Koen thought it was pretty cool to have his name on a sign! The place we stayed at was a amusment park on it's own. They had everything from a candy land playground to a ice cream shop, movie theater, carousel, miniature golf. It was a pretty cool place!

Our Villa we stayed in and we rocked a mini van all week too. Grant had fun showing the boys how to drive a rental mini van.

This is the Ice Cream Shop

This is the Carousel and Castle

Kaitin is not a fan of carousels so he enjoyed playing the arcade games!

Meeting Mayor Rabbit of Give Kids The World! He also has a wife and at night they will come and tuck your kids in bed and read them a story. But we never were able to do this as we were getting back to our room after 11 and the boys past out in the car were carried in put in bed all with out waking up (my kids have never been like this).