Raspberry Picking!!

Apparently we DO have wild raspberries growing in AZ!!  I was SO excited to find that out.  Also surprised that my mom, queen of the mountains, didn't know about them.  We headed up last Friday in search of the berries.  It was an awesome day of hiking with the boys and Grammie and Papa.  Our first stop brought up zero.  However, after lunch we hit the rim and found a ton of plants.  They were loaded with berries, but majority of them were not ripe.  That's OK.  We had a blast and picked enough.   Too many pics to label, but I think they are pretty self explanatory.  Enjoy!

California, here we come!

We recently were blessed with an awesome trip to California.  All of Cody's family went - Gramps, Farmor, Aunt Jamie, Uncle Travis, (soon - to - be) Aunt Raquel and our family.  First stop, Steve and Karen Eckbergs in Placentia.  We had a wonderful dinner with them Sunday night.  Then on Monday it was off to Disneyland!!!!  The boys had a blast and I had a great time seeing it through their eyes.  On Tuesday, we continued north the Turlock to visit Grandpa Bill, Shirley and our good friends Tim, Jill, Ty and Jamie.  What an awesome visit!  The boys had a blast!!!  The pics are out of order - first our time in Turlock and then Disney.

Oh Bother . . .

So our little friend Piglet decided to take a little swim/dive down the toilet, with a little help from his good ole buddy Ronan.  As I flushed the toilet, Ronan decided to toss Piglet in.  I don't know what happened to me, I just froze.  I kind of really didn't think it would make it through.  I was wrong.  Very wrong.  Thanks to Gramps (Cody's dad) for helping dislodge the toy.  Of course not an easy task.  Yes, we ended up having to take the ENTIRE toilet off, drag it into the yard and shove a hose in it to dislodge said toy.  Ugh.  But Piglet is free and the toilet is back in working order.  Thanks again Gramps!!!!

Catching up again . . .

So, I am really bad a keeping up on the blog now.  Life has been so busy the last several months, I don't even know where to begin.  Wish I could promise that I would be better at this, but I can't.  In the mean time,  here are a few recent pics:

Grammie, Ronan and Jacob on the park slide

Jacob and Aidan

Rona-roo!

Slip and slide fun!!

Soaking up the sun

Love, love lovin' it!

Showing off his boogie board.  And yes, it is a kneeling pad for gardening . . . :-)

He melts my heart

Swim lesson time!!!

Jacob was NOT into it the first day . . .

But by the second day he had warmed up . . . shall I say cooled down . . .

Aidan wanted to play with the "frisbee's".

My cute boys

Getting a little help from the instructor

What's been keeping us busy . . .

We have been very busy the past several weeks.  I apologize for the lack of updating on the blog.  I've got too many hobbies going on myself.  I will try to throw up a few more pics to update everyone in the next few days.  I am making no promises.  There are two main things that have kept us busy: illness and visitors.  My poor Ronan has suffered from 4-5 (I've lost count) ear infections since December along with colds and a stomach bug that landed him in the ER for IV fluids.  He is fine now - well a little runny nose with a little fluid in the ear, but no infection . . .yet.  Ugh.  Luckily he stays happy through all of it!  Jacob and Aidan have had it a bit easier.  Just a cold or two and Jacob did get the stomach bug.  Luckily, we managed to stay somewhat healthy while good friends of our were visiting from Boston.  We had an absolute blast hanging out with them at the zoo, the Botanical Gardens or at home.  It didn't matter where we were, just that we were together.  Anyway, that's about it in a nutshell.  There were a few more fun times in between Christmas and the present and I will touch on those soon . . . I think . . .

Ronan enjoying his first ride in the "Big Boy Forward Facing" carseat.

Sweet Rowdy attempting to comfort our poor sick Jacob

Zoo time with the Ulrickson girls!!!

Fun at the Desert Botanical Gardens with the Ulrickson girls!!