Now these are some frightful men!

On our way to Charlie's Batman party at Sky Zone! 

Everyone was quiet as we walked in... the "Super Heroes" had arrived!

When one is just not enough

Just call these dogs angels - by far not because they are perfect 

Below as evidenced by Gypsy's sneak to the bathroom to eat toilet paper... She looks at me like no way am I guilty! Puppy dog, little do you know you have toilet paper hanging off your lips...

 

but because they are unbelievably patient! This is thier third go around with additions to the family. These little guys "love" them as much as Tripp and Juliette. "Love" is a relative term here. I am not sure the dogs love a double dosage of a leash in the house but the babies sure think they do!

And like sweet dogs they take it for the team and go along with it because they too are family and they realize it's just easier to go along with it than to be difficult. 

 

 

Can it be?

Today was SO exciting!! Tripp and his big sister were excited to go shopping.... This was until this little guy realized it was for a uniform...

Knowing Tripp and his particular nature with clothes do you think he was excited about a uniform? 

No! He fussed that he didn't want a uniform. That was until his sister assured him how exciting a uniform could be. 

Looking back look at this cutie getting her first uniform! She was so excited!

 

Roll forward three years and here we are now for Tripp! 

 

Tripp gave him just the right pep talk and he was ready!

 

And look at the sweetness we have! He could not have been any happier or more excited! 

 

Of course I couldn't get the darn socks off of him and he had to prance out of the store in August in long navy socks with crocs. The guy lives in another world! 

4K here we come! Ready or not!

It's off to the Dentist we go!

There is a first for everything and today was the babies' first dental appointment! They were fans. They really were. All of the kids have never had a fear of the dentist which is lucky for me! The pearly whites got shined and polished and we came out clear of any problems! 

 

 

 

Thank you Dr. Randy for a sweet first visit! 

Mountain happiness

We left our HOT world for a few days and headed to the mountains for some relaxation and cool air. It was wonderful! Our good friends the Keeley's invited us to their cabin. It was so nice to get away for a few days. The kids could not have been happier that Gypsy came with us too. Gracie stayed behind with Ms. Labinia and Jaylin as she has really aged and would not be able to do hikes or anything.



We had a ball. Tyler was sure that he was able to skip down the stairs, view the mountains, breathe in the air and walk Gypsy.... seems to me he is a pretty talented guy at 19 months old. 

I was so happy that we brought all of the children. They all enjoyed immensely!

 

 

 

We hiked every day! We hiked Grandfather mountain and several other trails. 

Tyler and Thomas found a perfect little home for three nights - in a pitch dark closet in the master bedroom. It was perfect! They slept in because there was no light and went straight to sleep because it was so dark. Hmmm... they would appreciate though returning to a normal bedroom when they return home. 

These guys ate all weekend and LOVED roaming around finding, grabbing and touching new things. 

This girl just LOVES her puppy! Nothing makes her happier than time spent with her. That is especially if Gypsy is feeling cooperative and wants to go along with her leash games. Juliette tends to think she loves these kind of games. Don and I assure her that she may not love them so much.

The beauty of the mountains!

It was a perfect weekend!

 

We ended the trip doing something I have wanted to do for a long time. We went hunting for gems! The kids loved it! We found a lot of "gems" and the kids think they found solid gold! They laughed, traded gems, took back "I made a mistake" trades, needed to find more gems and were sure that we could go home with these finds and never have to work again!

 

 

 

 

 

And this girl like everyone else was not ready to leave. She thought if she boycotted eating that morning, we would have to stay and wait until she decided to eat....

Oh Gypsy Rose... "Compliant" is not in your character description.

Ready to hit the fryer

Now that's a TROUT!

Don brought home this baby for dinner! She was BEYOND delicious!

This was Don's personal record for the largest trout that he has ever caught.



Tyler was ready for the fun and even gave the trout a kiss! 

He has fish lips for sure! Tripp screeched in his normal high pitched voice that now Tyler smelled like a bad fish!

Happy birthday Jaylin

Happiest of birthdays to our precious Jaylin! The kids feel like she is the fifth child in the family! She very well could be for as much as we all love her!

We celebrated and made our own party at Monkey Joe's. The kids LOVED it and were SO happy. The babies were all over the place and could not get enough of it.

Tyler was having a fit because Jaylin needed to rest her little arm on the motorcycle. Thomas was in his glory because someone was holding him, Tripp was too busy to stand still for one minute and then there was Juliette always ready to smile for the camera!



 

 

Happy 4th birthday precious girl!