Cody's home!

After a VERY long 4 weeks of being a single mother and missing the heck out of my dear sweet husband....he decided to come home! I think he missed us too! He was doing a job in San Fancisco with my 2 brothers Jason and Dalan. Besides missing their families and working I think they all had a lot of fun. They spent the weekends on the beach and tried lots of new restaurants. Kari, Michelle and I were able to fly out and spend Memorial Weekend with them so it did help break up the time...a little! They surprised us and drove through the night after work on Friday and got home early early Saturday morning. (they weren't expected to be home until late Saturday night) Cody called my cell phone at 4am to tell me they were just getting ready to leave and then asked me if i could do him a really big favor ...weird, i know. Then he asked me to open the front door! I practically tackled him on the porch before he finished his sentence! The best part is that i had him all to myself for 4 hours before the kids woke up! It was a really good surprise for a Saturday morning!

Cole couldn't find his shoes!

Look how i found Cole out riding his bike the other day. I'm sure he was the talk of the neighborhood! As you can see he's really good at dressing himself these days! Long sleeve shirt, swimming shorts, and SNOWboots!

Rylee gets her ears pierced!

Cute right? Cody was still out of town and my sister Julie came and stayed a week with me so we decided to make a little girl party out of it! (sorry Cole) Rylee was really excited until about the time they pierced the first ear. She was a little leary of letting the girl get close to her for the other side...but she did it! I couldn't believe it. There is something about a cute little earring on a girls ear that is sooooo cute!

watch how the excitement of getting her ears pierced slowly disappears. I had to have the motherly heart to heart talk about paying the price for beauty and blah blah blah and....beauty hurts! ...you know! lol...poor thing!


"a little leary, but this is gonna be fun!"


"really excited now"


"ok...not so fun!"


"totally worth it!" she got a sucker and a little purse with some lip gloss to help ease the pain