Joy is coming...

Ah the dog days of summer! I can hardly wait! For me, it means no getting up at 6:52 to start breakfast and carpools and life and more time with Ali, Bray and Matt that I rarely see these days!

One more week and it will be here.

B is out of town until Thursday and even though I miss him, and I absolutely HATE being alone, it is kind of easier! No big dinners or schedules or hidden adgendas...haha.

We worked on the yard ALL day yesterday, raking and bagging wheelbarrows full of wood chips so we can lay our sod. With the help our our neighbor....who we didn't even think was nice, B finished our sprinkling system. The guy stayed for 4 1/2 hours and even busted his power drill that drills through cement to help us. Well, I guess that repays us for when his kid stabbed holes in BOTH of our tramps!

Ok....so Trey supplied the knife and the know how.

But still! Karma. I do believe in Karma.
I also believe that Joy is just around the corner!

Been Awhile

Well....I haven't posted in a while because I haven't been able to find my camera. The last time I remember having it was when I caught Trey and Dax taking pictures. There were over 110 new pictures and they were of the most random things! Light switches, walls, the carpet, doors, their noses REALLY close up etc.... I grabbed it and said NO! I showed the pic's to Big B that night. "Mist, do you think something is wrong with our kids? Like seriously, are our kids are mentally disturbed?" I just answered, "probably." Anyhoo, I haven't seen my camera since that day.

However,
life has gone on.

We went camping at Scoffield over Memorial Day Weekend and it was definetly memorable. Cole shot two potguts and Trey (thinks) he shot a bird. He was "shooting" with one of those Bic lighters that are long and you start fires with. It was really B shooting at the exact same time with a REAL gun. Brayden shot the 30-Ot Shotgun, and REALLY wants one for his birthday. Matt finally shot the 30-Ot without it kicking him back too far. Last time his shoulder hurt for a week. Me and Ali steered clear and played Uno and Speed and thought of happier times.
Times where there is no rain and no mud and no smoke and no dead birds with their heads blown off and no ...oh wait when there IS a freakin toilet to sit on!

Mother's Day Love

On Thursday, a couple of us met mom down at Thanksgiving Point for lunch and to see the tulips which are in full fabulous bloom. It wasn't meant to be a Mother's Day activity, but since it was with all my favorite mothers and friends in the world and it was the weekend before the big day, it ended up starting an awesome weekend full of sister love. (Mom you know this means you too!)
On Thursday, I was in desperate need of a break. Dax had taken an unopenned gallon of Buspar and thrown it down on my front porch for no reason but to see if it would explode.

It did.

One FULL gallon sprayed my day before stained alder door and porch and rock work on the house. I spent almost 2 hours filling pitchers and pans to pour over it to get it all off. (Apparently we don't have a hose in the front).

I called Brooke in the middle of it all and told her I had reached my point.
She knew just what to do. She called K and asked her to take the Trax for the day and took care of everything. Brooke is the best because she will never, EVER judge me. She will calmly listen, assess and act. I love her for that!

So I think I appreciated the tulips a little more that day. it was calm and lovely and we had oh so much fun. Me and mom were witnesses of an old lady falling down and had to help her and then be witnesses to Thanksgiving Point about what happenned. It was awesome!

Here are some pics.....notice the Brown sister chest thrust that always seems to happen on the count of 3!

ooops...I didn't mean to do 2 with Tawn but I can't get it off. I thought it was Ang!
Oh! And AMBEr was there, she just took all the pics. Sad.

A Night to Remember

So Big B and I had a big night on Saturday. We went to the Eagles concert at Rio Tinto Stadium and it was so fab. We had the best seats in the house (thanks BK) and sat by Gary, our new realator friend and his wife. We never sat down, and the wierd thing is that we didn't care! Every song was so good. B's too shy to dance (even tho he wants to) so he put his arms around me and let me dance for him. We went to Raphael's first and got the new item on the menu: Taco's Sabore and then our server, Juan gave me a carnation for Mother's Day. Here's Big B:

Easter morn

How in the world do you add 2 pictures to ONE blog post? I still don't get it!
Where is Brayden?

Easter Morn

Devils

Even though Treyden and Daxton are Devils, I can't help but love them. They keep my life busy, happy, frustrated, spontaneous, dirty, weighed down, anxiety ridden and full. I love my boys!