{Happy Birthday Ollie Max :: 2 Years Old}

Happy Birthday Ollie Max! 

This train loving little boy was OVER the moon when he woke up to find a MASSIVE new track ready for him to play choo choo's with. He was so excited about the trains that he didn't even want to open his other presents. Good thing you have awesome BIG brothers to help him out. 

 Lets be honest everyone was excited about the new trains. 

{Science Experiments :: Summer Time}

Ryker's lates obsession is science experiments. He bought his first kit with money from his birthday. 

 And when daddy found out about this he decided to pull out his lab coats and goggles and show the boys one of his favorite experiments when he was a kid { I had never seen this before}. 

 My cute little squints. 

{First Day of 1st Grade}

We have a first grader on our hands! This cute curly headed boy LOVES school and learning and it makes my heart so happy. I hope he stays like this for a LONG time. 

Teacher : Mrs. Kirkpatrick

What I want to be when I grow up: A Scientist or A Artist

{High Falls :: Adventures with Nana}

One night Brady was looking up cool places to ride his bike to and waterfalls. He discovered High Falls. It looked super cool so Nana and I packed up the three monkeys and headed out for an adventure. 

We got to play on this cool bridge and watch the schools of fish down below. 

The top of the water fall is a HUGE rock full of slow water perfect for playing in.

We had fun watching the tadpoles and fish swim around our toes. I think that was my first time seeing big tadpoles like that. It was pretty cool. 

I can't wait to come back here next summer when I am not pregnant and we can cliff jump {Ryker told me he wants to jump off a not so high spot - he is so our child}and swim down by the waterfall and also get my photo taken on top of the arch. I really wanted to do it this day but then thought that might not be a safe idea while pregnant. 

We had a blast playing in the water and slipping and falling all over this crazy rock. Grayson is one tough cookie he cut his toe open and that didn't even stop him from playing around in the water and climbing rocks. 

Ollie was not as big of a fan of the mud and water at the big boys so he and Nana decided to go and explore in the woods and find sticks. Good thing Nana is much better at this outdoor adventure stuff than this mama. The bugs and snakes scare me... but today was a sure win on the adventure spectrum. 

These boys had a ball playing with HUGE sticks and climbing up boulders in a dried up river bed. They are my wild, LOUD pieces of dirt who I LOVE!

hahah I can't help but smile and laugh every time I look at this photo. I love his crazy jumping face. Jumping pictures are the BEST!

{Painting :: Summer Time Crafting}

Ollie Max's first time painting with sponges. He enjoyed himself. 

Ryker painting his TP roll race cars. We are becoming VERY creative these days with our crafts. 

{Picking Flowers:: Summer Time}

Nana told me to plant zinnia's and that was the best decision EVER. We have had so much fun picking flower to put in our house every week all summer long. These boys love cutting them, and telling me which ones to cut and picking what vase to put them in. It has been so fun. 

{Painting :: Summer Time}

My little artist working hard. Making sure to paint his egg carton critters, the paper, the table and himself. 

 Painting our egg carton helicopters, caterpillars, and butterflies. 

 Ryker was being grumpy {not sure why} but Grayson was hamming it up enough for both of them. 

 Climbing baby caught in action.... a bit stuck in mid climb. 

showing off his muscles and paint covered body. 

{Messy baby :: Ollie Max}

This cute messy baby sure does love him some salsa and chips has no shame in taking a bath in the salsa while he is at it. 

{Games with Nana :: Summer Time}

These boys of ours fit in the family so well. They LOVE playing any and all games. Suspend is one of our favorites lately and somehow Gray Gray does awesome at almost just tossing his pieces on and somehow they actually stay. Its CRAZY because the rest of us can NOT play like that at all. 

 This game takes some major concentration.