Are we obsessed with sports? Yeah, maybe!

We play all kinds of sports at our house...

We've never outgrown the Bulls thing...

OR Utah Jazz....okay really anything basketball.  They love playing on our outdoor hoop and Miles loves to play "PIG" right now.  Our rose bushes are going to have a farewell this weekend.  Too many balls are getting ruined!  Look how cute the boys are with their buddy from across the street.  Our bball boys!

I thought after having 2 ball boys right in a row that boy Matthews #3 would like something else....yeah right!  You should see how peeved PT gets when brothers don't give him his "turn" at the hoop.

Allen ran the Sp Fk 5K the other week and the boys ran a kids race too.  Good job boys!

oh yeah....how could I forget FOOTBALL!!!  This is our own version with our special helmets. (only because we don't have the real thing)  They love to play and tackle.  If you are Quincy, football is only good for the tackling aspect.  Go Big D!  Defense that is!

Porter turns 18 months!

I can't believe my Porter is 18 months old!  Wow, it goes so fast!  Porter is into everything and throwing very good 2 year old tantrums....ahhh so advanced :)  He talks very well and loves to play ball...baseball, basketball, whatever.  He also loves to carry around the flyswatter trying to get the flies.  He loves to swim at the pool...he is at the age where he tries to drown himself.  He is also our Pajama Thief...he loves to steal the boys jammies when they are showering and carry them around the house and put them on his head. (PT is no longer just for Porter Thomas)

He can sing the Imperial Death March song from Star Wars....don't know if I should be proud of that or not!  We love you Porter.  You are so fun!!

oh yeah...and mom and dad are very excited for church now.  He loved nursery on Sunday!  

Since his buddy, Miles is at school all day now, Porter is learning to like his other brother, Kiki.

This picture cracks me up....he's happy but almost a bit nervous!  (I would be too!...look at Kiki's face)

Look how big he is getting.....

Does Miles like 1st grade?

Yeah, but boy does it tire him out!  This is him this morning at 7:45am when I had to go in and wake him up!  Poor kid!  He has always been my 6 am riser......that's how I know he is tired!

Happy Retirement visit!

Happy Retirement Dad and Rog!!!  My dad and 2nd mom(stepmom) Rog just retired early this summer!  They are taking a 3 month trip in their motorhome.  We loved being on their "route".  They stayed for almost a week...it was awesome!!! We usually get to see them for a day or two before they have to get back to work so it was really nice to be able to see them for more time.  They took Miles and Quincy on an overnight camping adventure.  Sorry PT, maybe next year you can go!

Dad helped us build food storage shelves in our basement storage room!  Thanks for all of the help dad.  I can't wait to fill them up!

Miles loves Grandpa Hansen.  They have so much fun together. 

We are a brown eyed family...that is except for Miles.  He has gorgeous blue eyes.  He always used to ask where his eye color came from.  We'd tell him...from Grandpa Hansen.  He likes to look in Grandpa's eyes and see the color similarity.  Funny kid!

The only bad thing about having Grandpa and Grandma Hansen staying with us is....

when they leave.  Look at that face!

Thanks for the wonderful visit Dad and Rog.  Also, thanks to Grandpa Paul and Grandma Billie (my dad's parents) for visiting too!  We love you all!  Can't wait to see you all again.

Thanksgiving Point-The Gardens

During the month of August, every Tues is $2 to get into Thanksgiving Point Gardens or Dinosaur Museum, so this year we took our first trip to the gardens.  The boys had a great time.  I didn't get any pics of the children's garden--mazes and Noah's ark water play area.  The kids loved it!  So much that I just didn't get my camera out...I was chasing boys!

The waterfalls and flowers were beautiful.  

Here they are getting back up the hill to roll down again!  They loved it...and they loved "helping" Porter! (I had to stop their helping when I thought his arm sockets were in trouble)

They had a building area and music area for the kids too.  So much to do.  and the boys had tons of fun.  We were super hot, so I recommend going early or late to avoid roasting!

Well worth our $8!!

Hiking the Grotto

For FHE this week, we hiked up the Grotto.  Super easy hike...perfect for small children.  The boys absolutely love to hike.  Miles is asking for a Camelpak for Christmas.  Well, they are really cool...I've never had one.  I'd rather get him that than a cell phone...another request this past week.  Good luck with that one buddy boy. We even saw a few deer driving up there and it's just beautiful.

I absolutely love this shot.  The water is freezing...can you tell?

Me and my boys!!....well, half of my boys!

Zoo trip

Had to get a Zoo trip in this summer...of course we went during the week that was over 100 degrees....uggg.  But the boys loved seeing the animals...the ones that were awake that is.  

Porter's highlight was the "bobos" or monkeys.  He loves "bobos".