New Van

Well today we finally found a van that we could afford and that we really did like. I have been without a car for the past month and I had no idea how hard that was going to be with being stuck around the house with the boys until Tim got home each afternoon. But that has all come to an end by the grace of God! So here is our "new" to us Honda Odyssey. It is just what we needed and so far we love it! The funny thing is that it is the exact same color as out other van both inside and out.

Backyard coming along...

These past couple of weeks Mom, Dad and Kyle have been working their tails off trying to finally get Mom and Dad's backyard finished. Last weekend they were able to get the sprinkler system in and working, the this weekend they got half the sod laid. Tim and I were on our way out the door this morning to go help with it when the phone rang and we needed to go to the car dealership to look at the van, well 2 hours later we were driving off the lot with the van. But in the meantime they got the sod laid without us. So it looks like we will be doing all the work with the next load of sod to make up for skipping out for the last two weekends. Here are some pictures of how it is looking. It has really made a huge difference already and it is only half way done.

Cooper wanting to help

Oh yeah Cameron got that much needed hair cut today also.

Cub Scout Camp

This week has been a very busy week for us as a family. We had Grandma Jo's funeral and got to see lots of family that we had not seen in years. But the big thing this week was Spencer was in Cub Scout Camp all week. It was a day camp that I had to have him to the carpool each morning by 7:00am, which with no car meant leaving our house by 6:40am and dragging two extra little ones out of bed too. Let me just tell you today was almost impossible to get Spencer up and going today, his butt was dragging.

He spent the week in the Wild, wild, west, as it was the theme of this years camp. He came home with all kind of really neat crafts like a sun dial, compass, constellation pop can, drum, covered wagon, leather bracelet, and a key ring. He also shot bb guns, bows and arrows, rode horses, did obstacle courses, and completed lots of his wolf requirements. He left each morning showered and in clean clothes but returned home one big pile of dirt. In a little boys world that is a good day.

This is how he looked when he left this morning

This his how he came home to me

This is Spencer with his best friend Jack and his little brother Andrew. You would have thought they had enough of the outdoors this week, but oh no Spencer left tonight to go camping with Jack and his family and will be back home on Sunday.

These were some of his crafts that he made at camp this week. I'm glad he had such a good time!

Its been awhile......sorry!

Well it has been awhile since my last post, so sorry about that! We have been busy like usual, but this last week has brought sad news to our family. Our Grandma Romero passed away on Friday. We have all kinds of family here right now, even Keith, Katie and Savanna are here from Alaska. We all decided the kids needed a break from all that other stuff so we made a trip to the zoo with everyone. We all had a great time and ended up coming back to our house to grill some burgers and hot dogs for dinner before they all headed back to Pueblo. Here is a slide show of out day together.

Family at the Zoo

Just photos from the last week

Well we seem to just be going along with the flow right now. Nothing major going on just living day to day right now. So these are a few random pictures I had taken this last week. I realized I had no black and white pictures of Cooper so I had to take a few.

Cub Scouts Zoo Day


New baby at the zoo

Happy Father's Day guys!

This is his, my hand is caught in the doggy door face.

He has Dungan in him!

Look Aunt Lynne he loves his mashed potatoes as much as you and I do.

Just show them the way to the ocean

I found Spencer and Cameron in the back yard pretending they were surfing. It was so funny to watch them out there, so I go to get the video camera and they see that I'm watching them and they decide to stop. But they did agree for me to take their pictures on their "surfboards". Then I just took a couple extra pictures of them. Cameron still refuses to let me get his hair cut.

Take Me Out To The Ballgame.....

Well the season has officially started and Spencer had his first game on Tuesday. Spencer is playing what is called "modified T-ball". This is where the coach pitches 5 balls and if they don't hit them then they can hit off the tee. Well Spencer is a very good batter and has not needed the tee yet. It kind of makes me nervous that there are some smaller kids that just don't pay attention and he can hit the ball pretty hard, I just hope he doesn't hit one of them. He is super excited that his best friend Jack also plays on his team, and Jack's Dad is the coach.

Spencer and Jack

Excuse the wind but here is one of his hits.
Spencer Baseball

Yet two more members of the family....

The other day we went to the pet store to pick up some bunny food for our wild baby bunny we have living under our front steps and walked out with this......

Meet Croc our new beta fish. Spencer was begging for a lizard, but I gave into this instead. I really should know better taking him with me to the pet store! I'm such a softy sometimes.

Then on Tuesday Dad called and told me that our cousin found something for the boys at the retention ponds. Well yesterday dad showed up with this.....

Meet Slider our new western painted slider turtle. the boys have fallen in love with him! I must say he is pretty darn cute too. He seems happy in his new home as well.