My gals

I love these two little ladies.

Heck's Angels

Not long ago, Jace was riding his training-wheeled bike with Kim and his brothers. When they got back, he asked me to take the training wheels off. I gave Kim a skeptical look, but she said that his wheels were barely touching. As soon as I got the wheels off, Jace jumped on, rode down the driveway and turned down the sidewalk. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. (Hyperbole used on purpose here.)

This new found freedom meant that he needed a new bike (the wheels on his other one were falling apart). The picture above shows him on his stylin' Jeep bike. He loves to go riding with his brothers. In fact, last week we went on an entire family bike ride with Cooper and Brooke riding in the trailer behind me. We rode four miles, which I thought was pretty good for those little legs of theirs.



The bike riding excitement also lead to me introducing the boys to the joy of putting cards in the spokes. A few of the neighbor kids have also come by to have me "pimp" their rides as well. They've got their own little bike gang going on as they put-put through the cul de sac. So far they haven't grown tired of the drone, but we'll see how long that lasts.

Here's the boys tearing it up:

He-man Concrete Power

By Las Vegas' standards, we've had a lot of rain the last few weeks. That means my poor mother-in-law (Backyard Grandma) has had to wade through the mud and dirt to get to her garage. Thanks to my brother, Bryan, we finally knocked out a path of concrete pavers. Mixing all that colored concrete and pouring it all just about killed my hamstrings, but I'm glad to have that mostly finished. I say mostly, because we want to pour a few more.



Here's some close up shots. We put leaves into pavers to make them look a little more interesting. We were going for the Jurassic Park-fossil look, but I couldn't find any prehistoric mosquitos to use.



I owe my brothers, big time for all the help they've given me with my projects. Right now, I've been paying back with pool usage, but I know that is only going to get me so far.

Lazy hammock day

If you don't have a hammock, I highly recommend you getting one. It makes for some great relaxing times - just ask Grey Grey.

I vant to suck your blood.

I had quite the time trying to capture a picture of the little vampiress, so this is the best you get. Brooke's two upper canine teeth have come in before the front two, so she looks like a little vampire...or Dale, the chipmunk. Either way, I laugh everytime I see her bare those pearly whites.

This little piggy...

Isn't she scrumptious?

The Three Littles

Every day, these three get to rule the roost when their older brothers go to school. Although Jace goes to preschool on Tuesday and Thursday for a few hours, they have great fun with the time they have together. That's not to say that there aren't some battles; have you met Cooper before?

Brooke loves to follow her brothers around and play their games. Just last night before bed, I found these three in the toy room playing Batman. Brooke had the Batmobile and was even making car sounds as she pushed it around. I hope her future husband appreciates how well adjusted she will be to the man-ways.