Sam Killed A Bald Eagle With His Bare Hands

If anyone knows my bebe, you know he LOVES to be outside.
so this labor day weekend we went to the mountains! this is what happens when daddy takes off his shirt.

we usually stay in panguitch, but we were much too slow on the whole planning thing and ended up staying in duck creek.

it was nice to fish and explore somewhere new

mommy and buddy played on the shore while daddy fished.

see look daddy's over there

we walked

and walked

then figured it was time to get a little dirty

have you ever seen a cuter boy?

good stance bud

here comes sammy,

he picked me some wild flowers

:swoon:

:)

and here is the biggest trout he has ever caught in a stream

buddy got to kiss it!

(he kisses everything!)

here fishy, fishy, fishy

here fishy fishy fishy

sammy went out to catch a few more fish

while he was out fishing the stream

some super nice game wardens came by

and asked to see our fishing license

being the law bidding citizens that we are

we had our $64 fishing licenses handy.

a few minutes later sammy comes walking back with

the super trooper
and tells me to please stay by the car

because we are getting a ticket!

a ticket for what you ask?...

"unlawful taking/possession of protected wildlife - fish"

"unlawful taking/possession of protected wildlife - fish - live bait"

apparently in the swell stream we were fishing in

one is not allowed to fish with live bait, i.e. worms

and one is not allowed to keep any fish that is over 15 inches long

deputy dewey let us off with a firm warning for fishing with worms!!!!

gave us a ticket for our huge fish

and took it!

we have to call the state of utah within the next 14 days and they will decided what the fine will be

(where are we in mexico?)

hopefully i won't have to bake sammy a cake with a file in it.

he took our dead fish.

hope he choked on the bones during dinner

(you know dang well he went home and smoked that fish)



bye fishy, fishy, fishy

kissing the elk at the cowboy smokehouse

(he is gonna be super upset one day when he learns that daddy and grandpa shoot them)

on the way home we stopped in cal-ranch

it's kinda like a walmart meets basspro meets a feed store meets a trailer park

do you think i could convince anyone that jack is a girl?

just in case we need to go into hiding

since my husband is a protected wildlife killer?

ride em cowboy

we don't take too kindly to your kinda folk roun' her'.

well, all wells that ends well.

sunday we went back to our peaceful meadow in panguitch

where you can fish with all the worms you'd like

sammy caught some very nice trout

and he also caught the back of a RAV

in the back of his head.

he was loading up the car and there were gale force winds out that day

the back of the RAV door slammed right into his head,

brought him to his knees.

so we got some great pictures,

an egg on the back of sam's head

a nice little fine

a stolen fish

and some amazing memories with my two favorite boys

happy labor day ya'all

Muddy Buddy

So buddy has been having a rough week he is getting like 5 teeth in all at once
some big ones in the back side

and then last night his face met the end of a coffee table

so i thought it might be nice to get a little mud on the tires

nothin' say lovin like a good roll in the mud

and really he is just so darn cute

oh what would dada say??

don't worry sammy...

no water drips were harmed in the making of this film

MiMi's Been Holding Out On Us

Attention Everyone!
MiMi has a BA (for those who don't know.. that is BadAss) water park like 1/2 a block from her house!!!!

and chunk monkey LOVED it!

have you ever seen anything so amazing?

it's the back of his neck Nana

just for you

love this wet buddy

little boy in a big park

my knight in shining armor

ohhhhh... look at that

it's a swing!

and we went rock climbing

and we found a tunnel

O!

needless to say, it was pretty darn

amazing!!!

i wonder what other amazing parks MiMi hasn't told us about :)

It Smells the Same

I have never met a 15 month old who LOVES to read as much as Jackamo does so this past weekend we took him to the library for the very 1st time..
we of course went to the Green Valley Library (mommy's old stompin grounds)
the 1st thing sammy and i said when we walked in there was
"It smells the same" :)
it's a good smell, the smell of knowledge, dusty books, circa 1985 computers, little old ladies and VHS's


and he LOVED it

maybe there's some better books over here


yes, yes, this is the one i was looking for

have you ever seen something so sweet?

we discovered that jack not only loves books

but he LOVES puzzles too

(dirty, germ-ridden, cootie-face puzzles)
and i found what i am getting sam for christmas

(not kidding)

he was so proud of himself for putting all the

balls where they belonged.

Jack was very proud of his dada too

I had all intentions of letting jack check out a few library books..

but then i got to thinking...

jack puts everything in his mouth...

and well i just don't know how comfortable i am

with my bebe eating library books

not only would i probably have to pay for the drool soaked pages

but who knows where those books have been

so we played, read and then came home to

our nice

only/been/slobbered/one/by/jack/books

he's gonna be a genius

What's Popular Isn't Always Right

So the rumors are true.... I'm the HAPPIEST girl in the whole USA.. last month all my wishes came true.

I get to be a poop cleaning, floor mopin', dinner makin', baby lovin', jack kissin, jack readin', jack chasin', jack playin, jack feedin' domestic engineer or as we were called in the ol' days a SAHM (for those not up on the cool lingo, that's a Stay At Home Mom).

It's not the most popular choice, i know and many people may think i am a little insane for wanting to do laundry, yearning to wipe poopy butts, and begging to cook dinner every night.
But it's what I've always wanted.

and oh what a month it has been.. busy busy.

we have discovered that jack loves cheese pizza, grilled cheese, turkey, veggies from MiMi's garden that i turn into yummy soups.

we went to Parker B's graduation.

have had some great days in the pool.

skyped with our Nana.

make yummy dinners

we no longer have any baba's only big boy cups. (Way to go Jack!)

we saw a movie with Maddie and Chels.

(well MiMi and Jack didn't, thanks Mi for walking the halls with him)

we make lots of funny faces

for us THIS is what's right. this is what our family needs.

Remember the poster board that was up in your english teachers room

"What's right isn't always popular, and what's popular isn't always right."

It may seem that we are "going against the grain" and maybe we are,

but for us it's what's right.
Thank you to everyone who has helped make our dreams come true.

plus how could i not be home for THIS!

much love, nik