the rock band man

many of you did not know, but there is a rocker in our family.... he sounds pretty good and looks pretty good up there. brian played in a band for the keller williams colorado gala. he sounded great! a man of many talents i tell you!

time to go...

don't cry little man we will be back, i promise....

this will not be the last time you play in "your big bath tub". you will see the octopus again.....

brady busy planning his next trip to florida on our last night in our room. we will have fun here once again at the pink shell. this has become our new favorite family destination for a little r and r.

off to the beach for a day of fun in the sun

a good weather day and we were off for some fun in the sand and water. we had a wonderful day splashing, packing sand, carrying buckets of water back to our castle and personal baby pool, loading and dumping sand from our john deer dump truck and excavator. what more could a family ask for? can we go back yet? logan was in complete awe of the ocean, and maybe a little shock too as the water was a little chilly. brady just wanted his dump truck and shovel. mommy and daddy well, we loved watching them play, build and splash. thanks grandpa and grandma for such a wonderful vacation. the time spent with you was priceless. the boys love you so much.

the rain finally stopped

we emerged from our room to walk along the beach and check out the pool. it was slightly windy and very chilly but the view from the rain logged sand was still calming and beautiful. who needs a swim suit to have some fun. this is like a giant bath tub and we had it all to ourselves.

crabtona 500

what do you do when it rains all day on your first day of vacation in florida? you go to the crab races! we all picked a crab. we cheered them on. the last pic is brady's crab, he named him jr, winning! good for one free ice cream sundae!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

we are back to reality today. more to come from our florida trip soon!

ding dong, it has been so long....

since we pushed this bell.....

and peeped through our door.....

to see whats cookin at the smith grill.....

time to water and bring things back to life.......

it was nice out today and i hear tale it should continue through the end of the week. we are so excited to see you little house, little watering can, little mower who looks a little dusty. we only hope this can continue. hibernation is not our specialty.

shut out

i will be the first to admit that lately logan has been getting all of my attention and then some. brady left out in the cold when it comes to mommy. someday you will read this and please know that it was never intentional. your brother is rather demanding and really persistent and stubborn alas he usually wins the battle. i spent a lot of time today thinking how much i miss reading to brady. brian and i have split the kids lately when it comes to bed time. so tonight i asked brady if mommy could take him to bed and read to him and daddy would take logan to bed and rock him. brady replied, "no daddy". so i asked again, " who do you want to take you to bed, mommy or daddy?" and brady replied, "daddy". decision made, i held back the tears..... we were all on our way up to bed and i said brady come on lets go upstairs. "no mommy i don't want you i want daddy." sniff, sniff, sniff. i will just be over here in the corner crying if anyone needs me......