Out of Africa trip...

We decided to make a last minute trip up to Camp Verde and go to Out of Africa. I have been wanting to go for awhile and it just seemed like a good time to go. Justin was off, Ryken and Cy both love the zoo, so I figured they would love this place too. I wanted to go and the weather that day was great. We had a GREAT time there. SO glad we decided to go. It was a great little staycation type of thing too. :)

We got to...

Pet huge lizards and turtles...

See awesome animals like Boom Boom the White Rhino...

Were told we were going to get to feed a giraffe. ( Justin was happy bout it, Cy not so much. :) )

Ryken loved getting to feed his carrot to Pilgrim the giraffe.

Justin too!

The safari tour guide was so good! She was awesome actually. She had one of the giraffes come right in the bus to get a snack of some little cookies. :)

Passed around and held an ostrich egg...

Saw LOTs of Zebra...

Went to the Tiger Splash (which that day there wasn't much splashing) :)

But it was still really cool!

Justin fed the tiger...Ryken chickened out, not surprised about that one. :)

Got to pet a GIANT snake...I was so surprised that Ryken actually wanted to do this.

Saw some pretty White Tigers...

And some kinda scary Hyenas. ( which scared the poo out of Cy when they made the weird noises they make. ) :)

There were LOTS of other cool animals but I decided not to take pics of ALL of them. :) It was so worth the drive up there for us. We may even have to go back again sometime.

Mother's day 2011

I am SO blessed to call these little guys my boys! I am SO thankful and grateful for them. Even though I have many faults as a mom these two really are the best! And I am so glad they call me MOM! :)

Ryken picked out these flowers just for me! :) And he signed the card all by himself too! Cy got to do a little drawing on the card just for me too! It was the best. Exactly what I wanted for Mother's day.

Easter 2011

We had a great Easter week. We pretty much had a fun thing to do at least every day. :) The boys loved all of it and so did we.

The boys colored easter eggs at home and then also with friends...they both LOVED it and were bummed when we were done doing it both times. I think they could color eggs everyday if I let them. :)

They also got to have more then one Easter egg hunt! 3 to be exact! (Ryken actually got to have 4 because he went to one for the Primary aged kids too) They had one with cousins at the Pioneer Park in Mesa while we waited for the Easter Pagent to start.

One with friends when we had a little get together like last year. (we have to keep this tradition up!)

And then their last one was with more cousins! They are going to become professional egg hunters! :)

Easter morning they both got their baskets full of goodies. And I enjoyed getting to see them dressed in their new church clothes for Easter too. :) (I don't have a little girl to buy an Easter dress for so I just get the boys new clothes instead. Still kinda fun. )

At church we enjoyed the talks on Christ and the boys had their Easter lessons about Christ's atonement and I got to give my lesson about his atonement also! Such a great time of year! I love getting the chance to reflect on Christ's sacrifice for all of us for at least one full day! This year we got to enjoy the Easter Pageant too! I was so happy that they boys were so well behaved during the performance. And were in awe at the end when Christ was raised up. I loved it. So thankful for his sacrifice for all of us.

Playing nice

I don't know if other moms ever feel like all they ever hear from their kids is fighting with eachother and crying because one of the other kids hurt them and so on. But there are days when I feel like that is all I hear. So the other day I was SO HAPPY to hear and see my boys playing nice together. Playing nice and actually having fun together too. :)

Ryken taking a turn pulling Cy on the little wagon...Cy LOVING it!

Cy taking his turn and pulling Ryken around too.

I was so happy to see this! It made me think that they really can get along and be friends. :) I just hope for lots more days like this in the future too.

Great day!

Isn't it so great when one of your friends that you grew up with, went to school with, lived with (more then once ) gets married? I sure think so! She made one BEAUTIFUL bride! I am so happy for her! And even more great is that she married into an awesome family, and now gets to call herself Mrs. Jones. :)

And another great thing about it is you get to see even more friends at the wedding. :) Like the B's! We all lived together, and are all still really good friends. So it was a great reason to have our own little B reunion.

And of course getting to see more of the girlfriends I grew up with. RAH! :) (remember that name girls? )

I know it was a happy day for Rashel and Beau, but it was also a pretty great day for me. Getting to see Rashel SO happy, and getting to see some of my GREAT friends! I love you all SO much!

Home gym

Justin usually likes to work out at the station before he comes home from work. But sometimes he does a little working out at home too. The boys LOVE helping out by adding a little extra weight to his push-ups. :)

February fun!

This past month we didn't do to many exciting things...then again I guess we don't really do alot of exciting things any month of the year. :) But we still did get out of the house and have a little fun. The weather is so nice right now, perfect for zoo outings! Probably like one every other week in February. :) (so happy we got zoo passes) The boys love it and it is even funner because we have friends that like to join us there. So if any other friends out there have passes or want to make a trip to the zoo let us know so we can meet up. :)

This picture makes me laugh and also freak out a little...Cy is obsessed with birds. This day at the zoo he was off chasing some birds and ducks and he seriously almost followed a duck into the water! I don't think i have ever ran so fast! I had to run over and grab him before he went in!

Ryken and his buddy Aeryn. If we are at the zoo we are more then likely there with her and her mommy and brother. They got us hooked. :)

My crazy kid trying to climb the fence to join the zebras! OH BOY! :)

While we have our fun trips to the zoo Justin got to have some fun too...we just came along to take pics. :) For Christmas I got him passes to go do some indoor...I guess go-cart racing is what you would call it. Any who he was also joined by his dad and brother-in-law, Cody. They guys all loved it. It wasn't as much fun for the ladies cause we were chasing around our little boys while waiting for their races to be done, but it was worth it to see how much fun the guys had.

US! :)

The guys all geared up and ready to go.

Justin coming around the corner. :)

After the races...yes that is my stud muffin of a hubby that got 1st place . :)

MY BOYS!!!