Bike trailer Fun

I think I mentioned before, but we got a bike trailer for the boys and MAN have we been having tons of fun! It is so nice to be able to take the boys with us! I have been wanting to do some biking for the longest time, but haven't been able to much because I always have the boys with me! So NOW, I can! Both Lincoln and Payton love the trailer...lulls them right to sleep more often than not when they aren't beating up on each other. It is so fun to be able to go and just do short or long rides. We have been going on quite a few lately and have been really enjoying the nice fall weather, and much to our dismay, a little bit of exercise! :)
There's my boys!
An aerial shot of them off for a ride. I had to go to Young Womens and unfortunately could not join them...bummer!
Sorry for the blurry shot. I was about 20 feet away! Not bad for 20 feet away! SO CUTE! They practically lay on each other the whole time. Lincoln is pretty great about wearing his helmet...they don't make ones small enough for Payton's head, so we just pray that we don't crash!

Thanks Grandma B!

My cute cousin Melissa Glover and her husband Todd just moved here to Denver...YEAH...and so Rosalie (Melissa's mom- my mother's sister) came out to visit and my cute mom sent a package with her for me! THANKS MOM! So these are the snuggly pajamas that the boys received. I would have taken a picture of myself, but who wants to see that? Not me, that is for sure! So here are some pics of the boys in their new snuggly jammies! Thanks Grandma B!
Can you even believe they sat there for that long! Especially the EXTREMELY mischievous one on the RIGHT! That's right, I'm talking about mischievous Marvin Payton...
CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Getting Ready for evening prayers....always a struggle.

New posts

There are like 3 posts below that I just updated, so check them all out...funny pics of the boys. Lots of catching up to do for the mother!

Lincolnisms....

So Lincoln said another HILARIOUS thing yesterday, so I thought that I would quickly document it....he was in his room singing the alphabet song and just a few minutes earlier I had asked him if he needed to go to the bathroom. I always ask him if he needs to go poop or just pee....well, while he was singing his song, this is what he said..."a b c d e f g...h i j k l m n o POO- then just went on like nothing had happened! SO FUNNY! Cole and I were DYING! He is the cutest little button. You can tell what is going on in that kids brain!

Stake Fair Fun

Well, another year has gone by so it was time for the annual Denver Stake Fair and MAN was it a blast! Cole was in charge of the dunk tank and they had a GREAT time, and I (or rather the Young Womens) were in charge of the face painting booth. Everything was GREAT and we had a fantastic time! Lincoln and Payton had so much fun, and it was great to be able to take them all around and have them enjoying everything there. They had Popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones, hot dogs, fresh bread and jam, cupcakes, fishing pond, all sorts of games, bouncy house toys, pie eating, chili cook-off, music, karaoke, and all sorts of other fun things! Lincoln was in HEAVEN because he had bread, popcorn a snowcone and a cupcake for dinner! Payton had a taste of his first hot dog. He loved it. Who doesn't love a good hot dog at a fair right? Anyways, we had a great time. It was fun to see everyone there enjoying all that was going on. Cole and I were joking that this year was much more fun than last because we knew more than 3 people! Last year we knew Chris and anna, and my gynecologist. Talk about awkward! No, but we had a great time, and are SO excited for next years party!
I LOVE this picture because Payton looks SO cute, and lincoln is COVERED with frosting...and of course my handsome husband! :)
Me and the boys enjoying the nice warm sunshine and the yummy food!
Lincoln was playing a ring toss game and wasn't having much luck! :(
So he decided to just bend over and put the ring right on the bottle! Smart boy.
Getting ready to climb the big mountain...
En route to the big slide!
Enjoying the fruits of his labors!

Bathing beauties, er.-buddies...whatever!

My boys LOVE to take baths! these letters that I got for the bath are a HIT and they love them! Payton loves to chew on them, and Lincoln loves to "spell"- if that is what you can call what he is doing! He now knows about 20 or so of his letters really well, and we are starting to learn about their sounds! So that is exciting. anyways, while in the bathtub, Payton LOVES to smack Lincoln and sit on him, and eat him, and do everything else. Lincoln is a pretty good sport about it. When he doesn't like what Payton is doing, he proceeds to push him over and knock him down! So, we have to keep quite the eye on that, but they sure do love each other!
If you are wondering about Lincolns shiner, he was messing around on the toilet the other day, and upturned his little stool that he has and fell over and bonked his poor little face on the tub! He cried a little bit, but for the most part, he has been pretty tough about it. So now we can say that we have a potty training battle wound! He certainly took one for the team on that one!One of our mauling sessions...poor Payton just EATS it up and loves every second that Lincoln is giving him attention but doesn't realize that it is a little bit spiteful...oh well.
A little look at the almost healed black eye! It was MUCH worse than this...looked like he just got in a big old brawl!
The best I can do to get them to both look at the camera whilst playing.
This kid LOVES the bath...mostly standing up and throwing the letters out. Now you all know why my house isn't clean....EVER!

Another potty training update and other news

HE'S FINALLY DOING IT!!! That's right...after a LONG time, and much frustration, tears, and a little bit of screaming on Mommy's part, Lincoln is GETTING IT! He finally knows when he has to go to the bathroom, and will actually run in and go on his own! Bomb.com is all I can say. Not the funnest thing in the entire world. We are still not out of the woods yet, but we are doing much better and are hoping for the best! Nights are still lazy and we wear pullups, but not in the daytime! Underwear of choice: Thomas the Train. Cars movie unders will do, but we like the Thomas ones when we are having a good dry day! Yeah for Lincoln!
In other news, Payton just went to the doctor for his 9 month check up and he is currently 18 pounds (which puts him in the 10th percentile) and he is in the 70th percentile for his weight! Long and lean...that's how we like 'em! Both of my boys have been sick a little bit lately, so I had the doctor check Lincoln out too while we were there, and much to my dismay, 3 out of the 4 ears were INFECTED! Lincoln with only 1, but Payton with 2! Can you say..BAD MOM! I didn't even know my kids had ear aches. Poor dudes. But we are on the yummy coveted "Pink Medicine" (Amoxicillan) that both of the boys can't WAIT to eat morning and night! So funny. So they are on the mend and doing much better.
Yesterday, the boys and I were on a bike ride while Cole had a meeting and I looked back once and Lincoln was "talking" on my telephone. I asked him who he was talking to and he said Uncle Bryson! (for those of you that don't know, Bryson is my little brother and he is on a mission in Canada and has been out just over a year now) I asked Lincoln how Bry was doing and this is what he said... "Oh, he's good mom. He says Hi, and that he is back from his Canada thing, and living at Grandma B and Grandpa Dick's now." Well there you have it! I told Lincoln to tell Bryson Hi and he did and then said that he needed to go! I LOVE that Lincoln is starting to get an imagination! It is so much fun.
Yet again, in other news, Payton was standing all by himself in the tub-without holding onto anything mind you for like 5 seconds yesterday! SOMEONE PUT A BRICK ON THAT KIDS HEAD! STOP GROWING! Seriously, he was just born yesterday. He is already destructive enough, I don't need him running around too! I love my boys. They bring me so much joy!

Labor Day Fun

So, we had a GREAT Labor day weekend! I was missing going to Swiss Days a little bit, but Cole seemed to be quite alright about it! What is that all about! Don't boys LOVE boutiques that you can walk through with about a million other people? That is what I thought. Oh well...so we did some other fun stuff instead! On Friday night, we went with 6 other families in our ward and went up to Rocky Mountain National Park at the Glacier Basin Camp Ground and had a GREAT time camping for the night! Lots of work for not much time, but it was worth it. It was so great. 14 adults, 8 kids, 4 pregnant ladies, 2 nursing, and one that was thinking that this was all GREAT birth control! :) We had a great time. Thanks to everyone for being able to come. It was well worth the trip. The boys slept GREAT in the tent! Cole and I were a little bit cold, but the boys braved the cold like little champs. Don't mention the fact that Lincoln was in a sleeping bag meant for 20- and Payton was in hisHere are some highlights. I am not a very consistent picture taker, but here is what I DO have.

Then after the camp out, we went for a fantastic hike! We tried to all go together, but we could never find enough parking, so we all split up and the Wesslers and us went to the top of the mountain and did a few hikes up there! It was a spectacular view and some beautiful lakes. Lots of fun.

Then, we drove home- very tired to say the least- and crashed! Had a great Sunday, and then Monday we woke up and took a VERY long bike ride fully equipped with our new bike trailer! It was SO much fun, but of course I forgot my camera! There are pictures on Cole's phone, and I will have to figure out how to get them on here for later, but for now, you just have to trust me that we had a great time! We kept looking back at the boys, and they were either having a GREAT time, or they were zonked whilst lying on TOP of each other. It was so funny! But it was a very productive weekend, and now we are back to trying to un-bury ourselves from all the laundry and filth that always accumulates! Enjoy!!!

Payton and Lincoln both thought that it was PRETTY sweet that they could jump and play on the air mattress in the tent! Here they are in the act of popping my mattress! (Just kidding, they didn't really pop my mattress, but it sure did feel like it in the middle of the night!)
No, that's not my two year old hitting puberty early and growing a great 'stache. He just had a cold and was wiping his snotty nose all over his face which was covered in dirt. Yummy!
This is Lincoln still asleep at 8:00 in the morning- might as well have been NOON! But he was all bundled up and so cozy! Most of the night, all you could see were his little eyes!
The boys starting up on Breakfast! A few of them at least!
Me and my little bear.
A couple of the kids throwing rocks...hey they weren't throwing them at each other...for the picture at least!
Payton decided that he wanted to eat some DIRT for breakfast! This is what he will look like with a beard! Hehe...
Steph, Anna, Princess Sascha, Payton and I getting ready for the hike.
We hiked to a BEAUTIFUL lake, and Lincoln wanted to go swimming, so we let him wade his feet for a minute. He quickly changed his mind about the swimming idea, but had fun anyways!