Daddy Duty Needed ASAP!!!!

Look I can handle most anything but if I see another one of these in my house I will be spending the night with one of you lucky readers!! I am not kidding. I saw 2 just yesterday. So this weekend is father's day and I am putting him to work. Isn't that awful of me. I can't keep walking around this house freaking out b/c I think one of these spiders is lurking! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKK.


DADDY THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY!!

Hey, we have to wash our cars too

Brian and I were talking about washing the van and cleaning it out. It is one of those pesky things about mini vans. Everything goes in it and nothing comes out. Am I the only one??

Owen and Miles decided to wash their cars too. I plan on having them do this every other week. They had so much fun playing with water, cleaning with bubbles, and most of all GETTING ALONG! People always say, "Oh they are so close in age they are going to be BEST FRIENDS!" Okay so when does this really happen? They had soo much fun it was really cute to see them working hard on their vehicles. Enjoy the pics.


See they are upstairs right now yelling at each other. Okay one is coming downstairs crying while the other keeps repeating, sorry, sorry, sorry, etc. This is so exhausting.

Guy secrets by Brian Carpenter

I love my boys. Lately we've had a lot of fun telling guy secrets. For those of you who don't know, a guy secret is a secret that moms don't know about. This is a good thing because usually moms don't approve. Early this morning before anyone was awake I was getting ready to leave for work. Owen came out of his bedroom rubbing his eyes and said, "Dad can I tell you a guy secret and we not tell Mom." "Sure," I said. Owen then said, "Can we have a candy bar before Mom wakes up." Being a guy secret I had to tell him yes! So at 7 AM Owen and I shared a Reese's peanut butter cup. Owen told me that he loves guy secret. I do too Owen : ). Sorry Mom!

The cousins came to visit!

My boys were so excited to see their cousins this weekend. We went to the zoo, had a picnic, and played a lot outside. Here are some highlights. When I was snapping the fountain picture they each were wishing for things to come true. The cutest wishes were for a pet turtle and for superman glasses to wear! Brian went to Pamida and purchased this slip and slide. As you can tell from the pics that was a HUGE hit! Thank you Parker, Gavin, and Clark; we had a BLAST! Come again soon :)

Summer Fun

I am so thankful summer is here! We have spent so much time outside playing, cooking, visiting zoos, going to the parks, and more playing. I have to say the older the boys get the better they play together. Miles loves listening to Owen's story-telling and Owen really enjoys telling Miles what to do, what to wear, and where to hide. It is pretty cute listening to them play. In fact they are usually up past 8:30 now just gabbing away in their room. I have captions on each picture but you have to put your mouse on the pic to see it.

Enjoy the summer, we are!

A funny from Owen

Late in the afternoon we got a call to see if we wanted to go to the zoo. The boys had just woke up from their nap so we headed to the store for a snack. I let the boys pick out cookies. They chose the red, white, and blue star-shaped sugar cookies. On the way to the park Owen told me that he was excited to eat "The United States of America cookies that Obama made!" How cute is that!



With that said.... HAVE A SAFE AND FUN MEMORIAL WEEKEND!

Miles's 3rd Birthday

So Miles turned 3 in February and I know I am a little behind. Better late then never, right?! We purchased the adorable Tractor cupcake cake HERE. I just saw a spider man one that she did for a friend. She does amazing and I can't wait to see what she comes up for Owen's birthday in July!

We had a blast and we were excited to have family join in on the fun! He loves his batman mask and just last night I found Owen and Miles playing batman instead of sleeping. Oh and Owen always puts his mask and cape under his pillow at night. He thinks he is pretty sneaky! :)

P.S. Teachers am I doing his apostrophe correct???

Enjoy the pics!