Barbecue and hike

This weekend our daycare, Acorn Alley, had their first annual summer barbecue.  One of Brodie's friends that recently moved to Florida was at the party, so we had a great time seeing her and her family.  Next time I think we should visit them in Florida :). 
There was a slip n slide at the party that all of the kids really enjoyed.  It was a beautiful day to be outside before the hurricane reached us.  Abel only got to come for a short time.  He had to show up late because he was on call at the hospital and then got called back in once he finally made it to the party.  We are so excited because he gets the entire next weekend off!!!  This will be his first weekend off since we went to Mexico!

Brodie and Katie

 The boys had I had a fun time on a hike today.  The boys loved looking for stuff to throw.  Thank goodness there weren't a lot of other people out on the trail!

Attitude!

I think that Isaac may have a little more attitude/stubbornness in him than Brodie did at this age. Or it could just be that he has a big brother to annoy. Isaac can very easily say "sorry" if he wants to, but forget it if he is mad. Today he hit Brodie with a bucket (twice). When he stopped crying, after being put in time-out, I told him he had to tell Brodie "sorry." He looked at Brodie, stuck out his tongue, and made a spitting/raspberry noise. It was so hard not to laugh at him. I had to put him up in his bed and he still refused to say "sorry." He finally told me sorry because we had to leave the house and I gave in. The last time we didn't give in a few weeks ago, he didn't say "thank-you" until 45 minutes later. I think we may be in big trouble :)

Irene

We survived the tropical storm in Burlington without any power outages. It doesn't look like the rest of the state fared so well. We haven't been out yet today, but from inside, it just looks like a lot of debris outside. Well, I better get the boys up and get to work. Happy Monday! Oh and also, it's football week. Go Big Red!

We were driving around, trying to get a ton of stuff done this morning and Isaac started singing "row, row, row your boat" (OK, so he really says, row, row, row, STREAM). It was so cute and made me smile and remember to enjoy every minute, even if we were shopping :) The video isn't very good because I was trying to tape him with the camera at a stop light and he thought I was trying to take his picture (he says "cheese" at first), but at least you get the idea.
We are off to a barbecue with the daycare group this afternoon. We've got to get some outside time in before that hurricane heads north!

Growing up

It is so nice having my Wednesdays off again. The boys and I went to Costco today and I started thinking about previous trips to Costco. It is amazing how much easier it is to take the boys this year. I remember going last winter to Costco and it seemed like a major event to take both boys by myself. Today it was a very smooth, fun shopping experience. I may not be saying the same thing when I am putting us all in winter gear and driving in the snow :). The boys are at such fun ages now! I hope I continue to enjoy them this much at every stage. I am so blessed!

VBS!

Brodie went to Vacation Bible School this week and had an awesome time. He loved every minute of it! He can't wait to go back again. It was fun to see him come home each night and tell us what he did. At first he would say, "nothing" when we asked him what he did, but then eventually he would tell us Bible stories and Bible verses he had learned. I don't think he thought of it as learning, rather he was really having fun experiencing the stories (and maybe the candy they gave them to participate :)




Brodie with all of his stash for going to VBS all week!





















The boys prize for bringing in the most
school supplies for the missions part of VBS.
As you can tell, he was very happy the boys beat
the girls :)



Isaac checking out the bubble machine before the VBS program started.

Video cam

Brodie and Isaac love to talk to Grandma and Grandpa on the computer. It is nice that they can see and talk "in person". Here is a snapshot of a recent talk. Isaac is enjoying some corn on the cob and Brodie is laughing at something Grandpa or Grandma said.

Mexico over the years!

Here are some pictures from our previous family trips to Mexcio. I promise I will stop talking about Mexico after this (no promises that Brodie will stop taking about it :)



2006:


Emma dancing on the sunset cruise :)


Life as the only Buman grandchild.







2008:








Me and Brodie 2008


Me and my boys 2011




The gang 2008



The gang 2011

What a week! We have so many wonderful memories! Brodie can just not understand why we can't go back to Mexico. He told me yesterday that my hotdogs are gross and that Grandma and Grandpa's hotdogs are good. Apparently everything is better in Mexico (or better with family :)

Aquarium!

We went to the aquarium in Mexico and we all had fun! The kids loved feeding the sea lion and turtles. Isaac enjoyed the "petting zoo" the best I think.

















I miss my talks with Emma! She has grown up so fast. I feel like the time just flies when we live so far away.



Cousins!


Great friends! They had so much fun (and a little head butting) together in Mexico!


Brothers!