Trip to Iowa

We recently visited my cousin Sarah and her family up north for her birthday. My mom, Sis-in-law and Cade all joined me and we had a great trip! It was fun hanging out with them and letting the boys play. The best part was the all-day, all-girl, no-kid shopping trip!!! Cody was a trooper, or maybe just a "dad/uncle", and watched all 3 boys for us! Thanks again Cody! Little Cashers stayed home and bonded with his daddy. They had a relaxing weekend from what I hear :)

Owen & Cameron got their mommy a new camera...the Rebel! The things kids can afford these days ;)

A hug for the birthday girl Oh, and let me explain the Spiderman theme...Sarah is supposed to make a Spiderman birthday cake for a friend of theirs. So she was going to practice by making herself a Spiderman cake. Her mom sent us up with Spiderman plates, napkins, gift wrap, etc. and then Sarah decides she would rather just relax on her birthday than stress over a cake. The Spiderman party remained minus the cake. But we did surprise her with Larry's cookies!!!


Out to dinner at Okowokaboji (or whatever the heck its called)

On the way back we met up with my brother and nephew to drop off Aunt Jess and pick up my dad. So we had to get a quick Logan fix and take a few snapshots at.....Wal-Mart.

Love that face!!!!

Fun pics at Adyson's 4th birthday!

Cash and Gavin

Adyson & Cade showing off their basketball apparel.
best shot i could get of all 4 of them together

Adyson's Strawberry Shortcake cake!

Best buds

Thanks for letting us celebrate with you Adyson! Hope you had a perfect 4th birthday!

Fun in the field

I forgot I had snapped these pics of the boys when the weather had started getting nicer. Just two brothers having a little fun on their tractor!

The Longest Game In History...

...or so it felt. The Cardinals vs. Mets went into 20 innings on the day we had tickets to go. It was also "Kids run the bases" day (at the end of the game).......good thing we didn't talk it up much to Cade, otherwise we might have had one disappointed little fan. We had a good time though with Uncle Kody, Auntie Erin and even got to see Uncle Josh and Aunt Angie! It was actually chilly believe it or not and we could hardly believe all the girls in their short shorts and tank tops. Not this momma! I was ready for some hot chocolate! It was a fun day and no...we did not stay for the whole thing. We actually ended the night curled up in bed (all 3 of us) watching the rest of it. How crazy is that?! Cash stayed home with his gramma Debbie and had a pretty good day from what I hear.

As we were walking out Cade says "that was fun baseball games!" Despite the lack of action that it had, he still had a good time, which made it that more fun for us too. We're already hoping to get tickets next year on the same day so that Cash can join in on the fun too and they can actually, maybe, hopefully, quite possibly, run the bases on "kids run the bases day"! lol.

My Little Monster

Cade picked out this three-eyed monster towel for Christmas and he just loves it. It's a great bribing tool for when he doesn't want to get out of the bath. He loves putting on his little monster face. Who would have thought a bath towel could be so entertaining!

What a weekend...

This weekend turned out to be a BEAUTIFUL weekend. The weather was unbelievable and definitely something I could get used to! The boys had a ball playing outside for the first time in a long time!

Mom, quit taking my picture. Okay, just ONE more.

Cash couldn't stand daddy being on the four-wheeler without him! Cade preferred playing basketball.

Cash updates

Cash is learning to do new things all the time. Since he has mastered walking, he is now onto taking things off the counter, trying to get into the pantry, and talking. He definitely lets us know what is on his mind. He says mama, dada, ball, papa, no no, uh oh, bye bye and who knows what else that we can't quite make out yet.

Brotherly bonding

The boys love to play this electronic football game. Cade has played it for 5 hours at a time before, until we finally had to put it away. The best thing is, is that we don't actually have to plug it in and have all the noise. Daddy showed them how to play just by tapping their hands on it. A nice, QUIET football game- rare.

And just a little snapshot of my baby's face for a change! He is so on-the-go that it's impossible to get one these days!

Typical night in the Brooks household

Most of my days and evenings consist of this...

Cash really tries to get in on all the action!