Farm Boys

My, what a busy couple of weeks we've had!

Jacob finished up swimming lessons last week...BIG NEWS: He can swim! Mom watched him swim right across the pool. She thought it was pretty amazing. No pictures of this, of course.

This weekend was full of parties. Grandma Susan and Grandpa Ken celebrated their 40th anniversary on the 14th, and we had a giant party here at our house. It was really cool. Jake and I were the ONLY kids here, and boy, did we get a lot of attention! I suppose that's what we should have expected from a place filled up with grandmas and grandpas. It was also cool because we ate snacks all night and stayed up until way past bedtime.

Somehow Mom never found time to take any pictures after this one she snapped of me sneaking my first brownie...

Sunday, we met even MORE grandparents when Uncle Darren's mom and dad came over. They are lots and lots of fun!

After all of that partying, we stayed home all day today. We spent lots of time outside and checked out our garden. Here are some pictures mom took of us showing off our stuff!

(If it looks like I am laughing at a wiener joke, it's because I am. That brother of mine sure is funny!)

 That's better.

Eatin' peas, straight from the garden!

He's cute, isn't he?

Some leftover decorations from the party, but we figure we'll just leave them up and then it's a party every day!

We haven't posted a chicken-chasing picture in a while...

 

 Our teepee is looking good! There are some very crazy beans growing in there and they are almost as big as me.

Mom called Jacob over so that there would be some scale and you could see just how huge these beans are growing on our teepee...but I think his outfit is a little distracting, don't you?

That is all. Hopefully we'll have more downtime this week and can get some more silly pictures up here!

Love,
R

Pests

We cannot figure out why Mom say s we are 'pests.' Does anyone know what this word means?

She's just sitting there, staring at that computer screen...



This weekend, Mom and Dad actually did get a lot of things done. Wait til you see how cool my room is going to be when they are done! I've got a cool new spot to play in my closet and Mom is working on a giant chalkboard wall now. We'll post some pics soon...

Happy Monday!

Love,
J

Bubbles and Stuff

Mom and Dad scored big the other night when they stopped at the store. There was a package of 25 different bubble wands...all for $4.99! Since Dad likes bubbles almost as much as we do, he approved this purchase and it's been bubble-mania in our yard ever since.

Ryan likes blowing bubbles. He can even SAY "bubbles!"

I, of course, am really good at blowing bubbles.

Not as good as Daddy, though. Check this out - two at once!

Ryan is impressed.

I think the only one who likes bubbles more than us is this guy...

And, in other news, Mom finally ordered my artwork book. We haven't gotten it yet, but they let you put up a cool preview! Check it out...

Jake's Book

Artwork 2010-2011 by Jacob Holko | Make Your Own Book

I also had my first real sleepover last night.  My friend stayed over last night. We watched a movie, read stories, and went to bed in my room. We were so good that Mom said I can have my friend over any time!

Now, we're off to the beach for some playtime.

Love,
J

Awesome Find

Does your Mom like to make cakes? Well, if the answer is yes you'd better know about this.

I found my Mom's cake decorating drawer yesterday. I had no idea this existed until I just happened to open it up on my routine exploration of the kitchen drawers. I pulled my chair over from the dining room, crawled up, and parked myself right there in front of this treasure trove.

And since I was being so quiet about it, no one noticed for a while...

This. Is. Awesome. Not awesome Mom caught me, though...

Even after Mom knew what was going on, I still got in a few more shakes of that magic container.

What?

After eating candy, this is my other favorite thing to do:

Have a great weekend!

Love,
R

More Intruders

It seems as though some strange person shows up in our house every day.

Look who came today:

 

Some girl with pretty blond hair. Looks kinda like our cousin Carleigh...

I'm off to camp this morning, and Ry and Mom are having some time together. I hope that little girl is still around when I get home.

Love, 

J

Weird Pictures

So, this morning Mom was going to post some pictures from our adventures yesterday. There are some shots of Jake playing baseball with his friend from the morning, some pictures of us at the playground with some other friends, even a few of our afternoon playdate with J & V.

When Mom sat down to get the pictures off of the camera, we found this strange series of photos...

Apparently Mom and Dad were not the only ones celebrating Wine Wednesday...

And here are the pictures we actually meant to share this morning. It seems as though every picture Mom took at Jacob's sports class was blurry, so there are none of those...

Me on the playground.

So proud of my find! I was really disappointed when Mom said I couldn't keep it.

Not sure how he got strong enough to be able to hang like that...

Aren't we cute when we play nicely together?

Yep, I'm big enough to crawl up this thing.

At another playground with Jake's friend and his sisters.

Jake and one of his best buddies.

Now, we need to look around this house to make sure that weird guy with the orange hat isn't still hanging out...

Love,
R

Lazy Day at Home

It seems like today is the first day in a while that we have nothing to do...so that's exactly what we're doing. I'm not sure where these last two weeks have gone...

Swimming lessons finished up last week. I did a great job and will be going back in two weeks for more.

Friday we went on an adventure with our friend Megan. We took a drive out to the desert to see a cool tower and some really neat rock carvings. It was awesome, except for the barfing in the car part.

Me and Megan checking out the view from the tippy top.

The view from the top. It was such a clear day you could see things that were very, very far away. You can actually see the salton Sea if you look closely...

See me peeking out?

Ryan in the top of the tower.

The tower.

Here we are, heading off into the park. There were all sorts of fun animals carved into the stones.

This one was Mom's favorite - a buffalo!

Ryan was a little small to climb over some of the rocks.

Making our way through a "cave." We actually ate our lunch in a cave, too!

Mom caught a moment between me and Chewy...

And this is pretty much what we're doing today. Annoying Mom every time she tries to sit down. Why in the world would she want a minute away from us?

Just look how cute and innocent we are! (And check out our new patio furniture, too, Gramma Jojo!)

A good place to spend the day...

Have a nice Monday!

Love,
J