It happened in May! (yes, I know its almost August!)

Brad earned his Eagle Scout rank!

Uncle Tom (also an Eagle Scout) presented Brad with his honors.

Aunt Barb and Uncle Don look on proudly!

Brad and Bryan

Quent wanted to do a speech after the ceremony was over.

Brad, Uncle Tom and Bryan pose for a handsome picture.

Mid-May is always the big Railroad celebration on our town.  Its a carnival downtown, lots of activities and a big parade.  We always have fun at the parade and enjoying all the fun festivities!  This year Momma, that's me, was on a "Mom's Day Out" trip to IKEA with some Mothers of Multiples  friends and visiting with Amy and Natalie, so I was not at the parade and such this year.  But the fun went on without me and Daddy took lots of pictures too!

Alex, Quent, Gramma, GG and Aunt Barb (Jack and Daddy too) were all there for the parade.

Hmmm, there must be something loud passing by.  

You'll see Jack like this often during a parade, he does not like the sirens and horns.

Ooooh - where's the candy, where's the candy?!

The crowd looks on.

The parade choo-choo (it is a Railroad Days celebration!)

Aunt Margaret was walking her dog in the parade with the vet clinic she works at.

Alex (L), Quent (UP), and Jack (R)

on the race cars!

Quent, Alex, Jack and Gramma on the Dragon-go-rounds,

I hear that they got that thing spinning pretty fast!

AND, just because its so darn cute...

He just might want to kill me one day when he sees this, 

but how can you resist an adorable shot like this - 

a boy on the throne wearing a  birthday cake hat!

(what? - everyone doesn't do their business this way?)

 

MOD walk April 2010

In looking back on what I have not yet posted before I get into posting out vacation pictures, I realized I was much farther behind in my documentation process that I thought!  So, here are the shots from our super -successful March of Dimes walk this year.  The weather held out and despite being windy, it was not too bad.  Len, Kyle, and Laverne came to walk with us and celebrate the cause with us!

As always we walk in Memory of our Angels:

Joshua Thomas

Sarah Jane

Jacob Robert

Special Thanks to all our family and friends who supported us with donations to our walk this year and every year - you are there with us every step of the way!

Happy 10th Anniversary to us!

The (STILL) Happily Married Couple!!

 And here's a couple of songs we love, the first was sung before and during our ceremony and the second was played as our first dance ♥ Oh the memories...

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY JACK AND QUENT!!

Happy Birthday to my Adorable, Amazing, Smart, Funny, Lovable, Creative, Playful, Silly, Wonderful Boys!!

My world is so much richer with you in it,

I love ♥ you more than you could ever know

Jackson David and Quentin Ashtan!

*much more birthday stuff to post later!☺

My funny birthday boys!

I have to write this down so that I will always remember the cute, smart, funny stuff that Jack and Quent  have said about their upcoming birthday!

The boys' birthday is about 10 days away, and their party is a week from Saturday.  So, in all the preparations  - sending out invitations, planning the cake, etc. - we have been talking about their birthday  A LOT.  We made a countdown calendar, so that they knew when it was getting closer and cross out the days everyday.  Lately I have been asking them what they might want for their birthday and they minimally answer me, "I want Toy Story 3" (the movie comes out a week after their b-day and we do plan to see it), but they really don't have concrete ideas.  But with all this talk:

The boys have now just realized that they will be getting presents for their birthday. 

So, last night Jack was saying, "Fank you so much Momma for letting us have some presents on our birthday!" 

When I told him that most of his presents would be from other people (not me and Daddy) he gave me a {thumbs-up} and yelled, "That's Awesome, I will love that!" 

He is such a cute, little grateful boy!  


Tonight, after reading Toot and Puddle: A Present for Toot , we were all talking about the book and how silly the little pigs and the bird in the story were.  Then Quent gets an idea, "Momma I REALLY want to have a pet too, for my birthday! Like a big pet, like a big DOG!"
I say, "Well, that would be nice to have a big dog, but we can't have a dog at our house because Momma is allergic.  I am so sorry, but we can visit Bessie* and Laverne*."

Quent's face drops, then he brightens and says, "I know!  I want a Yak!  Wouldn't that be a great idea for my pet!"  (yes the child said YAK)
My eyes grow wide and I laugh a little, but then seriously say, "A yak is a very big animal and would not fit in our house.  Our yard is too small for a yak to be happy in our yard, they like to live in big open fields where they have lots of room.  Also, yak poop is huge- whew - can you imagine if a yak would go poop in our house!  Ewwww, what a stinky mess!"
{Jack and Quent are now laughing like crazy and talking about big, giant poops, no way do they want that!}


Quent gets up to go get his drink before he lays down and he stops at the door.  "Whoa, now this is a great pet for me - how about a dinosaur - a REAL dinosaur!  Wouldn't that be great?!"  
Now you have to imagine his little face, so happy and pleased with all these "great ideas" he has had.  He's so cute it just breaks your heart to have to tell him that he cannot have a real dinosaur.
"Oh, Quentie, real dinosaurs are not alive anymore for us to have as pets.  That would have been a cool pet though.  You know what, when you lay down you can think about and dream about all kinds of good ideas for a pet and we will talk some more about them tomorrow."  (like how I switch back to the 'go to bed' mode)

Tomorrow should be one exciting talk!

* Bess is my parents' dog and Laverne is my brother and his wife's dog