Lake Havasu

Saturday we went to Lake Havasu to watch Sadie's basketball tournament.  This boy got to start his day off by having his car seat turned around and facing forward!  His knees were starting to go into his chest the other way.  He was a little confused at first.

Sweet boy

Once we started driving he was pretty pumped to be checking everything out.

Grandma Snay rode with us so we got to test out the capacity of our new car.

Me and my boys

As we started our drive Liam said "Mama listen to my story." "One time when I was climbing that mountain (as he points to a mountain out the window) with Flash, Aqua Man, and Spiderman..." It was quite the story turns out they rescued a little boy.  He is quite the story teller lately.

The boys had a lot of fun climbing the bleachers at the first game

After the first game there was a little break so we took the boys to the park.

They teeter-tottered together :)

This guy thought it was pretty cool.

When we left the park Liam sported his sunglasses like so...

After the park we went back to Great Grandma's condo so the boys could eat and take naps.  Grandma Snay and Great Grandma headed to the next game.  Once we got the boys to sleep I left and went to Sadie's third game of the day.  When the boys woke up it was time for the last game.  I went and picked everyone up and we went to watch the most interesting basketball game I have ever seen.

The girls played a team from Bullhead that had an "interesting" coach, (saggy jeans, hoodie, head phones in the whole time).  The coach got upset about something and at one point put money on the bench acting like the refs had been paid off.  Then his assistant coach stood up (which is not allowed and turned out to be his 15 year old son) and got a technical.  Then his son decided to pull a chair up right against the sideline and sit down so he received another technical and was kicked out of the game.  He then refused to leave and the coach ended up with a couple technical fouls and finally the refs called the game in the middle of the 3rd quarter and kicked all of them out of the gym.  

The sad part is the coach and another parent/helper was telling our team that our coach sucked and so did we. Then the one coach/helper tried to flip off our crowd but Emily spoke up and let him know it was uncalled for.  The coaches were also cussing in front of these 7-8th grade girls!  It was appalling that a school allowed for this, if I was a parent I would be irate!  The girls were crying and blamed the ref and saw no fault in the coach.  It was awful.

Anyway here is White Cliffs with the consolation trophy (kind of like a tie for third) 

After the last game we took the boys to the park again. This time the threw rocks in the water

It was super cute.

Then we went back to Great Grandma's, ate some pizza, visited a little and came home.  It was a great day :)

Brotherly Love

Apparently I caught up with my blogging but have now fallen behind again. Oh well, we've been having too much fun around here. Let's start with a couple of funny things Liam has said lately.

1. A few weeks ago when Liam woke up he came sprinting down the hallway to use the restroom.  Colin and Chris were already playing in Colin's room.  Liam stopped in his tracks and said  "Oh, I was going potty, I didn't mean to scare you."  It was hilarious

2. On Super Bowl Sunday Megan, Patrick, and Madelyn came by to visit for a little bit.  Patrick and Liam were playing outside and when they came in Liam stopped and looked and Madelyn then looked at Megan and said "I like your baby." It was the cutest.

Now then this little fella is so funny in the mornings.  He wakes up starving in the morning and always makes sure someone follows him to the kitchen to grab him a banana.  He is also doing super well with using utensils.

Liam LOVES to make cookies.  He asks me about every couples weeks if we can make cookies.  He enjoys pouring in the ingredients and especially getting his hands in the dough.  The hard part is Colin wants to help now too so he pulls up a chair and I have to try and keep both of them on task.

Colin was pretty quick and sneaked in a bite of cookie dough

Liam did too

These boys really love each other lately and have a LOT of fun playing together which is pretty awesome.

Colin is a squatter.  He is always found in a squatting position.  I tried to catch a picture but he sat on this truck instead.

Liam decided he needed a rest from all the playing we were doing

These boys got to eat lunch together in the room the other day and had so much fun.  I was in the kitchen and could hear them giggling.

Colin thought something was hilarious

I really love that they enjoy hanging with each other for the most part

The other night they both crawled up in Liam's bed and we did their bedtime reading together which was pretty cool.

They also like to watch Curious George together. Liam made sure he was perfectly comfy

Friday night these boys were super cuddly with mama.  I loved every minute.  We watched a quick show and then all went to dinner.  It was a great evening.

I love these boys :)

January Wrap Up

This last week was awesome.  The weather was fantastic and there was NO wind.  The boys and I soaked up these wonderful days with a little water table fun.

Colin still LOVES it.

Eventually they both were pretty wet so they stripped their shirts

Colin's laugh is the best!

And some more

The boys LOVE to wrestle with their daddy lately and have SO much fun.

Colin has been working on his stand in the hand performance

He thinks it is pretty cool

More wrestling

I love this one :) Such happiness on all of their faces!

Colin has been really into pretend play lately, here he is talking on his play phone a couple weeks ago.

Sunday Funday

Last Sunday we took the boys to the park since it was pretty awesome outside.

Colin really enjoys the swing.  He immediately walked over and wanted in.  I personally love pushing my little peanut in the swing.

Liam had a blast.  He ran around and did a lot of pretend playing.  He usually likes to pretend the playground is a house and wants us to come knock on the door.  He also pretends to fish off the side of the playground. He's a good guy :)

We brought Liam's bike so he could ride around at the park.  He's beginning to get the hang of it.

When we left the park we went to Chili's to eat with my family.

Me, Liam, Grandma, Chris, and Colin

Mom, Matt, Sadie, Dad, Colin, Uncle Don, Me, Grandma, Aunt Sharon, Chris, and Liam

Matt, Grandma, and Emily

After Chili's we came home and got the boys down for their naps. When Liam woke up he was all about cuddling with his momma and I soaked up every minute.

Sunday night we went to dinner with G&G Casson.  Originally we were going to try out the new Hualapai Mt. Cafe but it wasn't really kid friendly so we went up the mountain to the Hualapai Mt Resort Restaurant.  On our way up we saw some deer and then we ran into a whole bunch of elk. 

The boys thought it was pretty cool.  I couldn't really get a picture of Colin but I sort of got one of Liam checking out the elk.

This little gal was basically ready to jump in the car with us.  It was pretty neat to get so close but also kind of scary that these elk are so used to people they don't spook.

I know this picture is a little blurry but the boys looked so cute sitting together.  There were not many people at the restaurant so the boys didn't have to be completely strapped down.   It was a nice evening out.

Grandpa's Birthday

Last Friday was Grandpa Casson's Birthday.  Mollie had a little gathering at their house.

The boys with Grandpa right before singing Happy Birthday.

Liam smiled in this one, but of course Colin and Grandpa weren't looking

The boys

Liam was most excited to help blow out birthday candles.

Colin always cracks me up around Uncle Chuck, he usually just stares at him like he is just ridiculous but on this night he let him hold him and Colin thought it was hilarious.

Ronnie wanted to check out our new car so the kids went to show him.  He came back with this picture of Brooke and Liam

Saturday my Grandma, Aunt, and Uncle were in town so we had plans to watch a couple of Sadie's basketball games and then everyone was going to come to our house for some Chili Verde.

Colin pulled up a chair to help Grandma with the Verde.

After Sadie's game Emily had her first chance ever at touching a basketball hoop rim, but for some reason wouldn't let Matt throw her up into the air.

Grandma Casson stayed with the boys so they could nap and we could go to Sadie's game.

Once they woke up and everyone arrived the boys felt the need to sit in the big boy chairs with their TV trays.