CUPS!

Thousands of dollars of toys in the house and the boys have been playing with some plastic cups for two days! Go figure

And even though Wyatt has an actual set of bowling pins and ball he could very easily get from his room, we make one up with cups and a flat ball...
And don't ask about the outfit! :) I guess he got warm and made his jammies into shorts

Painting

I think Caden put way more water than actual paint on the picture. But he sure loves doing anything and everything big brother is doing!

House update #2

Out of who knows how many! Sorry if it's a little boring, we are just a tad excited to see progress! :)There they are, working away on our foundation!

Wyatt was in school so he missed the cement mixer, but Caden got to see it. Pretty exciting!!

Station Visit

The boys never get tired of going to see Daddy at the fire station!Wyatt is ready for an EMS call

Engineer Caden

Heading out to see the water tower.

Big Boy

Someone loves his booster seat and sitting at the table with all of us! :)

Lazy Days

We all enjoy the days when we can lay around all morning and be lazy...

Lacey Fun Fair

I am always hesitant about free events. It seems too good to be true. I always expect it to be free to get in, but each ride is $5 or it be a total waist of time. But I have to say, the Lacey Spring Fun Fair did not disappoint! Train rides, 2 bounce houses, fishing, petting zoo, pony rides and lots of hands on activities. Wyatt would only do a couple of the things. He wanted to just hang out in the bounce house. But it sure was a great little morning adventure.

Trying to kick his first field goal...

Strike one...

Got it that time.

Home Depot has the best hands on booths at events! Last year at a fair Wyatt built a tool box. Today the boys decorated a tile. Wyatt drew a picture of a house and then wrote "Wyatt's play room" on it. I think someone is excited about the new house as much as we are!

Ground Breaking!!!

We finally broke ground on the house this week!
Needless to say we are a bit excited around here. :)L to R Family Room then kitchen with the dining nook in back

Workout room in the back then my mud room in front of that before the garage. :)
Collin and I keep saying how small it looks. But our builder told us he gets that all the time when they are doing the foundation. And we have to remind our selves, we are going to a 2-story house so this is only half of it! :)

A few people at our race on Saturday had helmet cameras on. Here's a link to some of the video that was taken so you can get a better idea of what fun we had! :)

ASH KICKER VIDEO

ASH KICKER 2011

Collin and his buddies, Jared and Jason had this great idea to get their significant others and all do the 1st annual Ash Kicker 5K adventure run. I need some motivation to workout, so sign me up. Fast forward to the week before the run...Collin bails on me due to an 'injury' and I find out that none of the other ladies agreed to do it! So insert my friend Julie from work. It worked out perfect. Julie and I were a perfect match. When I was wiped out, she pushed me, and vis versa. We got wet, muddy and had a great time! And since Collin couldn't run it, he got some great shots so we can prove we did it! :)The before shot

Our first obstacle...
this was followed by a balance beam walk, belly crawl through the mud, climb up a hill of ash and running down it (that was fun!), Sasquatch stairs, and a slide into a water/mud pit. Which means you run the rest of the race with sand/mud/water filled shoes! :)

This was one of the last ones. My legs were toast by this point so I was glad to see a rope to use our upper body! This was supposed to lead us to the giant slip and slide. Sad to say, it wasn't working, so we got to run down the steep hill instead. Which I think was what did my knees in!

On the home stretch!

Second one of these today!

Here we come to finish!

I think this was my favorite! It was about twice as deep as I thought so I almost bit it when I got in, and it was COLD! But so fun!! :)

Least fav...only because it is front and center so everyone is watching!

Yeah! We did it!! Thank you so much for joining me Julie!!!

The 'after' photo. You will notice Jason and Jared look pretty clean. They had been done for probably a half an hour so they had time to dry off. :)

Copy cat

'Big brover' puts a hat on...Caden puts a hat on

'brover' plays computers... Caden grabs his

Writing down 'clues'
Yep, you guessed it, Caden follows 'brover'
Caden loves doing anything and everything that 'big brover' and I have to say, Wyatt is a great sport and has become a very nice sharer!

Tackles!

Have become part of our night time routine...and yes, naked time as well! :)
They start all the way in the living room and run full force to whomever is on the receiving end clear in the family room. rea-eee, seeee, GO!!!

Wyatt LOVES getting tackles from Caden!

Happy Mothers' Day!

Happy Mothers' Day to all the moms out there and especially to my mom!

Love you Nana!

Bowling!

Wyatt's buddy Luke had his birthday party at the bowling alley today. Wyatt's first time bowling, and he had so much fun. I think we will be going back. All the boys had a blast!

Mothers' Day Tea

Wyatt's preschool hosted a Mothers' Day Tea on Friday. They really went all out. It was such a fun morning. We were greeted by a picture and 'paragraph.' Wyatt's said
My mom is special because I just love her.
Because my mommy plays with my legos in my room.
Because I always give her a hug when she reads a story to me
and then she tucks me in.

The kids sang a song for us, then served us some cake and fruit while the teachers served tea and punch. Then it was time for a few more songs. It was a great morning and all the kids looked so cute in their crowns and boutonnieres.

Dress up

Be careful what you leave laying around the Murphy house. It's bound to end up on one of the boys.G'ma's hat

Momma's sunglasses
I was on the phone and heard them giggling and this is what I found. :)