Utah Visit

Two weeks ago we traveled back to Utah to see Jeff's younger brother Nic return home from serving a mission in Louisville, Kentucky. It was so fun to be there with everyone and for Kaden to meet him for the first time! 

When we came back from the airport some friends of Jeff's mom had come and decorated their lawn with smiley face plates and balloons...the boys LOVED it! The next morning we were cleaning them up and Trey let one of the balloons go and laid down to watch it fly away. I walked over and he said, 'Mom this is such a beautiful earth'. For the next hour we sat and let every balloon go one by one! 

The boys sure loved having another uncle around to play with. Trey was most excited when he found out how cool uncle Nic is because he has a guitar! 

After spending a few days with Jeff's family, he headed back home while the boys and I stayed for a few extra days to spend time with my family. All of my siblings had come into town and we had a wonderful girls night on Friday staying up talking until 5:00 am and then we woke up at 7:00 am for some spring cleaning at my parents home. My family grew up working in the yard together so it made for a wonderful weekend of all of us being together again! 

Point Bonita Light

A few weeks ago we spent a Saturday morning out at Point Bonita Lighthouse and at some old army bunkers in Marin Headlines. The boys loved playing hide and seek in the bunkers and getting dirty, of course! 

Our little climbing Kaden was not a huge fan of the lighthouse since we wouldn't let him climb on the railings. There was something about the shear cliffs on the other side that made me worry??? Maybe Kaden was just mad since he saw Trey climbing on the railings right next to a sign that says 'DO NOT CLIMB ON THE RAILINGS'!! 

The lighthouse was so beautiful. There was an old suspension bridge that we had to cross which was a little scary in the wind. They only let two adults cross at a time so we had to wait a while to cross, but it was worth it! 

I Got A Golden Ticket!

If you are a fan of the show 'The Office' then you too enjoy great comedy! Last week Michael Scott dressed up as Willy Wonka and gave out Golden Tickets to random paper buyers. Truly, one of the funniest episodes I have ever seen. Well this past weekend I too received a Golden Ticket!! Powell's Candy Shoppe here in Lafayette had a one year anniversary and invited people to come get your free Wonka Bars and meet the one, the only....

...MIKE TEE VEE!! 

Here is a copy of my personally signed picture. He also signed our DVD of Willy Wonka and a picture for Trey even though he has no idea who he is! Now all I need is a goose that lays golden eggs! 

"Overall", pretty dang cute!

These overalls actually come from my childhood, and were worn by my siblings and I. Even though Kaden is a mini Jeff, to me he looks just like his Grandpa Gillespie in these overalls! I only got two or three pictures because due to the larger size of our boys overalls just don't seem to fit well!  Even so he is dang cute! 

Rain, Rain Go Away!

It has been raining here for the last 2, almost 3 weeks. There were two days when the sun came out which are the two days the boys were too sick to go out. We are literally SICK of being inside. Luckily, Dr. Trey came to the rescue and prescribed some great ideas for keeping us busy! 

Up close and personal! The boys got a new magnifying glass and love going on exploring adventures. I'm not sure but if you look close enough I think Trey is happy??

While waiting for the rainbow to come out we had a day where we learned about colors. Trey had so much fun mixing food coloring and then we painted things for each color. 

 Our first try at a blanket fort was a huge success. The boys loved it! Kaden pulled his box of books in there and spent the afternoon looking at all of them!

Trey & Kaden love playing games on the computer. Trey does all of the playing and Kaden does a lot of pointing. I love watching them play together and having something to entertain them while I make dinner. Hopefully our next post will include sunshine! 

Happy Valentines Day!!

Happy Valentines Day!! I am always to excited on the holidays to wait all day so we always seem to celebrate at breakfast time. We had the table all decorated so the boys were so excited when they came downstairs! 

Puppy love from Gram & Grandpa LeCheminant! Thank you the boys loved them.

So in case you didn't know Jeff LOVES baseball!! Since Valentines is all about our loves we thought we would share some of that love with the boys and get them a baseball tee. They loved it although it has been raining for a week so we have been hitting it in the house and I am not really loving that but, I am sure it will be fun once we can take it to the park!!

We also treated ourselves to some delicious "Heart Attack" pancakes! Actually it is the homemade syrup that will give you a heart attack but it is so dang good it is totally worth it! 

For weeks Trey has been asking me if he can drink buttermilk so I finally told him he could for Valentines day thinking he would forget about it. Of course he didn't so as soon as we were done opening gifts he went and got a cup and asked for his buttermilk. Well the pictures explain the rest!!

-BEFORE-

-AND AFTER- 

I felt really bad cause I knew he wouldn't like it but it was one of the funniest things I have ever seen! 

The Bush Man

Here is Trey pretending to be the Bush Man! If you read my previous post this picture will make more sense. The Bush Man, by the way, is an apparent homeless man who dresses up like a bush down at the Wharf in SF and tries to scare people. Almost every visitor we have had we have scared them with him so we have had many laughs!