hello 3rd trimester.

coming back.

yep, we're still here

and yep, its been a while. we're coming back with lots of pictures. but not today.

sometime soon...hopefully.

today...i must nap.

lately/memories.

a few weeks back we headed down to colorado springs for their annual balloon festival. the boys were in sensory overload...way cool. *a family memory i don't want to forget, vance and i were looking at the garmin on which road to turn down, i said "lincoln road" lane said "no, hot air ballon road." *i need to write down more memories/sayings, somewhere, someplace.

i love it when vance steals my camera and snaps pictures. *memory for me: the boys decided this would be a good place to eat cantelope. they were SO cute sitting on the scooter sharing fruit with each other.

the new yogurt shop in town. *after taking FOREVER to get through the line, decide which kind of yogurt to get, lane drops it on the ground and throws a fit b/c he wants his gummy sharks that he put on top. after eating what was left, vance and i ask each other how much it was only to find that neither of us had paid. they had noticed the craziness with our kids and decided to give it to us for free before we even noticed. uhm, awesome or a gentle way of saying "get your kids under control"?
story time. lane insists on sitting ON TOP of me. SO shy!
gage on the other hand loves to take part in story time. castle rock has the best story time ever, seriously, i'm always impressed. *the boys love the "bear song"
park time with good friends. *this is the first time i hear gage say the word "hello" clearly.
gage eating oreo dessert. *lane helped me make this, ya know, the boxed treat at the grocery store. he was SO excited about it when he saw it and had to get it. he was just as excited to help make it and even more happy to eat it:)




gage's content face. i've never been able to capture this until now, this is him...
trying hard not to notice the camera...
smile...
hide.
story time with curious george at pottery barn kids...giant animals are kinda scary.
ben holding on for dear life to his mama.
this is the closest lane would get. him and curious george shared a fist pump.
my toes at starting to disappear. (and obviously need a pedicure too...)
lane helping himself. *he got out my favorite quilty pleasure this pregnancy and said, "mama, my share some of this with you?" gee, thanks buddy, thats nice of you to share MY drink with me.
all week i've been looking for the tape. i spotted it today...do you see it?! such a logical place for it to be!

little helper, workin hard.

an interview with lane (3 1/2).

next month he'll be 3 1/2...despite the fact he looks 6 in this picture.

what's your favorite food?

chic.fil.a, oatmeal with peaches

favorite sport?

airport?

no sport, like basketball, football?

oh, riding my bike.

favorite tv show?

diego and team umizoomi

who is the coolest person you know?

blake

whats your most favorite thing to learn about?

i don't know

what is one thing you are really good at?

driving my pick up

if you could go anywhere in the whole world, where would you go right now?

papa neal's house

favorite color?

black

what do you want to do when you grow up?

drive pick up trucks

favorite song?

the tractor song

favorite book?

street sweeper

favorite car?

mustangs, fords, mavericks

what is one food you really don't like?

quesadillas

who is your best friend?

daddy, gage, sam

whats your most favorite toy?

my tractor and phone at grandma kay's house

saturdays.

saturday mornings are a precious day at our home. daddy is home. the boys are happy which makes mama happy. there is nothing that has to be done besides having fun and smiling.

venturing off to the park for breakfast, with donuts of course.

no sprinkle left behind.






lunches at the counter.
helping putting the topping on a cake.

jumps in the garage.



giggles on the couch.
an odd place to play but cute none the less.



favorite breakfast (mine while being pregnant)...vanilla yogurt with a handful of chocolate cheerios
helping little brother put his shoes on.
and probably our most favorite saturday activity...hiking.





"all done!"
acorns.


and mostly, saturdays are full of naps...which is exactly what they're made for!

( i should note, vance never naps, its usually just the boys & i)