Not so welcome friends

As many of you know we live pretty close to the mountains. Well since we have moved in we have not had any snakes in our yard but many of the neighbors have. Well our luck ran out this year! The other day Jones went to get out of my moms car and happened to look down just in time to see a rattle snake. We are so thankful that he did see it because it was right where he was going to be stepping to get out of the car and who knows what could have happened. Mark was out of town (of course with my luck ) so I ended up calling wildlife services and they came and caught it.

So due to my terrible fear of snakes I made Mark put out snake repellent in the yard. The only problem with the repellent is that if there are any snakes in the yard, it will keep them in the yard. Well obviously there was at least one that was in the yard. Two days after we found the rattle snake Mark was outside with Jaimin and noticed Jai chasing something. As Mark got closer he heard him saying "a snake" (by the way he is not at all scared of them any time he sees one he has to run over and pet it). Luckily this time it was a bull snake, but still a snake. This time Mark was home and took care of it for me. Now I am always checking around the yard and still try not to go to the areas where there are a lot of rocks to hide in. I am praying that we won't find anymore!! My fear is Jaimin will try to catch a rattle snake because I know he would try if he saw one.

Who needs the sun to have fun?

Jaimin's new hair cut

So I decided to cut Jai's hair so he wouldn't be so hot in the summer. Well it wasn't quite going the way I wanted, due to him running all over while I was trying to cut it. Anyway I gave up and just buzzed it ( well it is a long buzz). I cried when I was done, I couldn't believe what I had done. I always swore I would never cut their hair this short. Anyway he looks totally different and I am still having a hard time getting used to it. The good thing is he likes it. The first time I showed it to him he smiled and rubbed his hands through it and then leaned over and gave me a huge kiss. He kept saying daddy's hair cut so at least he is happy. My goal was to have it about 2 inches longer so I guess in a month or 2 it will be there.

The Big 6

On Tuesday May 12th my little Jones turned 6. I still can't believe he his already 6! I don't think Jones could have waited any longer for it to happen. He had a countdown calendar and would talk about it everyday for the last month or two. The morning of his birthday he woke up around 7am which is not normal for him. As soon as he woke up he came and stopped me from doing laundry and woke Mark and Jaimin up so he could open his presents a.s.a.p. . He was so cute as soon as Jaimin walked in the room he said "here Jai you get to open this one". After he opened all his presents he went out and played with all of them. As you can tell by the picture above he wanted a space themed party.

This year for his birthday he decided he wanted to hike up to waterfall. We figured that Jaimin was old enough so we said okay. If was a fun hike it just took us a little bit longer than normal. The waterfall was a lot bigger than I had ever seen it before. The boys loved it.

As you can tell by this picture we did get a bit wet. We went closer to get a picture and the wind started to blow so the waterfall sprayed us all. Aftert getting wet Jones decided it was too cold to stay up there any longer so we had a quick snack and a drink and headed back down. All in all I think he had a great birthday. Now we are just counting down the days until his next birthday.

LOOK MOM I CAN DRIVE NOW!

So this year my grandma decided to buy a golf cart for her husband to drive around the farm with. Well as you can see by the videos and picture, the boys were very pleased with her new purchase. I decided to let Jones try to drive. Well he couldn't get enough of it all he wanted to do was drive it around the pasture. And ever since we left my grandmas all I have been hearing about was how he wants his own cart. I told him to start saving.

If you listen closely to the video with just the boys you can hear my mom panicking in the background. The funny thing is I had told Jones just to go a short distance to play a trick on the family. Well I guess my mom had just assured my nervous grandma that I was not going to let him drive it without an adult. I think my grandma got a bit more nervous after that.

Just a few pictures

easter eggs

Last week my sister decided to dump a few unwanted eggs into my garden. So I decided to get her back by dumping them in her front yard. Well a few days later after I had forgotten about it I came home to find my backyard covered in eggs. The boys were excited until they found out they were empty. Although they keep going out and finding a few random pieces of candy. All I have to say is watch out Sayla, payback sucks!

my little run dmc fan

Here is Jaimin right after waking up this morning. He was so excited to wear his new shirt. He walked around the house singing "walk this way, talk this way." What a weirdo!

Here are a few pictures of Marks birthday. The boys decorated his cake. They also gave him a bird for his gift from them. Jaimin likes to make it kiss our toy bird. Also every year for his birthday we take a trip to the zoo. The boys had a lot of fun unfortunatley Jones spent most of the time in the wagon because he got his cast off 2 days ago and it is very sore.

So this is what I walk in the kitchen and see almost every day. For some reason Jaimin loves to cook eggs, the only thing is he refuses to eat them. Most of the time I will let him make them. I will put them in a dish for him and most of the time he says "no, for Jones"! I think it is kind of cute I just wish he would at least try them. He is the most picky eater I have, I actually got him to eat meat for the first time in 2 years so hopefully one day he will try his eggs.