They don't look alike at all do they!?

So a few weeks ago we took our annual family trip to Lagoon. I honestly was not looking forward to going this year due to Jaimin's fear of the rides and his motion sickness. Jones also has never been that excited about going on many rides. Well this year was completely different, they couldn't get enough. It made it so much fun. The lines weren't too long so they just ran from ride to ride.

After riding many of the kiddie rides we decided to go do our family favorite "Rattlesnake Rapids". We showed it to Jaimin and asked if he wanted to go and his response was "no not today". Well we took him anyway. I decided not to go and try to get some pictures. As you can tell from this picture Mark and the boys got the most wet. I was so worried that this was going to ruin Jai's fun mostly because he hates his clothes getting wet.

Here he is after the ride telling my mom how fun it was and saying he wanted to go again. He couldn't stop jumping up and down talking about it. I was so glad he liked it!!

Here is Jones after the ride just as excited as his brother. The poor kid could hardly keep his pants on they were so wet.

Here is Jones on our way out running through the fountain. This was also a surprise for us, he usually doesn't like running through these things.

Since then both boys keep asking if we can go back because they had so much fun. This trip actually got me excited for them to grow up. Life is much more fun when the whole family enjoys it!

So this weekend we got invited to go to Grand Junction Colorado for Mark's friends birthday. Mark decided to take Jones while I stayed home with Jaimin. Jones was so excited because he found out they were going to go fishing which he had never done before. The first day of fishing Jones caught 7 fish, more than anyone else they were with. He was so proud of himself. Most of the time they were there they were fishing except when Mark took him on a tour of his old neighborhood. He even took Jones to visit his little brothers grave.
Jones had a ton of fun getting some quality time with his dad and did surprisingly well for being the first time away from me and Jaimin. I on the other hand had a hard time being away from him and Jaimin missed Jones terribly. The house was unusually quiet all weekend. I am glad things are back to normal! Now I guess it is my turn for a vacation!

So yesterday I was outside gardening while Jaimin and Lydia were riding bikes and I noticed Jaimin in the rocks picking something up. Due to our past garden experiences I was expecting to find him chasing a snake. Luckily this time it wasn't. He found two baby quail. They were so tiny and cute! The kids kept fighting over who got to play with them. So we put them in a box and went looking for their mom. Our neighbors told us that all the babies had been separated from the parents so everyone has been trying to keep them together. Hopefully the neighborhood cat will not find them before the mother does.

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!