Two happy boys, two happy birthdays!!

August 12th was Kyle and Max's birthday.  I have been a little worried about the boys sharing a birthday ever since I realized at the hospital having Max that I was not going to have him before midnight the day before Kyles birthday.  The entire pregnancy I knew that it was going to be close but I never thought that it would actually happen on the same day.  I have wondered what it was going to be like have two kids with birthdays on the same day.  Will they feel sad that they don't get their own day?  Will they like having someone to share a birthday with? So we had our first experience with this and it wasn't too bad.  Of course Mas was turning 1 and won't remember any of it and Kyle was turning 3 and didn't care about anything but the presents and cake.

 Kyle picked out the cake he wanted at albertsons and was really excited about the monster truck cake.  They told me at albertsons that if I ordered a big cake I would get the 1 year old cake for free.  So I thought that was perfect seeing how I needed one of each anyway.  So we order the cakes and the morning of their birthday Albertsons calls me and tells me they can no longer give me the 1 year old cake for free because it was for a different person.  They can only give me the deal if they have the same name on them.  So I was pretty ticked and told them to forget it then and I would no longer order cakes through them.  So I went to Yokes and they have the same rule (stupid!!) but they were willing to give it to me this time.  However they did not have the monster truck kit.  So Seth and I thought we could find our own monster truck to put on the cake if they would just decorate it.  We looked all over and it was turning out to be harder to find a little monster truck than we thought.  Seth finally found a monter school bus.  Kyle loved it, and it came with a matching tatoo, even better.  So after everything I thought his monster truck cake turned out ok.  He was pretty happy with it too.

 We got Kyle a few little things but his main present was a basketball hoop.  He loved the one that my sister had at her house so we thought this would be a good idea.  Basketball is by far Kyles favorite sport.  I signed him up to play soccer and he liked it but was concerned that we were playing on a basketball court.  He really wanted to play basketball.

 One tricky thing about having two boys share a birthday is that no matter what they get for their birthday, they always want to play with whatever the other one got.  So Max wanted to play with Kyles toys which got Kyle a little upset and Kyle wanted to play with Max's toys.  It wasn't too bad we didn't have too many fights but I am a little concerned about the future when they get to be a little older.

 So we each held a boy and got ready to blow out the candles.  Max needed a little help from Kyle to get his candle out but Kyle was more than willing to help him out.

 At first Max was a little hesitant about his cake.  It was like he was looking at me like "really Mom this is all for me?" 

 I gave him a fork and then he really dug in.  He just didn't want to get his hands all in it I guess.  He ate a little of it but mostly had fun just playing in it.

 After the mess we took his diaper off and he got to have a little bath in Grandmas sink what a lucky guy.

So my two boys are exactly 2 years apart to the day.  I know they will not always get along and will fight like boys a lot of the time but hopefully they will always be good friends and not mind sharing a birthday.

Summer fun!

This summer we took a two week trip to California to see my family.  It was a long ride but we made it and we had a blast while we were there.  My Dad took the kids fishing at Witney portal.  They each caught a fish.  I think their favorate part was holding the fish after they caught it.

 Kyle made friends with my sisters chickens.  He loves animals and was always going over to say hello.

 We got to go to the beach for a few days also while we were there and soak up some sun.  It was a blast and Seth and the kids enjoyed a long standing tradition in my family and got frozen bananas from the candy shop.

 Kyle tried his hand at surfing on the boogy board.

I taught Seth how to boogy board and he really picked it up.  Then I couldn't get him out of the water.  Haylee even tried it and did a really good job on some smaller waves.  She had a ton of fun.

 She was actually pretty good at it and picked it up fast.  She and Seth would go out and wait for a wave and then she would just lay on the board and Seth would give her a little push and off she went.

 This is typical Kyle, (in Haylees sweater).  He loved the beach.

 Seth and the kids saw some birds on the beach one evening and thought it would be fun to go run through them.  Kyle thought this was really fun.

 Playing with some cousins in the sand.

 We went through Boise and picked up uncle Kevin on our way and while their we went to the Zoo in Boise.  My Moms name is Rhea and I thought it was so cool that they had birds called Greater Rhea, so I took a picture.

 The Zoo was cool they got to feed some animals and they had a butterfly room where you could go in and see all kinds of butterflies and watch them all fly around.  It was really neat.

 I think their favorate part was feeding the Giraffs though.  They thought that was pretty cool.

 Kyle loved the Lions though.  He liked to say how big they were.  We had a really good time.  It was a fun summer vacation.

4th of July 2012

We had a fun filled fourth of July this year.  We started out the festivities by decorating the kids bikes with red white and blue streamers and ribbon.  We added some stars and flags and they were ready to go. 

They went on a mini family fourth of July parade.  It was a fun idea that would be neat to continue into a bigger tradition.  Here is Haylee ready to go.

Kyle doesn't have a bike yet so here he is on his scooter.

Here is the whole clan on there bikes ready for the parade.

Grandpa lead the way with the little ones following close behind.

After that we headed down to the river to watch the annual fireworks show. 

Here is typicall Kyle, just chillin waiting for the fireworks to start.

After that we went home and did a couple sparklers outside for fun and then called it a night.  Happy 4th of July.

Haylee turns 6!!

I have A LOT of catching up to do on my blog. The summer has been sooo crazy but good crazy. We have had a lot of fun this summer. Haylee celebrated her sixth birthday. I can't believe it.  Haylee and I made her cake together it was fun but the icing I bought to write on it didn't work so we had to use the dot sprinkles and arrange them to say what we wanted it took awhile but we did it and it looked pretty good.


                                 

One thing she specifically asked for was a ken Barbie doll.  She said that she had girld barbies and she had a wedding dress but nobody for the to marry so we got her a groom.

She had a few friends over at the park near our house for a little party.  They played some games and broke a pinata and just had fun.  It turned out good I thought.

Here is the whole gang eating their cupcakes at the park.  It was a good day.  She is a big six years old.

Growing up so fast!

Haylee is growing up too fast.  She already acts so much older than she is and now she has crossed two major mile stones in life.  First she lost one of her top front teeth.  I always think this is a little sad because it makes them look so different.  It was kinda funny the way it happened.  It was really loose one morning before school so I told her we should probably pull it.  She said no, I told her I was afraid that she would lose it at school and she said, "no I won't Mom you know your not ALWAYS right."  So she went to school.  When I picked her up she came walking out with a missing tooth.  I asked her where her tooth was and she said she knocked it out accidentally with her knee and they sent her to the office and gave her a little bag to put it in.  I just smiled.  She is pretty cute with it missing though.

 Next she has officially learned how to ride a bike without training wheels. She has wanted to learn for a while and I guess I was a little nervous about it. It took her about 5 minutes to learn. Seth helped her for a couple minutes and then she was off. She picks things up really fast. She is very smart. I can't believe how big she is getting. She is going to be turning 6 years old in a week. It is amazing how fast it goes. Haylee is the child that every Mother wants. She is obedient, thoughtful and loves to help. She hates to dissapoint you and is so loving. I am so thankful for her and am excited for all the new stuff to come.


                                    

Vacation Time!!

We went on vacation with the family a couple of weeks ago and had a blast.  We went to Portland and stayed the night in a hotel and took the kids swimming.  We were planning to take them to the Zoo but we got rained out so we went to the Omsi instead.  I think they had a good time.  I thought this picture was cute of my baby birds in the nest.

Seth had a picture in this same spot of Haylee and Kyle so we thought it was only right to take another one with Max in it.



Haylee put her hands on the electricity ball and made all her hair stand up, she thought that was pretty cool.



Then she and Seth did a little science experiment together.  Haylee really enjoys the Omsi because she loves to learn.  She has always been eager to learn knew things. 



We then went to Sea Side and met up with the rest of the family.  One night we had a bonfire out on the beach.  This is me with my boys.  I love this picture.

We actually had good weather for the Oregan Coast.  We were really lucky and had a good time soaking up some sun.

Seth, Grandpa and Kyle had fun playing in the water together.

I thought this picture was cute.  Three generations of Johnson boys.

Grandpa and Max playing in the water.

Seth decided that since we were having such good weather he would try out boogie boarding.  I thought this was a little crazy because believe me that water is COLD!!!  He wanted me to take a few pictures so he had some proof that he did it.  He never really caught a wave but he sure tried.

Every year we go into town and ride the carousel, Haylee loves it but I could not get Kyle on it.  Maybee next year.

We also went to the aquarium and got to feed some seals and look at really cool fish.  Kyle and I had some fun at the touch tank.

This was cute, they had a little chess board set up so here are brothers playing chess.

This is the family at the beach.  Max was not loving having his feet in that cold water.

This picture sums up Kyle pretty good I thought.  He is such a cutie.  He thinks he is pretty big stuff.

I thought this one was pretty cute too though.  He looks a little bashful.

Kyle and I had a blast playing in the water and running from the waves.  After a little while though he would say let the water get us Mommy.

On our way home we stopped at the falls and took a picture.  It was a great vacation.