Downpour!

Tomorrow is the kick-off of hurricane season and we are already seeing a huge difference in the weather. It's rained pretty much everyday this week...and I'm not talking sprinkling, it's POURING. It's the craziest weather though...when it starts to rain it's like a downpour. If you walk outside you're instantly drenched! Being from Eastern Washington aka the desert, this is definitely nuts to see! Although, this weather is a welcome break from the 100 + degree weather we've had the last few months. Now it's a comfortable 70 degrees out, but still super humid! I had to take a quick video to show how crazy this rain is...the video doesn't quite do it justice though....but you'll get the idea!

Yummm

These are the easiest, cheapest, and tastiest cookies ever! I found this recipe surfing some recipe blogs. They were called "Homemade Oreos", but they taste more like frosted brownies. I originally wanted to make them for Emmet because Oreos are his fave cookie. Anyway...SO GOOD! Ryan and Emmet loved them. Here's the recipe:
2 Boxes of cake mix...any flavor (imagine the possibilities!) I used Double Chocolate....yum!
4 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup shortening
your choice of frosting (I used White Chocolate)

Bake @ 350 for 8-10 minutes
Let cool and frost backside with frosting, then sandwich cookies together.
I halved the recipe and it made one dozen sandwiched cookies. Enjoy!

The finished product.

Emmet got a taste and wanted "more!"

"All gone!" They went quick!!!

What a tease!

Emmet is so funny. He makes the silliest faces all the time so it was my goal to try and capture a few!

This is his excited face. He does this whenever we start to play a game, or if we ask him if he wants to go "bye bye", or if he wants juice or even a cookie! So... all of his favorite things! This face also double as a "Oh, no...mom caught me doing something naughty! Eek!" it's just a little more exaggerated! But after he's caught doing something bad he takes off in a dead sprint in my opposite direction...turkey!

I don't know what face this is...he just does this to be cute in front of the camera...it's working, bud!

Emmet is pretty random and I can tell he has a huge imagination. Out of nowhere he'll start bear crawling (like in this picture...and laughing hysterically because he knows it's goofy) or crawling, and lately he's been galloping like a horse... I have to get that on film...it's the funniest thing! Haha!

This is how I see Emmet....just a mischievous grin and a blur of furniture...this kid is always on the run! He's getting pretty slippery too, I can barely catch him!

Crazy Em and Wes watching in the background :)

Sleepyheads

Most days our routine is: Wake up at seven, feed the boys, cartoons for half hour/playtime, bathe the boys, snack time, and then naptime. Well when Emmet goes down I usually try to workout and then shower...so, I come down after my shower and these two are sacked out on the couch. So cute :) Weston has been so funny lately...he'll just fall asleep in his bouncer or on a lap. What a good boy! (Nighttime is still a nightmare though!) I managed to snap a few pictures before the sweet guys woke up.

Don't they look so comfy :)

Don't mess with Wes!

Every night Ryan and Weston wrestle and he gets him nice and wound up right before bed (lovely, right?)! Well, Wes is finally learning to fight back...Ryan had stopped tickling him and kissing on him and Weston retaliated!!! It was so hilarious...the video captures it all! Hahaha! Dad, better watch out!

So ticklish!

Weston is so ticklish and it's so fun to chew on his chubby little rolls. He just eats it up and we love to hear his adorable laugh :)

Meet the next Beckham!

So I know Ryan has always dreamed of having a whole litter of boys for his hoopfest team....well, I think we may have a soccer player instead! Emmet has liked to kick things since he started walking and now that he's getting older and more coordinated he's getting really good at kicking the ball up and down the hallway. It's so funny to watch him because he gets really into it and goes full bore!