Three Guys & a Gal

Shoes, Swimming and Super Bowl

2012-02-06T06:56:00.000-08:00

Now that I have finally figured out how to use the photos on my new computer I am playing a little catch up blogging.

These are Crue's first pair of shoes. Aren't they adorable?!?!? They look so cute on him. He, however, does not care for them a bit:)
A couple weekends ago was my niece Elizabeth's birthday party at the WT pool in Canyon so we got to go swimming. It is a really nice place there were just a ton of people there. The water was warm and the boys had a great time:)

Liz and her BFF's.
We went to story time the other day and Grady made an elmo and he was so proud of it:) He wanted me to take his pic with it. So sweet.
This was yesterday before the Super Bowl. Grady was passed out! He was a tired little boy.
This is Briggs. No pic for him.
And last but not least Crue. (I think he is crying because he has a Dallas Cowboy shirt on:() Just kidding. He smashed his finger:(
The boys and I really didn't watch the Super Bowl. Cody of course did and he smoked some ribs and sausage and we had a great meal.

These were some potato skins I fried. Yummo!! Look at that grease! It is doing a number on my arteries right about now! Ha!!

Windows and Pajamas

2012-01-27T06:28:00.000-08:00

I finally figured out how to post pics!! Ha! Briggs had PJ day at school the other day. He didn't want me to take his pic so this is good as it got:)They got to watch Ice Age and eat popcorn. Good day in my books:)

We finally got our new windows in!! They look awesome!! They make a huge difference on noise and dirt. This is the after pic.
The before pic. They had to reorder ALL of our windows because the first time they came to put them in none of them fit. That is why there is a new one on the front with the other old ones.
I don't know about you guys but I am sooooo ready for Spring!!!!

Basketball, 3 year olds and 7 months

2012-01-17T08:52:00.000-08:00

I really can't believe that January is half over!! I also can't believe how busy a 4 year old can be!! We started basketball, practices are going good. Games, not so much. We had tears and yawns for the first game. Hopefully, that gets better. The kid is not bad I must say but in the game he wouldn't even touch the ball! Not even run after it!! Oh well. He will learn. Right? This was his fan club at his first game. Poor kid. Nobody came to watch him:)

Grady is about to be 3 and he is growing and maturing everyday!! He is so sweet but very feisty!

Crue is 7 months old now. I can't believe it!! He has 2 bottom teeth, is trying to crawl and trying to catch up to his older 2 brothers. He is such a sweet little baby:)

We got a new computer (which I am loving) and I can't quite figure it out yet. It is a Mac and our other one was a PC. That is why there are no pics of Grady on here. I couldn't figure out how to upload them!! I will get them on here as soon as I figure it out. After all most of you probably don't read my blog just look at my pics, huh?

He can seriously dribble better with his left hand then I can!!!!

2011

2011-12-31T17:43:00.000-08:00

What a year it has been:) An amazing year at that. It has flown by like most things do these days. I wish I could stop time sometimes but then again I wouldn't do anything over. I am so, so blessed and under deserving of all that I have. (Especially thinking that about my new Mac right now:)) . God has given me so much and continues everyday. I have no New Year's resolution, just strive to be a better Christian, mother, wife and person. May you all have a wonderful New Year!!!! Here's to 2012!!!!!!!

I, Robot

2011-12-04T14:34:00.000-08:00

Instead of making an apology for not blogging in so long I will say one word: SICK! ALL of us!!!! It has been awful!!!! But I think we are on the mend now, hopefully, and I will have time and feel better to do some more posts:)
I will end my blogging hiatus by blogging about my nephew Owen's 1st birthday! I can't believe he is already 1!
This is his first little pic. He is such a cute little boy and I love him to death!! The theme was ROBOTS!!! (If you didn't get the hint in the blog title:)) My SIL, Kyla did a great job! It was so much fun and such a cute party. These were the party favors, little can robots. The nuts and bolts were glued on to magnets so the kids could move them around. Kind of like a Mr. Potatoe Head.

The snack table. There was Computer Chips-Chips, Computer Wires-licorice, Nuts and Bolts-chex mix, Memory Cells-popcorn.

Little Juice Bots, too cute!

The cake table. She MADE the cake!!!!

Grady and his juice box. Are you sure that's just apple juice? Ha!!!

The cake. Blurry pic, but it was AWESOME!!!!!

Birthday boy eating his cake. Man, I know how too take some funky eyed pics! Gees!!!

Sweet little boy smashing his cake.

We had a great time celebrating Owen's first birthday! We love you big guy!!!

Here are some randome pics of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Briggs' Thanksgiving feast at school, and our family pics.

Fall Festivities

2011-10-29T04:15:00.000-07:00

The leaves are falling now and I think it is beautiful this time of year. We have had some gorgeous days and are still able to play outside a little. Briggs had his Fall Party at school and parents could attend so the younger 2 and I along with Bum got to party ourselves.

The teachers included Grady in on everything and he got to do everything Briggs did. He had so much fun:) They started off decorating cookies.

LOTS of sprinkles.

Hand painting.

Necklace Making

Praying before snack. PRECIOUS!!

My boys are boys. Very loud, busy, wild and crazy. But only at home. In public places (most public places) they are quiet and reserved little beings. I am so proud to be these guys momma. I love them so much that my heart could explode:) I am so proud of the boys that my babies are turning into. I can only hope they will turn out to be great guys, young men, and fathers.

Back From the Living Dead

2011-10-24T17:38:00.001-07:00

To say that we have been sick around here is an understatement! We have had the stomach bug, croup, and any other viral illness you can think of! I haven't even had time to think about blogging much less do it. But here I am illness free (I hope anyways). This post is a bunch of STUFF that I havent got to post so it may not make too much sense being together.
I will start off with this lovely pic of my friend Cheyenne:) Isn't her costume AWESOME?!?!??! She painted her face with a doile on there. She won the prize for best costume. We have an annual Halloween dress up meeting for our sorority and it is usually at my house. Dee Ann and I were bags of jelly beans. Got the idea on Pinterest. (Don't get me started on that site!)

Oh ,How I love all these girls!!!!

My little Crue bear turned 4 months old!!!! He is getting so big and he is just as happy as ever. At his 4 month appointment he weighed 16lbs. 4 oz. He is in size 3 diapers now!!!

He has the sweetest disposition.

We wrapped Briggs' soccer season up this past weekend and I am so proud of their little team. They did so good and I think just lost 2 games. I had to bring snacks so I made these soccer cookies and put a SHARKS fruit snack in their bag along with some animal crackers.

Cute little sacks.

My little shark:)

Thank goodness Grady feels better. When Grady ain't happy, ain't nobody happy;)

My little soccer player all tatted up.

Briggs getting his medal.

Our family:)

I promise to be better at blogging. Only if all the viruses and bacteria stay away from me and my family.

Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-03T10:19:00.001-07:00

We went to the pumpkin patch the other day and it was a lot of fun!! I had so much fun picking out the pumpkins and the boys had fun cutting them! It was a beautiful day and I got to be a kid for a little bit:)

Briggs cracked us up. He went down this slide and starting screaming, like horror movie scream, and running away from it. He said there was a bee and it was a corn husk flying in the breeze:)

I LOVE this pic of Crue and my MIL.

Police Station Field Trip

2011-09-30T12:39:00.000-07:00

Briggs had his first field trip at school and it was to the Police Station. Me and the other two boys tagged along. I think I enjoyed it more than the kids did:)
This is Grady in the car before going to the police station. Crue.

I was in the back with them because I had to feed Crue and we were watching Despicable Me, too.

They walked to the station.

We beat them there and this is Grady waiting patiently. Ha!

Briggs and Sophia. She is the cutest thing ever!

Briggs looking at the handcuffs.

This was the coolest part. The DOG!!!!! I loved it!!! His name was Zorro and he was very friendly.

He turned 10 yesterday and he will be retiring this month.

Briggs was so interested in everything and soaked it all in. I was so proud of him the way he acted.

Grady scratching Zorro. I swear that kid is a dog whisperer. They love him as much as he loves them.

Looking at the motorcycle.

It was a really neat field trip. It was my first and hopefully my last trip to a police station:)

Door Transformation and Fall Wreath

2011-09-27T12:26:00.000-07:00

My front door was looking a little drabby so I decided to spruce it up a little. My MIL has a lot of paint from renthouses and such, so I grabbed a Gallon of Grassland from Sherwin Williams and went to town on this old door. (I sanded it first:)) At first I wasn't all that into it but the more paint I got on it I loved it!!!! It still needs probably 2 more coats but it sure brought the detail out in the door.

I made the cute pumpkin wreath it took about 5 minutes and costed 4$. 4$ and 5 minutes for a craft can't get any better than that!! I found it on Pinterest. Love that site. Pretty obsessed!!!! I went to the Dollar Tree found green spanish moss, hot glued it onto a wreath I had, hot glued 3 pumpkins from the dollar tree and hung it up with a scrap piece of burlap I had! I love it and can't wait to make another wreath!!!

Weekend Wrap Up

2011-09-25T17:32:00.000-07:00

We had the first big soccer game this weekend. All went well. Briggs played so good and ran his little legs off:)

This is Bob and Briggs. They are best friends. No lie. Bob is his great grandpa and acts like he isa 4 year old too:) Love it!!

Briggs had quite the cheering section. Papa, Nana, Momma, Daddy, little Bros. x2, Gramps, Bum, Alex, Kyla, Owen, Bob and Granny Pat.

Crue was a "Little Shark". Too cute.

They did so good and gave a good effort. Can't wait for the other games.

I had to go to work after the game so the boys came home with my parents. My dad grew pumpkins in his garden and the older 2 picked one and painted it.

I got to spend some time with my sister and her kids. I took some pics of her little boy Griffin and they turned out too cute:) He is sitting up and he will be 5 months old tomorrow! Time flies!

Best Buds:)

This one is my fav.

This afternoon we went to my niece's volleyball game. She did great!! Way too go Biz!

We finally got home about 4:45 and we are all pooped out. I am ready for my bed and a little shut eye. Good night!

Homecoming

2011-09-23T14:46:00.001-07:00

It's Homecoming today in Sunray. Big day for the Bobcats. We were all dressed in our blue and gold:) Crue and Owen. Sweet cousins.

Grady was the only one who would wear his garder. Briggs was not having it.

My sweet little Grady:)

Of course the OLDEST is crying!!!! He has been a little terror today!!!!!

Crue bear at the pep rally.

I have to admit this is a good pic. 1. We are all looking at the camera. 2. My hair looks decent:)

I would say more but my children are going crazy and you really don't want to know what all has gone on in our house today. If I told you they would probably take my children from me. Ha!:) Just playin'.

Tomorrow is Briggs' first soccer game. Wish us luck!

Sweet Tooth

2011-09-22T09:14:00.001-07:00

My kids have sweet tooth's or is it teeth? Let's go with teeth 'cause they love them some sweet stuff! We had several sundae toppings and ice cream left over from the shower so the boys got to indulge in an ice cream sundae last night. I let them choose what they wanted.
For Grady, it was chocolate syrup, oreo cookies and lots, and lots of mini m&m's:)

YUMMY!!!!

Briggs wanted m&m's, and chocolate syrup only.

I think Grady might have got more syrup on his face then in his mouth.

And here are MY sweet things before school today:)

P.S. They don't get the sweet tooth from me. I blame Nana and Bum. Thanks guys!:)

One Word Wednesday

2011-09-21T04:53:00.000-07:00

TOES

Soccer

2011-09-20T06:45:00.000-07:00

We have begun the wide world of sports!!!! Briggs started soccer and so far he likes it:) I know nothing, I mean NOTHING about soccer!!! Well... I guess that isn't entirely true I know 2 things about soccer. 1. Don't touch it with your hands. 2. Kick it. Needless to say I am not much help with it. We do get out in the front yard and practice kicking it though. Grady is probably better then all of us. He's got mad skills for a 2 year old.:) The first game is this Saturday. I am really excited about it. I wonder if Briggs will sit down and pick weeds or actually go after the ball. Who knows? It's all about fun, right?

Briggs looked too cool for school this morning so I had to get his pic.:)My MIL took him this morning because she had errands to run in Dumas. His school is 20 miles away so it is nice not to have to drive 40 miles once in a while. He was pretty excited about "Bum" taking him to school. Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!!

Freeze Dance

2011-09-19T12:29:00.000-07:00

Crue LOVES his baths. He has since he was born. When I lay him down on the bathroom floor before I turn the water on he just smiles and dances. It is so cute. When you turn the water off he stops. I got a video of it the other day. (Don't mind Grady in the background poking and prodding poor little Crue:))

Oh Boy!!!!! What a Fun Weekend!!!

2011-09-18T14:14:00.001-07:00

We have had a fun filled weekend!! Saturday started out with a Pickles and Ice Cream Baby shower at my house! It was soooo cute. Dara did most of the decorating and mostly made everything herself!!! It was a lot of fun preparing for it and putting it all together.
Ice Cream and Pickle cookies

The diaper cake. Dara made.
I made the OH BOY! letters and taped them onto glass jars and tied ribbon on.

Yummy cupcakes.

The table complete.

We had Mocha punch and drank it from Mason jars with cute green paper straws.

We played Bingo and this trivia game.

Sweet mom-to-be opening her gifts.

Can't wait to meet baby Drake:)

Saturday night we had a birthday party to go to for Brodie. He turned 5!! It was camping theme and I made his cake. It turned out so cute!

Briggs and Grady waving at the Woodward girls:)

Crue on my Ninja Turtle blanket. (I got made fun of because this is my blanket not the boys!!!)

Grady chowed down on 2 hot dogs!!

Blowing out candles

We had a great weekend and will start off the week being busy busy:)

Have a great week!!!

3 months & Back to Work I go!!!

2011-09-06T16:09:00.000-07:00

Crue Burton is 3 months old!!! He will actually be 3 months old tomorrow but as the second part of my title post goes I will be at work:(. I am ready and not ready. I have enjoyed being home for 3 months with my boys even if I did lose some of my sanity:) One day a week is perfect and that is part of the reason I chose nursing as my profession. I can still have a job and still be a stay at home mom. Best of both worlds:) Here are some pics of my cuties. And if you happen to think of me tomorrow say a quick prayer (for me and my mother-in-law because she will have all 3 boys!).
Crue loves to suck on his hands. Won't take a paci though. Had to try the cute little hat on him:)

Look who else had to try some on!!! Ha!! They crack me up. Grady said "You put this one, I put that one."

Oh, how I'm going to miss those cheesy grins tomorrow:)

Labor of Love

2011-09-04T18:33:00.000-07:00

Today's sermon in church was about love. It was sooooo good. It's natural for us to love our kids, husbands, friends and so on but do we love our enemies? Do we love the way God wants us too?

We almost didn't make it to that great sermon because the devil was working hard to get us to stay home. He lost. The boys, however, were wearing rain boots with their church clothes. I don't think God cares what we look like;)

I was just laughing this morning. I think that is what you have to do sometimes when you get a little stressed. Just laugh.

So here are a few pics of the older 2 BEFORE church.

Grady and his ROCK star hair.Playing in the grass with his rain boots.

It was sprinkling this morning and Briggs said "It's raining so I think I need to wear my rain boots." Pick your battles, right?This evening I got the Fall Decorations down from the attic and put them out. Yay for me!!!! I will be so sick of them in about 3 weeks.Hope everyone has a great labor day!!!!!!

Friday Favorites

2011-09-02T10:17:00.000-07:00

I got this idea from one of my good friends, Dara's blog. She posted her top 5 favorite things right now, so I thought I would post what my favorite 5 things are on this Fabulous Friday.

#1 FOOTBALL!!!! Yeah! Oh how I love football. I don't know that much about it but I do enjoy me some Friday Night lights:)

#2 Labor day!!! So excited that my husband has 3 days off this weekend!

#3 Fall Decor' I always start my fall decorating after labor day and I LOOOOVE my fall decorations!

#4 Staying at home:( This is a little bittersweet because I go back to work on Wednesday. I am excited to see my coworkers and see all the newborns and help sweet new moms but I am sad to leave my testosterone filled home. One day a week won't kill me though, right?

#5 Fiber one 90 calorie Brownies Have you tried these before? Oh my! They are good. My stomach can't handle the fiber one bars but these are great and so far have been gentle on my digestive tract.

Here's to a fabulous Friday and a great Labor day!!!

Preschool

2011-09-01T11:35:00.000-07:00

We had a BIG day today!! Briggs started Preschool! I can't believe he is old enough to start. Time just flies. This is him all ready to go. Gotta love the smile:) His big back pack.

His school is right by a Sonic. Darn, hate that:)

#1 and #2 before walking in.

Big boy walking up to the school.

In his classroom.

His teacher told him to go hang his backpack up and he saw a B-R and hung it! I was proud! But we moved it to the right hook.

After that he walked off and didn't say bye or give me a hug! He did so good! I am so proud of him.

So our journey to school days has begun. I just hope the other 2 are that easy:)

Well Checks

2011-08-24T11:35:00.000-07:00

Briggs and Crue had their 4 year and 2 month well child checks this morning. They both checked out really good. Briggs weighs 38lbs. 75th percentile and is 42 1/4inches tall 90%. Crue weighs 14lbs. 90% and is 24inches 75th-90th%. The each got 3 shots and did really well. Briggs was really brave but he was a little peeved afterwards and told me that it DID hurt and he did not like them! Crue of course did not like them either. He did however, love the doctor. We are so fortunate to have a WONDERFUL pediatrician. I think Grady took it harder then the other 2! B & G both got FluMist because Briggs will be starting school. Normally I don't get them the flu vaccine but I thought this year we might get exposed and having a new baby around, I thought it was a good idea.

Fun Day 2011

2011-08-23T10:05:00.000-07:00

Every year Sunray has an event called "Fun Day" there is a parade, BBQ, and kind of like a mini fair. This year they had a mud volleyball tournament and a Fun Run to benefit a little boy who has been diagnosed with cancer.

It was a lot of fun this year! We kicked things off with the Fun Run which was a mile and you could run, walk, or be a couch potatoe participant. Kyla, my SIL, and I decided to run! Yeah for us. We did finish! And it wasn't all that bad. It did rain the whole time but we couldn't complain! Cody pushed the younger 2 boys in the double stroller and Briggs rode his bike. Poor little guy had an accident and scraped up his elbow:( Don't worry the candy from the parade made it ALL better:)

Before the run.

After the fun run we headed to change our wet clothes and went to the parade. I don't know about you but I LOVE parades!!! Always have, probably always will:) The boys really enjoyed it this year too.

Crue sat in Gramps' lap during the parade.The team.

Briggs enjoyed playing on the big dirt piles.The big guys couldn't move to well in the thick mud.Had to get a pic of the shirt before he cut the sleeves off and he was reduced to "TERFIEL". Ha!**The little boy who was diagnosed with lymphoma is Kyler Wilson and I know that him and his family would appreciate your prayers:)

We have well child checks for Briggs (4) and Crue (2 months) tomorrow. Wish me luck for I am going by myself! AHHHH!!!!!

Golden

2011-08-15T09:38:00.000-07:00

Saturday night we celebrated Cody's grandparent's 50th Anniversary. My MIL did all the decorations and made the cake. There was about 80 people there and it was a great celebration.
These 2 people would do anything for anybody and are the neatest, sweetest people you will ever meet. Congrats on making it 50 years!!!!!
The picture table. It had old and new pics of them and family.

Centerpiece.

Cake table.

My beautiful SIL and nephew Owen.

And this is our attempt at a family picture! Ha! Memories!

Bob, Pat, W.C., & Leona (my MIL)

Brother and sister.Me and Crue bear.
Grady.
Briggs. I told him to show his teeth. Well..... He did!!

What Kids Say

2011-08-12T03:56:00.000-07:00

Briggs can say the craziest stuff sometimes! Here are some of the things he has been saying:

"Momma, you look like an old man." (He told me this when I was in my swimsuit.)

"Your a fanny pack."

"I got bit by a rattlesnake." (After he was stung by a bee.0

"To the figgledicker." (I finally figured out what this was. On Cat in the Hat he says "To the thingamajigger.")

"Silly 'ole gumball patches."

While playing I Spy he says "I smell something ______."

"I'm not a boy, I'm a man."

"I think the jungle is down over yonder."

"What's my teacher's name going to be? I think I'll call her teachy!"

You never know what's going to come out of his mouth. I'm afraid that Grady will be worse because he copies everything his big brother does.:)