This movie was too hilarious! Can you tell how much fun Thomas is having? He had the same thing done to him by his Grandpa and Uncle Diego. What a rascal!

Hockey and Princess Clothes

Oh, I miss these kids! Look at the fun they have when they are together... hockey and princess clothes! Can't get any better than that! :)

On the way home from our trip, we decided to stop by and see the Ereckson's at their new home. Unfortunately, it was much too short!!!! As you can tell, the kids picked up right where they had left off a couple of months ago, but with more room. It was so nice to see that this wonderful family is right where they should be (although, I really think they should still be by me!)

As I was taking this picture, Damond told Thomas that he would one day regret it :)

and the summer flew by...

I can't believe that summer has come and gone! We are now back into school full swing, except now we have two in school :D

Damond started MSII. (his second year of med school). He come home from the first day, saying he was soooo glad that he wasn't a first year. He glimpsed into the cadaver lab and was so happy that Anatomy was over! People ask if second year is easier/better and I just say, "it doesn't really seem easier, plus they have the Boards looming in front of them, but we both know what to expect and what we have to do to complete another year. He's back to studying all day, everyday, except for Sunday and Mon. Evening. We definitely cherish that time. Thomas has had a bit of a hard time not having Dad around anymore. They were lucky to have a summer full of Dad time, but now they struggle to understand why dad has to study so much :( It's just something we'll ALL need time to adjust to.

As for me, it has been a little strange becoming the "school mom". It's a mixture of nice and weird to only have one child for six hours. But I feel like, ever since we got back I have been going a million miles an hour. I am totally in the nesting stage and have a tons of projects I am trying to get done before the baby comes. (cleaning/organizing rooms, closets, ect. starting and finishing Alex's baby book, working on a FHE Music Kit, organizing and scanning pictures) and those are just side projects! I continue to feel yucky and uncomfortable :( I want my due date to be yesterday, but at the same time I am trying to enjoy these last few months with just my TWO sweet rascals.

And then there is blogging! One of my favorite books, is These is My Words. It's written like a journal and towards the end, she writes maybe once a year. I would get so mad that she wouldn't write more than that, but as a pioneer woman I am sure that she has way more stuff to do than I can imagine. but I think it is so fun to go back and read, see what was posted before its forgotten. If only I could be better.... :)

Now, this is what I see and love to see on a daily basis... cars all over my living room, my two boys happily (sometimes, not so happily) playing with their cars and each other, and my awesome eternal companion playing with said boys, thereby making their day! :D

LIFE IS GOOD!

THANKS!

The boys are really lucky to have such a talented aunt (well, they actually have 8 very talented aunts)! Damond's mom has come to hang out with the boys, while I go to camp. We are so grateful for her willingness to do this! The boys are loving time with Grandma!

Back to their aunt. Their beautiful Aunt Linsey sent these awesome neck pillows so that the boys will still be able to move their necks after our LONG car trip :D

Let me tell you how much they love them... They take them everywhere! They tested them out in the car and then they had to sleep with them :D

Thanks Aunt Linsey

The Mold:

Why Break the Mold, when it's working so well :D

IT'S A BOY!

How could it not, when we have such cute and fun boys?

We are all very excited to meet this new brother of ours.

Though, sometimes Alex thinks he's being replaced :D

International Motor Speedway

A couple of weeks ago was the famous
Indianapolis 500.

Prior to the race, the International Motor Speedway holds several events that are open to the public. As is customary in this wonderful city of Indianapolis, there is even a family day. Damond had to work during the family day, so we decided to go to one of the practice days. We have been wanting to take the boys here since we moved here! I mean, come on Cars' is our life, right? Of course, right as we are getting ready to go it starts raining, so we were really worried that we were not going to be able to see the race cars practice, but we still found some cool things to look at.

I never knew just how big the track/stadium was. We got to go under the racetrack and park in the middle. The boys loved seeing these race cars up close!

But they thought this


was even cooler!

We took them to Monster Truck Jam back in January and they have loved Monster Trucks ever since!

I was even impressed by its size. I tried to get my belly, but it's not very defined yet:D
We climbed up to the stadium seats and watched as the race trucks dried the tracks... or at least that is what we concluded they were doing :) (We know nothing about nascar!)

And eventually we were lucky enough to see some race cars in action!

It was really cool and I was very impressed by how fast they go in such a narrow space!

The boys were in Cars' Heaven! They even got to watch a couple Pit Stops :)

We're So Glad When Daddy Comes Home...

GLAD AS WE CAN BE :D

The boys love to wrestle with dad. Generally, there is a lot of tickling going on

and an occasional "monster"

will show up! Fun times :)