Kasey can crawl!!

So as I have already said I am super behind on my blogging. But since August 4th Kasey has been crawling. At first she would move her arms and then drag her legs while up on her hands and knees (she kind of looked like a wounded animal lol) but now she has gotten it down. Now that she can get around she is always trying to play with Cadence and Brandyn and their toys especially Brandyn's cars. For the most part he is pretty good at sharing but sometimes he would prefer to play by himself. Along with crawling she has also tried to pull her self up a few times but I think it will be a while before she actually figures out how to do that.

Mowing the dirt

So if you haven't been able to tell by the pictures we do not have grass in our yard. In the front we have rocks and a few trees and in the back we have dirt and weeds. And some days it is just to hot down here to wear clothes so this is how Brandyn decided to take care of our yard......

and I also have to add this picture of Moose trying to hide behind a weed.... hmmm bet you cant find him lol.

Monsoon Season

So down here in Arizona from the middle of June to the end of September it is considered monsoon season. And starting in the middle of June every week the weather people say that at least one day with in the next 10 days will rain and most of the time they are wrong. There may be a few clouds in the sky but it never actually rains. So far since the middle of June there has only been one day where it poured. So on that one day Brandyn and I (Cadence was scared of the thunder so she wouldn't come outside with us)took advantage of the warm weather and the rain and went outside to play. we got so much rain that it looked like we had a pond in our back yard
and the street in front of our house looked like it had a stream running on it the parks by our house were turned in to pools also.
When this happens the neighborhood kids come out with buckets and catch frogs that come out with the rain. We haven't had rain for a little while but we found this frog in our front yard
Brandyn thought that it was cool and Cadence wouldn't even come look at it because she was scared. Both Cadence and Brandyn are looking forward to the next rain storm so they can go play in it again!

Moose Bear and Einstein

So we have acquired a new dog named Moose. We were watching him for a friend while they went to Mexico and they have yet to come back. (we think they were illegal and couldn't come back across the boarder). He is just a puppy but he is huge and will be a huge dog. He is 3/4 great dane and 1/4 German shepherd. When my parents came to visit they brought their dog Bear with them. The whole time they were down here Moose and Bear were always together it was kind of cute.
In these pictures Bear is twice as old as Moose so it kind of gives you an idea of just how big Moose is going to be.
***We recently had to find Einstein a new home. Him and Brandyn were not getting along. For some reason Einstein loved everyone but Brandyn. He ended up trying to go after Brandyn so it was either him or Brandyn. So after trying to find Brandyn a new home (lol just teasin) we ended up finding Einstein a new loving home with a single guy that actually works at a local no kill shelter. He will be very missed but we know that he will be happy in his new home.

A visit from grandma grandpa and uncle Ryan

So from July 22nd to the 25th my parents and brother came to visit us from Utah. The kids were so excited. Every day for 2 weeks before they came they would wake up and ask if today was the day grandma and grandpa were coming. So on the day that they came we decided to go to the park before they arrived. Guess who was there!?! Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Ryan! The kids were so surprised and so excited to see them. The first day they were here we took them to the kids favorite place for lunch Peter Piper Pizza (its like Chuck E Cheese but has better food and is way cleaner). Everyone had lots of fun playing the games and helping the kids win lots of tickets.
After lunch we decided to go to Cabelas. The kids always love going there to see all the animals and stuff. Brandyn played a video game with uncle Ryan, Cadence and grandma looked at the big turkey Cadence and Brandyn tested out a tent Brandyn found himself a new bed and Ryan had to test out the bathroom The kids also found those super annoying pop guns and had to carry them around and shoot all of the animals

and thanks to Grandma and Grandpa they got to bring them home. Once we got home Grandma Grandpa and Uncle Ryan decided to take all 3 kiddos for a sleep over night at their hotel room and gave Eric and I a much needed break lol. While they were having a sleep over the kids got to go swimming at the hotel pool.

The next day due to it being so hot and "the white people melting" lol we went to the mall to let the kids play The next day we went back to the mall and grandma and grandpa let each of the kids make a build a bear. They had a blast making them. Cadence made a Hello Kitty, Brandyn made a monkey dressed like woody and Ryan made Kasey a wolf dressed like a nurse. That night everyone said there goodbyes because grandma grandpa and uncle Ryan were leaving very early the next day. The kids had a blast having visitors and keep asking if grandma and grandpa can come back. And uncle Ryan too!

Twinkies

So I know I am way behind on my blogging so I am sorry to everyone that actually reads this! I am going to try and catch up while the kiddos are napping so hopefully it will only take a few days!
One day on his way home from work Eric stopped at the store and got the kids a box of twinkies. The kids were a little unsure of them because they had never had them before. After taking one bite they both loved them (imagine that Brandyn loves something he can eat lol). We didnt get any pictures of Cadence enjoying hers but here are a few of Brandyn enjoying his.......