Celebrating Brayden's 2nd Birthday

When Brody turned two, we asked him what he wanted to do for his birthday- his response was to meet Herky. So we took him to an Iowa Hawkeye basketball game the day of his birthday, and spent the weekend in Iowa City. When we asked Brayden what he wanted to do for his birthday, he told me he wanted to see a shark. Since sharks are hard to come across in Iowa these days, so we decided to head south to the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. I have also wanted to go to the Children's Museum, so since we were down there, we decided to take the boys to the Children's Museum as well. We had a great weekend of family fun at the zoo, the museum, and the Old Market in Omaha. Here are a few pictures of our great family fun!

Happy 2nd Birthday Brayden, we love you so much!!!

 

Brayden and his shark!

 

 

The boys loved brushing the goats!

 

 

The Children's Museum

 

 

 

 

 

I love that he is a hands on dad!

 

Paging Doctor Brody!

Meals July 14-20

Like last week, this week is pretty simple for me for planning meals--which I love simple!!!

• Monday- Marco's Pizza- we noticed if you order pizza online on Monday evening it is half price. So for a large pizza and cheese sticks we only pay $11--plus the pizza and breadsticks last us for lunch on Tuesday as well. Love it!
• Tuesday- Grilled bbq chicken breast with bell peppers and mushrooms along with some grapes (my mom will be joining us for supper)
• Wednesday- Spaghetti and breadsticks along with green beans (I owe a spaghetti dinner to some friends that we lost a bet in back in February)
• Thursday- I work late, so this meal is up to Brandon
• Friday-Sunday- Brandon and I are taking off for a few days so celebrate our 6 year wedding anniversary, so Grandma Cheryl and Get Go (Brandon's parents) will be in charge of meals :)

Pretty simple this week :)

Meals July 7-13

I actually don't have very many meals to plan this week because we will be camping starting Friday night through Sunday lunch, so this week is pretty simple.

• Monday: Pork chops, corn on the cob, cooked carrots.
• Tuesday- Sloppy Joes with french frieds on the grill topped with cheese and bacon bits.
• Wednesday- Pork loin with baked sweet potatoes and oreo pie
• Thursday- I work late
• Friday- Sunday- camping
• We are going with four other families, so each family is planning a meal. Brandon and I have Saturday breakfast to provide. We will be making pancakes, eggs, sausage, and muffins for everyone :)

Meals June 30-July 6

I have been slacking out getting my weekly meals out to everyone as well- so again- I apologize!

• Monday- Pork chops, aspargus and applesauce
• Tuesday- Fish sticks and grilled potatoes with peppers
• Wednesday- I work late, so it is up to Brandon
• Thursday- Chicken and broccoli alfredo with garlic bread
• Friday- Lunch and supper will be eating out since it is the 4th of July!
• Saturday- Lunch and supper we will be gone celebrating our two nephew's birthdays
• Sunday- Lunch: Grill out with my family and Supper: Sloppy Joes with grilled fries, cheese, and bacon bits!

Guest Room Renovation!

Since we have moved into our new home, Brandon has a list on the refrigerator of what he wants to change/update about our home. We moved in at the end of March, and we have been busy working away at his list. One of the items on the list was to update the carpet in the spare bedroom, so we decided that Memorial Day would be a good day to knock this project out. We ripped up the old ugly purple carpet and laid down a light tan colored piece of carpet. We thought we would try this project on our own and see how it would turn out--luckily it turned out great and we now know how to lay carpet!

Here are the before, during, and after shots!

Before: 

 

During:

 

After:

Brayden's 2nd Birthday Party

So first of all I have to apologize since it has almost been a whole month since I have blogged! This summer has been absolutely crazy for us, and I can't believe that is already half over!!! I swear I just changed my calendar to the month of June, and now I have to change it July already! Time goes by soooo fast!!

Here are our memories from Brayden's second birthday party which we hosted on May 18. We had a Minion party for him and it was so much fun! We started off the day by making cupcakes together. I just love baking with my boys. They make it so much fun and I will hold onto these memories forever! Since we are in our new house and we have a garage that doesn't terrify me, we were able to have an outside party! Brandon and I thought it would be fun to get a pinata for the kids, and we even found a Minion one so how could we resist getting it. I thought Brayden would be too little for this, but he dove right in and knew exactly what to do! They had a great time with the pinata--huge hit for the party! At the end we loaded up and hit the Dariette for some ice cream. You can celebrate a birthday without making a trip to the Dariette!

My assistant for the cupcakes!

 

Make a wish!

 

 

The party people with our Minion eyes on!

 

A little selfie on the way to the Dariette!

My Two Silly Boys

A few weeks ago, when the boys were suppose to be taking a nap, I could hear talking outside their bedroom so I had to peek in. This is what I found.... two boys in their underwear reading a book together. Laugh Out Loud! This made me crack up- but also melted my heart at the sametime! Needless to say, no nap that day :)