Happy 3 months, Ben Ryan Gurney!

Mama is not happy.

Boys are ecstatic.

Wes is starting Pre-K this year.  Here he is just outside his new classroom.

Ty loves having his very own desk.  He also loves having his picture taken, as you can plainly tell.

BUT, don’t be fooled.

They are just as rowdy and silly as all the other kids!  At least, they’ll let me snap a photo or two these days.  Of course, they all look like this…

Just when you think they’re the cutest, most well-behaved boys on the block, their true colors will start to show.  Luckily, I think they are cute anyway.

And, I know they’ll get their payback.  It’s not difficult to find ways of torture around the Gurney household!

Heh…heh…

He couldn’t possibly get any cuter.

Meet Cooper.

It’s a good thing I’ve already got a bun in the over, because little Cooper was so stinkin’ cute!  He would have given me baby fever, for sure!

Here are my favorites from our session this past week.

Congratulations, Casey and JD.  I love you both!

One of them is a little more serious than the other, but both have their own specialties.  The one on the left is more focused on insect life, while the one on the right is more about developing better tools for the job.  It can be stressful at times, for both sides, as you must understand.  However, neither is giving up on his job anytime soon.  In fact, we recently took a week-long vacation and it seemed the smartest thing to do was bring our Explorer gear along with us.  We wouldn’t want to miss a scientific opportunity.  Now, would we?

If you guys haven’t seen these toys yet, they are SUPER cool and an excellent way to get your kiddos outside to play.  I’m lucky, because my boys would rather be outside than inside ANY DAY.  In fact, they don’t even know the meaning of “video game”.  Ty does own a Nintendo DS that he got for his birthday, but it’s mostly used when we’re locked in the car for long periods at a time.  OR sick with a fever for a week long!

These awesome toys, vest included, were purchased at the local Wal-mart.  However, since then, we’ve seen them at numerous museum gift shops and other odd places.  We love them!!  You can find them HERE.

Happy Monday!

Where did we end up?

We’ve seen lots of butterflies…climbed a few coconut trees…

seen a few caves…

and even mined for some precious gems.

Yep, you guessed it, Branson, Missouri.  We’ve had an awesome time so far and are looking forward to a couple more days here before heading back home on Friday.  The kids are super pumped about tomorrow’s outing.  We’re heading to Silver Dollar City for opening day.  Hopefully, it won’t be too crowded and we’ll have TONS of fun while checking out all the cool sites there.

If you’ve been trying to reach me and haven’t heard back, don’t panic.  I’ll be returning calls and emails at the beginning of next week.  Until then, have a great Spring Break!

Peace out!

Eat your heart out, John Travolta!

FYI:  We did this for Dr. Seuss’ birthday.  I don’t let my children go to school like this on a regular basis.  HA!

He’s got moves…

you haven’t seen before.

Not sure why, but that is Ty’s new “go-to” move when I pull out the camera (watch out John Travolta).  Really.  I guess it could be worse.  He could continue to run from me like he’s done for the past two years.

He’s rubbing off on his brother, though.

and then there’s this…

That’s his mean face.  I have no idea why, but he likes to use it for HIS “go-to” photo face.  Nice.

In other news:  The latest SNAPSHOT MOMS class is scheduled for March 25th or 26th.  If you are interested in either date, please let me know!  Cost is $125 and you can find more information here.

Yep, February has come and gone.  I have taken pictures, I promise.   I just don’t have the energy to share them with you most nights.  So, today is my fresh start.  I may not cook dinner, but I hope to be back here a little more often.  Do you guys miss me? 

So anyway, I posted on Facebook a while back about how I’m not very creative when it comes to helping the boys with school stuff.  I was VERY serious.  But, I have a couple of things to show you, both of which I am very proud.  YAY for me!

First…

Ty’s Valentine’s box.  He did it himself.  I promise.  BUT, I helped glue a few things.  The alligator idea was all his and thanks to the HP website, it was doable.  Thank you , Hewlett Packard.

I know, right?  Totally cute!  He loved it and that was the most important thing.  Here are a few more pics from his party day at school.

Yes, even Wes was there.  If they want my help, he’s part of the deal.  One of these days, they’ll tell me to stay home.  HA!

Second…

Wes turned 4 last week and he wanted a monster truck cake.  Usually, I go to the local grocery store and purchase said cake for around $30 bucks.  This time I couldn’t find one that would work.  Darn it!  So, online I went searching for something EASY I could make.  Yes, me.  AND, I did it!!!

Here it is in all it’s iPhone glory cause I’m too lazy to upload the photo from my P&S camera.  Happy Monday!  I love you guys!

Not bad, right?