Flag Football

This was Trey's first flag football practice and of course Breton wanted to be like the big boys and play football too.

Trey at his first practice and he's loving every minute of it. I think he looks like a little Matt.

Here is a video below of the boys warming up before Trey's first game. The ref asked if Breton was playing...duh, he's only a foot and half shorter than the other kids and it's completely obvious that he's not the same age, what was he thinking? Breton was pretty upset when he had to take his flags off, he's sad he's not on the team.

The second video is Trey's first run of his football career. What was the outcome you may ask? Yep, you guessed it...a touchdown! Was there ever any doubt?

First Day of School

This is Trey on his first day of school. He's really liking it, well most of the time. He's still struggling with school being EVERY day. But since he gets to do Karate at school, he's thrilled to go every Tuesday!

We can't leave out Breton; whatever big brother does, so does little brother. This is Breton on Trey's first day of school.

Night at Nova

Our friends invited us to a back to school BBQ at the medical school a few weeks ago. We fit in just fine with all the other young LDS students with kids, so no one questioned our attendance. They had this awesome blow-up maze thing and filled it with bubbles for the kids to run around in, oh they also supplied them with squirt guns. Needless to say, Trey loved it!

I must admit that I'm a lame mom; this was our first stop at the BBQ. Duh! As we did the other activities Trey was still wet as I had forgotten to bring a towel. Oh well. Breton didn't venture in the maze since the bubbles were taller than him in most places.

This is as far as Trey got. When the guy went to hook up the other side of the bungies, Trey totally freaked out and didn't want to do it anymore. I'm surprised he actually got up there at all. We'll just say that Trey is our cautious child. Well after looking at that guy, he does seem a little creepy, that may have scared Trey too.

Come on

Come on, this has got to be the cutest kid, right? Breton you are one handsome boy!

Our little photographer

Trey has become quite the photography student. The other day I found our camera lying on the floor of his room, but it wasn't until a few days later that I found several (upwards of 20) pictures like the one above. Trey had artistically displayed his cars and was taking very tasteful photographs.

He's been doing this the past year here and there. We would scroll through our memory card to find odd pictures of completely random toys or strange pictures of Breton. At first I wondered why Matt was taking pictures of such insignificant things, but we finally realized Trey loved the other side of the camera.

Our most favorite picture is one Trey took of his 'little people' sheep, it was his first endeavor with our camera and even then he showed his skills. He certainly has the eye for artistry because the shots are never the conventional straight on, he'll tilt the camera and zoom in for an off centered photo that only the truly gifted can master.

Getting out of the heat

It's so dang hot here that even going to the pool isn't cutting it these days. The pool feels like bath water and is far from refreshing! So some girlfriends and I decided to take our kids to this indoor play space. The idea is that mom's can relax and chat while the kids just play on their various slides, dress up areas, theater area, etc. The concept is great, but in reality it doesn't work because with so many ill mannered kids running around, one is forced to stand guard for fear of their child being beaten or his toy maliciously stolen. But the kids did love it and it was 2 hours in an air conditioned space while they expended some energy. Breton found these motorcycles (his newest love) and bounced from one to the other. He didn't mind the color of the motorcycle or if it was currently occupied, he kept about his business for a good 20 minutes. Pretty cute!

Home to Oregon

The boys and I headed home to Oregon to spend a few weeks with my parents and sisters! It was so great being home, I've missed being around family. My parents took us straight from the airport to the St. Paul Rodeo...it's a sort of tradition for the Myers' family. The boys loved it! Well I loved it too, they had this crazy buffalo act where this one-armed cowboy (no joke) got two buffalo to climb on top of his trailer. Weird, but oddly entertaining.

Trey and Breton have really missed having a backyard. Every morning after breakfast, they would head out to grandma's backyard and just play, play, play. We have a little patio at our apartment, it's about 2 feet wide and 6 feet long. The boys do play out there, but it's a depressing sight. So having a whole backyard with lots of fun toys was so exciting for them.

Every year when my sisters and I get together my mom always wants a picture with all the grandkids. We used to go somewhere and have them professionally done, but it's getting too hard with so many kids and logistically getting all of us there is a nightmare with only two cars. So we opted to take a snapshot when they were all in a good mood. In every picture but one, Zack is pulling a face...like father, like son.