I scream you scream we all scream for icecream!

My 4 boys, Bones and I went down to Mackenzie Trails to meet Grammy, Grandpa and GG-ma/pa Sinclair for a picnic.

Here is Nate and GrammyDaddy, Bones and Luc. The other night Grammy "walked" Luc around for quite awhile...he has become unstoppable, and wants to walk all. the. time.
GG-ma and Matty

Nathan walking along the bench, happy to be out at the picnic.

Luc and GG-pa swapping stories out in the trees!

Bones getting some snuggles from Grandpa

Me and my 4 boys, what a lucky lady I am!

Lunch time!

After the picnic we came home and the boys (and John and I) had a wonderful afternoon nap. After we all woke up Aunty K and Uncle G came over for some fun in the pool, at the watertable, and some burgers! We figured the best way to finish our day was a trip to the Little Ice Cream and Soda Shoppe. Kelsey and I both worked at the Shoppe for years and years, we were very excited that we got to go and see Greg (our favorite ice cream maker) for the boys' first taste of ice cream...it is without a doubt THE BEST icecream EVER!!!

Luc and Greg

Grandpa, Dad and Luc checking out all the flavors!

Uncle Dave sharing his cone with Nate

Grandpa sharing with Matthew

Lucas helping himself to some ice cream

he was an ice cream monster!

mmmmm...ice cream

Babies in big hats are just too cute not to post!

Nathan a little farther down the cone!

Matthew waiting for another bite

OPEN WIDE!!!

Our gang at the Shoppe (Aunty K was not in the picture because she was our photographer for the afternoon!)

Father's Day Fun

Since it is father's day I just want to start this post by sharing a little bit about what kind of a father John is. When John and I first started dating I knew he would be a great dad, what I did not know was that he would exceed every single expectation that I could have ever had for him. He is the most hands on dad that I have EVER met, and the boys and I love him to pieces. He is the dad that rushes in when he gets home from work because he can't wait to play with his boys. He is the dad that can get his boys laughing like nobody else can. He is the dad that brings lysol wipes to costco to clean the carts because he does not want his boys to get sick. If one of the boys gets up in the night John gets him and rocks him back to sleep. If one of the boys fall over he rushes to get them and make sure that they are okay. He has their favorite commercials on the PVR and ready to go if the boys feel the need to dance. John could beat anybody that I know at changing a diaper, getting a baby in their carseat, making a batch of bottles, or taking out the garbage...this guy is as great as they come. I am SO unbelievably lucky to have John as my partner in life and the dad of my boys. Here are some pictures from our day!

The boys and I found an Oiler's chair for John that matches theirs...SO CUTE!!! We NEED to go camping...or at least sit around a fire!The boys playing in Grammy and Grandpa's yard
Our Father's day BBQ this year was a golf theme so we had a long drive contest...with a marshmallow! It was quite funny to watch and try!!!

Me enjoying the sun and the great company!

Matty and G-pa playing around

Grammy and Luc playing with the tree!

GG-ma and Luc playing in Aunty K's drink tub

It was pretty warm outside and the boys were pretty messy from their supper so we stripped them down and let them play in G-pa and G-mas pool! hahaha

Just like the alligator pool Nathan was more interested in getting in and out than he was in actually just being in the "pool"

Nathan not quite sure being naked in the grass is the best idea!

Here are the cupcakes that we made for dessert

(Amy they are from the cupcake book!!!)

Cale's Grad

Today my cousin Cale graduated from HHHS...GO LIGHTNING GO!!!

Since we were not going to have a ton of extra time before the ceremonies Cale put on his cap and gown and came over earlier this week to get some pictures with the boys.

Cale and NathanMatthew and Cale
Lucas and Cale
For the actual ceremonies today the boys were little champs. Cale graduated with a class of over 300 so needless to say the ceremonies were not short! I did not get any pictures from the ceremonies but wish I would have...the boys were super cute and I was super proud of Cale.

When we got home I snapped a few pictures of the boys in their dress shirts...SO CUTE!!!
Nathan and Matthew (the vacuum seems to be in the background of almost EVERY picture these days!)

I set the boys together and thought that I finally had a shot of all three of them...but Lucas was not going to have any of that...and the dog barked in the front room so the other two whipped their heads around at the last minute!

and then there was one!

Matty Bear

Our little lizard...and yes that is Bones' soccer ball!

Nate the Great

Grammy and Grandpa came and stayed with the boys so that John and I could go to the banquet.

The handsome grad

Proud mama and papa

John and I with Cale

We feel very lucky to have had the chance to be part of Cale's special day!

3rd Annual Mothers Day Brunch

Today we went over to Aunty K's for the third annual mothers day brunch (last weekend didn't work for everyone so we switched it!).

Here is GG-ma, Jeff and Uncle GregGG-pa and GG-ma Sinclair
Me and my Matty

GG-pa Braham

Cale and Gaelan

Uncle Dave

Aunty K

Great Aunty Sue and Lucas

Aunty Sue gathering up the boys one by one to get a picture...did not exactly work now that the boys are mobile!

Lucas crawling over Matty

Aunty K and Luc

Family Shot! I LOVE this one!

This was what was happening on the other side of the camera to get all of the boys to sit still for 2 seconds! Thanks to these three for making it possible to get a family picture!

It was so nice outside that we decided to go out and get a pool for the boys to splash around in. Here is daddy blowing it up!

And here are the boys playing with it...it was fun before it was even blown up! We did not end up getting to use the pool today but the forecast looks great so I am sure we will be out there soon!