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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Tate- age three..........

I have been trying to organize pictures and I found this one of when Tate was a little chubby three year old. Who knew that this shirt would become his number 1 favorite all time thing to wear. I miss his little toddler face. He is getting so grown up and sophisticated these days. I love listening to him talk. He has such a hilarious vocabulary and loves to give you EVERY detail of his stories- It can get a little exhausting at times but I love that he expresses himself. Such a good boy........

Da boyz of summer.......

Popsicles, sprinklers and warm concrete........... a few of my favorite things!

treasure hunting with dad....

Tate went horn hunting, fishing, and rabbit hunting with his dad last weekend. I love it when my boy comes home and turns the bath water brown! I feel like Chad gives the kids the best childhood by sharing his love of the outdoors. You have to watch the video of Tate finding a horn. Chad finds them first and then makes it seem like Tate is the champion finder- LOVE IT! He always comes home so proud of his finds. He seems to be using his arm more and more which is great seeing as how it has not been bending so well after the break. Did I mention his horrible break healed three weeks earlier than he was supposed to? He was pushing the pins out and they were scraping on his cast. After taking him to get x-rayed, the surgeon determined he was healed and ready to begin physical therapy. He still has some issues with it but he is such a trooper. I can't believe I get to have another little boy to raise and cuddle and send out with his dad and big brother......................I love my boys!

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getting bigger......

You really should see me in a bathing suit! It goes straight out. I think Brigg will be one of my biggest babies!

I am done with it!

(Shannon in boots)

So very sick of putting my feet up! The bed rest thing is hard and I am actually only on a moderate bed rest............ Reading books and taking naps and watching movies is so much more appealing when you have to fight for it. Now that it is within my reach at all times it has lost it's gleam! I just want to do projects and play with my kids! Thank you to all who have stopped by for visits with treats or have helped with my kids- it means more to me than you will ever know......

Tennis

Livia started tennis this week and I think she is having a great time with it. Tate is bumbed he can't play but he is still healing with the broken arm fiasco. I love the game of tennis and it excites me to think that Liv and I will soon get to play together.

Summer........

On the last day of school we had a neighborhood celebration. The kids got off the bus to find a water party complete with snow cones! I ate about four of them..........now I dream of them every night. Liv is now a second grader and Tate is a kindergartner. I truly can't believe it. We are going to have such a fun summer!

6th day of bed rest..........

So my body needs to rest but my brain wants to "NEST"! I am feeling like a prisoner today and even though the medicine is working really well I still am getting contractions especially when I push it too much with getting up. I really thought this little guy would be different but he is reminding me so much of being pregnant with Ms. Livy at the end. I am slowly getting things ready in the baby's room and luckily I have fabulous friends who are willing to help out. I have basically cut in half my expectations of how I wanted the house to be when Brigg got here. I know this picture doesn't look like I am really huge but I think that is the problem- My kids just don't pop out! They squish inside of me and make me feel stuffed. I am just waiting for his arm to pop out of my mouth! (remember that dream sis?) Well, I best get back to bed, I am secretly hoping that since I got ready today Chad will want to take me to lunch!

baby, trucks, wallets and broken bones! oh my!

A fun filled adventure is always evident in the Rhoton household. It just seems as of late we have have been getting hit a little harder. I am happy to say that (for the most part) we have been handling everything quite well and just have been rolling with the punches. We are the luckiest of the unluckies we always say. After the whole fiasco with Tate's arm (he is doing great by the way) , we woke up last Wednesday and found that Chad's truck had basically been chop shopped right in our drive way in the night. There were tons of parts that had been cut out of the bottom with a plasma cutter and his truck was just a goner. The police man told us that the thieves are professional and target trucks with lifts much like our redneck truck. They steal parts that have platinum in them as well in order to sell the platinum which is going for 1,800 an ounce at the moment. This of course FREAKED the kiddos out seeing as how the bad guys were right under there windows in the night doing the job. It made for some pretty scared little kiddos that just could not understand why someone would do that to our truck. We got through it (I think chad only swore once.....maybe) and then we had the big upset of this past Monday morning when Chad was supposed to work in phoenix and had to go rent a car only to find he had lost his wallet! We could not find it anywhere! Since we only had the Tahoe (truck was still in the shop) I just sent him on his way with my car and my debit card so he would not be late. Wouldn't you know that Monday ended up being the day I went into preterm labor.......oh yes it is true......Briggs decided He was done with this small space he was being forced to live and was coming whether or not we wished it.......I frantically found a way to the hospital and luckily they were able to stop it. I was a little scared being at the hospital alone with out Chad and hoping that my kids were all o.k. I am one tough lady. Chad did high tail it home and was with me at the hospital that night. Thank you di for taking over my motherly duties! I was poked and prodded and finally released and now find myself on bed rest for the third time on medication. THIS WILL BE OUR LAST BABY...please remind me of this because I know in a year or two I will forget again. The happy news to all of this is we finally found Chad's wallet! Tate and Livia had hidden it on Sunday night in a toy box at the end of Tate's bed.

tate and mommy update pictures

Tate's cast- FINALLY!

Getting the cast proved to be a little harder for Tate than we had originally thought. He had never seen his pins in his arm and he got a bit light headed at the sight of it all. As the arm was covered, Tate's color returned to normal and now he is the happiest boy alive! We went as a whole family and made him feel extra special. I can rest assured now that he is protected and can go back to being a crazy little boy again.

fort cereal!

The kids and I have been working on building a fort for them out of cereal boxes. It is a work in progress I tell you! I thought for sure with all of the boxes we had saved including friends and neighbors we would have it made but we are still lacking in boxes believe it or not. The kids still love to play in it and plan to sleep in it this weekend. I have gone through two bags of hot glue sticks in the process. It really is all worth it.