Don't worry, we're still here

First of all, I have to say thank you to anyone who is still reading our dwindling blog. There hasn't really been much to report lately, and as my twin sister, Monique, so lovingly stated the other day "Your life is pretty boring." Thanks Moey for that awesome reassurance. :-) I love her. Anyway, back to ME! This week was unseasonably nice, so my sister Brittany (who would never make comments like the one above), came over and we let the kids scooter themselves to a park near our house. It was a little slow going with them, but they had a great time getting there.

Dean's pose. Why do they think they need to shut their eyes to smile for the camera?

                               

Check out the sweet static in Evy's hair!

                                                

Dawson has found a new love for slides. He climbs up and goes down the big slides all by himself! (I keep forgetting that in 4 months my little baby will turn 2)

My beautiful sis Brittany and her baby Duke.

Checking out the scenery from the top of the slide

Another new love Dawson has found is getting into my pan drawer under the oven. Even though it's a little annoying and loud, I'm just glad it took him so long to figure out that he could get in there.

And I can't get that mad because most of the time he'll clean up by himself.

It's fun to see Dawson love other people's shoes because Dean went through that stage when he was Dawson's age. Dawson walks around the house in everyone else's shoes. And he loves to wear Dean's beanie.

To celebrate the first day of Spring, Jonathan and I went to Costco and bought some things for our backyard. We got a bin to keep all the backyard stuff in, and the boys had a blast playing in the box.

As we've been digging around our backyard, we've found quite a few frogs and one snake (it really is a jungle out there). I was weeding a while back and started pulling out leaves from in between two rocks when I noticed two small frog eyes staring at me. Creepy. Anyway, now whenever we find new frogs we put them in their little "home" in between the rocks. In this video you can't actually see them because they got too deep in the whole by the time I grabbed my camera, but it's cute anyway.

An Attempt at Family Pictures

Since Jonathan and I are gluttons for punishment, we decided to have my mother take family pictures of us in our backyard last weekend. It was 20 minutes of pure torture (that's how long I lasted). Dean tried really hard to be good because we told him he'd get a surprise, but he just could not keep still. Dawson, on the other hand, was the little devil. Needless to say, neither child got their surprise. Their little cars from the Target dollar aisle are still hiding in my cupboard. This was our best family shot, so you can tell how great the rest of them are.

Now, although we didn't get any good shots of all 4 of us, we did get some precious ones of us with each of the boys. Here's my shot with Dean.

This is my absolute favorite! I think it is purely fantastic.

Don't be fooled! Dean did not just stand there with that smile of his face ready for the picture. My mom had to play peek-a-boo with him and catch him right as he turned his head around. She did a great job!

This is one of maybe 3 pictures that Dawson actually smiled in. 

And last but not least, here is the funniest of them all. Here's to better luck next time! Thanks to my mom for having to witness all of this.