Ty, Where is your nose?!

yep...baby knows where his nose is!

when you ask him where his nose is, he does this every time!

another dancing Fool!

i love that my boys love to dance! Here is Blaine showing off some moves at the "Phineas and Ferb Parade" at disneyland! he loved it and i love watching him get down!

Picture day....

here is Blaine all ready for pictures day! what a handsome boy!!

but this is how we told him to pose.....(the school wouldn't let him)

meanwhile....Ty found a perfect new place to play! what are you getting baby?

"just getting a drink mom!" this cabinet is perfect size for Ty, so we cleared it out and he loves it!

Flag Ceremony

Today Blaine was chosen to raise the flag at school! Yahoo! it is actually a pretty big deal. it is probably equivalent to a citizenship award. regardless Blaine was really excited and we are super proud of him. we are only in the 3rd week of school and he's already shining....he was the first one in his class to be chosen. Here is what his teacher had to say about him for an intro:

"Blaine is off to an excellent start in second grade. He has been extra kind and respectful to his classmates and teacher. He is always super-responsible and helpful. Blaine has already shown that he is an outstanding citizen of our school!"
raising the flag

Blaine with the principle! Way to go Blainey...we are always so proud of you!

Pumpkin Update

i figure it is time to face the truth and update about our pumpkin....it DIED!! oh no. i don't know what happened, it just shriveled up and died. poor thing. Blaine was pretty bummed too. the same thing happened to some of the neighbors, but others are still growing strong. i don't know if it's our soil, or if it was the extreme hot then cold we were having. it was just weird!

Lucky for us i am very competitive and a little sneaky....we planted another pumpkin in the backyard when we thought it was going to die the first time around. we did this one in a pot with fresh, GOOD soil and it seems to be growing well. we just need some bees to come pollinate!

since pumpkin plant #2 is a secret....we put a fake out front for now! hehe!

My dancin Ty boy!

Like MOMMY like SON!! my cute baby dancin boy! he is also saying "cheese" because he thinks im taking a picture of him! love this kid

Who Says - Music Video

this is a music video my brother helped me make from one of my dance camps in the sumer! these girls were so cute and so much fun! each day of summer camp they learned something new, then on the last day i let them pick their favorite dance so we could turn it into a music video. the girls learned this choreo in 1 day, 1 hour....so not too shabby! i was proub of them!

2nd Annual Mustache and Rootbeer Par-TAY

Well we just had our Second Annual MUSTACHE and Homemade ROOTBEER party, and it was a BLAST!! (by the way, this is also known as Jake's birthday party!) we kind of upped the stakes this year and went a little more all out...we had all sorts of mustache stuff EVERYWHERE! we had prizes for different mustaches (see below) and we even had "name that famous mustache" game including mustaches sported by Hulk Hogan, Tom Selleck and many more! Thanks again everyone for such a fun night. sorry i could post pictures of everyone who was there, there were just too many people who came to show off their stache style and wish Jake a Happy Birthday!yummy treats!i "hired" my mom to do a photo booth type zone, so people could take lots of fun, crazy pictures! we love aunt Jaime!
PRIZE LIST:
MOST CREATIVE MUSTACHE- Shalon Crockett ...she had an APP on her phone and the lips even moved when she talked!

BEST KIDDIE MUSTACHE- Libby MacBeth...if you look closely, you can see a little left on there!

BEST "HOME GROWN" MUSTACHE- Adam Johnson...that was some good growth!

BEST FAMILY MUSTACHES- the Vargas

now these next two took a double prize....one for BEST SHE-STACHE and for MOST OUTRAGEOUS MUSTACHE....the Burches so i guess they also get BEST STACHE COUPLE!

i was reminiscing on last year's party and it's hard to believe that Ty was only a month old! WOW, time flies! here's just a fun baby stache memory
this last picture is just a little creepy and wrong, but you gotta love it! HAHA, glad Jake had sch a great birthday!

i have a 2nd grader!!!

WHAT?! how can it be that i already have a 2nd grader!! today was the first day back to school...and Blaine had a great day! he was excited to see his friends and meet his new teacher! this year Blaine has a guy teacher and he is very excited about that...and so far seems super nice! plus all i have heard are great things about his teacher! here's to another great year!!

lining up for morning announcements...his teacher is the one standing next to Blaine in the tie!What a cute second grader!!

Disneyland with GRANDMA!!!

for the last day of summer, we decided to go to DISNEYLAND with Grandma! it is so fun for the boys, and for grandma who i think has the most fun of all! (she's just like a little kid there too!) it was SOOO SUPER HOT, but we hung out for about 5 hours and had such a great time. this was Ty's second time going, but everything is still so new to him that it is especially fun! Ty loved Winney the Pooh...

Buzz Lightyear...

and Small World!i promised Blaine something special if he was good an a helper all summer long (which he was) and he really wanted this Funamial Puppet. he is pretty good with it already! i will have to video him with it sometime! thanks grandma for such a fun day! the only thing missing was Jake...and the Priors

Pig Party

to kick off the last weekend of Summer...we decided to have a PIG block party! our neighbors have talked about it for years and we finally just went for it! it was such a fun day. we spent all day outside talking, playing and roasting pig.

********WARNING**********
there are pictures of the pig being roasted, so if it's going to gross you out, dont look! it actually grossed me out for awhile at first!!
i will start with a cute picture of the kids selling lemonade!
and here it is...the main event! we all had to take 30 minute shifts turning the pig. it was kind of fun...not to mention a good shoulder workout. everyone else was just out hangin (ps, don't mind me...i just got back from my run, so i took my turning shift when i was already stinky and sweaty)

the neighborhood kids playing i the pool. we had our slip and slide out too. it was a perfect water day!
and TA DAAAA! the final produce. isn't she pretty!!?? the apple was added for effect! it was such a great day. starting at 9 all the way til about 10pm.