CATCH UP...LONG POST WITH LOTS O PICS

So Ive gotten really tired of the boys not taking care of their things. When they play with them, they just leave them on the floor to be stepped on and broken. And when I ask them to go lean up their room and an hour later nothing has been picked up, it gets really old and frustrating. So recently Ive been taking whatever toys, clothes, shoes, books, movies, or whatever it is that is not cleaned up and putting them away in hiding for a week or so. (trying to teach them a lesson) but apparently that hasnt been working so well. I guess something in my head just blew a fuze or something and I decided to take away ALL their toys, books, movies, clothes, shoes etc. and I mean ALL. Now what is left in their room is a bed and empty shelves. But the downside to that is that since I do not have a garage or any storage space, that my laundry room is packed with all their crud. Seriously, they have accumalated so much STUFF in the past 5 years, that it is beyond ridiculous. So when I do decide to give them their stuff back, I am going to go through it first and then have a toy sale or try to sell some of their stuff on craigslist or ebay or something. Here is a pic of all this.... One of the shelves in Coltin's closetAnother shelf in the closet

here is the front view of the closet

And the view of the bed

Here is my stuffed laundry room And another shot of the laundry room

When I woke up this morning, i hear Coltin telling Conner to "hurry, turn it off" Conner had my camera The boys got to it and took some pics. Coltin took this one of Conner. It turned out so cute.

OK, this next set of pics are out of order and backwards and what not. This last weekend a few of my bff's and I took a "GIRLS ONLY" weekend up North to my inlaws cabin up in Heber. It was much needed and so much fun. We had a blast. This next few were taken at Bison Ranch. This is Kaylea who is a very extremley talented photographer. We took a bunch of pics and had a bunch of photo shoots. it was so much fun.

this is Lindsay. just look at those lips.

And one of me.

Mia Jo

yee-haw

beautiful

Isnt she so stinkin cute? I just love her.

Fun times

Me and Kaylea- We were hungry so we went and got some yummy pizza. it was delicious.

All 4 of us- from l-r... Mia, me, Lindsay and Kaylea. We wanted to make a campfire, but couldnt.

Kaylea and Lindsay

Me and Lindsay inbetween "photoshoots" So cute

somehow this got uploaded 2x

This is what the kitchen looked like. As soon as we got there we unloaded all out bags and coolers and suitcases and left them in the middle of the kitchen floor. Haha. We were too lazy to move them. it was so fun and funny though.

Mia and Kaylea. So cute

Dead sexy. haha

Me and Linz- I had a mouthful of sour patch kids in my mouth

Mia Jo- posing for her "new album" haha.

Me and Linz again

Kaylea, me and Linz

Beautiful, Kaylea. Notice the panties over her pants? It was the hit of the night

Arent they so pretty?

Love it. It was like this all weekend long

Strike a pose. they are so hott.

this was the stash o food that we all brought up.

We hardly ate any of this food. We just made it thru the day by our Amps, Monsters, and Diet Dew and Diet DP that we brought up.

The ride up.

Coltin turned 5 years old back in June and he was one spoiled little boy and had 2 HUGE parties. He wanted to go to Chuck E Cheeses and wanted all his friends from school to come too. I wasnt about to pay for all our families and friends + all his school friends and siblings and parents at chuck e cheese. So We had a family party at Chuck E Cheese and then a friend party at one of the splash pads in Chandler- But the city of Chandler is retarded and turned the water off from 12-3. seriously? Why would they turn the water off during the hottest part of the day in the middle of summer? Oh well. We still had fun. This is Conner and his girlfriend Maddie

Maddie is Lindsay's daughter and she is only a few months older than Conner. We kept trying to get them to kiss. So cute.

Coltin eating his cake. With no plates, napkins or forks. I was so prepared, could ya tell?

The ginormous pinata

This is the party at Chuck E Cheeses. Coltins face is priceless. This is the Better Batter Baseball present that he has wanted since christmas last year. His Grandma and Grandpa were so nice to get him this. He loves it and it really is a cool/neat toy.

this is the best coltin face ever.

This was my attempt at a baseball fondant cake. It turned out better than it looks. I should have done an easier caske for my first time, but it turned out pretty good. I think I'll stick with not having to do strips next time and just do solid bases next time.