Triple - First Date!

Since all 3 of us couples, The Hoffmans, Saumwebers, & Stapleys have known & enjoyed each other; now being over 2yrs.,

we had not ventured out on a couples date night w/out all of our kiddos.

Which would total 8 kids, all under 4 yrs. between us couples.

So, we made it official tonight & had a BLAST!

First we enjoyed wonderful Carrabba's Italian Grill

& LIVELY conversation w/ lots of laughs . . .

And then we acted like teenagers again & went

Indoor Go Cart Racing!

Check! We're ready to go!

Ka-chow baby!

No Bumping! - Yeah Right! - This is serious business!

 The "Race Marshall" jacked up the speed of our cars since it was all adults on this round. Heck yes!



 

Tires were squealing & rubber was burn'n!
 Seriously.
 You could smell it.

"Shake N' Bake"!

Adios Mary!



Defeat! Spin out baby!

Needless to say, we wondered why we hadn't done this sooner!

Oh yeah! Maybe because of all those cute little things we left at home. :)

We look forward to the next time around!



"Why I Believe" - My inspiration today & every day . . .

So beautifully, beautifully said & sung!

I've felt the spirit of this beautiful song

so much that I wanted to share.

I hope this inspires your day

as it has mine!



Guitar Time

We all love it when daddy pulls out the guitar!

All the boys especially love "helping" daddy play.

In this inventive song,

 Jace is singing to Cole

about his "Color Changer" cars that change colors

in hot & cold water - a past time favorite of Coles,

especially during bath time.

Cole joining in on the singing with daddy.

Mr. Merrill jump'n in on the action!

All my boys trying to play at once.

It's so fun to have a house full of boys singing &/or dancing

around the family room to "live" music from my favorite

man in the world.

Especially once all the boys ran off to play together,

he then played & sung for me some Neil Diamond.

Which is such an enjoyable way to end the day!

Ranch for Lunch

So at lunch this afternoon, when Cole is coming to to the table

to eat, he sees what's for lunch & asks,

"Are we having RANCH for lunch!?"

(Which, if I let him, he would thoroughly enjoy such

a lunch since he loves to dip any food that can be dipped into it. :)

And silly mommy says,

"No, its actually New England Clam Chowder".

And Cole immediately says,

"I don't like it."

So I realized my mistake, & quickly corrected it by stating,

"Well, actually there's ranch in it, that's why it looks like ranch!"

And then we're good!

So, lesson learned, at this stage, it's all in how ya sell it!

And it works wonders!

Give & Take . . .

This is a common scene at our house during meal time.

One twin taking the goods from the other or the other

twin giving so generously what he doesn't want anymore. :)

In this case, Merrill saw he was out of marshmallows & realized

Grant has plenty to give, so" I'll just take that one right there", he thought.

 And this little man right here, gave so generously all those

wonderful marshmallows to his brothers, in which they'd never had

before.

I walk out of the kitchen for about two minutes & come back

to find a big pile of marshmallows on each of the twins trays as well

as Cole having a handful in his fist as he's climbing back up to the table.

I couldn't be upset with him, since he was giving so well &

of course the twins loved them so much.

It's more & more fun as these boys get older to watch all 3 of them play

together. And sometimes crazy too, but mostly just fun.

The twins are officially toddlers now!

Hooray for nursery time! It was absolutly WONDERFUL

this last Sunday to be able to soak up both Sunday School

& Relief Society kid free. Of course though, only 5 minutes after

I sit down in Sunday school, Merrill is brought to me for a lovely

diaper change.

Then it was Grant's turn in Relief society, but I'm not complaining!

I'll take it!

At their 18 month well check the other day, it was fun

to find out that this is the closest in height & weight that they've

ever been to eachother since they've been born.

Their heads are the exact same size, their height is the exact

same, 32 1/2 in. tall, & they both weigh 22 lbs, although

Merrill's about a quarter of a pound more.

I was glad to see that Grant is finally catching up to Merrill

in weight since Merrill has almost always been about a pound

more than Grant, whom we've always called our light weight & Merrill

our little bear.

These little boys are into everything! And surprise

us at times with how fast & smart they are at figuring

things out. They are definite climbers!