Grandma's New Grass!

27 Pallets of grass (14,000 sq ft) later, and Grandma Hobbs has a real lawn!!

It was soooo much work to get this done. We all worked our butts off to finish this up, and were so thankful for all the help we had. There's still quite a bit of landscaping to do, but were getting closer every day we're able to work on it! And in the meantime we're also having a lot of fun. Jolene bought a riding mower and it's a good thing with as much grass as she ended up with. We all tried it out to make sure it worked. :) The kids are all so lucky to have such an awesome grandma! She is so good with them, and loves to really get down and play with them. Lucky for Cyrus all of his grandma's are like that, so he is really blessed and loved!

Funny after all that grass, the kids want to play in the dirt! Boys will be boys!

Cyrus has loved being able to help out his daddy so much. He loves tools. What a surprise. He is his daddy's son! He even purses his lips the same way when he's working!

Here's a couple of pics from our day at the dinosaur park last week with our friends for the twins' first outing. All the kids disappeared at one point with Nicole, and I found them inside the giant dinosaur head playing in the sand. So cute. Cyrus loves all his friends, and even though they are all older than him, they play SO well with him. They all consider him a little brother, and they are all his favorites!

Last week Cyrus wasn't feeling very well. He hadn't slept well or eaten well, so when he started up a cough we decided we should take him into the doctor. He ended up having 2 ear infections, a sinus infection, bronchitis, and pink eye! Poor kid! I didn't know kids this small could even have that much wrong at once! But now with some antibiotics he's feeling a lot better, and is back to wanting to spend all his time outside. He's getting a cute little tan. :)

It's Summer!

Summer for us so far has meant:

More outside play.

More bravery!

And a lot more of wanting to play outside, which means more of this...

You gotta love summertime!

Go, Go, Go!

We have been ridiculously busy the last few weeks, so haven't taken many pictures. Travis has spent hours at his moms house putting in a sprinkling system and getting her yard leveled out so we could lay 14,000 sq ft. of sod! It took 3 days and LOTS of help, but looks absolutely awesome! I'm so excited for the kids to have somewhere to play thats softer than a floor filled with sticker weeds! Cyrus loved being outside for 3 straight days playing in the dirt. Give him a little shovel and he was good to go for hours. He loves the outside.

He's getting so big! He's still learning new things everyday. He loves to sing. Mostly "Once there was a snowman" and his favorite part is swaying back and forth, then putting his little hands that just reach over his big head and singing "ta, ta, ta!" My favorite part is when he melts. He makes a cute little puddle! :)

He also loves rocks, hugs, humming, and dancing. He hates tuna fish, long tickly grass, and hills (he tends to just roll right down them!)

He is also getting a strong personality! He had his first real kicking and screaming tantrum because he wanted to go outside, and I wouldn't take him because he'd just taken a bath. But he is extremely obedient, and after sitting in the corner for a minute he stopped. He's had a few since then (usually in the grocery store unfortunately!) but is still pretty good for his age. I also rarely get past 1 or 2 before he decides to listen. Lets hope that doesn't change!

Spring Catch Up

Happy Easter!

Easter was so fun for us! Saturday night I put some eggs out for Cyrus to find, and in the morning we took him in the living room and he was so excited to find the eggs. He was cute. Babies make holidays so much more fun! This was actually Cyrus' second Easter. Some of you may remember we were in the hospital with Cyrus over Easter and had the Easter bunny visit us there. How time flies!

For those of you who keep up with our blog regularly, we have been extremely busy this month. We went from Travis having no job and winter, to spring and all that comes with the nice weather. We are working with Travis' mom to get her a sprinkling system and lawn after 12 years of dirt and weeds, which is going to be awesome for her. I was made the second counselor in the Primary, and am glad to have Sunday over when I did my first sharingtime and we spoke in Sacrament. It all went well, but is always nice to have it finished. :)
And I passed my test! Hooray! On the 2 sections of the test I received a 95 and 86, which is good enough to pass, but I am also going to retake the lower score to see how much better I can do. It is nice to know I passed, and am getting that much closer to working at home. Yay! And it's so nice to have the nice weather here!

Cyrus and I just spent the morning blowing bubbles in the backyard, then spent some time with one of my awesome friends on their trampoline. Cyrus loved it, and it completely wore him out. He fell asleep in the stroller on the way home which he hasn't done since he was a baby. And he's still asleep!
Anyway, I wanted to share a few of the pictures we've taken. As I looked through the camera I noticed most of our pictures are messy eating ones since he's been wanting to be more independent, and learning to really use his forks and spoons. He also really loves to help his dad. He tried on his shoes and tried to help him put together my desk. He's getting so big and fun! And most people say kids turn into terrors when they start walking but I love it! He's so adorable following us around everywhere.