What our days are like in the Shumway house.....

After breakfast we head to the gym for the boys to interact with lots of other kids and mommy gets to make her spinning class. Continuing to work out while pregnant has given me the energy I need to keep up with the boys, thats for sure!!

We wake up and start immediately to play.
When it isnt 115 degrees we like to be outside and eat our lunches.
Puzzles are always fun for Kaden especially when Jack isnt hiding the pieces.
We get to build a castle at least a couple times a day.
Going swimming is the thing to do I just cant keep thier suits on!!
The boys eating a bannana after naps.



After dinner we then have to patiently wait for a our favorite daddy in the whole world to come home from work. Tomorrow we will do it all over again!!

Shumway Family Tahoe Reunion '09

The best daddy in the whole world with the cutest boys ever, Kaden and Jack. This pic makes Kaden look like he doesn't have a neck. lol lol
Kaden and Josh racing down driveway.

Grandpa always willing to share his otter pops with Jack and Summer.
All the kids thought it would be so fun to bury Uncle Alan.

The sister-inlaws who always have so much fun!!

All the girls and their beautiful toes after their well deserved pedis:)

Summer, Kaden, and Tiegs patiently waiting for mom and dad.

What a fun game of Apples to Apples that Rand even Rand played his very first card game. We are so proud of him. I think he was even winning!!



We couldn't help ourselves try it out and even little Jack loved the water.

Everybody rented bikes and we followed a beautiful bike path. What a fun day.

After noon snack

There is nothing better than a popsicle in your undies on a hot summer day. What I would give to be a kid again!

ITS TIME TO SWIM

The summer has arrived just in time for the kids to enjoy the blessing of having a pool in the backyard. Kaden and Jack are in at least twice a day and cross your fingers no sign of swimmers ear yet. Kaden is very cautious of the pool and usually has his little life jacket on or is wading completely naked. Jack on the other hand is fearless and will jump right in and go straight to the bottom everytime. We love this daily adventure and hopefully soon they will learn to swim.

Boys trip to Cali.

Alan took Kaden and Jack to California for the weekend and I stayed behind at home. They had a great time playing with all the cousins and if it were up to Kaden he would have stayed forever. They went to Huntington beach and had a blast in the waves. Thanks to Aunt Ann she was able to take so many awesome pictures.
Wow this was the first time I was away from the boys thi long since they were born. What on earth was I going to do? I found there was plenty to do to keep busy. I had a lunch and movie date with my Mom and hung out by the pool. Before I knew it I was bored and realized I missed the boys tremendously and missed the laughing, the crying(ok well not that so much), and all the chaos that comes along with little boys. It was nice to relax but I will for sure go next time!!

Congrats Bekah

We all traveled to Utah for Bekahs graduation at the end of April. Needless to say it was the longest ride of our lives. Of course the boys had to get sick the day before and poor Jack cried the whole miserable 14 hours. Well not that long, thank goodness for my mom who traded us cars sang every song she knew for 2 hours straight. Thanks Mom and Danny!!! Well we finally and arrived and happy to see my Grandma Nelson and Bekah. We had a wonderful time spending time with the family going to eat and going to an awesome Dinosaur museum. Despite all the fun we had the kids never really recovered and everybody chipped in to fly us home. Highly recommended!

Potty training

Well I can say we are officially potty trained and done with diapers for Kaden. It was a good two month process but not as hard as I thought it was going to be. For the most part he can make it through the night staying dry as long as we get him up to go before we go to bed. He is such a cutie pie and loves that he his such a big boy.