First Official Spring Break

Last week was Jake and Josh's first spring break. The boys and I drove up to Dallas to visit the Grandma's and Grandpa's. They had so much fun, after Josh got over wii withdraws. My parents have a new toy so the boys gladly helped break it in and camped out in the driveway at Gma and Gpa Denton's. They also enjoyed a night out to Chuck E Cheese for pizza and fun.



Half way through the week we headed to over to Gma and Gpa Pattons for swimming and wii. They were able to play in the water for the first time since last summer. Another highlight was going to Krispy Kreme for donuts. Josh calls himself the Donut King. The only downer of the trip was getting a call from my dad telling me that mom was in the emergency room and was prepping for surgery to remove her gall bladder. She is at home recovering and will be just fine. Overall we had a great week for visiting family and friends.

Bluebonnets are in bloom and I couldn't resist pulling over and taking a couple of pictures. The boys didn't cooperate but I tried.

Rodeo Time

We decided to venture out to the Rodeo again this year. We were not able to make it to the actual rodeo but we walked around the fair grounds and also visited the childrens section. The boys had a blast! We promised them before we left we would let them ride one ride each. Josh had his eye on the ferris wheel and Jake (for some odd reason) was feeling a little on the wild side and decided that he wanted to ride the roller coaster.

Here is Josh just before riding on the Ferris Wheel.

Here is Josh on the Ferris Wheel. He was larger than life and had a smile ear to ear.

Here is Jake before the roller coaster.

Here is Jake terrified.

Here is Jake after the roller coaster. I am fairly certain that he will not be riding a roller coaster for a long time.
Here is Josh leaving the rodeo with a major meltdown because he wanted to ride two rides. He went first and forgot that the Ferris wheel wasn't the ride he wanted and really meant that he wanted the roller coaster. And Jake Still feeling the effects of the aftermath from his ride. Needless to say the walk to the car and the ride home was not one of the Patton family's finer momemts.

Cowboy Josh

I hope all of you Jacob and Joshua blogger fans haven't given up on me yet. I have been such a bad blogger and honestly have not taken very many pictures lately. Hopefully I can get back on the bandwagon soon.

The Houston Rodeo is headed to town so Josh had western day at preschool. I was worried since he does not have boots or a cowboy hat and plus the fact that I have zero creativity. At the last minute this morning, I scrounged around the house and this is what I came up with. One of Jake's old shirts, dad's cowboy hat and a bandana. I think he looked so cute. At first I had him in overalls and thought no that looks to farmer Joe. He did think that his his overalls were pretty funny and thought he might like to where them. I think he looked so cute.

Indiana Jones

Jake asked us today if we have another kid can we name him "Indiana Jones"?

Crazy Kids

We've been extremely busy lately and have not posted in a while. There is a lot to catch up on but for now I wanted to post this picture.

Merry Christmas

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday Daddy! Big 3-5! We Love you.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

It's snowing in Houston! When we were in the process of moving, our realtor told us that we will NEVER see snow in Houston. Well today it started to snow. Josh was so excited. He exclaimed that Santa is going to come now. It doesn't look like there will be enough to stick to the ground. But it is really cool to see it snow.

Happy Holidays!

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Merry Christmas

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Happy New Year!!

My Thanksgiving Indian

Joshua had a Thanksgiving party/feast at his pre-school. There are 9 boys and 2 girls in his class. I am sure it is wild and crazy days in his class. They had a really good time and looked so cute in their outfits that they had made. Their meal consisted of: McDonalds chicken nuggets, corn, macaroni & cheese & cheesestick and for dessert a cookie and a pumkin muffin. He wore his outfit all day and evening and tried to go to bed with it. I finally convinced him to set it next to him in bed.

How do you trap an Armadillo?

Yesterday the boys were running around the house playing and yelled for me to come and look at something. I went to check out their findings and saw a very large hole and below the hole more holesburrowed towards my house and my neighbors. After inspecting closer pretty much in every direction. My first instinct was that it was a gopher or mole or something. After researching, I decided that it was probably not a mole or gopher since they usually leave mounds. I called around today and one of the guys seems to think that what I am describing is an armadillo or a skunk. YUCK and YUCK! Neither sounds fun, but I am going to say it is an armadillo because I do not want to even entertain the idea that a skunk is living under my house. Pest Control wants to charge anywhere from $450-$550 to trap and remove the animal. So what to do? Apparantly these animals can do some really significant damage under your home and to the foundtion. Of course Michael is out of town for three weeks training for his new job.
Plan A: A little investigating of my own. I loosely stuffed the 8X6X8 hole with newspaper to see if this critter decides to come out to play tonight. This will tell me if he is still living under the house.
Plan B: Still undecided. I am considering calling Animal control to deliver a trap to see if I can catch it myself. Then it will only cost $100 for someone to come out and remove it.
Plan C: Flood it out of the hole. I am just not sure I can take on what decides to run out of the hole while I am flooding.
Plan D: Wait until Uncle John comes Saturday and see what he thinks. :)
Hmmmm........

Since Michael has been gone:

• Huge lightning storm came and took out my internet and tv for 3 days
• Furnice tripped
• Mysterious animal digging tunnels under the house
• issues with a boy on Jacobs bus
• what next........
  
  

This is not the Actual Armadillo at my house

Uncle Timmy's Wedding

Uncle Timmy got married a few weeks ago. Forgive me for taking so long to post. It was a very pretty wedding. The boys were Jr. Groomsmen and ring bearer. Jacob said that he was excited that Uncle Timmy was getting married, but was not excited about wearing the tuxedo. We had a great time visiting with family over the weekend.