Day TWO

(rough life right, someone has to do it though!)

Never under estimate the power of prayer. It's 9AM and Levi just woke up and Greyson is still sleeping! All the while we are all within arms length. I woke up praising the Lord...it's gorgeous outside, already almost 80 degrees with a lovely breeze off the river. It's going to be an awesome day!
I WILL SURVIVE, AND WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME...EVEN MOMMA! :)

(Wee guy was SO exhausted, he was completely passed out in the bike trailer after the ride)

Day ONE

Come on sing it with me..."life is a highway, I'm gonna drive it all night long..."

We arrived in Coeur d' Alene late last night. Both boys slept a collective, oh hour an a half at best all day. Granted with the 4th and all Levi had gone 3 days without a nap. So we were already "having fun"! :) Everyone finally settled down and fell asleep around 11:30PM. Then bright and early one by one starting with Greyson the fun began around 5AM...
I am beyond exhausted. I even muttered at one point that I was flying home today...When Momma doesn't sleep things get rough. There have been tears today...okay maybe flat out sobbing and I'm not just talking about the boys. Levi did take a 3.5 hour nap, so things are looking up, right? I hope, I pray...

On Tour...

(Here she is, in all her glory)

Well not really, but I feel like it. :) Josh's boss graciously offered to let us borrow their 36 ft. (um, wow) RV. We are headed for Whitefish, MT for a wedding Josh is the bestman in. Us 4 Arnolds, along with Greg & Kara are heading out from the Arnold residence. To break things up a bit, we will stop in Coeur d'Alene for a few days and enjoy the fun lakeside has to offer there. Then we are off to Whitefish...
The RV sleeps 10 people...crazy...it's going to be an adventure and I can only imagine the daily entries to come. We really want the Hicks to have kids...SOON...so I pray they will still be headed in that direction in about 7 days. :)
These are thoughts that run around in my head, often...

Oh I pray the boys sleep through the night...
Please Lord, let them be good...
I really hope I can relax and sleep, without worry of the boys waking others up...
How will the bathroom situation be?
I'm really excited to ride bikes...(why?)
I wish the boys were old enough to remember this...
I'm dreading the food battle with Levi...
I can't wait to read...I hope I get to read...
It's going to be a blast!!!!!!!!!

Who loves her boys?

I DO!!!
I am so in love with the recent photos 'Aunty Kawa' (Kara) took of my boys (her husband is Josh's best friend, Greg). Oh and I kinda like her too. ;) Anyway, check out these...she's becoming quite the photographer and I think it's rather cool she likes to use my boys as subjects! Thanks Kara, for the fun pics!!!

Dogs need SPF too...

Today was Tia's day...this time Levi opted for the Hawaiian Tropics SPF 45. Tia and the lounger were well lathered. Poor Tia is walking around smelling like tropical bananas (is that a smell?) I have to take her to get a good scrub down tomorrow. I think I'm more upset about the $15.99 my son has wasted over the past two days. I wasn't laughing this time...

I'm tired...

Today was one of those days that I felt pulled in many directions. I had a lot to accomplish today. I jolted awake from a coma at 8:30 and realized the boys were still sleeping? Was it really 8:30!?! I felt a little panicked and overwelmed all of the sudden. I wanted to be on our way by 9AM...well that wasn't happening...and from there the day just snowballed. Sadly my highlight was when I discovered Levi had single handedly covered his brother and a good portion of himself with an entire bottle of Waterbabies sunscreen in a few short minutes. And, I mean COVERED!! It's was quite impressive actually, he managed to miss his eyes (thank goodness) all together. My mind immediately goes to the Nickelodeon days with the green goo they would get dumped on their head. That was Greyson, white goo. All I could do was laugh, clearly Levi thought he was helping. They were outside, this is what Mommy always does...why not? We've had two baths today and they STILL went to bed smelling like Coppertone. My greatest disappointment...my camera battery died...it was awesome!

Sweet Summertime...

Fun in the sun...isn't it amazing how some things can really form your day? For me, lately it's been the first 15 seconds in the morning when I wake up. I can determine by how much light is streaming in from our blinds what kind of day were in for. I LOVE sunshine and so do the kiddos, we are loving the vitamin D!