Brothers

Took these of the boys last night :-)  I think Jake is starting to look like Owen!

Boating fun

We went boating last night with our good friends, Amy and Shane and their twin boys, Cade & Carson.  It was a GREAT time.....I just love summers in Boise.  It was 94 degrees when we got there so everyone was ready to get in the water, well kinda :-)  it's still cold at first.  The boys just love boating!

Emery and Cade were always sitting together :-)  so cute!

Amy with smiley Jake!

Owen was in a funk :-(

Jason catching some air!

Next time someone better get a pic of me wakeboarding....I mean you have to get proof right????  Actually all of the adults wakeboarded :-)  And I am so sore today!  Thanks Tucker family, we love you guys!

Mom's special day

My mom and Steve got married yesterday July 23!! It was a beautiful ceremony in their friend's backyard. cool house that was built in 1903.  My mom looked gorgeous, we are SO happy for them.

Here's the happy couple right after they said "I do".....Mr. & Mrs. Hunter

I was the maid of honor :-)

This is the only pic I got of the 2 of us and my mom was looking at another camera :-(  but she's still beautiful!

The boys were soaked in ice cold water.....they thought it was pretty fin to pick up water botttles and throw them back in and watch the water splash everyone :-)

Oh man.....Emery was in a mood by the end of the night and did NOT want to be in pictures!!!

Grandma Oliver started dancing with Owen :-)

And Grandma Oliver found a dance partner with Steve

I was disappointed that I didn't get a pic with all my boys at the wedding but they weren't having it.....so we went for yogurt after and this will have to do :-)

They were really happy after the wedding!

And Jason and I being silly in the parking lot

Emery and Owen rode down the aisle in a wagon with a pillow holding "pretend" rings (which I couldn't get a pic of either since I was standing up with my mom).....anyway, I was pretty worried about it and lets just say, they made it down but it wasn't pretty......Emery started to cry :-(  he really doesn't care for large crowds!  And poor Jason had Emery and Owen during the whole ceremony and they didn't get to see much since they were inside having meltdowns :-(

Update on Owen's speech

So I have been taking Owen to speech therapy once a week for 1 hour for about 6 weeks now.  He is saying more words these days....on a regular basis he says : shoes, juice, night night, mama, dada, car, truck, NO, choo-choo, bye bye, hi, go, toes, nose, tickle.  He has mastered NO....I mean you can ask him anything and he says NO.  It's pretty entertaining to listen to a conversation between Owen and Emery.  Emery will be jabbering away and Owen just says no with a smile.  I know there is so much more in there that wants to come out but he hasn't quite figured out how to express it.  I know a day will come when he won't stop talking :-)  if he is anything like his older brother, but we are proud of the progress he is making.  He's a doll and we just love him to pieces.

Update on Mr. Emery's progress

Emery is doing AWESOME potty training.  It has been 1 week without 1 accident!!  He is going on his own without any prompts and tells me when he is done.  His new thing is peeing outside :-).......this is too funny, he wants to pee in our driveway every chance he gets and the best part is he wants me to see where he went every time.  I guess it's better than on the carpet and he's a boy, so I say why not! 

He is going on the big potty in public places now which is great, he went twice at church and at the grocery store....I think it has finally clicked, yay!!!  I never thought I could be so proud when my son pooped in the potty but I feel so proud and happy for him.  He is so proud of himself too, it's pretty cute.....this morning he says to me "mommy, I am going to go pee in the driveway" and I said ok, I'll come with you" and he says "No mommy,  you stay here, I can do it by myself, I don't need you to come".  Wow, we have come along way in the past week.  He tells me all the time that he is a big boy now.  He is even getting up in the middle of the night asking to go on the potty, I guess I will have to put one in his room???.....not sure what to do about that. 

Way to go Emery.......we are SO proud of you!

Bath time is always fun

Emery and Owen love bath time at night.  It really turns into splash fest and play time.

Who said play mats are just for babies?

This was too funny last night....Jake was enjoying his time on his play mat when his big brothers decided to join the fun.  I had to take Jake off because they were going to tackle him!

If only they could always get along so well :-)

He got some alone time eventually!