First Part of June

New pool toy (the boys love Snoopy)...

 Boat day...

Happy place...

Nappy place...

Extra happy place (the water is the perfect temp)...

 One of Phil's friends (Weave, the pilot on the left) found this pic online and sent it to Phil and I had to steal it because I love it so much.  They had just landed in Hawaii for a TDY in 2012, I think.  I love Phil's smile because I can just imagine Klepto (in the middle) saying something funny that made them laugh.  And they look really handsome.  :)  I was going to say "hot" but that sounded inappropriate.  Lol!  I miss our Oregon friends!!  *sniff, sniff*

Lol... Davis...

R looks so much like Jackson when he is sleeping.

Phil had a layover in Pensacola a few weeks ago, so we drove over to spend the day with him and play at his hotel pool.  Unfortunately, the weather was stormy so we didn't get to stay in the pool as long as we hoped, but the boys were SO excited about being in the hotel that they had a great time anyway.  They loved eating in the hotel restaurant and especially riding in the elevator.  :)

And seeing Daddy, of course...

Here Davis realized he was not in the last picture hugging Daddy so he came over and hugged him after the fact.  :)

The hotel had a great pool with a lazy river...

Davis was not impressed with how long it took to get there, though.  :)

Biker gang.  Reid is riding Davis's "new" bike (even though he has a much bigger bike it is always fun to ride the "new" bike that Dad just got out)... D just learned to pedal and is so proud of himself!

Getting so big!!

Our next door neighbor is dating a woman with a younger son and she brought over this four-wheeler that her son has outgrown so that Reid could ride it.  He is obsessed.  And so is Davis.  D figured our how to steer it and press the gas the other day and I had a hard time getting him off of it.

Here's Reid riding with his best friend, Avery, from across the street.  They are SO cute together.  

Luckily, neither one of them knew that in a few years this would be a totally inappropriate way for Reid to hang onto the back of the four-wheeler.  LOL!

Oh, man... it's a good thing he's so cute.  

E and I like selfies.  :)

Date night... Hooray!!!!

Water park day... Super fun until we were inundated by two different day cares and decided it was time to leave.  Luckily it was almost naptime, too.

I mean... Aren't they the CUTEST?  A had just come home from somewhere and Reid ran over to greet her.  Then he ran right back to our yard and said, "Avery will be over in a minute.  She just had to run put on lipstick."  Lol!! I died!

New playdough and tools...

And glow sticks from the Target dollar bin.  Reid had the good idea to tape this to his shirt and make it his "creature power" suit from the Wild Kratts show.  I thought that was very creative.  :)

Bernie

We got a dog!!!  Bernard "Bernie" came into our lives at the end of May.  He is a goldendoodle and he was born on Reid's birthday!  J and E had been begging for a dog for so long, and I had been really wanting one lately, too, especially with Phil gone a lot.  I had originally had my heart set on a golden retriever, but I wasn't sure I could deal with the constant crazy shedding, so we decided on the less beautiful, but still super-sweet option of a goldendoodle.  I found a litter near my parents' house that was fairly inexpensive and was able to talk Phil into letting us get one (he was a little apprehensive about a dog tying us down and being too much work for me, but now that we have B and he sees how sweet he is he's over those fears).  He was on a trip so my dad drove down with J and E and me to pick one out.  

There's Bernie in the middle with two of his brothers...

I had a hard time deciding between B and another boy, but my dad held Bernie so I could get a good look at him and he was just so calm and sweet!  And when my dad set him down he sat down by my dad's feet and just stayed there.  And he walked right over to the boys several times.  So we kind of felt like he was choosing us, so we decided he was the one!  Plus he was the biggest boy left.  :)

He laid back here with the boys the whole ride home and didn't make a peep.

First night at "home"....

My mom was very sweet to let a new puppy stay at her house for four days.  I tried really hard to take him out every second and he only had two little accidents.

Phil didn't want his picture taken.  Lol.  But I wanted to show how Bernie was warming up to him!  B was really attached to me at first, but he's gotten much better and loves everyone now.

I wanted a pic of me holding him, but he was kissing me at first when I picked him up.

Getting comfy at home... He was sleeping like this.

J has been pining for a dog for so long, and he is so happy to have Bernie.  He is very helpful with him, too... takes him out without being asked, plays with him or walks him when he's hyper, fills his water bowl... it's such a big help to me.

We tried to get a pic with Reid and Bernie, but B just wanted to play and give Reid kisses.  They are like two puppies when they play together... I think B thinks Reid is his littermate.  Lol.

He is SO good with the boys!! Patient and not too hyper, but loves to play.  We are so happy he joined our family and I can't wait for the sweet memories we will make with him!

Oh, and about his name... We were unsure about a name but were kind of leaning toward Henry, but then one day J came in from the porch and said out of the blue, "What about Bernie?" and we loved it!!  He said it just popped into his head, but then he also remembered a book we had read that had a character named Bernie.  So the fact that J named him makes him extra special.