I decided to go with a more "boy" theme

I figured since my life revolves around boys, that at least for the short term my blog should too. Hence I got rid of the pink flowers and went with blue plaid.

Now I have to ask all you families with girls, what do you do in your evenings? We just got done having the "sweetest" (that is a quote from Jason) nerf dart gun fight in our living room. Everyone was hiding behind couches and chairs and shooting each other. I am not sure if it was before or after Robert shot me in the forehead that I began thinking I bet we wouldnt' be doing this if we had four girls......

Of course the boys (Mostly Robert the dad) got carried away and we had to put the guns away, but for the short time we played it was a lot of fun. i am positive we totally taught the boys a really bad habit of shooting people with nerf darts, but they were so funny rolling around like action movie stars. In my defense I didn't buy them the guns, grandma and grandpa did for Cody and carson's birthday. I am sure that in a few days I will be ripping nerf darts in half and silently murmering at my mother for buying them. But dang I say let boys be boys, and shoot the heck out of each other!

Family Campout and other news

Well we had our annual family campout, and while it was sooooo much fun, it was also really really cold! Back here in Oregon while temps were reaching close to 110 degrees, we were all freezing, and lucky if we hit 60. Then on the last night, which I loved, we had about a 12 hour lightening and thunder and RAIN storm. It poured all night long. But our tent stood strong. The boys loved it! The bad part was packing up the next day in the down pour. We got home everyone and everything was drenched.
The next day the boys and Robert headed up to Uncle Derek and Aunt Nic's house and left Mom home all alone for three days. Now first reaction is "Oh wow you must have loved all that time to yourself!" Ummmm no I absolutely hated it. It was way too quiet, and I have an OCD need to over worry about people when they aren't near me. So needless to say I made myself sick the first night and then pouted for two days. I pretty much wasted the whole time. But I think next time I will be able to better embrace the peacefulness. This is the first time I have ever spent more than a night away from the boys. On thing I definately liked was not being responsible for anyone!!!! I could go and do or not do what ever I wanted. I didnt have to check in with anyone. That lack of stress was definately great. But I am very glad to have my family all together in one house.

So the day the boys got back, was the day their cousins from Idaho came over to visit. They ended up spending he night, and I now owe my mom a huge apology! Here I was laying on the couch at midnight trying to get everyone quiet so we could go to bed, and all I hear is constant giggling, whispering, and more giggling, and I started having flashbacks to my childhood, when my poor mom was laying at home at midnight telling us if we didnt' be quiet and go to bed we were in trouble. It actually made me laugh! So I just left them alone and let them giggle and considered it my punishment 25 years later. We had so much fun while they were here. We swam, went to the park, had dinner parties and watched movies. I was totally exhausted by the time this weekend was over. We miss you guys so much and can't wait till we come to visit at spring break. It is going to be so much fun. Unfortuneately, I have no pics yet!!! They are coming though. I am going to steal them off the rest of the families blogs. My camera wouldn't cooperate with me so I got mad and put it away for the whole weekend.

School starts on Tuesday and Mom couldn't be happier!!!!! I will have three in school and only one at home, YAY! I seriously can't wait. We need some routine restored to our home. And the boys need some new faces to stare at all day. I think they are sick of each other. I am so ready for homework, reading, and a cleaner house. Not sure how Carson is going to react to being the only one home, but I think it will be good for him.

Oh yeah today just happens to be my baby's FOURTH BIRTHDAY! I can't believe he is four!

Happy Birthday Carson! We love you!

Le Bel Update

I haven't posted a personal post in a while so wanted to catch some things up. Life is going amazing at the moment for the Le Bel Family! We are enjoying our summer and getting ready for our Family Campout! The boys can't wait to see their Cousins! Just a couple more weeks unless someone explodes with excitment and anticipation.

Carson is busy being a kid! He is making a transition from baby to boy, and as fun as it is to watch, it kind of makes me sad. He is my last, so that means no more baby in our house. It is officially all Boy! And of all the boys, he is definately the most rowdy, rough and tumble. He is a blast to watch and has such a clever sense of humor. Plus he is smart as a whip and you always have to keep your eye on him.

Jason got his Kindergarten shots last month and went to see the movie Wall E with Dad. Neither of them were that thrilled with it. But Jason had fun on his Daddy Day and getting ready for school. He didnt' even cry when he got his shots, he is such a trooper! I am so proud of the rascal.

Cody is doing so well with his speech! He seems to improve everyday! He can say all those pesty difficult sounds he has had so much trouble with, and his conversational speech is great! We need to work on his speech when he is upset or excited now and he will be perfect. He works so hard and keeps up such an excellent attitude about it.

Bobby was able to learn an important life lesson recently, one that dad couldn't be more excited about. He learned to mow the lawn all by himself! Ok so Robert was right behind him, but it is a start. He needs to work on keeping the mower moving, it is still pretty heavy for him. But he was so excited and proud of himself.

Robert has also been able to enjoy the fruits (or vegatables) of his labor, as his garden is finally starting to give us a bounty. I was so impressed with the first cabbage of the year that I made him pose with it! Take a look it is way cool!

My hubby Rocks the Garden thing I am telling you! And just so you know ALL of Robert's pictures tend to look like prison photos! It is a Le Bel thing I think. How can you be so serious when you are posing with cabbbage?

Well I am going to close this post for now. Robert and I get a night to ourselves! My mom is taking all four boys for the night and I can't thank her enough. This doesn't happen often and it is greatly appreciated. So I have to get them all packed up and off to Grandma's. Oh here is a picture of Cody and I being "tough". I get complaints that I never post pictures of myself. So here ya go all you complainers.

I've been Husband Tagged!

1. What is his name?
Robert J. Le Bel III (Fancy huh)

2. Who eats more?
Without a second thought he totally out eats me!

3. Who said "I love you" First?
I really don't remember, it was kind of a whirlwind romance. We were engaged after eight days! I am sure he probably said it first, but we were both thinking it at the same time.

4. Who is taller?
He is, I am only 5'3"

5. Who is smarter?
Depends on the subject, we are both brilliant ;)

6. Who is more sensitive?
Definately Me

7. Who does the laundry?
Mostly me but he helps when I get behind

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?
I do

9. Who cooks more?
We both do the cooking, but Robert is a much better cook than I am. He cooks a lot and does all the baking.

10. Who pays the bills?
I do...Robert is clueless when it comes to the finances.

11. Who is more stubborn?
HE is! I am a push over!

12. Who is the first to admit they are wrong?
We really don't argue that much. I can't remember the last time one of us had to back down.

13. Who has more siblings?
He does by almost double!

14. Who wears the pants in the family?
I think it depends on the topic.... Sometimes I wear them sometimes he wears them. Most of the time we both wear pants.....lol funny image......

15. What do you like to do together?
Talk, be with our boys, cuddle, eat!

16. Who eats more sweets?
Oh my Gosh it would be me, Robert doesn't like anything that isn't whole grain!

17. Guilty Pleasures?
Working out..... sick isn't he!

18. How did you meet?
We met at a singles church party. We didn't date until a moth or so later, but then things moved quite quickly!

19. Who proposed?
He did, on the spur of the moment after eight days of dating. And the crazy person I am I said yes instantly.......sometimes you just know!

20. What are his best features?
He is his best feature, he is gorgeous! I would have to say his best feature is his smile, it makes everyone happy and is totally infectious!

21. What are his greatest qualities?
He is very spiritual, and a great husband and father. He is loving and treats me better than I knew anyone could! He is very respectful of women, and especially me.

I am tagging, Suzy, Megan, Jenny, Shawnel..... anyone else that reads this and wants to do it. It as a lot of fun!

I found my Camera!!!!

And I think I am the dork that hid it! It was on my tv behind a picture! Well just wanted to update cause more pics to come! We are all going swimming tonight and Cody learned to swim without his jacket. He is so excited.

Update on the Fourth

Well we lived through another one and no one was mamed....although one was pretty close (those of you there know what I am talking about). Boy was it so much fun! The boys had a blast! I can't thank the Dell's enough for continuing to include us in this event. It is so much fun and we just love them so much! The boys think of them as family, so hopefully they don't mind.
Overall it was a great day. We had a great parade, and we were mean parents who made the boys walk there and back, carrying their chairs. It was only about a mile, but you would have thought it was more like ten! What a bunch of whiners. I take it back only the older kids whined. The babies were real troopers.
Unfortuneately we have no pictures! Again my camera has mysteriously vanished! I know I will find it again, proabably under another couch cushion. I am pretty sure an unnamed Le Bel boy was playing with it when I walked in and hid it somewhere. I can usually tell by the pictures I find when I find it.

Hope everyone had as much fun as we did on the fourth!

Happy Fourth of July!!!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Fourth of July! We just got home from the CP Parade, and are getting ready for the BBQ with Robert's Parents. This happens to be his birthday party too! He is finally as old as I am! This only happens six months a year and then I am older again....LOL.
After the BBQ we are off to Gold Hill to watch our old neighbors create their own fireworks display, it is fun and scary and probably stupid, but this is year six and so far no one has gotten hurt so we blindly keep moving forward.

Anyway BE SAFE and HAVE FUN tonight everyone! We love you all.