The Goods, the Bads, and the Uglies

Good: I finally got the Back to School Pics up

Bad: The Back to School pics are two weeks late.

Good: The boys were very excited for school.

Bad: The excitement wore off after just one day.

Ryan and the boys. Aren't all my men so handsome?

The boys and me at school. They couldn't wait to get to their class. They were almost late for their first day because I had to get pictures. Come on Mom!!!!

Big B-Dog going to 2nd grade (Ms. Jarboe's class)

Super big K-dog going to 4th grade (Mrs. Love's class)

Bad: I missed them so much the first day. I couldn't wait for them to get home.

Ugly: I waited and waited for them to get home. I cleaned the house to pass the time, not because it needed (ha ha). They got home, messed up my clean house and drove me crazy....how is that possible?

The Weekly Goods, Bads, and Uglies:

Good: I was talking with Kole about how big he was getting and I asked my soon to be 4th grader, where all the time had gone, he patted his heart and said, "right here." Isn't that enough to make an already emotional mom cry?

Good: My brother A.D. and his wife Serene, came over to Denver for a visit. We had so much fun. I have a real soft spot for my baby brother and his wife is cool wife too.

Adrian with Kole and Braydon.

Good: Swimming fun with Uncle A.D.

Adrian and Kole under the water. Can you see them?

Good/Bad: The swimmer who can't stop for photos, previously known as Kole.

Good: Braydon loves to pose for pictures. I'm definitely not a photographer, but I do love these pictures, perhaps it is the subject.

Good: We went to Elitch Gardens. It was more fun than we remembered.
Did you realize that part of the roller coaster is shaped like a heart? I didn't, my perceptive Braydon did.

Only $30 and we won these amazing stuffed animals that we had to have. Where are they now? In the basement.

Waiting in line. What do you see up so high Braydon and down so low Kole?

Braydon's favorite ride. He had to wear his sneakers with the tallest heal, and a hat that was propped up on his head so he could get on the "big" rides. He did inform us that he is going to eat more now so we don't have to do this next year.

Ryan loves loves loves the Merry Go Round.

My two scary boys.

Ugly: My baby brother posing in his swim trunks and the Texas Cape he won at Elitch Gardens, while I'm saying "you're a tiger." The people walking by didn't know what to think. I don't know what to think now either. Okay A.D. I'm sorry I called your photo session ugly....I'll now just call it BAD.

The Weekly Goods, Bads, and Uglies

Good: This blog is only truths. No more lies, I promise......well let's not be too hasty, no more lies for awhile :)

Good: We went on a family vacation!

Bad/Good: We took the kids to Las Vegas. Crazy right? You have to listen to why we went there, and then it makes perfect sense, at least it does in my crazy world. Ryan decided that we needed to save $$$ this year, so we would be taking a vacation to the beautiful Colorado Mountains. This did not seem like a vacation to me. I begged and pleaded, but he stayed firm. Then one day a telemarketer from the Hilton called offering us a free hotel suite in Vegas if we just went to a tiny little 2 hour meeting. Harmless right? I signed Ryan and I up, knowing that he would be so proud of me. Now we could drive to Vegas and stay for free. Our vacation would cost us almost nothing. I decided we had better take the kids with us, that would be selfish if our "family vacation" didn't include the boys :} Oh, Ryan was not as happy with me as I thought he would be. I had to put a deposit down that we would get back after attending that silly little time share meeting, so regardless of his not so happy reaction, our plans were set. So off we went on another Griswold Family Vacation.

Good: We rented a speed boat and hung out on Lake Mead one day. We had so much fun diving off the boat and swimming in the huge lake and teaching the boys to drive the boat. We left the camera in the car :{ but we had it when we stopped after at Lake Mead to check out the Hoover Dam. It really is huge with a whole lot of concrete.

Good: We went to Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay.

Good: We had a great time swimming. Braydon didn't even shiver when he got out of the pool. The boys even created an act fit for Vegas.

Good: We went to the Knights of the Roundtable. It was really cool, and the boys loved it. Okay, Ryan and I thought it was pretty cool too.

Bad: According to Braydon we had to walk and walk and walk. It is true. We didn't remember how far you had to walk to get to everything, and what you might see on your way to your destination. Oops.

Good: The kids were tired out every night, and slept in each day, so we got to sleep in too.

Ugly: The "little meeting" was not so fun. They seem to think you are out of your mind if you don't want to pay $30,000 up front, and $350 a month for an amazing time share in lovely Las Vegas. Ryan told our salesman, Sevren, that we were not interested in a time share. He then decided the best sales approach was to talk to me and insult Ryan. That didn't work for us. Shocking! After the meeting, Ryan told me that if I sign us up for another time share meeting, he will not go on vacation with me for 5 years. I'm pretty sure he meant it!

The Good, the Bad, and the Uglies:

I can't believe that I didn't post a blog last week. It was such an amazing week!

Good: Ryan got a promotion with a huge raise. Thanks sugar daddy!

Good: Kim was accepted into Mensa.

Good: Kole tested out of the 4th grade and will be going to 5th grade a year early. Way to go Kole.

Good; Braydon got a small part in a local commercial. Wish us luck!

Good; The boys' dreams have come true. We purchased two horses. Let us know if you would like to go for a ride sometime.

Bad: None of the above Goods are true.

Ugly; I'm a big fat liar, but in my defense, nothing of interest happened last week, although I could get into Mensa if I wanted to.