Crumpton Classics

My Re-Finished Table

2010-04-07T19:54:00.000-07:00

So I saw these really neat zebra chairs at Hobby Lobby and totally wanted em! But many of you know that we have no space for MORE furniture. So...I did want a sofa table, so I looked on craigslist and found this neat table for a good deal.

Then I brought it home and sanded it, drew up what I wanted all over the table and labeled what needed to be painted which color and then I was off!

So after about 20 hours of work I am at this point! I still have a few touch ups to do and I have to seal it but I really LOVE IT! (I think Brasser likes it too!)

I drew the stripes on free hand. I had taken a picture of the chairs that I loved with my phone, so I looked onto that for a guide. I am excited about it for sure!

Brasser is 3 Years Old!!!!!

2010-03-07T18:20:00.001-08:00

I cannot believe how fast the time goes by! Brasser Turned 3 on Friday and we just had the best weekend! Brasser is sooooo Fun and he keeps us on our toes! We love him so much and are so happy he is part of our family. 3 years old already...WOW!!!

Extremely awesome friends of ours offered to let us borrow their camper/r.v. this weekend. We drove up to Kerrville and stayed in the park there. The boys had so much fun riding their jeep and "shooting bugs" in the woods. The weather was nice and cool, the nights were CHILLY! Thank goodness for the r.v.! Brassers birthday was on Friday and I thought that maybe we should take him to play at McDonalds or something...what was I thinking...lol. We were camping! Nothing gets better than camping for boys who LOVE to be outside.

Russ and I went to by NINTENDO DS for Brassers birthday. We had him with us but didnt think it would even register to him that we were buyin his present. He was busy looking at other things while we shopped. Then like a week passed and I said "Hey Brasser what do you want for your birthday?" and he said "A BLUE DS!" I cracked up laughing! Nothing gets by him anymore!

Spiderman Birthday party!

Destination Imagination

2010-02-26T08:47:00.000-08:00

So Ryker was in Destination Imagination this year. It is nationwide from 1-12 grade. It is a group that teaches problem solving and so much more! These kids had to make a structure from newspaper and tape only and then make up a story about it and act it out. A news cast had to be part of the story and it needed to be 8-10 min long. Ryker played the part of a GRUMPY news reporter. I was a coach and we were not allowed to help on the day of the performance. These kids are 6 years old! They acted out the entire skit, rotated backdrops and made soundeffects all by themselves! They were awesome! I was super proud of Ryker when he memorized one short line for church, He memorized 27 lines!!!! They were incredible!!!

New Moon Party

2009-11-22T23:28:00.000-08:00

So we have new friends in the ward now and we love em already! :) Cessily and Austin moved in and it wasn't long before Cessily came up with an awesome idea to go the the New Moon midnight showing...and the party planning started!!!!

Before we new it we had a group of ladies in the ward ready to join in!!!! Many hadn't read the books or even seen the Twilight movie!!!!!! After the New Moon showing...I think they are catching up on that as we speak, lol!

We had so much fun planning decorations and food too!

After attempting to buy New Moon napkins at Party City, which wasn't successful! Cessily drove like 45 minutes to buy some at a grocery store of all places! Yea Cessily they totally looked awesome!!!

Here we are! We had so much fun planning and decorating! The ladies night was fun! Cant wait for the next one!!!!

Halloween...Super Super Late

2009-11-14T18:31:00.000-08:00

Like Brother, Like Brother

2009-09-03T18:55:00.000-07:00

So Brasser loves his big brother and wants to be just like him. Ryker loves the Marvel characters, he collects the toys and all that. So along the way Brasser has picked it up too! Check this out! Now that I know he can remember things so well, Ive got to teach him something productive! :)

Wow...First Grade

2009-08-25T18:39:00.001-07:00

I cannot believe the time has flown by long enough for Ryker to be in the First grade! He was so excited to start school again. As you can see Brasser in the back just kinda watching, was sad his brother left for the day. All morning long Ryker was taking his sweet time and we were worried that he might be pushing it. So we kept saying "Hurry we don't want you to be late", Russ said when Ryker walked into to his classroom he said "Sorry I'm late." I can totally picture him saying that with his "serious" face, haha. What a cute kid!

And I know all mothers say this about their kids so I just have to join in... "I knew my kids would be good looking...but wow this boy is HANDSOME!"

Oh and the search for these shoes was just so time consuming but we found em in his size ...finally. He really wanted em and I wanted him to be able to enjoy these character loving years while he's still young enough.

Check this out... his shoes match his shirt! I just love it! Russ can help him with his homework through the years and I can help with the shopping! heehee!

Summer Fun part 1

2009-08-02T20:46:00.000-07:00

We spent a week with my parents and with Mark and Kelsey at a condo type place and we had so much fun! We went swimming and we played games and went swimming again, and again and again. The Hispanic genes are pulling through! lol. The boys are sooooo brown! So brown and so darn handsome, heehee.

Ryker loves air hockey! We had a great time playing! We played mini golf and board games too! He's pretty awesome at battleship!

This is the face Brasser gives lately when I ask for a smile, heehee! I love it! We had a great week, the boys did not wanna go home!

There was a biggo bath tub , the boys had a blast... just a dab of shampoo, turn on the jets and bubble city!!!!

Wicked!!!!

2009-06-24T13:36:00.000-07:00

My niece Kaylee and I, We had a blast!

Russell's brother Ronnie Paul and family passed through town a few weeks ago. They were on their way out to West Texas for vacation. But.... JUST had to stop along the way to see the awesome and incredible show Wicked!
Russ is not a huge fan of musicals so he became the babysitter for the little ones and

I JUST had to go along! The play was in San Antonio at the Majestic and boy was it AWESOME!

I loved it. It was great and I cant wait to see it again!!!!!

Congratulations Kelsey and Mark!

2009-06-22T20:31:00.000-07:00

Congratulations!

I am a little late Posting this but better late than never! Kelsey graduated in May from Schreiner University with a bachelors degree in Psychology. We are really excited for her! She has worked so hard to finish school! Mark also received an associates degree in Biomedical engineering. They recently moved to Waco so that Mark could finish up a second degree.

I was excited to have a picture taken together! Delaney couldn't be there and we really missed her so next time we are all together again we've got to snap a picture!

WE ARE PROUD OF YOU, SAY WE ARE PROUD OF YOU! WOOOO-HOOOOO!

YEA KELSEY AND MARK!

Marvel Mania

2009-06-19T19:23:00.000-07:00

My best friend Christina is incredibly talented!
We wanted to make Ryker and Brassers room into a marvel character room, and I didn't want just posters or just boring stuff on the walls. So I bought some canvas and paints at Hobby Lobby and made a call in to my BESTEST friend. She is so awesome! She is very talented but totally doesn't recognize it! So she painted these pictures for us and we love em!

Ryker was so excited about them! In addition to some marvel posters and comic books his room is pretty neat!

I thought this one was so neat! They all are really! I am lucky to have a talented friend that will share her talent with ME!!! YEA!

Deja Vu

2009-06-16T15:39:00.000-07:00

Hmmmmmm, There is something familiar about the whole broken arm process???!!!! SHEESH!
Brasser broke his arm in March and Ryker broke his arm last week!
It must be all the extra food they demand, lol....It just weighs them down!

So Ryker went to spend the week with grandma and grandpa in Odessa. I got a call on Sunday evening from grandma saying "I think Ryker broke his arm, have your insurance info ready and I will call you back." Meanwhile Ryker was screaming in the background. Luckily Russell was just pulling in the driveway from work and he was able to think clearly. Had it just been me home I probably would have packed Brasser and I up and headed to west Texas.
So it turned out to be what they call a "buckle", same thing Brasser had. He said he wanted to stay at grandmas and grandpas so we called every day to make sure he was doing okay. No one could spoil him more that's for sure.
As you can see this broken arm has not affected his ability to play XBOX Spiderman!

Happy Birthday Ryker!

2009-06-06T09:27:00.000-07:00

Rykers birthday was on May 25Th. He turned 6 this year! Yikes! Time has flown by so fast. He was born at 6:10 on a Sunday morning, he was 38 weeks along. He weighed 8 lbs. 150z. He was our little sumo wrestler. We celebrated his birthday several times this year. He celebrated with his kindergarten class, cupcakes and a special little birthday hat. And water day was that day too!

We celebrated with our family with presents and then we went to a pizza place, we ate and ate and ate. Then we played games we had a good time. Russ discovered that if he played this strong man- sludge hammer game,lol, that we would get bunches of tickets so by the end of our outing the boys bought alot of neat prizes. Fun times. He also had a birthday party with friends from church and his awesome cousin came too. They had a blast, pizza, cake and xbox all night long. He got a new spider man game and an Iron man game. Russ stayed up with the kids and played and snored and played again.
He had a really great birthday! Grandma and Grandpa took him to buy some "faster running shoes" he was excited to see if he could be faster on the playground! We cant believe the school year is over now too and he will be a first grader next year. Wow, bitter sweet!

Yea! I Am Finished!

2009-04-17T19:20:00.001-07:00

So, for the Stake Relief Society Women's Conference every ward has been assigned to make a center piece. Every table will have a center piece from a different ward. Some how our ward missed the memo about this and during our weekly presidency meeting, I must have been high or something, lol, because I volunteered to make it!

Sheesh! Shortly after I became WORRIED! So of course I called my mom to share my idea and to ask her if it was even possible, she is incredibly creative so I knew if I had her help everything would turn out awesome. But....Our schedules haven't been meshing well so we only had a few hours together to brainstorm. The theme is Temples: Pattern For Life.

My mom is very talented. We came up with an idea to make the San Antonio temple as an outline with an arrangement of Texas flowers in the center. She made the flower arrangement and help come up with the "how to" part, But the execution part fell on me because she had to head back to work.

So after many late nights, I have learned how to measure, paint, use an exacto knife and super glue my fingers. HaHa. It has been challenging but I am kinda proud of myself! My momma has rubbed off on me a little! I know it would have turned out even better had she done most of it herself but I have to say I'm a little impressed! Yea! I am building my "Mormon girl" skills. lol.

Spring Break.....Hmmmmmm

2009-03-16T23:08:00.001-07:00

So Spring Break should be fun I think. Between Brassers broken arm and an ER trip with Ryker for ear infections in the middle of the night...Spring break wasn't exactly boring. Things could have been worse I suppose...We only had one broken bone. We did find out that the younger you are the faster you heal. A rule of thumb: one week of healing is estimated for every year old you are. So Brasser only has to have a cast on for two weeks!!!! Yea! So I am counting down the days for that, He has no trouble climbing, running, jumping, falling, etc. But the bathing situation is a pain. He truly thinks he is invincible! He has been so tough. Its as if he never fell to begin with.

So after plenty of Doctor visits the week has ended and school has begun again. Ryker was so excited to go to school this morning he could hardly hide the excitement! And Brasser woke up searching the house for his brother Ry-re.

Happy Birthday Brasser

2009-03-16T22:09:00.000-07:00

I am so late posting this...Brasser was born on March 5, 2007 and he weighed 7lbs, 150z. He has been so darn cute from the moment we met him and he has grown soooo fast I almost cant believe it. He adds so much excitement to this home we couldn't imagine our family any other way.

On his actual Birthday I made cupcakes and we sang to Happy Birthday to him, Russ had to work most of the day. It was so funny Brasser was outside playing and I could not get him to come inside so... I put a chocolate cupcake on a plate and waived it in front of him...he high tailed it right into the kitchen! He loves sweets, he cracks me up. Now I know how to get him moving!

We planned a curious George Birthday party for Saturday afternoon with some close friends and family who live close by. The morning of his birthday party he was standing on a kitchen chair eating breakfast and somehow lost balance and fell to the floor. YIKES. He held his little arms out to catch himself and was in alot of pain. (did I mention we have a counter height kitchen table!) Sheesh. So My mom and I took him into an emergency clinic and after much deliberation and x rays, it was determined, he broke his arm. OUCH. He was so tired after 4 trys of wrapping his arm in a splint, he hated every bit of it and was in alot of pain. But...We did make it back in time for the Birthday celebration.

Here he is before the party started and we did let him rest until cake and presents time. He was a pro at blowing out his candles and was so cute with his little cast. What a trooper.

He had an eventful Birthday and even though his arm was broken he did attempt to jump on the trampoline with his rifle in one hand and a cast on the other. Happy Birthday Brasser we love you!

Valentines Day

2009-02-15T20:21:00.000-08:00

We had a great Valentines Day. Ryker and Brasser woke up to neat spider man lunch boxes filled with candy and fun valentines day treats. Sorry I don't have a picture, my camera was out out battery and I was able to charge it just in time for a few pictures of dinner... So Russell had to work until 7:00 PM, so I had an idea. I went online and found the recipe of the AWESOME P.F. CHANG'S LETTUCE WRAPS! Yes they are so delicious and we love that place but wouldn't have time to go there since Russ would be working...So my parents came to town and my mom and I got to work around 12noon and we didn't sit until after we ate dinner around 8PM. We made won ton soup, fried won tons, chicken lettuce wraps, the official PF Chang's sauce, fried rice and a Broccoli stir fry. I almost forgot to snap a picture..we were enjoying the meal so much!

Also a homemade chocolate heart shaped cake and chocolate covered strawberries! Wow we ate good! Oh and Russ bought a nice bouquet of flowers and I'm am being treated to a Swedish massage on Friday! Yay. I'm really excited. Overall a great Valentines Day. We stood up all day in the kitchen but the end result was delicious and the groceries only cost us $40.00. Awesome.

Bye Bye Brasser's shoe

2009-02-04T19:18:00.000-08:00

So, we went to Landa Park yesterday to feed the ducks and enjoy the nice weather. We had a fun time and the ducks were very hungry so that made all the bread throwing more fun. We decided to walk over to a pier and look out . While standing there Russell looked down at Brasser who looked to be pulling his foot out from a small space in the fence and we heard a little splash...

There went Brassers shoe floating down the river, never sunk. Just kinda bobbled along. Luckily those shoes were about done anyway, I noticed his toes were almost cramped up inside so I am glad that they weren't new shoes, lol.

Here is Brasser so cute with only one shoe. We tried to take turns carrying him back to the truck but in the end he had to walk and make some use of his one good shoe.

Bowling Night!

2009-01-25T20:02:00.000-08:00

So we went bowling on Friday night, we had the best time. It was great, on the weekends they have what is called lunar bowling. Everything glows in the dark and the boys had a blast!

Ryker would fast step and slide himself onto the floor and granny roll his ball down the lane. He has been bowling in gym class at school so he was excited to go to the bowling alley and bowl for real. Maybe when he goes to gym class he will be an even awesomer bowler, lol!

Brasser had a fun time in the game room test driving all the games, notice his bear behind him on the seat, lol. That bear doesn't miss any action!

He had a great time just rolling the balls around on the rack. We had so much fun we will have to become a regular at the bowing alley!

Happy Birthday Russell!!!!

2009-01-18T18:53:00.000-08:00

Russell turned 30 yesterday! Wow time flys! We had a fun time celebrating!

We started the day out with some good ol hootenanny, (German pancakes). Russells favorite. He had to go to work, so the boys and I cooked up some of his favorite chicken enchiladas for dinner. We went and bought a coconut cream pie from Marie Callendars. We had balloons every where and confetti and silly string waiting for him! Fun Fun! Ryker loves the silly string part on daddy's birthday. Brasser on the other hand hates it. heehee.

We had so much fun. We love birthdays.

Earlier in the week we celebrated his birthday with friends and family at Texas Roadhouse. Great food!

Ryker loves to visit with friends, he gets a little silly... A lot silly.

Happy Birthday Russell!

Family Fun!

Happy Birthday, We love you!

Awesome Ointment!

2009-01-18T18:27:00.000-08:00

I know this is the weirdest thing to blog about but I have to share this awesome diaper rash ointment. I haven't ever seen anything like it. Brasser had a stomach virus and his little bottom was soooo sore and I couldn't get it to clear up no matter what we tried. Then a friend at church (RN and mother of 5) recommended a recipe they have always used. Balmex, A&D original ointment, Lotrimin athletes foot cream and Hydrocortisone cream 1%. This works wonders. It does not hurt or burn and in one treatment I noticed a world of difference. I bought a little container and mixed it up. I use it over anything else! Awesomest ointment ever!

Monster Truck Show

2009-01-15T20:22:00.000-08:00

Sorry the pictures are so hard to see, Russell took Ryker to the Monster Truck Jam in San Antonio last weekend, Ryker had a blast. They had to wear ear plugs because it was crazy loud in the dome but they had a good time. Russell said that Rykers eyes were huge when the trucks came out. His favorite was the Bat Man truck!

Christmas break

2009-01-15T19:45:00.001-08:00

We had an awesome time during Christmas Break! We started the Break with Delaney and her family and Kelsey and her husband and my parents. We had alot of fun together. We wish Delaney was closer...Alaska is too far away! Thanks for all the fun gifts and thanks mom for making the awesome blankets! Ryker loves his and I love mine too! You are awesome! We love you guys! We thought this picture of the kids turned out wonderful considering all that could have gone wrong with toddlers, it was a success! Cant wait to get together again, wish it were soon!

The boys had fun Christmas morning! We went to Odessa to be with Grandma and Grandpa and Rod and Jazz. Really great time! My new years resolution is to be a HUGE GAME PLAYER... not really. lol. But I will try to brush up on my skills, :) Russ should be happy!

We love to see the boys so excited when they get to open alot of neat stuff! Thanks for the scooter, Ryker loves it and has practiced plenty! Thanks Jazz for the time u spent on the beanies! They are really neat and have come in handy this week! We were able to see Russ's older brother and his family too! Fun times, Ryker loves spending time with his cousin Zachary, they had a great time together! Ryker misses him already!

When we are in Odessa Ryker loves to go straight over to the huge movie selection and never leave grandma and grandpas house...ever! The boys have so much fun there and we cant wait to visit again. Thanks for all the wonderful gifts and for spoiling us while we are there.

Halloween

2008-11-03T20:53:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween!After alot of thought Ryker decided he wanted to be the Human Torch for Halloween. He loves fantastic 4 and he loved the idea of getting to wear the fire hair! Ryker loves costumes it doesn't have to be October for him to want a costume!
Brasser on the other hand had no say in the matter and I decided he would be Superman! He was an awesome one at that. He is so darn cute and he had alot of fun watching all the other kids on Halloween night.
We really tried to get a good picture of both boys smiling just perfectly but that was just soooo hard to do , so one looking directly at the camera and one looking away was just fine with me. Halloween is so fun and this year we went to a carnival in Odessa and then went trick or treating around grandma and grandpas house. The boys had a blast, once Brasser saw that candy was being given out he had to have a taste! We had so much fun!

Student of the Week!!!!

2008-11-03T20:43:00.000-08:00

Okay so this picture isn't the best but Ryker is still so cute! Ryker was awarded "Student of the Week" At school two weeks ago. He loves school.Russ and I are so proud of him, He started school with zero interest in learning anything, lol, but now he wants to know more and more. Super Proud of Ryker!

I have been tagged

2008-10-04T20:03:00.000-07:00

So, Aubrey thanks for the tag. This should be interesting... :)

The rules of The game:
1.Post the rules on your blog
2.Write 6 random things about yourself
3.Tag 6 people at the end of the post

SOOOO, Here we go...

1. I love bacon, shrimp and avocado sandwiches from the Cheese Cake Factory! Love Them!

2. I cant stand the door to a room to be cracked, either open it or close it...Ive gotten better about this since I need to hear my boys better at night but it still bugs me for some reason.

3. I love to cook, anyone who knew me growing up never would have guessed it but I do love to cook. I love to try new recipes.

4. I absolutely hate driving over dead animals, ewwwww, the split second they are dead under the car is the worst. GROSS!

5. I LOVE SHOES! All colors of the rainbow, high ones low ones frilly ones and grandma looking ones, lol. I LOVE SHOES!

6. I love being a mom. I love my boys more and more everyday even when I think I cant possibly love them more I find more love :)

So, I don't know who to tag so who ever wants to do this have fun with it! :) Thanks Aub!

Weekend in Odessa Texas

2008-09-28T19:26:00.000-07:00

So Russell is from west texas. He played football for Permian High school. This is the same school that the book and movie "Friday Night Lights" was about. I had never been to one of these games and last weekend we were in Odessa and thought we would go to one. Ive lived in texas all my life and have never seen a high school football game sooooo crazy. There were people in the parking lot having tailgate parties, I swear the whole city was there. We tried to take a picture of the fans, spotted black and white all over. Even babies had MOJO Madness all over them! Insane! It was so fun. The hype is contagious! It was almost as if we were at a professional football game. FUN FUN! Too bad Odessa is soooo far away. I know Ryker and Brasser would love to be part of this CRAZY FOOTBALL MADNESS! Fun weekend!
While we were in Odessa the boys had a blast. We ate lunch at an awesome place. Brasser loves to dip, he dipped chips in queso and nuggets in ketchup and then he fell asleep! It was sooo cute, Our boys have never done this.Ive heard of so many babies falling asleep while eating, We had to take a little video before scooping him up, hes soooo sweet!

Thanks for the Tag!

2008-09-23T19:21:00.000-07:00

1. Where did you meet? Russell and I met at church. His family moved into our ward while he was on his mission. He came home and took a double take at me from the stand, lol. who does that?! Not long after I fell madly in love and couldn't turn back!

2.How long did you date before you were married? 5 months...WHOA!

3.How long have you been married? 7 1/2 Years, wow time flys!

4.What does he do that surprises you? He is insanely incredible at 99% of the things he tries to do. Sports, games, bowling, ping pong, you name it and he is awesome.

5.What is your favorite feature of his? I LOVE his dimples!

6. What is your favorite quality of his? I love his personality. He can make anyone laugh, he always has perfect timing.

7. Does he have a nickname for you? Nothing outrageous, mostly pet names.

8. What is his favorite color? Black

9.What is his favorite food? Chicken Enchiladas

10. What is his favorite sport? FOOTBALL

11. When and where was your first kiss? We were at the Japanese tea gardens in San Antonio just walking around and he was really jittery, lol. He leaned in for a kiss but I looked away at that exact moment(not knowing thats what he was going to do), lol so he tried to play it off but then a second later he had perfect timing. Hee Hee that makes me laugh when I look back at it. :)

12. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? I love to go to the driving range
together (dosn't happen very often now with 2 kids) or watch movies!

13.Do you have children? Yes, two crazy, beautiful boys!

14.Does he have a hidden talent? Yes, he has really neat ideas when he wants to be romantic. Hes pretty good at it :)

15. How old is he? 29

16.Who said I love you first? He did, when i dropped him off at his house one night, he was so cute.

17. What is his favorite type of music? Alternative

18. What do you admire most about him? He is always willing to do whatever it takes to make our life together happier. He has worked so hard getting a college degree even after we had new babies to focus on. Love that!

19.Do you think he'll read this? If I show it to him, lol

20. Who will you tag? I will tag Delaney and Aubrey

Pink Eye and Paranoia, lol

2008-09-12T10:54:00.000-07:00

So here they are trying to make due with one good eye each. lol.

So Brasser woke up Wednesday with his poor eye swollen almost shut... I knew right away that it was pink eye and hoped Ryker could make it without the same results. But shortly after coming home from the doctor with Brasser, Ryker's school called and said he had the same thing... PINK EYE. So they enjoyed a few hours of brotherly swelling, lol and the Ryker started to get ear infections. So we had to take him in for that and after hours of waiting for prescriptions and medication. He felt much better.
Ryker missed school thursday but was ready for school today. To say the least Russell and I are on a mission, We do not want PINK EYE! So this place is stocked with hand sanitizer and clorox wipes. The laundry is constantly being rotated and so far we have suceeded! Hurray for that!

Time out for Two?

2008-09-08T21:48:00.001-07:00

Brasser is soooo curious! Ryker wants to be the "Big Brother" but Brasser dosn't want to be the "Little Brother" Who gets left behind. Even when Ryker is sent to the corner Brasser must go along and see whats so special about the wall he's leaning on! Too cute, I love my boys!

The Fastest shoes!

2008-08-31T14:43:00.000-07:00

So, Ryker loves to pick out his shoes and he thinks that he always picks out the fastest shoes possible. After school one day this week I asked him if he was the tallest in his class and he said "Yes, except there is this one boy with a HUGE head!" and I chuckled and explained that he shouldn't say this because it might hurt the boys feelings.

Then the next day he came home and said "Mom that boy with the HUGE head likes to chase me on the playground but my shoes are sooo fast, that boy picked out SLOW shoes!"
I couldn't help but laugh! He is sooo funny, I swear he really thinks that his shoes are speedsters. Love that, Just thought Id share! Oh yeah and we also talked about Learning the other kids names instead of describing what they look like.

Bittersweet...

2008-08-25T07:22:00.000-07:00

Well we have been gearing up for the first day of Kindergarten for sometime now. Ryker has been so excited he could hardly stand it. We have shopped till we dropped and Now the day has arrived. SO here I am trying to be positive and not turn into a complete BAWL BAG, at least not anymore. (that was last night, heehee)Russell and I talked about how the time has really flown by and about how great our journey has already been. Ryker was so excited he was already awake when I went in his room to wake him up, I said "How did you wake up by yourself?" and he said "It was just a little bit daylight." I had told him that it was going to be dark when I would come to wake him up, so he was worried if the sun was up that he would miss school.
Of course he picked out some pretty funny transformer shoes that light up, he has been begging to wear them. Had to show them to the camera, he loves them.
I have to say that I think that he is so handsome! So proud of him. He has not said anything negative about going to school, he has been sooooo excited.

Well, Ryker has been wanting to comb his own hair lately and he insists that the front be straight up in the air. We had to get a haircut because I was afraid that he wasn't going to fit through the door way anymore! Love that! Soooo Handsome!
Russell had to take him to his classroom alone because I was not going to risk turning into the Bawler again, lol. Ryker thought that I was sad because "Daddy has to go to work", I tried not to let him know that I am sad that he is "Mr. Independent". That's okay, He has grown up so fast and I'm excited to know that he is ready! Bitter sweet day.

Hurray! He spelled his name!!

2008-08-16T21:44:00.000-07:00

So Russell and I have been trying forever to get Ryker to spell his name. His attention span is sooo short if he doesn't care about what is going on. A miracle has taken place once again. The way to teach this boy is with BRIBERY! lol, He found two of his hidden Christmas presents in Russell's closet, oh boy was he excited, lol.

The sad news was that we would be returning them to the store until Christmas. But, If he could spell his name all by himself then he could choose one toy. He was outside with sidewalk chalk and he came inside and said "Mom your gonna be so proud come look." And Oh my, am I so proud! Hurray!Here he is asleep with his new favorite toy Doctor Octopus.

Help! 1 1/2 year old on the loose with his little bear too!

2008-08-14T17:51:00.000-07:00

So Russell and I were doing some heavy duty cleaning this morning and Brasser was really fussy so we decided that it was time for a nap. We put him in bed with his bear and closed the door. We got back into the cleaning mode and next thing we know... Brasser comes strolling along down the hallway with his bear tucked under his armpit. He sure was trying to tell me all about his escape but it was of course in "Baby Talk". SERIOUSLY How is this possible Ryker slept in a play pen until he was 3years old and never once tried to escape, lol!
So I decided I had to see it for myself, I laid on the floor in his room and hid while Russell brought him back in for nap, it didnt take long before he starting scheming, he folds the bottom of the playpen up and stands on it, throws his bear over the side and then hes next! Crazy! We are now planning our own little scheme to keep him in bed!!!!

Oh the Joys of Motherhood!!!!

2008-08-12T19:08:00.000-07:00

So Brasser hasn't been feeling so good. He started to have a runny nose on Sunday morning and we thought that it was just allergies, But now I think he has a little cold. Also we have always known that he has an intolerance to milk but he can usually have milk in small doses.

Well he threw up twice yesterday after having dairy products, hopefully its just because he is already sick, maybe it is a virus. So he has been the bathtub king! Loves the bath tub, especially since he isn't feeling well. So I have spent the last 24hours in the bathroom cleaning up splashed water...EVERYWHERE , lol. Oh the joy of Motherhood!!

Happy Birthday Grandma!!!!

2008-08-06T21:32:00.000-07:00

Grandma we wish we could be there to celebrate your birthday with you, we miss you!
We hope grandpa spoils you more than ever,
you deserve it!

Hope you have a good day!!!

A weekend of Erin and Russell time!!!!

2008-07-16T09:00:00.000-07:00

So Russell and I had the weekend to ourselves! My parents kept the boys so we had so many things planned for our weekend. We went to the temple on friday afternoon. Always nice to be there. Just snapped a pic in the parking lot. Then we went to see a movie and we had plenty of time to wait so we walked over to the Bass Pro shop to kill time.

Russ thought Ryker would love this and think he was sooooo BRAVE. lol

We went to Dragon place, Sushi Zushi, Mamacitas and Chilis. We saw two movies, went to the temple and Schlitterbahn and even bowling!!!!!!! Insane!!! We really took advantage of our weekend. Thanks for watching the boys!!!!!

Miracle on Martindale street!

2008-07-16T08:51:00.000-07:00

Ryker has been really nervous around water since last summer. Nothing traumatizing ever happened, i guess he just became aware of how dangerous water can be. So little by little we starting swimming and he started to open up.
We enrolled him in a two week swimming class and oh my did it make a difference. He still cant really "swim" but he is much more brave and we are sooooo proud of him. He spent the weekend with my parents and they took him to a friends pool, they called and said " You wont believe it, Ryker has been jumping in off the side all day!" he has a life jacket to swim in the deep but even that is a MIRACLE!!!!!!
I have an awesome video clip but I couldn't get it too work so I will keep trying.

4TH of July weekend

2008-07-16T08:35:00.000-07:00

I know this is extremely late but here it goes anyway... We went to Houston for a Crumpton family weekend. The weekend was really fun. We don't get to spend time together often enough.
A weekend full of cousins, xbox, shopping, swimming, fireworks and good food! What else could possibly be missing. We had so much fun and wish we could see more of the family more often.
Finally some cousins to jump on! (I'm sure brasser was loving this) Ryker had so much fun, we hardly saw him the entire weekend.

Brasser loved swimming. He really wanted to be independent but the water was deep so he had to settle for daddy's hip.

Bored?...Nah

2008-06-22T14:22:00.000-07:00

Well I really tried to get a picture of the boys smiling at the same time but it was impossible. We love to see them having fun together, Brasser loves to follow Ryker around and learn big boy stuff, its sooo cute!

SUMMER FUN

2008-06-22T14:05:00.000-07:00

Well we have been in the sun plenty lately. We've been to the Wave pool and Landa Park. Brasser loves the water and wants to be left alone so he can swim. He loves to explore all alone. "No holding hands and for goodness sakes quit following me!"

Ryker is loving the water much more than last summer and hopefully he'll be starting swimming lessons soon. He's learned to dunk his head under water and hold his breath for a long time. And they both have an awesome tan. :)

A WEEK IN GALVESTON!!!!

2008-06-06T08:40:00.000-07:00

Zach and Ryker the PIRATE PARTY ANIMALS!!

We went to Galveston for a week and had an awesome time. We went to the beach and also celebrated Rykers 5th birthday! Ryker is 5. Cant believe it... crazy. He had a pirate party with a treasure hunt and even a pinata. Yes you heard me a PINATA!!! Our first ever BLIND FOLD EM, SPIN EM AROUND and SWING!!! No one was hurt and we all benefited from the batting practice, with CANDY. Fun day.

Two sleepy heads!

Believe it or not these boys fell asleep all on their own! They were so tired we didn't even have to convince anyone go to sleep. Now thats what I call EASY!

Zach and Ryker at Rainforest Cafe

We ate at Rainforest Cafe one of the nights we were there and had alot of fun. Its a really neat place. Inside where we ate was covered with all kinds of animals including gorillas that came to life. Awesome fun!!!

Zachary Crumptons GONE SURFIN, SURFIN USA!!!!

Fun at the beach! The beach in Galveston is nice, there was an awesome breeze, it made the day more fun and relaxing. The kids had so much fun. There was a shower outside the beach house so that was nice, boy were they yucky!

Ryker buried in fun!

Well Ryker loved being buried by the older kids and if you hadn't noticed they gave him some interesting body parts which he thought was just too funny. Silly Boys.

Brasser was loving the beach!

Between the salt water and the sand Brasser had a mouth full of excitement. He loved it, he was so tired at the end of our beach days he even took naps AT THE BEACH ! whoo hoo!
We had a good trip and Ryker loved spending time with his cousin. Fun trip!

A fun weekend in Kerrville

2008-05-19T13:46:00.000-07:00

A weekend full of Shopping, Golfing, swimming , good eating and good company. We went to Nana and Papi's house this weekend and had so much fun. If Ryker had it his way we would never leave their house. Russ got to do some golfing and I got to do some shopping highlight of our trip. :)

We went to Pedernales Falls in Johnson city the boys had a good time. Ryker is normally a chicken when it comes to swimming but a miracle came through and he had a fun time in the water. I thought that I was going to have to drag him into swimming lessons this summer but maybe now he'll walk.

Brasser was cute as can be, I wasn't sure if he was going to want to swim so he didn't have swim trunks on. But once he got his big toe wet it was all over, blue lips and a chattering smile he still wouldn't get out.

We bought the boys some golf clubs too and they had fun with that. Brasser loved smacking the ball, He whacked the ball with the golf club and the other fist was clinched tight as can be, maybe this is his calling, hee hee. He'd fit right in... Ive seen some grown men wearing outfits just like this.

Brasser has been BUZZED...again

2008-05-09T13:08:00.001-07:00

YES SIREE BOB WE BUZZED HIM AGAIN!

When Brasser was about five months old we decided to buzz his head and we loved it. He has since grown it out and been just as cute. We decided to take him to get a picture taken at target and then buzz him for the summer.
In this picture Brasser is cute as ever with his best friend. A bear given to him by grandma.

Ryker made it perfectly clear that he did not want a haircut like Brasser, But in his prayer the first night he said "Thank you for Brasser silly haircut", sooo cute.

HURRAY for a NO INJURY season!!!!

2008-05-09T10:31:00.000-07:00

So here we go with our very first blog...

Ryker has been playing T-Ball!!! We are excited to say he is a natural. When it comes to Batting and Throwing boy is he awesome. Now PAYING ATTENTION is another story. But it is time for a celebration...He has successfully made it through his first season without being beaned by the ball so HURRAY for this!!!! And I if I do say so myself, he is a good looking ball player.