bits + pieces

bits & pieces of last week. 

keeping me company while i tidy the kitchen. 

"cheese!"

webcam shots while we wait for papa.

stealing brother's backpack. & mason is a tiny nudist. he chooses to hang in his training pants all day. 

homework & after school snacks. 

hand-stitching without a thimble. no bueno. 

sota. the most patient puppy in the history of life. 

i cannot tell you how thankful i am for his long, dark hair. 

this guy. 

friday night without presley. in other words...3/4 of my boys. 

homemade waffles in bed. i'm spoiled. 

mark's for lunch. 

lunch & cartoons. 

preparing for our bear hunt. pres mentioned that he & his buddies saw something on the news about a bear sighting near our home. so we hopped in the car so we could find us a damn bear. (oh & the sightings are true. black bears have been sighted a few blocks from our home.)

not very good at bear hunting. 

neither is this guy. 

we're still looking!

post bear hunt. 

we hosted our first sleepover. 

2 additional boys under our roof. 

& breakfast in the living room the following morning. 

we wrapped up our weekend with reading...

& green monster smoothies. 

=)

bits + pieces

an uneventful friday.

picking brother up from school on friday. 

we bring snacks. 

& saturday.

mainstreet on saturday. random chalk outlines were all over. 

whoops. 

afternoon nap for papa. 

thrift store patio furniture. 

barkley thinking she's a cat. 

mama's spot. 

appetizers for dinner. this is becoming a tradition.

playing with movie projectors. 

boys night @ the movies. they watched the odd life of timothy green.

& sunday.

is there anything better than essie nail polish? no. 

catching crayfish. 

boy stuff. (disclaimer: they took him back.) 

another plume of smoke coming over livingston peak. 

the fire is growing. :(

evening reading. 

mama & presley.

one more shot...gotta contain the boobs. 

hope you had a delightful weekend as well.

tyson turns 27.

yesterday was tyson's birthday. he insists it's not a big deal but i beg to differ. i like birthdays. he's always up super early while the boys & i don't wake up until seven or later. yesterday we all woke up to have breakfast with him. we even bought bacon for the occasion. after sending tyson off to work & presley off to school, mason & i got ready for our day. we had lots to do. we headed to bozeman for some shopping.

i always love driving into bozeman. 

after shopping we headed back to livingston to take lunch to papa. it was also mason's nap time....

he decided he didn't want to cooperate with our agenda.

he took a little nap & then threw a big fit. it wasn't pretty, but he cheered up when papa came out to join us.

we had pizza from gil's goods & watched the fish. 

mason & i headed home to bake & tidy up. presley came home from school & the boys happily watched cartoons while i baked, frosted, & decorated reddit-themed cupcakes & cake. a few minutes before tyson was supposed to be home we raced to main street to grab his gift. we made it back in time for the boys to hide behind our birthday display to surprise their papa.

first attempt with the reddit alien. meh.

this one is my favorite. 

birthday display: gifts, cards, party hats, cupcakes. 

upvote cake & alien cupcakes. tyson was pleased. 

we headed to dinner at montana's rib & chop house. best dinner ever. it was my first time going & it's always packed so i'm glad i had made reservations.

you could color on the table. pres made an elaborate "army battle" drawing. it's actually really good! pres is a talented little artist. he truly is. 

after dinner. 

we headed home for cake. tyson recorded me bringing out his cake & us singing happy birthday on his camera phone. at the end you can hear mason nearly falling off his chair & presley getting hit in the head by the cake tray while i tried catching mason. typical. 

upvote cake.

playing the guitar with his party hat still on.

happy birthday, mr. perry.