Cody Lost His 1st Tooth!

So of course, as always, I post things extremely late. Cody lost his first tooth back in February. It was pretty loose so I mentioned an idea that was done by some close friends of ours, the Broughs.

We tied some thread around his tooth......

Next, we tied it to Nolan's R.C. car.....

And here is the video yanking it out.

And here is one excited boy!! By the way he still hasn't put it under his pillow. I hope he isn't saving his all up like Nolan is. Crazy kids!!

North Lyon County Fair

There were lots of events for kids to participate in our county fair so we decided to take the 45 min. drive to Yerington and check it out. Can we say REDNECK? There is nothing like the good ol' BE County Fair. The kids had a great time and it was fun to see other areas of Nevada. So here is what our kids participated in!

Above: Nolan and Cody did a BMX bike race. Nolan almost had 2nd place in his age group but near the very end his bike went into some really soft dirt and it took him down. Cody took 2nd place in his age group and received a little trophy. The kids loved it and they can't wait to do it again next year.

Above and below: Nolan and Cody also participated in the tractor pulls. Nolan took it about as far as most of the kids. Cody took his all the way down and took 1st place. Someone forgot to order trophies so he received 30 tickets to go on carnie rides. I was very happy because I didn't want to buy them any tickets. You could go to Disneyland cheaper than how much it is to ride the carnie rides ; ).

Below: Dylan practicing for next year!

Below: The last event was the Pig Scramble. Now this was interesting. Our boys were excited to do this one. Little did we know, you catch the pig, you keep the pig! That's Nolan holding his pig. Once we found out you keep it, Nate tried to catch our boys before they went into the arena to tell them NOT to catch one. Too late. Our boys were in the arena with 25 other kids chasing after 5 pigs. Cody came close to getting one as well but we're sure glad he didn't. Now after Nolan caught it he saw this little boy crying because he didn't get one. Nolan said to him, "Here you can have my pig." Such a sweet boy....he is always thinking of others. That little boy was so happy! And we were so happy we didn't need to feed it. Maybe next year if they catch one we could be a bit prepared to raise a pig.

Cody Man's Birthday

So our Cody turned six this month. He had his first friends birthday party. He asked for a krabby patty cake so we had a Spongebob party. The kids played games like, krabby patty relay, sponge toss, a pinata and pin the jellyfish. They all had a great time. Stacy Munns came over and helped me with all the kids. Thanks Stacy! Anyhow, time is going fast and I can't believe he is in Kindergarten now.

Cody-Man's Birthday

Happy birthday to our boy Cody!!!! I cannot believe he is 5 now! My how time flies. We spent his birthday weekend up at Lake Tahoe with my parents (it's just about a half way point for both of us). We stayed up at Harrah's and just played at the pool. That's all he wanted to do besides playing games. I couldn't think of actual games to play considering there were not any little kids invited over for an official birthday party. So we found an arcade room and took him and Nolan there. He said that was great. Then on his actual birthday we went to Sand Harbor at Lake Tahoe. It's a really nice place to swim. Nice sandy beach, rocks to jump off from, and a boat dock. Hopefully one day we will be unloading a boat into it : ) Anyhow, I'm glad he is apart of our family. He sure tells us some funny stories. He has a very big imagination and is always making us laugh. Happy birthday buddy!

While we were staying up there, my Dad (who walks everyday without fail) was out on one of his walks and saw this mama bear in the dumpster with her 2 cubs. He called us and told us which hotel they were behind and he got in the truck and drove over there. It was awesome. The bears were just hanging out in the dumpster looking for food. So here are some pictures that Nate got of them.

........So I can't figure out the whole slideshow thing. Check back later and hopefully I'll have those bear and birthday pix posted.