Florida Friends

We were able to make a trip to Florida this September. One of my favorite people lives in Florida. Amanda and I were roommates at BYU-Idaho. James and I have been following in their shadows as far as getting married and when we had our babies. They moved out of Rexburg before they had their second baby, so it has been quite awhile since we had seen each other. 

Ezra and her 4 year old Katherine were womb friends.

We met up one evening at our condo for a swim. (This picture just screams humid to me. And it was. )

The next day Amanda and her kids were able to meet us at Magic Kingdom.

Ezra and Katherine were singled out during the Monster's Inc show. They were so shy and cute. 

Amanda with her beautiful grown up babies, Katherine and Adam

Makai was sharing his ice cream with Adam. Too cute.

We met up again later that week to say good-bye. Hopefully it won't be close to 3 more years before we get together!

I sure do love this girl.

Brian and James knew each other before we were all married too, so we were destined to all be friends.

He calls her "my friend". Either he can't remember her name or he just really likes that she is his friend.

Really miss you guys! Thanks for meeting up with us during our adventures in Florida. 

The Gist of Our Summer

Our summer has been filled with playing outside, going crazy inside, trips to the park or Six Flags and many long hot days.

Here's a taste of our summer:

We love dress up in our house. 

This is Ezra's favorite dress up costume. He wears it at least once a day.

This kid has started hiding binky's and then climbing in bed to find them in the middle of the day. It's gonna be tough to get rid of it. 

We've enjoyed playing outside most days. We even had a gooey pool one day to change things up and it was awesome.

The boys (Makai especially) have taken an interest in bugs. They like to chase butterflies, kill ants and yell at worms. 

Every now and then we pack up the bikes and head to the church parking lot for more room and a safe area to ride bikes. I've even tried taking off Ezra's training wheels this summer, but he panicked so I decided we'd wait until next summer for that. Makai has a bike too, but he enjoys chasing after Ezra screaming at him.

We've had many many days of the boys being the wild boys that they are. 

This summer has flown by so quickly. I can't believe it's practically fall already. Here's to cooler weather, soccer games and holidays!!

Washing the Car

Before our trip James and I decided to thoroughly clean our car. For me that means 2 hours of scrubbing and vacuuming. For James that means 5 hours of scrubbing, vacuuming, scrubbing, vacuuming, waxing and scrubbing. At least the boys had a blast helping out.

This was the best picture I got of this little helper. He was always right behind daddy helping him with whatever daddy asked him to do. Smiling the whole time of course.

It didn't take long for this little one to get soaking wet and stripped down to his diaper. He loves dirt, water, mud and being naked, so he had a great time. 

Makai and Doctors

Makai had to get some blood work the other day. He was so good. He put out both his arms for them and just watched. He didn't even wince when they put the needle in. I was shocked. James had to get blood work after Makai, so we stayed and watched daddy. That's when Makai started crying. He said, "No, daddy. Owie ahm (arm)" He cried for daddy, but not himself. He's so sweet.

We were also sent to a pediatric urologist to check out the after math of Makai's surgery back in 2011. His pediatrician couldn't find the right testicle that the surgeon brought down. The urologist found it but said it may not be viable, so we have to watch it for a year or so to see if there is any change. That just means extra doctors visits for this little guy. Good thing he is soo good for the doctor. He was so still as they did an ultrasound. I was amazed. Poor little Makai.

Ezra's Sleep Mask

This little boy cracks us up. He is in love with this sleep mask and actually wears it through the night. 

He got to sleep on our floor one night and could not sleep until he went upstairs and found his sleep mask.

Sometimes he'll push the mask up on his forehead in the middle of the night which results in a super awesome bedhead.

This is on our drive to Florida (update coming soon). We told him he could get a prize after nap, so he grabbed his mask, pillow, Clifford and blanket and tried so hard to block out the sun/excitement of going to Disney and sleep. James kept looking back and laughing saying, "Who does that? Who actually wears those things. He's so funny."

He's just a little high maintenance I guess, but we adore him quirks and all.

Fall Soccer

Our little Ez Man started his second season of soccer last week. He was so excited until we were getting ready and then he decided he didn't want to go. I think it was just nerves because he was so timid all through the first practice, but he really opened up and tried harder the next practice. 

He sure is a cutie. 

He got that red sweatband at a birthday party and insisted on wearing it to wipe the off the sweat. He sure needed it the second practice. 

I also learned this little Tressler Boy thrives off of encouragement. The more I cheered, the harder he worked. So what if I'm the only mom there who is cheering for her kid at practice? Okay, I was a little embarrassed, but it was worth seeing him getting more and more into it. 

They have their first game this Saturday, but we're going out of town, so he'll miss the first and second games. I'm excited to see how he'll handle a game. He's not real aggressive, so I may have to glue my bum to my seat so I don't run onto the field to get him moving :)

Medieval Times

We went to Medieval Times this week. It was so fun. 

It is the perfect place for our crazy, sword-loving boys. 

You eat with your hands, look at pretty horses, scream as loud as you want and watch knights fight!

That's right... Daddy was able to join us! How he got labor day off I don't know, but I'm not complaining :)

He's our little sass-bucket.

The yellow knight was our knight. He didn't win, but he fought a good battle.

They gave us a "behind the scenes" dvd and it has been on repeat in our car (I finally banned it today). Ezra can't stop talking about how he's going to be a knight and how he can't wait to go back to the castle.

Makai's Birthday

Baby Kai turned 2 August 14th! (Or "shoe" if you ask him). 

First of all, daddy had one day off this week and it happened to be on Makai's birthday! That made the day extra special.

We started off with our tradition of waking up to balloons.

We had to actually wake him up (which isn't normal) so he was a little out of it while we threw balloons at him and sang to him.

 Then we met with our ward Primary at the visitor's center of the DC Temple. 

 Then we went to Ikea and had lunch since kids eat free on Tuesday's and I needed a few things there anyways. Well, and because the boys love playing there. This was all about Makai, right?

Check out that cute little girls hair! Gotta love bedhead.

 Then we came home to have a little party.

This is what happens when I run out of wrapping paper. It made me wonder why I ever wasted so much paper wrapping the entire present in the first place.

"Hey Ezra, why don't you let Makai open his presents?"

"C'mon Makai. Just rip it!"

He had no problem blowing those two little candles out all by himself. 

Happy Birthday Makai! We sure do love you!