I missed you Tullos Island Blog! Sorry for not posting...

So I have not posted anything in 4 weeks.  This always happens when life gets busy.  We have been crazy busy with the end of school year activities, football playoffs, family in town and a million other things.  So, my blog-spot...I have neglected you.   I will try to give you a rundown of the last few weeks highlights.

Baron graduated from Primrose School.  Next year he will be in kindergarten at the elementary school his brothers go to!  Baron is with his 2 best friends in his class.

 Baron lost his first tooth!  He was so proud and excited about getting cash from the tooth fairy!

 Kason and Gannons football team won the SUPERBOWL!  SO proud of them!

Go Trojans!  Superbowl Champs!!!

Well that should catch us up a little.  I will try not to neglect you anymore blogspot!  lol

A Perfect Easter Day and an odd bunny

Our Easter was much like previous years.  A beautiful morning full of Praise and Worship at church, lunch with family and an egg hunt in the yard.  The weather was wonderful and the boys had a great time.  As everyone knows (and teases me often about) I dressed my boys alike on special days such as Easter for many years.  I would get so excited while searching for the perfect matching shirts for that oh-so-special day (ie photo opportunity!).  But alas, those days of matchy-matchy are gone.  I had to practically bribe the boys this year to wear NON-MATCHING collared shirts!  I still have my memories and photos of course....

SO here are a few shots of the full speed egg hunt.  Baron was smart enough to go in the fort and find a good stash of eggs up there.

Kason getting a little help from Sadie with eggs.  The dogs had a much fun as the kids!

 Gannon mastering a run-and-scoop technique.

Two monkeys showing off some eggs.

 My precious Kason is getting his dads sense of humor.  He came down the stairs with this old clip-on tie half clipped to his "collared shirt" and said, "Here ya go Mom, I dressed up for ya"

The cousins after the great egg hunt of 2011!  I am raising such polite and calm young men.  Other mothers may have crazy children that never give a nice calm smile and tend to make every photo into some corny MTV photo shoot.... But NOT my boys!  So sweet....Gang signs you say??....oh no... you see, they are also fluent in sign language and they are telling me how much they love me...in every picture.

Oh, and this would be the cake I let them decorate this year.  In previous years, my OCD self would meticulously decorate the bunny cake for Easter Sunday.  This year, the boys are older you see.  Mature enough to handle the decorating of said cake.  um...please don't have nightmares.  The slightly evil looking bunny was actually very tasty.  Scary looking...but tasty nonetheless.

And no Easter afternoon is complete without some sort of odd redneck competition.  Here, you see, Uncle Wes won the "Fluffy Bunny" competition.  Whoever can stuff ALL their Marshmallow Peeps into their mouth and still say "Fluffy Bunny" wins...he won.

I hope your Easter was a good one too!

Go TROJANS!!

Well, I have been busy taking second by second pictures of my boys tackle football games so I thought i would put a few of my favorites on the blog.  Kason and Gannon have been doing a great job and their team "The Spring Trojans" have won their last two games!  This select spring season is pretty crazy and some of these teams we play from around Houston (and especially Katy) are very competitive.  Most other fall leagues have strict rules of behavior as well as weight, etc.  In this league, if you are in the correct grade and made the try-outs, you can play...no matter how big or small you are.  Thus we have a second grader on our team that is 145 lbs.  Needless to say, if you are smaller, you better bring your "A-game". lol

Here is a shot of a few of the boys before a game goofing off.  Kason and Gannon have made a bunch of new friends.

 Gannon leading the Kick-off.

 Gannon #43 in the huddle for the offense. 

 Kason making a Quarterback Sack!  K-Dog made the other team lose 5 yards on this play!

 Kason after the tackle getting up with some attitude.  

Gannon making a tackle  as a Linebacker! Go G-Money!

 Gannon on the offensive line next to his brother.

Kason making another tackle.  He is turning into a very good middle linebacker.

And this is my favorite shot of the boys after their last win!  

We have Easter weekend off but not to worry.  Next weekend we have more games so I am sure I will be posting more of my favorite shots.  I know, I need therapy! 

Baron's First Football Game!

Baron had is first flag football game this Saturday.   It was a blast watching him get his first chance to play football like his brothers.  He was all excited about having jersey #8 and new cleats!  He has to wear a mouth piece during the games and spent more time complaining about it and/or playing with it rather then playing football.    Anyway, here are a few of the pictures I took at the game.   

Nothing out of the ordinary...in our house.

  

In our house, some could say this is an unsightly dog kennel that's too big to look nice in any room and obviously evidence of child endangerment...the occupants of our home however see this as a cool place to hang out and play...with a dog...and watch T.V.  Nothing out of the  ordinary here...

Some may look at this next picture and think it a little odd.  What you say?.... you don't throw birthday parties for your dogs?...A birthday party for a dog is nothing out of the ordinary in our house.  Sad but true.

In other families, a child with a black eye is a big event.  A certain member of our home, no name mentioned....might rhyme with Cannon, has had more black eyes then I can count.  This scene would be surprising to some, a sign of child endangerment to others, a normal monthly event in our home.  (in case you're wondering, he ran into the trampoline with his face)  You know how elusive those trampolines can be...just jump out of no where when you're not lookin'.

This next little item is a picture of a normal Q-Tip you find in all bathrooms.  But in our house, this is an instrument of art and creativity... So there I am at 6:30 in the morning looking for the last of the Q-tips.... only one left and the rest are no where to be found...dang!   

 

Then I look up and discover what happened to the Q-tips.  I'm kinda impressed.  I would have never thought of that...and I think I know who made this art piece.  hhmmmm.G..a..n..n..o..n.. Nothing out of the ordinary in our house.

Some may view this as a beautiful rose bush that is lovely to have in your backyard.  Bright colors that smell wonderful...how peaceful.

In my house, that stupid rose bush is a $100 emergency room deductible.  Only at my house can we turn that lovely scene into a shirt-shredding bloody horror scene.  Lets just say playing football in the same yard as said rose bush (with a the neighbors puppy) and not watching where your running (at full speed) results in the below little injury.  Nothing out of the ordinary in our house.  Heck, they know us on a first name basis at the emergency room.  CPS..please don't call me.

 

Here, most would see an unsightly old dog with no bottom jaw that drools too much with a broken crooked hairless tail that is obviously too old to adopt...in our house we see a loyal old lap warmer that loves car rides and belly-rubs and has lots of love still left in him.  Love ya "Pops"!

Only in our house, but I wouldn't want it any other way. :-)

Another Season of FOOTBALL!!!!

Well, Basketball season is over and the boys had a blast.  Kason and Gannon, true to form, were very competitive and Baron enjoyed entertaining the crowd as if a stand-up comedian on stage.

So now what do we do to keep our sons from building illegal explosive devices with too much spare time??

MORE FOOTBALL!!!

Well, that was not the plan.  We had PLANNED to put the boys in track for the spring but some very smart youth football recruiter placed a very enticing "Spring Season Tackle Football" sign right in front of the school.  (Insert 2 boys begging to play football here).  A new league with a second grade team...go figure.  I,however, assume only Kason can play due to the whole "2nd grade" portion of the sign....Gannon is in 1st.  If both older boys cant play then no cookie.

Well, you can guess what the answer was to this question...

Lonnie goes out to a practice to let the head coach check out the boys playing abilities and next thing you know we have two boys on the team  as well as a coach! lol too funny...

So here are a few of my favorite pictures taken at the game.  Kason was Quarter-back as well as middle linebacker while Gannon was an outside linebacker.

Kason yelling "Down...Set...Hut!"

Kason tossing the ball to a running back while being attached by the defense.

Gannon lined up as a linebacker and about to "attack"

 (he was mad about being double-teamed and wanted to hit somebody)

 Gannon making a tackle!

 Kason and Gannon making a tackle together! Go Tullos Boys!

 Kason running with the ball during a Quarterback Sneak

Go Kason!

Gannon on defense!

Well, we now have 3 happy boys.  Kason and Gannon are playing their beloved football and Baron gets to play DS in the stands. (He was just happy to hear we were not going to make him run track) lol  Maybe a little flag football is around the corner for him.

Hope you like my proud momma pics. :-)

Basketball games and a black eye...

Well, our boys are enjoying their first season of basketball.  Both Kason and Gannon's team and Barons team have been winning lots of games.  It is a blast to watch the 4 & 5 year old play.  They are so stinking cute.  Baron is learning his way around the court but is more interested in being a comedian then being aggressive.  He will stop in the middle of the game and start making faces at his brothers watching the game.  Gannon laughs his head off while Kason  gets all serious and tells him to get back in the game. lol typical...

Kason and Gannon are doing really well and its so much fun to cheer for them.  Kason even received the game ball at his last game.  That reward went great with his other reward... a black eye.  Mom and Dad never noticed but Kason got elbowed in the eye during the game.  He never complained but by the next morning he had a great shiner.

So here are some highlight pictures of the last couple games.  I have a new program for my pictures so please excuse all the different effects I played with on these pics.  I have no clue what I'm doing but its still fun...

Kason helpin' out on the sideline during Baron's game

Kason making two points

Baron making an equipment adjustment during the game

Baron on defense

Gannon open

Gannon making 2 points

There are a few more games left so like it or not, more basketball pictures to come. lol

Victoria