You did WHAT in your pants?!?!!!

Yes, that is Caden in his "big boy underwear"...and yes, potty training is the bane of my exisitence at this point! How in the heck does one keep their sanity with a two and a half year old that has just been asked 15 kajillion times if they need to sit on the potty and then says "I pee in my pants" two seconds later????? OR even worse..."mommy, I POOP". I'm pretty sure I need to STOP praying for patience because Heavenly Father is really trying to give it to me...and I'm really resisting...(c:

On a happier note...this is my little girl with HAIR!!! For those of you who haven't seen her in a while (I know this picture is terrible, stupid camera phone), she is getting the cutest little curls in the back...they look just like Caden's hair at that age *sniff*. Speaking of Caden, he went to run an errand with his grandma today (no potty catastrophe, thank GOODNESS) and they called me with a question and of course he wanted to talk to mommy...I had no idea how grown-up he would sound and of course I choked right up. He is so lucky is so darn cute...

Just call him Luke Snakewalker....

Caden is OBSESSED with three things...Motorcycles, fishing, and snakes. His auntie Serene bought him some rubber snakes and after discussing it with his Grandma Debbie, he decided his snake needed a "walk". He found a leash and hooked that baby up...so if you are wondering why he is dragging a rubber snake on a leash (excuse the bad pic, our camera is broken), there you go. (c:

WARNING: Graphic images, viewer discretion is advised

So we have been having a busy and fun summer...that might explain why I haven't done a real post in quite a while! But these are obviously not the graphic images, I put those further down so those of you that have weak stomachs aren't subjected to the horror of my foot surgery....(c:

Part of Josh's father's day weekend was an Isotopes game and me learning how to make his favorite: cinnamon rolls. And for those of you who know me, I don't cook. But I was awfully proud of these...



Caden and Skylar cooling off in the pool...


Caden being SUPER happy at an outing to Cochiti Lake...


A ride from big brother...


And for the moment you've all been waiting for...my foot started hurting a couple months ago and I thought that I had a stress fracture or something, so naturally I refused to go to the doctor. Makes sense right? Well, surprisingly enough, not only did it not get better, but I got this weird lump on the top of my foot. So then I should have made a doctors appointment, right? NO. I just asked everyone in my family what they thought about it until Josh got sick of it and made me a doctors appointment. Well, it turned out I had what is called a Ganglion cyst on my foot that the best way to get rid of it is a little foot surgery...and these are the beautiful pictures I had Josh take because I was too chicken to look myself:

And for those of you who know me, I LOVE my shoes...and just look at this fabulous new addition to my collection:

You're jealous. I know. (c: