Down on Grandpa's Farm

We have made two trips to Montana during the past month. The first was planned and the second was not. We went to my parent's house for Easter and then Shannon and the boys went to her parents house. Shannon and the boys were gone for 20 days. They were barely home for a week, and then we went back for my grandfather's funeral. These are a few pictures from our trips.

Brock and Aunt Megan

Riley, where he is most happy, sitting in the rocks.

Riley throwing rocks in the pond. He would still be there if we would have let him.

Brock at the bottom of Lost Lake.

3's A Charm

Brock turned the big three years old today. He had a few simple requests for his big day. He wanted a "chocolate chip cake with a lolly-pop, a sucker, and a candy cane." When we sang happy birthday to him he wanted us to call him, "fire fighter Rickley." Last but not least, he wanted to go to the "ocean and see Mia (the octopus) at the aquarium." The only downer for the day was when we got to the aquarium we found Mia had been replaced by Amigo, and she (Mia)didn't come out to say "Hi" when we were at the beach.

Wipe Out

Riley managed to break loose while at the coast on Brock's birthday and the next thing we knew, he was up to his knees in salt water. It didn't take long before a wave got the best of him and he was totally submerged. Luckily for us Mom was right there to rescue him. These are the initial tears of shock. The tears moments later when he realized his fun in the sand was over aren't shown.

"Six Head"

A couple of nights ago while Gage was helping Brock get his jamies on, Brock had
Gage and I lauging hard. Gage was teasing Brock, and they started joking about his forehead, and Brock said, "Dad its not my forehead its my six head." It took us a minute to catch on, but when we did we laughed hard, then marvled at the way those little brains work.

Walk On the Ocean

Brock Joseph Jingle Hymer Schmitt

Halloween

Riley was a young Albert Einstein.

Brock was a fireman. He didn't want to take his "firefighter's coat" off for three days. He wanted to take a bath in his coat and sleep in his helmet. As soon as the helmet went on he was no longer Brock, he was firefighter Rickley.

Will the real Einstein step forward? When Brock saw Riley with his mustache he said, "Riley, babies don't wear mustaches. Cars wear mustaches. Chick Hicks wears a mustache."