Super Hero Training Camp

For Corbin's birthday we decided it had to be a superhero theme, since that is all we live and breath at our house. We choose the perfect year to do it too. Because of all the superhero movies this summer, it was easy for me to find superhero supplies. I sent all of his friends an superhero CD (a compolation of superhero theme song and songs with superheros in them. IE Kryptonite by three doors down, and Superman by REM, etc.) There are a suprizing number of songs out there. I was able to find about 12 from my own music collections. Anyway on the CD there was an invitation for Superhero training camp. With my number to reserve thier spot.

As the kids got to the house we let them play upstairs with Corbin's superhero action figures. When everyone arrived each kid recieved thier cape and mask and superhero name and super power.

The boys played silly string the villian. A new version of pin the tail on the Donkey. They had a hard time pushing the button down on their own.

Next we got the parachute out and played capture the villian.

The boys worked on their listening skills and played Yoda says.

Next we started our obstacale course.

First they had to drive the bat mobile across Gotham City.Next they had to walk across the hot lava pool.

Next they had to jump over buildings in a single bound.

Then they had to climb spider mans web and crawl thru batman's bat cave.

Then they lifted the hulks weight and down Mr. Freezes ice shoot.Next crawl like cat women thru the tunnel.

Superman Fly down the slip and slide and throw water ballons at the bad guys (target).Corbin loved his cupcakes and presents.

Beck was so excited to get a cupcake! Num Nums as Beck calls it.

June's festivities

We had a great week. The 3rd week of June is as Crazy as Christmas for us. We celebrate father's day, Corbin's Birthday, Jer's Birthday, and our aniversary. Its a little chaotic, but lots of fun.
For Jer's B-day we went to Yosemite for the day. The boys (all three) were in heaven. I have to admit, I had a great time too. We can't wait to get back to there and stay for a few days. We would love to have some company if anyone is interested.

Beck loved playing by the lake and ran back and forth from the water back to me.

The whole fam hanging out by the lower waterfall at Yosemite.

Jer cooled the boys off with a dip in the stream

Beck kept walking over to the fence and looking over it. He looked like a little man. It was cracking me up.

Just like Monka. Beck sticking out his tounge to the side.

Jer loves to show off his unusually large tounge.

Corbin Hanging at the Lake

Jer and the Boys with his b-day presents


Corbin had a great 4th Birthday. We celebrated 3 times. Father's Day was his actual birthday, but we decided to keep things simple we would celebrate the next day. That being said we were at my parents house on Fathers Day so we did celebrate a little with the family. On his birthday we took him to Chucky Cheese. Which I think his love is equal to my loathing of the place. He had a great time and therefore it was worth it. He had his friend party two days ago. Pictures to come.

Corbin got a new bike from Grandma and Papa. He loved his power ranger gear from Lance and Mia. We of course gothim some great superhero toys and some other fun stuff.

Grandma and Monka got him his very own sports car. We are hoping they will trade it in for the real deal in 12 yrs.

We went to the pool with our friends.

It was hysterical trying to get the boys to put their arms around eachother. I am not sure if they have ever done that before.

Beck made his own fun and just hang out in the sandy water with his shovel.

May in June

So, I haven't decided if I am a worse blogger or picture taker. I am pretty sure I haven't taken any pic of my kids in over a month. Why? Mostly because if I don't have pictures than I don't have to scrapbook them. Which is funny because it is not as though I have scrapbooked in the last year. Then again maybe that is why. The overwhelming idea that I have that much to catch up on. Anyways, the point is that I don't like to blog unless I have a picture to accompany it hence the lack of posts. I am going to be better though. Probably not with the blog, but with the pics.
So in May, Jeremy and I went to Arizona. We had a fabulous time. I laid by one of the 15 pools at the hotel, meet my girlfriend for a little shopping, read an entire book (moms know how exciting that is), ate really good food (I'm still working off a few pounds from those meals), went ski diving (AMAZING), visited an old ghost town, and saw 2 movies. Just writing about it makes me nostalgic. Jer's mom watched the boys for the week and I think they have an equally good time. At one point my mother in law said she had been pushing Beck on the swing for 2 hours. It doesn't get any better than that for a 1 year old.
Other than that we have just been living life.
We went a some family outings to the beach, Berkley (gotta love Zachary's pizza), took the boys to see Iron Man (Beck is not fun to take to the movies), and more less noteworthy activities.
I was released from primary last month and am back in YW's. I will miss the primary kids, but I do love working with the youth.
Jer is currently in N.Y. presenting at some conference, the cool part is that Steve Forbes is introducing him. I will let you know how the Forbes/ Wilson family vacation goes next year. I have very high hopes for the union.
We finally finished our porch. Jer and I (mostly Jer) slated our front porch. It was a Big project and took several days. We did finish it though and it looks amazing. Since I don't take pictures you will just have to come visit to see it.
Preschool ended last week for Corbin so we have the entire summer to get into trouble. Until then......

We're Tagging our Kids Now!?!?

Corbin James Wilson. We picked the name Corbin, because it was the only name we both liked and didn’t associate with someone lame. James was the easy part. It has no significance, but just sounds good with most boy names. Try it.

When Corbin was a baby he was blessed at church. I wrote down some of the things that Corbin was blessed with: Sense of Humor, desire to learn about the gospel, ability to gain a strong testimony, and help to his family especially his mother.
If you know Corbin you know that he thrives on his sense of humor and the attention he gets from it. He would always say anything for a laugh. He would say words like Dag Nabbit, or when we would ask him to do something he would ask “Is that a joke”, the best was when he would negotiate by saying stuff like I will eat two bites of chicken if you get me a sucker, Deal. Everything was always followed with “Deal?” My sister took him to Bloomindales one day and he began to misbehave in the store. My sister took him to the car and said we can go back in when you are ready to be good. He replied with “Do you wish I could make good choices?” My sister said, “Yes”. Corbin said, “Do you wish upon a shooting star I could make good choices?” My sister said, “Yes.” Corbin replied, “Well I can’t!” At least he is honest.

At church his desire to learn the gospel is felt. His first day at primary the music teacher asked the kids what song they would like to sing and Corbin raised his hand and said Rudolph the Red nose Reindeer, the music teacher said that was not a church song, so Corbin decided he would just sing the song solo. There is nothing that makes a mother more proud then watching her child participate so fully at church.

He is also really trying to gain a testimony. One Sunday during testimony meeting he ran to the front of the church. I went to grab him and felt compelled to bare my testimony while I was up there. As I began Corbin pulled the microphone to him mouth and sang La, La, La, Laaaa. It was awesome. I really felt his spirit
All joking aside, Corbin loves learning about his Heavenly Father and Jesus. He asks to have Family Home Evening almost every night. He is learning all about the stories from the scriptures and asks to hear them over and over.
Corbin really tries to take care of his family. One day Corbin and Beck were playing upstairs and we asked Corbin not to leave his brother upstairs, meaning to stay up there and play with him. He decided he was done playing up stairs, but knew he wasn’t suppose to leave Beck, so he brought Beck down with him. There is nothing funnier/ scarier than watching your 3 year old carry your new born down the stairs. Corbin is always being kind to his mom. He brings me flowers and tells me he loves me all the time.
You can’t talk about Corbin and not talk about his obsession with sticks. He started collecting Sticks when he was little. It didn’t matter where we were; Corbin always had a stick in his hand. Often he had as many as 6 sticks in each hand. He would always share his stick collection with anyone else who was around. It was always awkward when the other kids parents wouldn’t let their kids play with the stick. We gave up long before that on telling Corbin that sticks were unsafe and could poke an eye out. I am proud to report that I cannot remember a single stick related injury. He has recently traded his sticks in for power rangers or another type of guy figure.

Corbin has always had an amazing imagination. He can play make believe for hours ranging from being a ninja, cowboy, pirate, or an animal. He is now most often a super hero and is constantly saving the family from the villainous bad guys.
Corbin can run circles around most kids his age and at times we are exhausted, but the truth is that I wouldn’t have it any other way. Every day with Corbin is an adventure, filled with humor and lots of affections of love.

Corbin Tags: Mia Phelps, Elle Schurtz, Max Cobb, Shae Collie, Henry Salo

Excuses, Excuses

So I was called out by one of my girlfriends on neglecting the blog. We have been really busy the last few months. We worked our butts off re-landscaping our front yard, putting in a garden, and planting new plants in the back yard. I can offically say we are done planting this year. Our next big project is tileing our front porch. That is a long story and I can not discuss it per our non disclousure agreement with our home builder.
Jer and I have picked up a few new hobbies. Our gym and an amazing climbing wall and raquet ball courts. So we are making the most of the free babysitting and invested in climbing shoes and raquet ball raquets. The shoes are unbarebly uncomfortable at times but it is a blast to climb.
The boys are growing up and we are just trying to keep up. Tell next time....

Spring Break

We took the boys to Marine World last week while Corbin was on spring break. The park had changed a lot since I was a kid. Corbin was ticked that he didn't get picked at the whale show. I have never seen him pout like that. Beck loved the animals and being held by mom and dad. The highlight for Jer and I was the one roller coaster that we went on. I am proud to report that I kept my arms up the whole time. I am such a thrill seeker, what can I say . I ran into my cousin Dylan and rode the coaster with him and his buddies. It was a fun day.

I am pretty sure that Beck is scared of Corbin. He often squeal when Corbin gets to close. I wonder why?

Corbin on the other hand loves his little brother.

Daddy and Corbin riding the spinning hot air balloon. Don't throw up Jer.

Good old Bugs and Daffy.

Hippity Hoppity

Our Easter pictures are few and far between. We exhasted the memory chip in our camera. We had a great time with the family. We went to a park in Sacramento and ate yummy ham and had a easter egg hunt. It was a wild time.

We hide the boys easter baskets and make them find them Easter morning. This was the first year that Corbin really got into it. Beckam was unphased by the whole event as usual. He did like the candy though!!

We made transformer and Bug easter eggs. The bugs were really cute, but I did miss making the swirly ones.