Boys upon boys: A photo barrage

First of all... who would ever have thought that the Myers/Nutting/Womack clan would have sooo many boys. For decades, it was the slough of girls versus Wesley. Now, between me and my two older sisters we have 6 boys! With Birthdays and family visiting from Denver we have had the great pleasure of spending lots of time with our cousins.
It has been raining for almost two weeks now with very few breaks. There is major flooding in some parts of the state but for us, just copious amounts of mud, snot and, worms. Every time we visit my folks, Maddox winds up stripped to his skivvies and we are scrounging around for something to wear home, and I get a bag full of muddy clothes...except for the one time I came prepared, then he stayed perfectly clean but for the marshmallow smeared over his face.


Mud, snot, and worms(I hate snot so much it took everything in me to not delete this)



Nogi Bear

Snot trough Mud Slinger


Sweet Sawdog

Feisty Sawdog

Uncle Todd, aiding and abetting

Maddox adores his cousins, of course, and has recently transitioned from parallel play, and just watching the older boys, to being fully engaged. Last weekend we went to an indoor water park where Maddox and Smith went round and round, for at least half an hour, holding hands and climbing up to the biggest kiddie slide. Once at the top, Smith would usher Maddox into the tube and then follow him down. They'd climb out, hold hands and run back to do it again. Then, we got to go back this weekend with Blake! *****
A few of my favorite quotes from the last week:

"Maddox, Maddox, wanna go down the yellow swide with me"?
"Where's Smiff, where's Smiff, wets go"!
"Go see cussins, I see Mason, I go swimmin"
"Go see Grammy, I see the chickens" this is his assumption every time we get in the car.
Me: Maddox we're gonna go swimming with the cousins!
Mad: (no response)
Me: Maddox, did you hear what I said?
Mad: Yes, I hear you. I honk your nose, honk, honk, honk.

And while those are adorable(at least to this mama,) the squeals and peels of laughter were really the best.

After spending a weekend with the older boys, Maddox made his first attempt at standing while urinating, unprompted and REALLY inaccurate :) There is a definite learning curve and he has since reverted back to the old method. Of course I snapped a photo because it was hilarious and Bing was missing it but, as I thought more about it, I decided I would like him to like me during his teen years and thus, deleted it. I have not a single photo of the water park because I was actively involved in the fun and my camera is not water friendly, but trust me, it ROCKED!


For Good measure. Jetty is rarely involved in the heavy action and so the only pictures are of him being totally adorable.


Shoving in puffs by the handful

Can you believe those eyes?!

***** Thanks Auntie Gail for hooking us up!

Gun slinging, club swinging, egg finder

Easter was mellow this year,we participated in the neighborhood egg hunt on Saturday morning, we went to church,had a nice dinner with family and a mock egg hunt for Maddox on Saturday night and Sunday morning we went for a drive in the mountains and explored Benbow Mine.









Jetty is now 8 months, is cutting his top teeth and whines a lot. He really likes to be held. Except for when he doesn't want to be held, then he wiggles and pushes away until you almost drop him. He LOVES puffs and eats them vigorously, dropping most of them on the floor where Maddox comes along on his hands and knees shoveling them into his mouth. Jetty thinks that Maddox is hilarious and laughs hysterically at him... boys are great. I love that they love each other!

Ah balls. Let the jokes begin.

We made a last minute decision to drive down to Denver for the weekend. There was another Leadership Conference that Bing wanted to attend with a couple of folks and I got to spend the day relaxing with the babes.

My cousin Hannah had a lunch/play date scheduled with another friend and her two youngsters so we crashed the party. Midway through the day, we had a pleasant surprise. Joy, another cousin who lives three hours away from Denver, was stuck at the airport and wanted Hannah to rescue her. It was so much fun! Joy and Hannah are both pregnant and our three oldest children are within 6 months in age. I haven't seen either of them since Aubyn's wedding, last August and it was nice to spend some 1-on-1 time and catch up. They both got to meet Jetty for the first time and he was very well behaved and tricked them into believing he is an angel :)

Is that the face of an angel?

The boys spent most of the afternoon throwing balls: at each other, at the garage, at the fence, and ultimately, all 75 tennis balls and the horse ball, wound up in the neighbor's yard. Once the balls were gone they turned to wrestling. Rather, Noah laid on top of Maddox while he shamefully cried like a little girl. Looks like Bing's dream of having a wrestler has been dashed! It was pretty stinking hilarious. To get back at him, Maddox dumped sand on Noah's head and got it in his eyes.



Selah hung with the boys like a real champ. Neither of the boys tried to wrestle her or bury her in sand although, Maddox has not learned the art of sharing balls. In his mind, all balls are his and he doesn't care how cute you are, he will take it right away.


I love Noah's face in this picture so I had to include it.

And this one looks like they are all line dancing,
I'm not sure what caught ALL of their attention. Must have been something really cool.

The only picture of either cousin. Joy and her bambino-belly.

Maddox bracing for impact.

And... thunk!