Does this child look tired but happy??

This is why!!!!!!!  They are in their element!  Beaver Creek Colorado in front of the

Buckaroo Express!!!!!!  Yep!!!!  Wore that gondola out!

Griffin is skiing by himself down the "big" hill!  What a guy!!!

Those tears that Mom shed for a couple of years while leaving him at ski lessons

when he was 3  1/2 have paid off!!!!!

Way to go Griffin!

Happy End of Spring Break!!!!!!!! Flashback--------New Year's Eve!!!

Okay!  Gotcha!  Now I'm officially only 65 days behind if I want to post daily.   So if I count back when I actually got back in the saddle (which was 5 days) ago........let's see........

I'M RIGHT BACK WHERE I STARTED!

Stay tuned.........I'm trying to pump them out!

These crazy stories and pics of everyday life are mounting up by the heaps!

Wait and see what I have for tomorrow!!!!!!!!

Never a dull moment!

Bryce and his buddies going out for a New Year's Eve

get together!  No you aren't going Griffin!!!!

Opening the champagne!  Here she blows!!!!

Family selfie!  We all almost didn't fit

thank goodness Bryce was out having some real 

New Year's Eve fun!

Dr. Pepper kicking in!!!!!

OMG!!!  IT's finally midnight, can we go

to BED!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah!  That Dr. Pepper at midnight is a kicker!

The Cutest Harry Potter ever..............judge for yourself!

So stinking cute........I can't stand it!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully I'm not turning into a Mommy toad........

Ready for action!  And spells...........

The criteria for the trade shop at the Renaissance Day  Festival was

relating it back to the old days when the people celebrated Halloween with showy costumes,

sword fights and knights in shining armor.

So Mommy Potter races to my closest (86 miles away) Hobby Lobby!

Desperate in deed for ideas!!!!!!!!!!

Found these little storybook charms and strung them on leather laces.

Alls well, by midnight........Daddy Potter and Mommy Potter

put the finishing touches on.............

Griffin Cypert's Renaissance Shop is

now open for business!

Growing up...........

Griffin got a b-b gun for his birthday from Bryce.....

But Preston takes charge and teaches him how to hold

and shoot it!  Oh this summer is going to be fun!

Run Daisy Run!

Let's be real.........those of you who know me!  Always late, but reliable.  Fly by the seat of my pants, but get the job done.  So here goes.......

Only 70 days behind!!!!

Story #1.............

Tales From The Tooth Fairy.....

1st lost tooth.  Fell right out and guess what?

The beautiful fairy  brought a GOLD COIN and a one $ bill!

We are rich.....he says.....we are rich!

2nd lost tooth!  Fell out at lunch at school and he ATE it.

So..........the tooth fairy gets a letter explaining the "lost" and I do mean lost tooth

and....she does it again .  She leaves a 2nd gold coin and a $5 bill.

What???????

3rd lost tooth!  Major meltdown........hanging by a thread!  Top tooth...won't pull it, won't let me

pull it, won't close his mouth or eat or drink.  Gross!  Then, after drooling for

a good hour , reaches up to wipe his mouth and his sleeve hangs on the dangling

tooth and what do you know?  Out it comes and slides across the floor!

Glory days!!!!!

4th lost tooth?  Bottom again, came out very easily. No drama!

5th lost tooth!  Proceeds to come out during the night, we had decided after totally

tearing his bed apart that he swallowed it!  WHO DOES THAT?  SWALLOWS 2

TEETH WITHIN A MONTH?????????

Turns out,......the tooth was on the floor under the bed the whole time!

This tooth chapter is exhausting!!!!

But he sure is a cute snaggle tooth!

New Year, New Goal, New Look????

Well.............the new look.....books!  Chapters!  Pages!  Thoughts!  Words!  

LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2014 a new chapter in the Cypert household!

Tune in..........

3 awesome boys! + 3 very busy schedules! = 1 very proud and tired Mommy!

Whoosh!!!!!!!!!  Time is flying by so very fast!  Keeping up with the 3 boys schedules is a job in itself.  Preston continues to thrive in grad school at TTU.  He has been asked to speak at a Digital Humanities conference this winter.  He was also awarded a scholarship to study in Victoria British Columbia this summer.  He is super excited and so are we!

Bryce is doing very well here at WTC.  He continues to follow his passion of farming!  Cotton stripping season is upon us and he is happy and in his element

Griffin, well what can I say?  He has amazed us around here by just taking in this new "everyday" school routine.  We are talking about a child who loved his Mommy time until late hours and would sleep until 10:00 every morning.  But he has been a prince about the new schedule.  He loves his school and his teachers.  He is learning so much and has beautiful handwriting, excels in mathematics, sings beautifully and bosses everyone around in his class to the hilt!  Yes, he is definitely a leader and by george won't stop "talking" until it has been accomplished!

Little boy toys................

Big boy toys.............

Museum fun!  Lego train?  Are you kidding me??

Perfectly precious and priceless pics.....

Ummmmmm!  I'm not so sure about this.........

Careful......caught!

Love , love, love "Flutterby Butterfly" weekend in Grapevine!

I think we are onto yet another "must see" every year.....

Coolest thing, they provide chunks of watermelon on a stick

and you wave it around in the netted area to catch a beautiful

Monarch butterfly!

My precious baby boy is  going to kindergarten TODAY!

As Daddy says......the dream is over........now he

is on a schedule.  No more jetting away for a couple 

of days in the middle of the week..........no more

late nights with Mommy and him sleeping until noon.......

no more spending random nights in the pool until

9:00.......no more catching up on Disney shows that he

has missed...so many favorites like Jake and the Neverland Pirates,

Sophia and Jungle Junction!  (Way to do Disney Jr.!)

But it's all good because we feel blessed to have enrolled him into the Snyder Christian School for

his education and know that he will love it!!!

My gorgeous middle child!  Here is the final photo for

senior announcements!  

WOW!!!!!!!

BEHIND!  BEHIND!  BEHIND!

NO you are not trapped in a time warp.......

it's my fast and quick memory of winter holidays!

Super duper Walmart special Valentine card

collecting box!  He is STILL eating candy

off of this baby!

Our delightfully tye-dye Easter egg bounty.

So I get it!!!!!  I own it!!!!!  I'm only 2 seasons behind on

blog posts.  My only excuse is......................

a graduating college student, a graduating high school

student, and a very busy 5 year old!!!!!

So here goes winter in a flash!

We were very lucky with our ski instructor.

Griffin and he became buddies immediately!

And by the end of a 2 day lesson, our

little guy was riding the gondola and skiing

down "the big hill"!  

So proud!!!!!!!!!

On the "magic carpet" practicing for

the real hill!

Oh the little "mogul mice".  Funny...he comes out of

the kid zone with goggles down , carrying skis, and announces

he can't SEE a thing!  He didn't know Mommy was

watching and listening.  I cried when I left him at

lessons.  What will I do in about 5 weeks when I 

leave him for Kinder every single day!

Ohhh!  They are happy it's dinner time after

 a long day of skiing.....All you can eat scallops...

at Zeno's.  This is a "must" Italian eatery in

Vail....you have just got to go!

Who's up for some serious snow ball making????

He is so brave and sneaky........

He didn't care how big the kids or the snowballs

were!!!!!!!!!!!

So sweet.............

is that smile trying to trick me!

Such a little toot!

Our traditional family picture outside

Cordillera 

Edwards, Colorado.  We've been coming here for

7 years now and know we need to venture

out on our ski adventures.....but why change

a good thing!

Whew!!!!!!!!!  Let's just sit for a minute........and take it all in.......

Beaver Creek Bliss!

Our favorite canine!  She's not so

sure about this headlock!

Seriously, he looks like he's up to

something!!!  Again!!!

Our favorite cat!  Imagine that!

Our sweet babysitter plays Cat

at her SJHS performance.

Who's smile is bigger?

OH THE PLACES YOU CAN GO......by Dr. Seuss

La Jolla, California.........home of Dr. Seuss

known for the most famous sunsets in Cali

a brand new and hip Kimpton Hotel, the Palomar...

three miles from Torrey Pines golf course,

yes, I did say the famous Torrey Pines golf course,

this place is fabulous!

Not to mention the outstanding weather each and

EVERYDAY!!!!!!!

These pants are the funkiest ones I could

find for California.  My hubby loves these

pants and oh the places you could go in these.......

We spotted this tree in the park next

to the La Jolla bay.

It is definately "Seuss" land....

Seals sunbathing..........

Waves crashing behind us...

next to a park and right down the way

was the seal sanctuary.....

pewww weeee!

What a beautiful day

to play!

Mommy, Mom, Mommy, Mom, Mommy,Mom

If I hear this one time everyday I hear it a thousand times,

And I will never get tired of it,

And jump every time my name is called,

Who needs waiting on next?

Griffin has a love/hate relationship with school.  Fun when he gets there

but Oh Not So Fun getting there,

Bryce is realizing that college Is In His Future,

But Oh Not So Excited about it,

Preston is trying to juggle 16 college hours, applying to grad schools,

and Realizing That He is almost through with

college and about to enter another phase......

So..............

when my name is called, I jump to duty!  And I'm tired , I mean

how can I be tired???????  After all I am a "stay" at home

Mom, Mommy, Mom, Mommy, Mom

who loves her job.  And I mean that from the bottom of

my heart.  And I do not wish these days to fly by so fast and

they do!  Slow down.......everyone.....give mommy, mom, Mommy, mom

a small break and call Daddy, dad, Daddy, dad just once!

I treasure these moments and want to remember each second of

every detail, but it's hard and I am trying to show patience and

love in every breath.  Hopefully I am doing a good job!

Yes, I think I am , especially when Griffin says to me

this evening, Mommy, I think.....

I Am Falling In Love With You.....

Ah............that says it all!

These dudes are exactly what you would expect

to find on Sunset Beach.  These kinds of interesting

people are up and down the boulevard.

Just living the dream!

Picture perfect Sunset Beach people watching!

Not bad, huh?

So I really did alot of research of the "dos" and "don't"

in Southern California.  And this was to be the oldest

hamburger shack and the best burger around.

I think "NOT" .  We opted for the yummy

delicious deli across the street!

Priceless.......this is "old" Calif.

The painted up VW van..

I bet this baby has a few stories to tell!

The world famous San Diego Zoo!  

Beautiful day, double decker bus tour,

loads of ice cream, etc!

It IS all that it is cracked up to be.

All I can is thank the Lord above

for the "buggy" (stroller)!

Saved out lives!

We covered every inch of that zoo today

and it was quite warm!

Baby, it's cold outside.................

With the holidays behind me, the Christmas tree and goodies put away, toys put together,

boys planning back to school schedules set, gadgets figured out (NOT), and many

other motherly duties under control............

AHHHHHH!

I have to daydream about the trip to California!

Beautiful weather, daily adventures, great food and sights,

treasures found..............

I must share a few pics before I post holiday!  I know, I know, this may seem a thing

of the past but I have to include it in my blog or I couldn't live with myself!!!!

Truly!!!!  The sights, surroundings and smiles are too good not to share.

So forgive me!   And hang on for holiday/Christmas magic soon to come@!

Carlsbad, California 2012.

Home of Legoland!

What a beautiful day to play!