Life with 4 Krupp Boys.....

Monday, June 28, 2010

Pictures Extravaganza

Well, here's some more water pictures, some silly pictures of the boys, and some pictures of the twin's helping Dad build the deck!

Lucas and Thomas, helping Dad work on the deck

Lucas-the-Building

Handy Man Thomas

The Krupp boys at the Sekelsky's BBQ

Thomas and Lucas, BBQ-ing it up at the Sekelsky's

Now that's a cowboy if I've ever seen one!

What a goof-ball Lucas--check out the spurs around the elbows

Snow boots in June? That's normal right?

Picnic Time at Isaac's House

Yummy, yummy in our tummys! (Thomas, Isaac, and Kevin)

Even Kenzie loves a yummy popsicle!

Say "Cheese" Isaac!

McKenzie in the boat, in the pool

To Golf or not to golf.....that's Thomas' question

My Fish-Kid Lucas

Little Isaac and Papa Tom

Snack Time!

The two snack-mongers (Kenz & Thomas)

3 Krupp's cruising down the slide

Full Speed Ahead Thomas!

Miss McKenzie, mowing the grass

Lucas, enjoying this fine summer day!

Now that's quite a slide!

Doggy Pile!

Thomas makes a splash!

Splish-Splash Isaac!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

It's that Water-Time of year again!

So I really shouldn’t wait so long in between my blog posts—too much happens which is just way too hard to keep up on! Anyway, to start off, I would like to express Congratulatory wishes to Ryan and Jordane, who got engaged this past Saturday night! Congrats to you both!

Where to begin! We have been having so much WATER fun lately! We played in the water at Grandma Traci’s house with this big sprinkler ball. It’s pretty cool, it rolls and sprays and goes crazy. Lucas and Kevin really enjoyed the ball….and Thomas really enjoyed the squirt guns that she got to go with it.

Grandma Traci has also recently acquired 2 little kittens (they literally just showed up on her deck one day). She was doing well with just letting them be outside, but when the weather turned rainy, the cats got to come inside. Kevin has named them Milo and Otis. It really did come at the perfect time too because Jessica recently took her cat Disco back to live with her! We miss Disco, but are so happy for Jessica and Gerard—they found a cute house that is right down the street from us!

We also went to Papa and Grandma’s to enjoy their new family-sized swimming pool that they got. They set up their backyard with the pool, an awesome Toy Story rocket sprinkler, the fire truck sprinkler, and a normal sprinkler. We had a picnic and played for a solid 3 hours—which meant good naps later that day!

And as if that wasn’t enough fun, we also took the boys to the Circus last week. Before the circus, my mom treated us to the meet-and-greet dinner at the World Arena. At the dinner, the circus came and entertained us a bit. Kevin was ecstatic to meet the Ring-Master and various clowns. Thomas and Lucas were actually pretty good about it as well…but more timid than my talkative Kevin. They got pretty close to the clowns and didn’t scream or anything, so that was good. Gerard and Jessica came too and during the dinner, the clowns got Gerard to stand up and then they juggled big pins over his head and in front and behind him. It was a great start to the circus! I think we all really enjoyed the circus this year. It was a really good show and seeing the boys’ excitement makes the experience so much more enjoyable!

Finally, we went drastic on the boys’ haircuts this time around. Since their hair grows so quickly and since the summer season has officially begun, we decided to save some money and shave the boys’ heads ourselves (well Paul shaved them—I don’t think I am that coordinated). We shaved them down pretty low, so I now have 4 (including Paul) bald boys running around the Krupp house!

Hopefully I will get back to my weekly post soon……but here are numerous pics!

Brotherly Love

Kenz and Lucas (he looks so nervous)

Brittani, stealing a kiss from the hard-to-catch Thomas

Kevin and the wacky water ball

Ahhhh! Run Lucas!

Now that's trouble--Thomas with a water gun

Check us out in our little jerseys!

Do you need anymore help filling the pool Papa?

Burr! The two Tom's take a minute to warm up.

Rock-a-bye swimmers!

That smile's gonna get him out of trouble

Taking a breather--that's hard work climbing in and out!

Picnic Time!

Popsicle Break!

Great Grandma soaking in the pool (and Kevin blowing her kisses)

Me and my Kev

Thomas is so much like Bam-Bam...he drug that fire truck up the little hill just to use the hose to put more water in the pool

Run Kevin Run!

Look how brave Lucas is!

Watch out, he's got a sprayer! And yes, he sprayed us all and thought he was hilarious.

Bathing beauty

Double trouble--the twins took their old pool and used it as a boat in the new pool

Krupp Family Circus Time! (we are with the ring-master)

The whole gang--it's hard to tell which people belong in the circus and which don't:)

Gerard and his playtime with the clowns

Paul and Jessica with Kevin and Thomas and the "Rockstar Clown" (that's what Kevin called him)

Grandma Traci and Kevin -- thanks Grandma, we had a great time!

My big-headed boy Kevin

My bald little Lucas

The new Thomas--he looks so much like Paul now!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Ranch, Zoo & Dino Fun! Plus Birthdays, Graduations, and Glue!

Well, as usual, we have been keeping busy! Last week, we went to the zoo with Cortney and Kenzie. It is amazing how much the kids just love that place—and I am pretty sure that they all know the layout of the zoo like the back of their hands. Kenzie is so cute in her little sunglasses!

Congratulations are in order for Lee Stunkard, who graduated high school last week! Way to go Lee! Before we went to Lee’s graduation party, Lucas had an unfortunate incident in the bath tub. He slipped and fell while trying to get out, and he cut open his little chin. Needless to say, now Lucas has joined his brothers in having to go to the emergency room and have a wound tended to. Luckily, they were able to use their miracle superglue to put the cut back together. It has already healed really nicely, and Lucas handled it like a champ!

Over the Memorial Day Weekend, we went to the Dinosaur Museum with Isaac and Lily (and Kelly, Becca, Linda and Keith). The kids seemed to enjoy it…even though they spent the majority of the time coloring, reading books, and dancing…so glad we spent money for them to do that. It was good exposure for all of the kids—Kevin already knows his dino-facts, but I think it was really good for Thomas and Lucas to see how gigantic dinosaurs really are!

We also celebrated my little cousin Allie’s birthday. She is getting so big! The boys just love going to play with her, Chris, and Liz. They had a great time!

On Memorial Day, we had a small BBQ at our house for Kelly’s birthday. Happy Birthday Kelly!!!!!! The boys got to play in the backyard the whole time, which they just love. They are all just too cute together!

Last but not least, today I took the boys to visit Kelly Bullard at the Triple B Ranch. The boys are just so crazy about the ranch…they love the horses, the playground, the tractors…everything about the place! We got to see Kenzie there too, which is always an added bonus.
What surprised me the most about the boys’ behavior at the ranch was that they seemed to be fine with the horses, they all touched them without much hesitation; however, Rowdy (Kelly’s little dog), terrified the twins. Those boys are so weird!

I probably missed some fun stuff that we did, but here are a couple of pictures!