Every March Steven works the Home and Garden show from a Thursday-Sunday. I often say this is the point in the year where I realize I will not see my husband until beginning Fall. Bummer for me and the boys but we are thankful for the work so I will try not to complain too much. Since this weekend was the show my sister let me borrow her YMCA card so I could take the boys to the super awesome pool at the Owasso Y. I wish this place wasn't 40 minutes round trip because I think my boys would come here everyday if given the chance.
Friday the brothers got to go together after school. This was around a 2 1/2 
hour ordeal. They played, dunked, wrestled, and swam. They had a great time! Never did they complain they were cold, or wanted to get out, or were ready to go home. We closed the place down on Friday night.
Saturday Will asked to bring a friend. He picked two of his closest friends, 
but one was not able to come, so Mason joined us on Saturday. This was
actually the easiest day for me sitting and watching on the sidelines. These three boys played together for close to 3 hours with not one fight, trouble, or worry. Except if you wanna count Owen not wanting to get out of the pool quick enough to go pee. He couldn't quite make it to the potty. Thankfully, the floor was wet with swimming pool water, so Owen just added a little more liquid to the floor. I tried to stop him but in the words of Mason who was looking on, "You're not gonna stop that!"
Sunday was our last day at the pool. The boys were getting tired by this point. 
They love to swim and enjoy themselves tremendously but swimming takes it out of you and I was beginning to see them fading at the end of Sunday. Sunday their cousin Ava got to join in on the fun. This day had a few more squabbles (since the cousins are more like siblings than cousins). Nothing they couldn't get over though and continue on with their fun swimming experience. Will and Ava spent a lot of their time in the Lazy River floating away their troubles:) Owen made friends in the baby pool and had them entertained almost the entire 3 hours.
I was thankful that Angela let us use her pass this weekend and I am sure since Steven will be busy for many more months that we will use it again! The boys had a great time and wore themselves out as evident by my Owen (who NEVER naps out and about) and couldn't even wake himself up to eat at his favorite Mexican restaurant last night. So funny!
A few weeks back Will had the opportunity to be involved in a photo shoot for my friends children's 
clothing line, A La Modish. She mostly focuses on girl clothes and accessories but does have a few pieces for boys to wear as well. She asked if Will would 
be interested in shooting for the 5/6 size. "Um, Yes", I thought. Finally, I just asked Will if he would want to do it. I honestly didn't know if he would. He is opposite Owen in every way and normally does not like anyone focused on him or talking about him or demanding his attention. I knew in this shoot he would have people doing just that to him for 3 plus hours. He said he would to it and wanted to do it. That might have had something to do with 
me saying he could have a special treat at the end. He chose Starbucks. Yes, he is my child:)
He did really well and handled the stress of a photo shoot for close to 3 hours. He only started to break when I stepped on his hand while he was on the floor playing. Then, the fun factor of dressing up and posing for the camera was over.
I see a lot of me in Will. I see "some" of me in Owen. I see a lot of my dad in Owen and I see a lot and I mean A LOT of Steven in Will. Will has my eyes (shape and color) and my nose. He has a lot of prominent Kueny features on his face. Hairline, eyebrows, mouth and expressions. When I see this picture below all I can think about is Steven Kueny but in a 6 year old body. This MUST have been a lot how he looked at that age:) Adorable!
And now for my favorite two. Amber Snead Photography did an amazing job with all these pictures and of all the children in the shoot. I have to say, though, these two are my favorites. They are my favorites each because they 
have a story behind them. The first is because if you know Will you know his favorite color. He was a little nervous about the pink shirt (for obvious) reasons but was thrilled when he saw the bowtie. "Yes" he said, "Now, I don't look like a girl!" One of Will's classic smiles is what he call "the smirk". He is sort of doing it here in this shot but I love his eyebrow expression in this one. It's like he's saying, "I know I have to wear this pink shirt, but I won because it came with a cool blue tie and blue is my favorite and I am going to rock this picture even though I am wearing a pink shirt." Anyways, that's what I think he is thinking in this shot:)
My second favorite is just because I think he looks plain sweet in the picture.
Most times Will doesn't smile huge but when I asked him why he was smiling bigger in this picture than any other picture this was his response: "Because I liked the hairy vest!" Simple 6 year old reason.
Thank you Andrea and Amber for giving Will and I this opportunity. I will cherish these pictures forever!
Owen being true to form Owen had to show me a scratch the other day on his back. I told him I would look after I got out of the shower. Big mistake. He took that 7 minutes of freedom to show me his "scratch" as only Owen 
can. This is exactly how I found him when I exited the shower. He had stripped himself of all clothing (for who knows what reasons) and climbed on top of the counter to sneak a peek himself of this dreaded laceration. I could hardly even see the thing. Seriously. I snapped a picture because it is not everyday you see a naked 3 1/2 year old standing on top of your sink:) I showed my mom and dad the picture and they immediately said it made them think of this guy. I couldn't agree more....except for one noticeable smaller area on Owen that hasn't matured to David status let. I'll let you figure that 
one out.
On a completely different note (and probably shoud be another blog all together but I am too lazy)...I would like to introduce to you my Boot Camp class. This class has grown by leaps and bounds since I began last summer. I think that is quite a group of ladies that willingly get out of bed while it is still dark and freezing. We come hang out and sweat to death for the better part of an hour. We support each other, encourage, and push each other physically, mentally, and spiritually. I don't enjoy working out. I really don't enjoy it at 5am, but these girls make it worth it and I am so very thankful for them!
I have many pictures of Owen throughout his years of him swinging and laughing at parks or in his own backyard. This child loves to smile, to laugh, to giggle, to tickle, to play. I love that about him. Yesterday we went to our neighborhood park since it was so pretty outside. He is just beginning to enjoy swinging on the big boy swings. He is starting to understand how to swing himself by moving his legs back and forth. He thinks he is big stuff while doing this:) I love my "little" boy! Just again YESTERDAY someone asked me if they were twins. This happens all the time. I mean all.the.time! I guess by first glance you don't notice much of a height difference but then once you hear them talk you can tell who is older and who is younger. I love my boys!
Let me preface this picture with a little background first. Here was the situation....
Every day Owen and I kill some time in the car waiting for big brother to get out of school. Yesterday we were waiting just like normal. I allow Owen to get out of his seat and move around while we are waiting. He was sitting in the back row with his headphones on quietly watching a Curious George. Little did I know he was hiding his very own special find:)
During some point in our 15 minute wait period he had climbed around to the passenger door (in the side compartment) and found my stash of emergency female items. He quickly (because I didn't even see him do it) grabbed a tampon and crawled back to his seat. 5 minutes later I turn around to see this....
Oh Geez!!!!!!!!
and have enjoyed getting to know all of these girls I do Bootcamp with three days a week. 2. I remember April 19, 1995 when I was a Sophomore in high school. I remember being in school and walking to my second hour class. I remember feeling what I thought was a small earthquake. I remember walking back to class and the teachers had already turned on the tv's to see what had just happened to our city just 15 miles away. My heart broke for all the families and children that were lost. I run for those people on April 28th.
the OKC Memorial Marathon Relay with 9 other partners. There are 2 teams going from my Bootcamp group. Each team is 5 people. Each person has a different leg amount they will need to complete and run in order for us to 
reach our 26.2 mile goal. My leg is a 10k (which is 6.2 miles). 
