my little protectors....

last week, rye decided to take a last min. trip to Reno with his business partner,billy. big auction there.

i hate it when he leaves. i never sleep well. i hear all sorts of strange things. i swear, if a mouse is running in the field, i hear it. i'm convinced that a murderer is waiting in the wings...just waiting for rye to leave town. (which he does like every 2 years!) anyways, i try to keep my stress levels to myself but somehow, my boys can pick up on it. (could it be the fact the i check, and re-check, and RE-CHECK all the locks??) they were very sweet, making sure they were 'protecting' me.

i don't know if the fact that daddy is out of mom's bed or if they were truly concerned (i'm going to go with THAT ONE) but there is always so MUCH debate as to who gets to sleep in our room.

so, to appease everyone, i let them ALL sleep in our room. we snuggled up, watched a movie and called it a night. i tucked them all in and got caught up on some reading.
while i was sitting there i was OVER-WHELMED at what amazing little people God has entrusted to me.

since they look especially sweet when sleeping, i snapped a few pictures.....sweet, sweet little men if i may say so myself. (of course i can say that, it's MY blog & i'm their mom, it's my JOB to brag! :)

p.s. take note of jack sleeping OFF the wonderfully, cozy bed i made him AND all his fake cell phones,(thanks uncle darryl) keeping him company. :)