San Antonio – Memorial Day Weekend

Life has been so crazy lately that we just have not has as much time as we would like to visit with family, but we finally had a quick weekend to go play!!!!

My Granddaddy:)

Good times in Granddaddy Bob’s yard!

 

We had more fun playing in the sprinklers, playing games, visiting, watching shows and just being together!  I wish it could happen more often!!!

The boys playing Ants in the Pants! My Dad and Kyle got put to work blowing up different parts to our new slip n slide! 

 

I am pretty sure this is a ‘why are you taking my picture?’ kind of face, but I love that face….so I have to take it’s picture! :)

 

I am not quite sure why, but this is really one of my favorite pictures from the whole weekend!  The expression on Bobbi’s face just cracks me up!  It just says ‘I really hope he does not spray me with that water gun!!!’

 

Playing on our new two laned slip n slide! 

Going…..

 

…going…

 

…gone!!!!

…and then really gone:)

Playing with family sure does tucker a little boy out!!!!

Brotherly Love!

Our boys definitely have their moments as crazy people, but lately have been becoming good friends too!  I love watching them race their cars together, throw balls to each other, watch TV together, play in forts Daddy builds out of blankets in the house together…and even join one another in time out!  It is so neat to see them become friends.  For so long Noah did not understand why Andy could not talk or play and now Noah is so excited about Andy participating in the big boy activities!

Pushing Cars in the Kitchen

Watching movies together

Playing in the yard after painting on the porch!

    

Andy joining Noah in time out:)

The past twenty months have been pretty crazy with these two little boys and this last picture really makes me smile.  Even though Noah is in time out, most probably for something he did to Andy, it makes me so happy to see them hug and be gentle with one another!  I love that they love each other!!!!

Mother’s Day – May 9, 2010

Mother’s Day is really one of my favorite days of the year!  It is just always so much fun!  We started off our day in a good way – hanging out in the teepee!

    

Dressed and ready for church!

I do not like the kids to stand up on the hearth, but do not mind if they sit on it.  This is how Andy was choosing to go across it.  I guess he figured if he had his hands down he was not standing, therefore it must be okay!  So smart to be so young!

     

My Mom and I with our boys on Mother’s Day! 

Mother’s Day Weekend!

Andy painting for the first time at the kitchen table!  He has painted outside often, but never inside.  He did great!  I was covered in paint after he was done, so no pictures of the  masterpiece:)

The boys riding in the bike trailer TOGETHER for the first time!  I was seriously nervous, but they really did great!  We only had to stop once to have a talk about behavior and the talk was with Andy, not Noah!  It was so fun to go for a bike ride all together!

 

I had a ton of fun decorating the house for Mother’s Day!  That Saturday both sets of our parents came over to play, eat a tasty dinner and make stepping stones.  The pictures are of Judy, my Mom, Josh, me, Kristin, Chris and the boys…I made all my favorite photos into black and white prints and hung them or placed them around the house.

We got each of our Mom’s a plant and put one on each table. 

Josh and the boys made these precious cards for me!  The one on the left was Andy’s handiwork with Josh’s help and the one on the right Noah’s.  The pictures in front are collages I had made for our Mom’s of all the photos I had hung around the house for the day.

My beautiful hydrangeas and lavender roses from my three guys!

Outside playing!

          

Making our stepping stones.  Hard to believe this was my fourth Mother’s Day!  I love looking back at how tiny the boys feet were in my past stepping stones!

We had so much fun playing all day Saturday with my folks and Josh’s.  I knew the next day would be even more fun!  I love celebrating holidays, Josh always makes me feel so special!  

Father’s Day Present!

I will start this with Josh NEVER reads my blog….so here is for hoping he does not get a whim in the next week and two days to do so!  Anyways, what do you think?  I am so excited about how this is turning out!  I am a bit bummed that I took the middle photo horizontally and not vertically.  I took another one of the boys with that D that turned out cute, but it was way overexposed and I could not edit it to fix it.  Do you think it looks okay with the middle one horizontal or should I try to take another picture with that one?  Now I just have to figure out a frame!  I had one I liked, but then changed my mind since they are not all going the same direction.  Maybe I need to just go buy one and have a mat cut!  Honest opinions, please!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

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EDITED TO ADD:

I received some feedback that although the horizontal picture was nice, it would be good to try to see if I could make the other one work.  The color blue in the second D above is the true color.  The color blue below is as good as I could get it:(  I really like the turquoise, it seems to pop more.  SO – more honest opinions, which one now????

Thanks, friends!  I think Josh will LOVE it!!!!

Funny Noah...

Yesterday Noah asked me to help him put back together his crash and go speedway. I said "Sure, PeeWee." He looked at me and said "Mama, Grampy calls me PeeWee." I said "Then what do I call you?" He replied "Hyper." Yup, I guess I do! :)