Oh What Do You Do in the Summertime When All the World is HOT?

You buy a $7 kiddie pool and put it at the bottom of the slide, and watch the kids laugh and totally get along for over an hour! Sometimes it's just too hard to make it to the big pool with all 4, so this is called improvising. Ahhh, the joys of summer!

 

 

 

 

Don't ask me what the little one's are doing in the picture.

 

Visiting Emily

Gavin and I were able to go to Virginia and visit my sister this past week. It was so much fun to have that special time with her and her sweet family, and I loved having the opportunity to bond more with her kids since I only had 1 of mine with me. My wonderful mom and husband held down the fort at home and kept the 3 older kids while we were gone - thanks SO much! I love you , Em, and miss you already!

 

Em and I with her boys (our babies were sleeping at the time)

 

Why crawl when you can "swim"?

Sydney the Cyclist

Sydney has really been wanting to fully learn to ride a 2-wheeler, so Chris has been working with her this week and she's doing SO well! She's always loved riding, and is quite proud of her accomplishment. Here's just a quick movie of her ride after doing it for a 1/2 hour. Go Syd!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all wonderful mother's out there. First of all to my own wonderful mom, who has taught me so much of how to be a mother myself. I have learned so much from her and truly couldn't ask for a better mother. I love spending time with her and never tire of being with her. She is the best friend I could ask for! My kids absolutely adore their Nana and will miss her very much come August. We love you, Mom/Nana!

 

Also, happy Mother's Day to my sweet mother-in-law. I have really been blessed in this department, as I really love being with her. She's so good with our kids and would do anything for them. She's also always made me feel welcome and loved in the family, and is very helpful and thoughtful in all she does. We love you Jana/Grandma!

 

Photo Studio

I got the boy's photo's taken this week - it was mainly for Gavin but I had to include Carter a bit. Neither of them was in a very good mood, but we got a few (nothing turned out with both of them, of course). Gotta love Picture People for a quickie!

 

 

 

Girl's Weekend

We had our annual girl's weekend this past Friday and Saturday and as always, had a VERY good time. Our sweet husbands took off Friday from work and kept our kids that day and Saturday so we could have some time off together. We have such great husbands! My sisters and mom are my best friends and we can spend hours just laughing and talking. We just went down to Southlake and shoppped, ate out, stayed in a hotel, got pedicures, went to a movie (but ended up walking out of it - quite inappropriate for PG-13), and again, just talking and laughing. And for the first time in Girl's Weekend history, we had no babies with us and no one was pregnant! Crazy! I love you girls! And thanks again, Mom, for all of it!

 

Gymboree was having a GREAT sale, so you can see that we stocked up. We have about every size of child between all 4 of us. That's our receipt we're holding up! :)