Beach Babes!!

The last weekend in September is my "annual ladies beachtrip" weekend. I got to go on a fabulously relaxing beach trip with some girlfriends. My friends are such a blessing to me and I am so thankful for each of these girls... some could not go and were terrible missed, but those of us who went had a fun time!

Here are the beach bums... Julie didnt get the memo about the brown swimsuit cover-up.

I finally twisted arms enough to get themto pose for our picture in the shark's mouth. I about gave a kid a heart attack when I asked him to take our pic. He was riding by on his (bright orange) bicycle and I was tring to get his attention and hollered maybe a little to abrubtly.


Julie was the only one who would humor me with a "silly pic" This ones is for our boys!



Sweet friends... enjoying a dinner on the bay overlooking the water... and dining with the mosquitos...

Thanks to Clint for taking great care of the boys and letting me go. He took a trip to go visit GiGi and Gdad while I was gone, so the boys hardly missed me!

How much longer til next september?

Anything to Avoid Housework!!!!!

So it is friday, and we have had one of those weeks where we have spent little time at home. So my house is in need of some serious cleaning.... but who wants to do cleaning when you hav these fun little guys to play with:

Case-O

Bry

Momma - (don't mind the "I just woke up look" and the morning hair-do)
Cason said that I looked funny with my smile....

So I tried a serious pose.... this one makes me laugh too! :o)

Anyone wanna come over and help us clean today???

Fun Times!!

Fun Times

We had a fun time at the park with our friends yesterday while the big boys were at school. Bry and his buddy Brinton were particularly cooperative with the photo-op, so I thought I would share....

Friends forever!!!!

Sweet boys all tuckered out from a lot of playtime!

Case-O and LuLu

Bry and Cason in one of those sweet moments where I wish I could just freeze time!

Brinton "helping" Lucy slide down

We had to cancel our trip to Fiesta Texas for Labor Day weekend due to an unwanted fever virus, so we took the boys bowling instead... here are the official score-keepers!


And the happiest (and cutest) bowler around! He thought he was so big!

Daddy's lil helper

So this picture doesnt really do it justice, but Bry's face was filthy with black smudges from "helping daddy" with his break job on my suburban. He had the best time playing with the yukky tire.

This video commentary is really just for the grandmas and others who just like to hear him talk. His little voice is so sweet at this age. :o) And of course, it wouldnt be a propper video of Bry is he didnt pitch at least a little fit!

Baseball and Tanner.... oh, and Brooke, too...

This weekend, we got some super spur of the moment free tickets to a Round Rock express baseball game. The boys had a blast and watching the game. They all played baseball this summer, so they were really more interested in the actual game this time. But I have to say that the highlight of the evening had really nothing to do with baseball. It was a treat to see my friend, Brooke, especially since it had been way too long since we had seen her. The boys were excited to see her (and when we pulled into the Dell Diamond parking lot, Cason said, "Oh, I remember this baseball game. This is Brooke's baseball park!") but all they can talk about now is "when will we get to see Tanner again?" She had her new little puppy up in their suite and she took all 4 boys up there to see him. They fell in love with this dog. They have all been begging to go visit him again and they have also asked for a dog of their own (thanks, Brooke!). Cason said he was going to ask Santa to bring him one. I told him I wasnt sure if it was safe for a puppy to ride on the sleigh but we can see. Brooke, you may need to help me explain that one, too! :o)

So here is a sweet pic of the boys, Brooke, and Tanner

And one thing Bry was NOT so sure about was sharing his cookie with Tanner. He liked him alright, but not that much! The cookie monster is kinda stingy with his cookies! :o)