Where did the time go?

How on earth is my Cason already 6 years old? How time flies!

Sweet Case-O ~ We love you so much... you bring so much fun to our family... you are very well-rounded... intense in all you do... but always so sweet to watch out for others along your way. You get so exctited about the simpliest things and you kinda try to hide that "over-excited grin." You have such a precious tender heart, and you give hugs and kisses that are out of this world... Thank you for being you... Happy 6th birthday! We love you!!

~mom and dad

Here is his pancake that I made for him on his birthday morning...

Funny story about Cason's cake: After I finished icing/decorating the cake, I left 'Raphael' sitting out in the kitchen while I was doing laundry. Jingles jumped up onto a chair and then onto the kitchen counter and helped himslef... I came around the corner and freaked!! But it made a great story to tell and it tasted great anyways!

Happy Birthday to you... Cha, Cha, Cha!

Cason and Gigi on the big slide

Cason and some of his girlfriends... he has many! :o)

Some of the friends... several had already headed back into the pool!

The birthday boy with momma and daddy

Summer Fun

My 5 boys!!

This is Bryson's new "thing." He has always been a fish swimming around in his life jacket, but he is already learning to swim with out it!!

The Great-Grand Tour

Every year, around the 4th of July, we make a big trip to go visit all 7 of my kids great-grandparents... we feel so incredibly blessed to have so many of them living for my kids to know... And as much as we wish we could see them more often, we have committed to visiting them at least once a year so that the boys will know and remember them. They are our legacy...

We started off in Abilene, halfway to Jal, at the Abilene ZOO. We met up with Uncle Russ and Aunt Angie, and our cousin Jarrell. If you look closely, you can see sute lil boys in these letters:

The montley crew

Russ, Ang, and Jarrell, who was not keen on the idea of a photo op...

Our crew at the zoo.

Then we loaded back up and headed off to New Mexico to see my grandparents...

Railroad tracks are always a great photo op, right?

My (hot) little monkeys!

Me with my Dandy Don and Nana

The boys with my Nana and Dandy

hahaha

It was so hot.... and he looks so big here!

The famous tire swing at the park in Jal....

Feeding the ducks

me with my Pop Pop and KK.
The boys with Pop Pop and KK

Then we headed back to TX to meet up with Clint's family for the 4th of July...

The boys at the parade with all their loot!

Crazy Gran Gran!!

We headed to Merkel for church with Mamaw and Papaw to celebrate their 80th birthdays...

It is always an adventurour trip, but always lots of fun... everything went great and it was so good to see lots of family.... but it is always good to be back home, too!