A trip down memory lane....

As I was uploading my bluebonnet pictures this year, I was thinking about how much easier our photo sessions are these days! These sweet boys are growing up right before my eyes!!

2009

2008

2007

2006
2005

2004
(2 pictures because they both made me laugh!)

2003

2002

Easter

There are literally over 100 pictures to weed thru and crop, so I am just stopping in to wish everyone a Happy Easter from the Best gang! We wnet to visit GiGi & G-dad and Gran Gran in Jacksboro, so our weekend was filled with fun, food, and family... it was great! Hope you were surrounded by those you love as we celebrated the Resurrection of our Savior!

And what is a family photo session with out a "silly-pose?" :o) I promised my mom I would not make the cross-eyed look anymore because she said it "was just so unbecoming" (Notice, mom, I changed our header picture?!) How is this for "unbecoming?? Who knew that booger pickin was the new "silly?"

...... more pictures to come

Happy Birthday to my Favorite Husband!

OH, NO! The BIG 3-0!! (really, it's not so bad!)

You are such a great daddy to our boys.....

You are so much fun, and I LOVE to laugh with you!

You are the BEST husband! I couldnt think of a better person to share my life with!

I love you more now than I did 11 years ago when we met!
Happy Birthday, Best!

I love you!

Happy Birthday, COBY!!

How on earth is my Coby 7 years old today?? Time flies! Coby brings such a special life to our family. He is my firecracker! He is the ham that keeps us laughing and the love that keeps us hugging. I sure love my Coby! I can hardly remember what life was like with out him!

Since his Birthday fell on a Sunday, we took him to get doughnuts for breakfast before church. Then he chose Diary Queen for lunch, and we headed home for some rest time for Bry. His party was at 3:oo at the bowling alley, and needless to say, he and his friends and family had a BLAST! We headed straight from there to our home group for church, so it was a busy, busy day, but lots of fun!

Love you, Sweet Cobe! Happy Birthday!!

M.A.D.S.

Mommas Against Daylight Savings.... Anyone else wanna join the group???

It has thrown everyone for a loop around here.... the boys' sleeping late on Sunday was nice, but this 'going to bed while it is still day light' is weird... and everyone is tired and grouchy (but not too tired to lay in bed and giggle with the brother on the top bunk because it is so bright in the room...)

Tomorrow is Jog-A-Fun at school, and the boys are so excited... momma is saying a prayer that my Coby does better this year... last year I distinctly remember being reprimanded by a "race official" for carrying him around the track when he was having a hard time on his own! He says he is ready, so we will see. Micah's goal is 22 laps, and Coby's goal is to beat Micah... hmmm.... friendly competition? I suppose.... whatever gets that strong-willed child of mine around the track I guess!!

For now, I will close with a few recent pics of my cuties for the grandmas.... wish us luck tomorrow!

Micah's new "thing" is football... he takes this ball everywhere he goes...

Sweet Coby working on some art....

Cason on "Silly day" at school (for the letter "S")


Bryson catchin bugs... his favorites (and the only ones he will touch) are RoliePolies.

Upwards Basketball

It has been loads of funs, but I am secretly glad it is over! Clint coached the boys on an Upward Basketball team this year, and it was so much fun to watch them play... Upward is a great league if anyone is looking for somewhere for their kiddos to play basketball. Clint really enjoyed being in that coaching role, too. It was fun to see the both of them on the same team and watch them cheer for eachother. These pics were taken at 2 different games, so the jersies are different colors, but you get the idea....

Here is Micah's 1st time on the freethrow line...

SWISH....

Proud daddy... cute boys!

The hoghlight of the season was when Samantha came to watch them play! They were so excited to have an extra fan in the stands!

Coby taking a shot!

If you will notice inthis pic, Clint is in the background pointing.... why?? Well, Coby got the ball and he was right there by the goal... momma, who was busy fiddling with the camera and juggling bry on one side and cason on the other... looked up to see him with the ball, and shouted at the top of her lungs, "SHOOT IT COBE!" He shoots... He SCORES... she cheers!! She is way proud that she got it on film! Whoo hoo, super mom! And then she takes her seat when she realizes that everyone ('coach' daddy included) is yelling, "other way... that's the wrong goal!" OOPS! Sorry bout that one, Coby! Great shot bud!

I cant even begin to imagine the chaos when the boys are on 3 different teams... Cason on the kindergarten league, Coby on the 1st-2nd league, and Micah on the 3rd-4th. CRAZINESS!

Camping-revisited

A while back I posted our family pictures from our camping trip... well here are a few more pics from the fun weekend....

Daddy's got more help than a man could ask for... even Jingles is in on the fun! The tent is "his thing" so I just continued to unload the food and get everything set up while he pitched the tent with the boys... it took some serious patience, but I am pretty sure everyone had a "job" to "help" with!

Sweet Micah LOVES everything about camping and he likes to be right in the middle of it all... from pitching the tent to starting the fires and sleeping on the ground in a warm sleeping bag... he loves it all!

Coby is not as big of a fan of all the "outdoorsy" stuff, but he was a good helper, too! He told me his favorite part was snuggling in mommy and daddy's sleeping bags in the morning when it was cold!

Cason did a good job taking good care of Jingles on his first camping trip with his new family. He rarely barks at home, but he barked at everyone (and everything) that passed by... it was annoying... he is so tiny but he would get so worked up... we nicknamed him "Killer" :o)

Bryson is "HELPING..." cant you tell??

I changed this pic to sepia color because everything was so dry and dead looking... kinda sad! That helped us to be thankful for the rain even though it hit while we were trying to load up to go home... has anyone ever tried to put a tent away in the RAIN?! We actually kinda wadded it up and pitched it again in the front yard we got home to dry it out. Yes, our neighbors love us.

Here is the Rock-Throwing CREW. You can see the evidence of the drought by how low the lake was... There were trees sticking up everywhere!

Coby was so proud of this fish skeleton that he found... mommy got the heebie jeebies when she found it in her washer the next day...

The traditional "family pic"

Spoiled??

I have had Bryson home with Coby for a few days while he was sick... We took a trip to get Coby a slush from Sonic to make his throat feel better and I got one for Bryson, too. I guess it made Coby feel a little less "special" since Bry got one, too... so here was our conversation on the way home....
Coby: "I wish I was the littlest one in our family...."
Me: "You do? Why?"
Coby: "Because then I would always get to have everything I wanted, even when it isn't fair!"
**Seriously, did my 6 year old just call me out on spoiling my baby?? :o)

Look at him... how could we NOT spoil this child??!! :o)

YEE-HAW!

Yesterday was RODEO DAY at our preschool! I love this day! The kids have such a blast, and I have to admit, I do too. this year, we added a live horse and cotton candy to the rodeo, so it was pretty exciting! I didnt get a picture of Cason with his cotton candy, so I am posting this sweet pic of 2 sweet little gals in my class... 2 of Cason's little "girlfriends!" :o)

Here is Cowboy cason ready to "rope a steer"

They got to "milk" a cow

They got to see/pet/feed a real live horse... so cool!

My favorite lil' cowboy!

They got to shoot at rattle snakes... here are Cason and Atticus showin off their "rugged cowboy" look...

Momma and her cowboy

Strep throat and another tooth

Sweet Coby has been home from school with STREP... yukk... it has been kinda nice spending some quality time with one of my "middle" kiddos... they so rarely get time with mom by themselves!! He also lost his first top tooth, and he has the cutest little grin! I love it... now if only that tooth fairy would get her (or his) act together and remember to come visit him. He is on my bed right now watching a movie and composing a letter to the tooth fairy to remind her (or him) to come get this tooth that has been sitting under his pillow for 2 nights now.... oops!

He looks chubbier in this pic than he really is.... I was at a funny angle to get the "hole" in the smile! Love my Cobe!!

We survived!

It was COLD... but it was FUN!

The high was only 65 and the low was 42.

But the rain held off til this morning.

It was way too cold for a shower, so by day 3, we were lathering up in smelly lotion & extra deoderant, and pigtails were my only option. :o)

A shower never felt as good as the one I took today!

I will post some more pics of the trip, but for now, here is how we felt by the end of the camping trip.....

So we got a little carried away with the silly pics... it is the boys favorite part of me making them pose for pictures... so we set the self timer and went crazy. There are many more. These were just a few favorites. :o)

XOXOXO

I hope everyone gets to spend the day tomorrow with those that you LOVE!

We are headed out on a family camping trip... hope we still feel the LOVE after spending 3 days in a tent with one another with a 30% chance of rain! :o)

Fingers are crossed for some beautiful weather!

Happy *heart* day!