Halloween

Family Zoo Trip

Isaac hanging like a monkey

Morgan & Isaac brushing a goat

Jimmy & Justin being silly

Cousins!

Elijah playing soccer

Birthday party @ Chuck E Cheese

The birthday party went great, not one person couldn't make it, everyone we invited came! Elijah was so excited! We had 18 kids! You can probably tell that Star Wars is our obsession. It all started a couple months ago when we bought Lego Star Wars for him & Dad to play on the Xbox. He loves it and was so excited to get all the SW stuff he has been wanting.

Elijah's 5th birthday

I can't believe my little guy is 5! Where has the time gone? I love him so much, he is such a great kid. We have had a few days of celebrating now, today is his actual birthday. We had a birthday party with family & friends on Sunday at Chuck E Cheese, Aunt Laura & Uncle John came in yesterday for his bday and celebrated last night (got to have cupcakes at school too with all of his school friends) & today we celebrated him all day long. Needless to say, he's loving it! I have to go through my pics, it will probably span a few posts.

The Locator

While flipping channels last night between watching the Hurricane Ike coverage I came across this show. It is a show that reunites people that have been missing for years. Two shows were on back to back and I was fascinated. One of the stories was about a girl born in 1979 in Garland, TX (just like myself) to a 16 yr. old mother (not this part). Her grandmother forced her mother to give her up for adoption but she actually went to a nurse at the hospital that was a friend of her grandmother's. At 3 days old this woman fled with her to Minnesota under a private adoption. She is now my age and has no information on her birth mother. They find her mother and come to find out she has two full blood sisters and a father. (The mom & dad are now divorced) To watch the reuniting is amazing, I can't even imagine finding out your mom & dad had children a few years later that they kept and you have missed out on everything all these years. Wow! Anyways pretty interesting reality television, check it out here.

Hurricane Ike--please don't ruin my son's birthday party on Sunday. He will be so sad if we have to cancel it.

Elijah is back in school....

So mature.

Elijah & one of his buddies, Caleb

Elijah & his teacher, Mrs. Cuthbert I can't believe that next year he will be in Kindergarten! WOW! His birthday being Sept. 16th, in TX you don't have a choice whether or not to start Kinder this year, Sept. 1st is the cut off. He will always be the oldest in the class and from everything I have heard, this is a good thing for a boy. He attends 3 days a week and loves it. He is beginning to read and it is so funny as I spell things to Jimmy trying to disguise what I am referring to and he catches on! This is a great school and I plan to send Isaac next year.

Fiesta Farm

Whitney & I joined my neighborhood playgroup at this farm and had a great time. Isaac was a little unsure of the pony until he saw Micah & Emmie ride. Doesn't she look cute!

What happens when Isaac uses markers with Elijah.....

Vegas

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Jimmy & I got away for a week without the kids last month. We had a great time in Vegas! He won a trip through Toyota for a couple days and we tacked on a few extra days to extend it. We relaxed a lot, laid by the pool, saw 2 shows, Danny Gaines and Phantom of the Opera. It was wonderful!

Mariana Elise

Our first niece has arrived, she is absolutely precious! Congrats Stephen & Karin! I can't believe I don't have any pics of the two of you with your own child, sorry! Thanks for letting us visit and love on her. I couldn't have been more surprised with the boys reaction to their new cousin. I thought they would stay back and be shy but within 5 min. Elijah asked to hold her and didn't want to let go. It was absolutely precious. I love my boys!

Catching up with great friends.

Kate & I's signature shot We had a wedding to attend the first day of our vacation in Dallas and that evening we had a couple hours to spare before we flew out to Vegas and some great friends that we hadn't seen in far too long came & met up with us. Thanks Skip & Kate, we love you guys!

July all wrapped up.

Here are a few pictures to wrap up July. Dinner with Pawpaw at Floore's Country Store and a couple backyard shots that I took while the boys were playing.

Going way way back....

As you can see I have been gone from the blogging world for awhile. I remember thinking when school ended in May..whatever will I do all summer? The summer is already over and I can't believe how fast it flew by. Grammy from Dallas visited us for a week in June and Grandpa Mark (who is now being renamed to Pawpaw, per Isaac) visited in July. Grammy came back in August & watched the boys for a week while Jimmy & I went on vacation to Vegas. Jimmy won a 3 day trip to Vegas through Toyota and we tacked on an extra 4 days and had a great time. Our first niece made her arrival in August, sweet Mariana Elise! My sister, Aunt Michelle came and visited us last week so put together all the fun family visits we had along with a lot of Sea World action and that's our summer in a nutshell. :) Stay tuned for lots of pictures!

Fun with Grandpa Mark

We have had a good week with my Dad being in town. The boys love playing with him. We went downtown to the Riverwalk one day and realized it isn't stroller friendly, oops! Then it came a downpour. :( We had to walk 5 blocks, holding the kids hands and dragging the stroller to get back to our car, we decided it was our adventure of the day and laughed about it. We took him to Sea World too and had a blast feeding the dolphins, and watching the Shamu show.