Swimming Lessons

The boys had their first swim lessons today.

Summertime

Well today it is officially....

                   

School is out!  It is hot (definitely very hot) outside!  Time to relax, sleep late, and just enjoy those lazy days of summer, right?

 

Well, not exactly!  It means 7 on 7 football, summer basketball, swimming lessons, community rehab, summer workshops, and a whole lot more.

But I wouldn't want it any other way.  I so enjoy spending time with my kiddos! 

Cordell Is Eight

Father's Day

I've been saving these images for a little while.  I have been dying to share them.  I have trouble keeping them to myself.  I had to wait though, because I had taken them for a father's day collage that the boys gave Lyndell.  I just love the first one of their feet!  It took a whole lot of shots before Sutton actually kicked his feet up just right and you could see the letters on his feet.  I also love the look on Ayden's face - typical Ayden!  Blake refused to be a part of the feet picture.  He is getting too old for the cutesy stuff.  I loved the picture of them all together too.  They are true brothers -  they fight, pester and pick on each other, and generally just get on each other's nerves.  However, when it comes down to it, they are best friends!  They would be lost without each other.  I love my boys, and we all love you daddy! 

Happy Father's Day!

The First Harvest

Ayden and Cordell each have a tomato plant at Granny's house.  They eagerly check it every time that we go by.  Today when Ayden checked his, there were three little red tomatoes.  He was so excited to get to pick them!

Exhausting!

Kindergarten is exhausting!

We were working at school, trying to finish all the end of year scrapbooks.  Sutton was playing and talking.  All of the sudden, he got very quiet.  I looked over there, and the poor baby was sound asleep.  He did not even let go of his rattle.  I had to take a picture, but then I did lay him down on a pallet.

Buggy Boys

Never a dull moment around here! 

They always have some sort of creature.

These lovely snails escaped from their house over night.  The next morning, we got to pull little snails off of our entertainment center, dvd player, some books, etc.  The joy of little boys!

I much prefer the ladybugs to the snails.

Summer Fun

School is out for the kids, and summer fun has oficially begun!

Faithweavers Fun At The Park

Faithweavers closed out the year with pizza and ice cream and lots of fun and games at the park.

The Egg Race

The Water Relay

Ayden's group resting

Tug Of War

Never Give Up!

Playing at the park

They also sang at church Sunday night.

Sutton went to the doctor today for his 6 month checkup.  He weighed 18 pounds 8 ounces and was 27 & 1/2 inches long.  He sure is growing!

All A's

Count them...

Yes, that's right, not one - but two All A plaques this year.  Blake has gotten one almost every year since second grade.  (He made an 89 in 8th grade and missed out that year.)  This year Cordell is in second grade, so he had the chance to earn his first plaque.  He was super excited!  Blake is too cool to be that excited.

I am so proud of my boys!!

Feet

I was washing Ayden's filthy little feet after a long day of play.  I asked him, "Ayden, how in the world did your feet get so filthy?"  This was his reply.  "Mom, I've been walking on them for years."

Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day with my mom, Lyndell, and my boys.  I am blessed to be the mother of these 4 wonderful boys.  I was blessed with the best mom as a role model for the mom I want to be.  I hope to be just as good a mother as her!