July Catch-Up: 4th of July Fun

Brian, Laura and Lane came to town for a roping that Brian had entered. It was fun got get to see them and let the kids play! Caden and Lane had so much fun together! We need to get them together more! We need to get ALL the cousins together more! Here are some pics from that weekend!

Lane came over to play one morning, and they were all watching "The Little Mermaid".... for a few minutes anyway.

Brian was nice enough to let us ride Little Joe.

Both of these kids LOVE to ride!

Brenna and I were getting a little wind blown :)

Thanks for letting us ride Brian! He's such a pretty horse!

Then we got to eat some homemade ice cream! Yummmy!

I'm pretty sure Brenna liked it!

What could be more American than playing baseball?

Brian had a little fun roping the kids! I think the kids had even more fun!!

Jason's new grill worked great on the ribs he smoked for July 4th!! Very tasty!

Their cousin on my side came to play too! Well, he watched them play :) Jason had him laughing pretty good, too!

We went to the arena to watch Brian's last roping in the short go. And we got to see the fireworks!

It was getting late, so we packed up the kids and drove a little ways to see the fireworks better and then headed home. The older kids really enjoyed the fireworks and it was a really good show for our town! It was a great weekend!

July Catch-Up: The May Farm

Well, I have been really bad about updating my blog this summer, so I'm playing catch-up! These pictures are from July that I never got on here and have been wanting to share. We went with some friends to the May Farm one hot, hot Tueday morning. The kids LOVED it, but I was so ready to get into the air conditioned car!!

The stroller gang. Not quite old enough to be turned loose on foot around the farm!

Brenna did fine with a few snacks.

Gracie feeding her favorite animal, the horse Cotton-Eyed-Joe. Or Joe for short.

Caden feeding Dolly, the llama. Get it? Dolly Llama? :)

Taking a hayless-kinda-scary-fast hay ride :)

She was hot, poor thing!

Riding Joe - I think he rode him at least 6 times!

Gracie liked holding the smaller animals, too.

Caden liked holding the bunny....until it jumped off his lap and went under the house!! Oops!!

Gracie riding Joe - happy girl :)

Gracie is a Kindergartener!

Here she is ready for her first day of Kindergarten!

I'm smiling, but I was pretty sad.

She loves her daddy!

Her locker!

Brenna had JUST woken up and we tossed her in the car, Caden was grumpy because his thumb hurt.

She started working on her playdough and we left.

He smashed his thumb in the door when we were getting out to take Gracie to school. That's why he was grumpy.

Gracie had a great first day of school and "did everything the teacher told me to do" (according to her)

She did have a green dot which means she followed the rules! I'm so glad that she liked it! Hopefully she will still like it after Christmas!!

Random June Pictures :)

Before church....

After church! Nobody is happy but daddy!

Caden already changed, he dislikes button up shirts!

Brenna likes green beans most of the time. She just likes to eat!

He's in-touch with his inner princess....I'm sure Jason is proud! :)

And yet he's Mr. Cool, too!

Everyone got piggy back rides one night when Mimi, Pawpaw and Uncle Jermo were over!

I don't think Gracie liked it at all! ;)

Brenna was waiting for her piggy back ride from Mimi...

She got a shoulder ride from Pawpaw instead!

I am so biased, but I think I have the most beautiful kids in the world!

She might be a little confused on her seasons.

Jason thought these were funny!

The bathroom counter took their heads right off! :)

A Slice of Pizza

We got to go swimming and eat some pizza at a friends pool last week. Gracie and Caden really started swimming well without help (well, with a life jacket). Brenna had fun "swimming" too, but I think her favorite part was the pizza. I got this series of pictures, and I thought it was pretty funny. I added what I think was going through her cute little head for captions :)

Mmmm...good pizza.

Wonder what they are doing over there?

Ok, there is Gracie, now where is Caden?

I wonder who they are?

Wait a minute! Are you taking my picture?!

I can't believe you are taking my picture. Stop that!

(this is my favorite picture!)

I'm just going to pretend you're not there and act interested in my pizza.

Mmmm...it is pretty good pizza.

Who's that over there?

Oh well.