Jump Jump Jump

Thanks to Honey and Jessie the boys got a trampoline!! They love it, as do the rest of the kids in the neighborhood. Their are 12 kids out there right now and Jeremy just went out to let them know only a few at a time. Jeremy and I put it together all day on Friday. First of all, it is huge. Second, it was freezing cold on Friday. Third, Jeremy had about 100 layers on. Fourth, Jeremy, Lindsey, Kimberly, Papa, and I have all been on to show off some tricks. Fifth, Gray isn't so sure about it. Sixth, thanks again to Honey and Jessie! So Fun!!

Tyler turns 7!!

Oh my goodness, I can't believe Tyler is 7! We threw Tyler a Star Wars party. We had Star Wars cupcakes, a Darth Vadar Pinata (FYI-the birthday boy got hurt during the mad rush for the candy. Let's just say it didn't go as planned.) and I made everyone light sabers (again probably not the smartest idea to give a bunch of light sabers out, I also should have given everyone a helmet). When all was said and done, it went well and I hope Tyler had fun.

Money from Honey and Jessie!!

All in it together!!

As you can see, the cousins have made it to town, permanently. We are very excited to say the least. Lindsey, Parker, Kimberly, and Lawson all drove here last Monday, Wade and Derek drove the Square Cow Moover Trucks on Tuesday, and Mom, Dad, and Jax flew here on Tuesday. It has been one crazy week with the two moves and Tyler's Birthday, but I wouldn't change a thing. Mom and Dad left today and we are all sad!! Here is a picture of all the boys at Tyler's Birthday Celebration!

I almost forgot

Blake specificallly wanted to show off his Spiderman tattoo form a Valentine he received from his big bro. Jeremy took this picture of Sam jammin out last night. (Check out the Christmas p.j.'s in February. I am not wasting a good pair of p.j.'s)

I HEART VALENTINE'S DAY

I really do love Valentine's day. I am not a huge flower fan or the lovey dovey things that come with Valentine's day, but I love the sweets!! It is true. Jeremy and I both. So the apple/apples don't fall from the tree. We didn't give the boys any candy for Valentine's day. Note: We did make cupcakes though. I let them decorate bags the day before and then we put their gifts in the bags. They had plenty of candy from grandparents, friends, and school. It was fun and the sugar high finally wore off about 8 p.m. last night. I almost forgot, Jerm gave me a gift certificate for a pedicure (never a bad gift) and I gave him some awesome new kicks!! Lovely!!

Candy Eater!!

More V-day!!

Paper Eater! Valentine t-shirts. The boys don't really get into the whole red and PINK thing, so these were their new shirts. Very Festive!!

Baby Blues

Yeah, we look nothing alike! Gray gets those blue eyes straight from his Dad.

Boxers

Don't you just love the boxers with the pajama shirt? We are stylin around here!!

Interesting

I went to download my pictures on my computer and this picture was on my camera. Interesting! I didn't take this picture. Someone (Ty, Blake, or Sam-I am sure) took this picture of Gray. I have not a clue which one took the camera, turned it on, took the picture, turned it off, and put it back where I keep it. It is a mystery!! Gray obviously wanted a turn!!

We are finally here!!!

I can't believe it. We are finally in Austin. The city we have been wanting to be in for so long. The first week we were here Jeremy was in Dallas taking a winter class at DTS. Thank goodness my sister and brother-n-law were here. I enjoyed the company and the help.

We have met at least four of our neighbors. We are having a Super Bowl party and inviting our entire section of the neighborhood. I found the cutest invitations. Please pray that it goes well. It is sort of a pre-Super Bowl party in our cul-d-sac. Speaking of cul-d-sac, my boys love love love it. They ride their scooters, skateboards, and anything that has wheels really. No worries, Blake has already busted his head and scraped his elbow all up.

It takes forever to unpack with four kids under 7. It goes something like this....open box, pull up Sam's pants, unwrap China, Blake wants a snack, realize I need to wash the dishes before I put them in the cabinet, Gray's awake-nurse Gray, realize I should probably line the drawers and cabinets, go get Tyler from school, the one box is still not all the way unpacked. So frustrating!!

All in all, we feel so blessed to be here. We also feel blessed to have a home in a great neighborhood and people all around to share the love of Christ with. I will update with some pictures soon.

Also, a quick update on my Mom, she had her first round of Chemo last Tuesday. It went awful. She was sick until today really. Please pray that they can balance her meds so that she isn't sick. If you know my Mom, laying around on the couch for an entire week is the complete opposite of the professional organizer, tennis player, neat freak, can run circles around me Mom.

Christmas Morning

Random Christmas Pictures

Sam on Christmas Eve Blake holding Little Lawson. All the boys beg to hold him.
I feel like the boys look like 101 Dalmatians all piled on top of each other. You wouldn't believe all the things we were doing to keep the boys from not crying and looking at the camera. It was ridiculous.

Waiting to see Santa.
Baby it's Cold Outside!!

Christmas with the Cousins!!!

Gray is getting BIG!!

This sweet little guy is growing lightning fast. It makes me sad. He turns 7 months today (Dec. 31st). He stood by himself for about 5 seconds the other day. He is pulling up on everything. Crawling everywhere. He is such a GOOD baby!! He never fusses unless he is hungry or tired. The older boys keep him quite entertained and honest to goodness I think Gray is trying to catch up with them. He is such a blessing!!

Sweet Parker

Things we do at Papa and Mama Don's!!!

It is 8:30 in the morning and Mom and the boys are making chocolate cupcakes. Not just making, but licking and then I am sure eating right out of the oven!!

Top 5 things the boys LOVE doing here:

1. Going for ICEE's and donuts before 8 a.m.
2. Burn paper with Papa in the Chimminea (sp?) (This can not be safe.)
3. Play with their cousins!! (Pure chaos Day Care style)
4. Going to Papa's Park. (This is a huge community park down the street from Mom and Dad's. The boys really do think it is "Papa's" Park.
5. Riding in Wade's "Big Truck" and Derek's Montero which Blake named "Hannah Montero". (Why do kids love other people's vehicles?)

Hey Sucker!!!

Don't judge too soon! "A six month old with a sucker"!!! Yes and he loved every minute of it. This is one of my Mom's favorite things to introduce to "the boys" (meaning all 7 grandchildren).

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Lawson is Here!!!

Sweet baby Lawson was born Dec. 12th at 10:57 a.m. weighing in at 6 lbs 14 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. What a great Christmas present!! Don't you love Jax's big brother shirt? I couldn't get a good picture, because Jax was 90 to nothing all day, but I had to post how cute this was in a world of let's say "not so cute" big bro and big sis apparel.