Harley is 1!!

Wade and Kimberly had an Austin Tea Party for Harley's 1st Birthday. It was so adorable and girly. Too bad their were only 4 girls and about 13 boys.

Harley and Uncle Jeremy. I love this girl. My only niece.

Gray and Parker
Micah, Lawson, Tyler
Jax and Blake
Making aprons.
I loved the sign.
Don't you just love the mini cupcakes in the mini mugs?
So Fun for that Sweet Girl!!!

Schools Out!! Hello Summer!

The month of May was so incredibly good, but very busy. It has made us long for Summer. Tyler and Blake both had an amazing school year, but we are ready to bust out of our routine and enjoy some time together.

Jeremy went to Tyler's award ceremony and took this with his iphone. (Tyler, Mr. Hicks: Principal, Ms. Rockenstein: teacher)

This is Tyler at his field day event. His teacher (we adore her and I wish I had a picture of her and Ty) e-mailed me this picture and said "He is so cool, even doing a sack race!"

Sam, Gray, and I attended Blake's award ceremony and ice cream float party. I was sweating like crazy trying to keep Sam and Gray calm during the presentation of awards.
Blake and Mrs. Gonzales

Happy Memorial Day!!

Date Night

My sweet boys gave me this card for Mother's Day. Each boy had 20.00 to take me out on a date with them. I went on all my dates last week and I LOVED it. Rarely do I get one on one time with each of my boys. I hope I get this gift every year.
We drew out of a hat for the order of which they would take me out. Gray was the 1st one. He took me to Learning Express and to Yogurt Planet. This is him showing off his cash for our date!! (And yes he got a haircut which made me cry and is a story for another time).
We were at Learning Express for at least 1 hour. He picked out a ball of goo/slime that makes "tooting" noises when you put it back in the container it came in. Such a boy. He kept saying he got a "tooter thingy".
Eating his yogurt! Gray makes me laugh. He has a raspy voice, so everything he says is super cute.
Blake took me on a date to see Shrek: The Final Chapter. We had candy, popcorn, and soda. It was a great treat. Blake loves the whole date thing. He actually doesn't even love movies, but he knows that I love to go to the movies. He put on way too much cologne and dressed up (he loves sporting Under Armour), so he wanted it to be special. I loved it.
Sam took me on a dinner date to Chili's and then we went to Target. I knew his date would involve food. This boy loves life and is always happy.
He sat across from me for about a minute and then moved to my side of the booth. It was so fun just hanging out with him and enjoying our dinner.
And last but not least, Ty man took me shopping. This is us in the car before we hit the mall. He, like Blake, tried really hard to make this date about me and not him. So sweet. Tyler is 9 and I am loving our conversations about big kid stuff.

Happy Mother's Day to Me!!

I love these boys!! We had a very relaxing Mother's Day. My boys gave me a card with money in it for each of them to take me out on a date. Sam wants to take me to Chuck E. Cheese. I don't know about that. Very cute!! Jeremy gave me my favorite thing..money (i need running shoes, a bathing suit or two, and the list goes on)

We were going to go out on the boat, but it started to rain, so we all went to the movies. My crew can put away the popcorn!! It was a real treat for them and me.

Lovin Austin

One of my favorite things about Austin is the eating. They have so many awesome restaurants. Most of the restaurants have outside seating with live music and play areas for the kids. We have at least 5 restaurants in our area Austin that have play scape's. Seriously it is great to be able to eat your food and let your kids go crazy on the playground. It is just peaceful!!

Jeremy's day off at P.Terry's. Best Chicken Burger ever!!
They have a sandbox for the kids to play in.
Beautiful Austin Day!!

Fun with Cousins

I love that my sister and sister-n-law live in Austin by us. It is so easy to get with them and the kids always have a blast. Last minute last week we decided to take the boys + Harley to the fountain at the mall.
Um, Micah found the mud. Lindsey never would have let Parker do this.

We went early and pretty much had the whole place to ourselves.

Love this!

Who is the photographer?

Thats who!!!

All photos by Sam (4)

Birthday Party!!

This weekend we had a Birthday party for Gray and Parker. Gray and Parker are only 5 weeks a part in age. We felt like 3 was a good age to have a joint birthday party for them. Jeremy and I do not do birthday parties for our boys every year. We have family parties, but never a big party. This year Tyler and Blake have decided to have a few friends over for their parties, but Sam and Gray are going to have a bigger party this year. Sam's is this Summer and he is already planning it. Anyway, it was great. Lindsey and I had a lot of fun planning it and the boys had a blast. We did an animal invitation that read "Attention all Party Animals", animal cupcakes, and animal type goodie bags (pen, notebook, box of animal crackers, animal stickers). I am sure Lindsey will have better details on her blog, so check it out if you want to know more.

These pics are in backwards order, but I don't have the patience or time to redo this blog entry. :)

Sweet brothers with the Birthday Boy!!
I had to sit in the back on the way home because our van was packed.
Matching "3" shirts from Etsy!!
Papa and Gray.
Waiting in line for the Zip Line.
I can't believe Gray is almost 3! (May 31st)



Most of my pictures were blurry. So frustrating. Not sure if it is me or the camera!
Sam loved this place.
Lions, Tigers, Monkeys, and Zebras! These were really fun to make.

Boys+Swimming=Happy Boys

My boys absolutely love to swim. They always have and I think always will. We went to a Birthday party on the lake on Saturday. It was great. There was a playground, petting zoo, sand volleyball, basketball, a sandbox, but no worries they made a bee line to the lake and never looked back. They did come out once to eat. It was cold water. Their lips were blue and they were shivering, but they swore up and down it wasn't cold.

Lake Austin

I love this time of year in Austin. The weather is perfect and we are so blessed to live by Lake Austin and Lake Travis. A couple of Mondays ago we took advantage of the nice weather and went out on the boat with the family, without kids. We scooted down Lake Austin (the water was freezing) and docked at Hula Hut. I ate so much creamy jalapeno ranch with my chips. It was ridiculous.

Wade and Kimberly with the 360/Pennybacker bridge in the background.
I think this was right before my Mom got soaked. She looked like she had just ridden Thunder Mountain at Six flags. We laughed until we cried. And of course Wade wouldn't let it go. Thanks Mom for being a good sport.
Jeremy and his crazy driving. The reason Mom got wet. She hates getting wet.
Wade and Dad checking out the huge houses on Lake Austin.