4th of July

We spent the weekend at the lake and had a great time. Aunt Donna, Uncle John, Austin, Peyton, Nana and Papa joined us for fireworks and some fun in the sun (well, partly sunny with some sprinkles). We headed up early Friday and everyone else made it up by Friday evening. We did LOTS of fireworks, stayed out on the boat all day Sat, went out sat night to see the fireworks display at Sandy Beach and all hung out Sun with more firework (courtesy of Austin-piromaniac). It was a great weekend and the boys were in heaven, they are starting to get so much easier to take care of-especially up there. Here's the weekend in pictures-

Posing in front of the Happy 4th of July sign..
The boys on the 4 wheeler

Sleepy baby with mommy

Nana and her "3 little indians"

Daddy and Nicholas

Papa with the boys

Nicholas with 2 life jackets on

Austin and John on the tube

Nana and Donna on the tube

Having fun in the water-all of the boys love the water this year!!!

Stick your tounge out at me...

2nd Cousins

Nicholas posing with sleeping Harrison

Donna and John

The boys with Donna playing in the lake

Grant & Golf

Last week Grant went to a golf summer camp at the "First Tee of Arkansas". This was his first "golf experience" and he loved it!! We are trying to let the kids experience several different sports so tht they can then find out which they enjoy the most and want to pursue. Grant had a great time and knew several of the kids there. He is now lobbying for his own set of clubs!!!

Weekends at the Lake

We haven't been to the lake so far this summer as much as the kid's would like-if it were up to them, it would be every weekend!!! They have so much fun riding around on the boat-tubing and riding around on the 4-wheeler. We are gearing up for the 4th of July and got a head start on the fireworks this past weekend. Nicholas always says 4th of July is his favorite holiday (which is something for a kid his age), he just loves fireworks!!! I wish he were a little more scared of them-he has no fear. Here's to summer's at the lake!!!

Popping a "popper"-that's what we call them, don't know if that's the real name
All the boys on the 4 wheeler-I must say Harrison likes doing this the most, he could ride ALL day!! (Ted got this cool seat for it last year, so they'll all fit)

Grant got pretty brave riding the tube while standing and dancing...

Nicholas and Grant

Harrison and Grant (Harrison's arms are just long enough to hold on, this is the first time he's ridden without me and he loved it)

You have to drink Mt. Dew on the boat-he gets so worn out, the caffeine has no effect on sleeping.

Nicholas having fun...

Harrison waving to daddy...

I like pictures of Grant where he's not smiling really big, he likes to fake smile!!!

What we've been up to so far this summer...

We've been staying busy this summer and have been having a great time!! I just love the lazy days of the summer, I also like sleeping in (the kids have been sleeping until 8:30 or 9:00) every morning. Here are some of our summer highlights so far...

Backyard fun in the pool...

At our neighborhood pool...

At Magic Springs...(Ted and Grant)

Harrison on the airplanes

Nicholas eating cotton candy

Harrison all smiles

We finished up Nicholas' tee-ball season last weekend. Look at that face, don't you love his pants pulled up above his socks-he wore them like this the whole game.

After the game at Sonic-all smiles

Loves the trophy!!!

More Magic Springs pictures...Look how Harrison ended up coming down the slide-he was all smiles!!

Big brother catching little brother

3-D glasses after seeing UP, they loved it!!

Harrison wearing Nicholas' 3-D glasses
We look forward to many more FUN summer adventures!!!

8 YEARS!!!

I can't believe it's already been 8 years!!! Time flies when you're having fun!!! Happy Anniversary to the best husband I could have ever dreamed of...Here's to many, many, many more great years of marriage to my best friend, my soul mate, the best daddy any boy could ever have. Ted, you've made and you continue to make me so very happy!!! Love Always & Happy Anniversary!!!



A few of my favorite wedding pictures...

Harrison's 1st Day of "School"

I had to post pictures of my baby on his first day of "school". I decided to ease him into the idea of going to school, so I am sending him to Asbury on Tues. and Thurs. this summer from 9-12. His first day was last Tues. and he had a great day. They said he cried just for just a minute once he realized I was gone, but had sooo much fun!! He is going with Nicholas and thinks he is such a BIG boy now. These aren't the best pics, but it's all I could get on our way out the door. I am looking forward to spending some special time with Grant this summer while Harrison and Nicholas are at school.

First Trophy

Well, Grant's 2nd year of Baseball is offically over!!! Grant had such a fun season and dramatically improved over the last few months. In his league, you get to try to hit the ball from the pitching machine and if you don't hit it after 3 tries, you get to hit it off the tee. At the beginning of the season, I didn't think Grant would ever get a hit from the pitching machine, but he did!!! The last game was his best, with 3 hits!!! His last game was last night and afterwards everyone met at Sonic for ice cream and TROPHIES!!! He just loves his new trophy!!! GO PIRATES!!!

Picture from the dugout With buddy, Trey

"Surfing" on the table at Sonic

The Pirates

My Pirate with his beloved trophy