Sweet Summertime!!!

Playing catch up!

So besides Carowinds….we have been

going to birthday parties…

The first one was for Taylor at the Splash Pad.  Taylor is TWO!!  So hard to believe our boys are 2!! 

I love that Annabelle in Andrea’s belly stars in this photo too!!

I couldn’t put this little cutie pie down!  Mr. Harrison….so sweet!!!

Cupcakes and popsicles….it doesn’t get much better than that!

 

Party number TWO

Beckham turns EIGHT!!

More cake and more water!!

little man watching the big boys intently

I am so proud of Maddox and how far he has progressed in the pool.  On July 4th he was so nervous and had to hold on to us. Two weeks later…my sister tagged me in an IG video and in the video Maddox ran and jumped in the water…WITH NO FLOATIES…and swam to the steps!!! What??  I was blown away and so proud of him.  He is not ready to swim w/out his floaties permanently but he definitely proved he could do it!!

Taking advantage of the action figures laying beside the pool.  We haven’t started buying the boys action figures yet.

Lane and Ryder… cousins!!!

Outside of Carowinds and birthday parties….we have been spending lots of time outside.

Playing with bubbles!!

And of course playing inside with

….monster trucks!

Maddox takes his Monster Truck collection very seriously!!

My little ham!!

Monster Trucks loaded up and ready to go!!

That’s it for now….yall come back now!

July 4th 2013

I know I’ve said it before…but the 4th is my favorite Holiday!!!

We have just had the craziest weather lately!  It is sunny one minute and raining the next…so unpredictable.  We always go to the lake on the 4th but not knowing if we would get to be outside…we changed our plans this year.  Thank goodness for a sister with a pool!!  We had a lazy day and then went over to Joy’s that evening.  We were able to swim in between pop up thunderstorms!

Mom brought her patriotic décor!

Maddox is full of new poses lately….this must be his tough guy pose!

Mom went around and got pictures with all of us holding the flag!  Great idea Mom…but we forgot to get one of you!!

There is something about this picture I just love….all the cousins…Stella in Laura’s belly….Caine talking to Maddox…the look on Ryder’s face!  All those things

This was our first adventure in the pool this summer.  Joy had muster algae and it took a while to get it cleared up.  We discovered that Maddox is very nervous in the pool and Ryder is a little dare devil.

The boy had no fear….he started jumping off without his floaties….I’m pretty sure if we spend very much time in the pool this summer…he will learn to swim!

The swimming wore this little one out!!

On the way home…we listened to the songs “Independence Day” and “Baby You’re a Firework” as we watched fireworks shooting up in the sky.  Maddox got so excited!  He said “those fireworks are so pretty when they light up the sky with color, I love fireworks!”

Friday…we were so lazy…we didn’t get out of our pj’s and I LOVED it!!  One of those days is GREAT every once in a while!

Pool, Photography, Friends and LAUNDRY!

That is what we have been up to!! 

 

Jordan and Breanna (our neighbors) went to the pool with us last Friday!! Maddox was in heaven having Jordan, Breanna, Caine and Tori all at the pool with him!!

My little man is getting brave!!  He is only holding on to a noodle in the deep end!!  He has come a long way from the death grip he usually has on me!!

OH to be young again!!  How fun does this look!!  I remember the days of playing in the pool like this…chicken fights, pyramids and lots of pool games!

After we left the pool, we went home and got ready for the football game!!  I took Tori, Breanna and Maddox to the game with me. I think it would be an understatement to say that I was frazzled by the end of the game!  It is HARD work trying to keep a 2 year old content at a packed out (hardly even room to sit) football game.  I guess the game was good…I wouldn’t know…I don’t think I even got to watch one play!  Anyway, the Wolves won!!!

On Saturday, I took my photography class!!!  It was a basic DSLR class.  I did learn a few things!!  I would definitely like to take more classes! Here are a few pics I took at the class.

Saturday evening we got to hang out with our friends Krista and Matthew!

I don’t know why….but I love this pic!

Maddox and Elan…getting ready to go for a ride!

Off they go!

They made it out of the driveway and the battery died!! Bummer!

Ryder after church…because there is NEVER a photo op before church.  We are always running around like chickens with our head cut off trying to get out the door and then we are still running late!  Is anybody else’s Sunday morning like that?  Growing up, my Mom got 3 girls ready and dinner started and we always made it to Sunday School on time…How did she?

Sunday evening we had orientation at Maddox’s preschool.  He starts Thursday!!  Holy cow! My baby is starting preschool!!

Can you guess what I did on Monday!!  Add a few more loads to this and that sums up most of my day!! 

Love this pic!!  Love the freckle on his lip!

How sweet is this pottery bowl!  A client gave it as a baby gift for Maddox…I can usually get him to eat better when I put his food in it b/c he is into tractor’s right now!!

Have I ever mentioned how sweet Ryder is!!

He has been sleeping all night…Whoop Whoop!  I usually have to get up once and put his passy in but that is it.  He recently has bumped up to 5 oz.  He is starting to chunk up quickly.

My little Ryder Bear!! 

Hope everyone is having a great week!!