One Proud Momma

Yesterday, B did some incredible things that I just want to take a moment and brag on him. =)

First, we went to a birthday party for one of his buddies.  When we first walked in, we saw a super tall rock wall. B immediately said, "WHOA! I am NOT doing that!"...couple of hours later, here he was...

 

He quickly mastered the "easy" side, so I got him to attempt the "medium" difficulty...

 

 We were SOO proud of him and it was so precious to see how proud he was of himself too.

 

After we got home from the party, B was very anxious to try out his new "Rainbow Loom" kit that I got him the night before.  It is one of the newest fads going around our school, they are basically colorful, rubber band bracelets...and he has been OBSESSED with it all week! He opened the box and got out the directions...they were complicated to say the least!!! B tried and tried and just could not figure it out, but he didn't give up. =) He asked for my help and I could not even understand the directions myself!! I suggested he check out youtube for some instructional videos...so he sat at the kitchen table for hours and hours and HOURS watching youtube (pausing every few seconds so he could keep up with the video). I gave up and went to bed while J stayed downstairs with him.  I honestly have no idea how late he stayed up working on trying to figure out how to make these bracelets. J ended up falling asleep himself, so B basically got to stay up as late as he wanted. =)  To my surprise, when I woke up the next morning, B had made THREE bracelets all on his own. With determination, he figured out how to make them all on his own...not an easy task and I honestly don't think I would have been able to do it myself!  So proud of him!!  

 

Now he has a new obsession and is constantly wanting to make more and more bracelets. We already had to go back to Michaels today to buy more rubber bands. =)

Happy 6 Month Birthday Ava!

When the day September 11th is said, many Americans are reminded of the horrific tragedy that happened 12 years ago.

For us, we are also reminded of September 11, 2011...the day, J's sweet and loving grandma passed away and went to heaven.

Today, September 11, 2013 we are also reminded that it would be our Princess Ava's 6 month birthday. Happy 6 Month Birthday Ava!!! Instead of us showering her with gifts today, she gave us a gift that we would like to share with you guys...

Baby Abraham, our Rainbow Baby,

is  coming April 2014!!!

Summer 2013

I have been meaning to put an "end of summer" post together for the last few weeks and somehow with back to school activities, time and energy have just slipped away from me. I thought it would be great to have one post that has a few of our summer photos and memories, for us to look back on.

B started the summer off with a week long camping trip with my parents and sisters. He had a BLAST fishing, boating, riding the tube, swimming, grilling and making smores.

 

Jason and I spent our 1 year anniversary at the Gaylord Texan.

 

Thanks to some great friends, we also went out to eat at various fancy restaurants to celebrate our anniversary and my birthday.  We had a great time trying new places and definitely remembered each person that helped make our dinners possible. =)

 

My mom, one of my sisters and me took a day trip to Tishomingo, OK to visit the Pink Pistol...Miranda Lambert's store...of course we each had to get our picture taken with the life size Blake Shelton. =)

 

B spent a week at my parent's house to go to Vacation Bible School at their church...he came back completely EXHAUSTED!!

His version of "unpacking" his suitcase...he unzipped it, then conked out!

 

We attempted to take some pictures of the Blue Moon.

 

B played on an indoor soccer team for the first time ever and ABSOLUTELY LOVED it!! He loved the fast pace of indoor and J and I LOVED watching him. We definitely felt like we were constantly on the edge of our seats cheering him on. =)

 

Although I didn't get it captured on video, one of the games, he scored the winning goal in the last 4 seconds of the game! We were SOO proud of him!!

 After each of B's soccer games we visited our princess. =)

 

We spent lots of time going to the community pool...

 

 We also had several (maybe too many) lazy days of watching movies and playing video games. =)

Lilly sure enjoyed having us home each day. =)

 

One thing I did not get to take a picture of is our visit to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Fort Worth. We took a tour of the money factory where they make millions of dollars each day! It was VERY cool!! I highly recommend it, if you are ever in the area.  We just happened to go the last week of July which is one of three "craft demonstration weeks" that they have each year. It made our visit even more special because we got to actually talk to people that work in the factory and they were able to demonstrate up close how money has been made over the years. We were also able to see the new 100 dollar bill that will not be in circulation until October. This is a great field trip even for adults!

 

B and I had a last minute mommy/son getaway with our good friends. We headed down south to Galveston the week before school started for me.  B had soo much fun playing in the ocean waves! We hope to go again next year!

B was AMAZED by the palm trees. =) 

Attempting to surf on his boogie board.

 

Special thanks to J for letting us go as he stayed home, going to work each day, and taking care of our 4 legged princess, Lilly.

 

 As I went back to school, B spent his last week of summer camping again with my parents and oldest sister.  He had a great time learning to play various card games, swimming in the lake and fishing. Here is a pic of him "fishing" (more napping) with my dad. =)

 

B and I had a great, relaxing summer! Unfortunately J had to work ALL summer and didn't get to do a lot of the things with us, but we did get to go and meet him for lunch a few times. =)  Hopefully, next summer he will get to take a few days off.  =)