Mother's Day Weekend

My sweet boy giving me Mother's Day flowers

and Simmy - being sweet

I asked Tristan if he would plop down so I could take his pic... he did. Well trained T, you are well trained.

The old man... As

This is how they were Saturday morning when they woke up. It was hysterical...

so I gave them fruit roll-ups (hence Davis' mouth looking funny)

pure greatness.

This is Murphy... he's waiting for breakfast

and Gracie telling Daddy to GET UP!!  Someone stay up a little too late last night JJ?

Stuff to do!  Like a little bit of this!

Murph... again... probably wondering what all those shots are for

Simmy Simm.... not even a little gun shy!

T and Davis collecting their flowers - looking all COUNTRY!

Daddy delivering my sweet little guy AND my flowers!!

 

then we attempted to fly kites.  It was so fun but that box kite gave me a run for my money!

T got after it

and I was NOT going to let this kite win

no way...no how.

ugh - FAIL!!!!!

Holt tried...

*FAIL!!*

I love these wooden fish carvings...

Then, Holt found a turtle and we played with it!!

then it was time for "her" to go home...

so the boys carried on... just by being boys

 

T, Davis and I headed off for fire wood.  T trekked a ton back.

our beautiful view as we walked....

Davis was over it... Uncle Holtie had to go give him a ride.  :)

Then, Uncle Sue fired  up a game of camping baseball

Tristan Barber of the New York Yankees swung and missed!

then... he hit one out of the ball park!!!

Davis Jones of the Texas Rangers was up next.

and he knocked it out as well!

and it went on and on and on....

until the NY Yankees and the Texas Rangers took down Sue Jones' evil empire known as the Boston Red Sox!!

Oh the fun to be had at camping!  Fishing time!!

James pulled this little guy in... and then.. literally... threw it at me.  Sheesh!  The nerve!

I think we caught 40 fish in less than an hour.  It almost wasn't fun - hahahahaha

SCORE!

Again... and again...

and again!!

and again....

and I'm not kidding... again!

Then I hooked one...

IN THE EYE!!!!

Poor little thing.  Quickly took that out and threw him back!!

the other side where we found the wood...

Captain Barber was busy baiting and filming!!

The old man rested under many trees

and the younger old man climbed a few.

and then the little cubs soon followed

 

I found a deserted turtle shell..

she loved it and took it home.

T was just hangin' around at the pond with the bigger fish

Holtie tossed in a line and caught a wide-mouth bass!

 

here she is!

and then I gave it a shot but sadly didn't catch a thing.  :(

 

T got bored... I mean when you aren't catching 350 fish in 5 minutes... it's not fun.  He said "I like the OTHER fishing Mommy" ... I explained this is REAL fishing.... so - Mr. Patience was D-O-N-E!

Our limos all weekend

 

and the crazy passengers

beauty all around.. made the heart happy

 

then on Saturday night I captured these cool pics of Holt fishing.

 

bet you didn't know I had my very own fly fisherman!?

 

Loved these so much I couldn't delete any more of them!

changed my aperture and got this...

I like this setting better :)

 

Simmy's tag looks like his tongue is hanging out!

me admiring all of them goofing off

Gracie just loves Simba and Aslan

and she loves taking pictures too!

 

Oh what a fun camping weekend this was

very thankful for fun memories, some time in the sun and happy faces.

that only got happier as we busted out rockets!

T on the long walk back to camp... he ran this a few times

"Gotta stay healthy Mommy, I need my esser-size." 

Making Mommy proud T... making Mommy proud!!

So thankful that my boss let us head out there again.  Great way to celebrate being a Mom!!

Lauren's Spring Show

Aunt Connie and Uncle John both got out there and shook their booties for Lauren's Spring show!

We took a ton of pictures... and everyone actually thought this was ME taking a picture of Lauren but lo and behold... it's Connie :)

Lauren being all sassy

Lauren and her boyfriend Jaqui (who I finally met and LOVE)

and after the show... we got our own pics with Lauren

 

Oh and I'll try and post the videos for these two dances...

Still can't get enough, it was awesome!

Soccer Tots begins again

Tristan was pretty excited to play soccer again AND he got to show Grandma!

 

 

we were a few minutes early and we snagged a few shots

BOO!  He was thrilled can't you tell?

that's better!

Daddy's boy!!

 

Finally Grayson arrives!!!

off we go!

meeting the coach

pinney time!

 

 

This is Cullen...G's little brother who was a tad too scared to play!

 

getting a little help from the coach

 

and Taylor... Grayson and Cullen's sister.  Could she be cuter?!

she wasn't smiling for anything ...

Shot!

 

Tristan scored twice... pretty darn proud!

Here's Tracy, G, C & T's mama!

 

All done.. boys are pooped!

Time for the toy (weekly tradition) - need quarters!

 

Grayson jumped in our car.. it was pretty cute. Sure do love that little guy!!

 

Great first game boys, proud of you!!!

A little crazy fun

Tristan enjoyed the chair I got Holt for Father's Day a few years ago..

 

 

We finally have a place to hang it..

Meanwhile, Grandma sipped a cream soda in her Dallas Cowboy koozie.  Think she liked it?

hahahahahaha

Flight Museum with Grandma

Grandma treated T and I to a YUMMY breakfast

 

and we colored in Aunt Jeanne's book she sent while we waited.

 

then it was off to the Flight Museum!

 

Got a quick shot of Grandma and T walking in...

and I got in a quick workout...

close up but the bright sunlight caused some issues :)

T flew a chopper
little cutie!

and then the guy let me jump in!!

I told T to "FREEZE" like this guy.  After he stopped freaking out that there was an actual guy in there... we did it.

 

CHEESE!

and my favorite plane... the Flying Tiger (I think.. I'll have to ask my dad)

and me telling him there is a plane named after him... the Little Toot!!

then we got to touch a piece of history!!!

this was so cool!

We learned about life at Kitty Hawk and the Wright Brothers...

Van Cleve Bicycles... made me giggle.  My boss's name is Van Cleave!

We met this author.... it's my second time meeting him.  Awesome guy.

my mom met him too and for some reason the pic is very, very tiny.... LOL

 

Pic of me and my boy... man I love this kid!

 

and Grandma... with "The Pancake"... amazing looking plane!!

 

It's hard to really look at stuff with a 4 year old but we did well considering!!