Dallas Cowboy Family

We went to Jon's parents last Sunday for a cookout and to catch up with some old friends. I can't believe these are the only pictures we got. It is getting harder and harder to get everyone together to stop for a picture, so if I can get one I do and if I can't.... it is not the end of the world.

The few we got are pretty cute and serve as a fun memory of the day. Gary grilled the BEST steaks, vegetables and baked potato's. Oh... and I can't remember who brought the dip but it was So good! It was a new Hidden Valley dip called fiesta ranch. YUMMY!!!

We got to visit with Jon's family, his brother & girlfriend Nicole and his sister Angela. Ron and Terry came with one of their daughters Ashley and her boyfriend. What a super cute couple! We have been friends with them for years and years. And Bruce and Cheryl were also there and we have known them for a real long time as well. It is so nice to reconnect with old friends.

And I even got an offer from Ashley for some future babysitting for Jared and Jake. WHOO HOO! :) That makes my day just saying the words.

All in all we had a wonderful afternoon with amazing people and Delicious food!!! :)

BOYS will be BOYS!!!

That is all I have to say about this picture. :) We were trying to get their attention to snap a couple of pictures and they were having more fun digging in the pool filter.

Our "Dallas Cowboy" Family
Mommy & Jared

Mommy & Jake

Me & My Hubby :)

~I think this is so cute!~

Catching Up... :)

I am about to play a game of catch up.... IN OVER DRIVE! :)

So stay tuned for tons and tons of new blog post. Or so I hope! The more I think about my blog the more I want to catch up and keep it up to date. My goal is that I will be able to make blog books for the kiddo's to have to look back on when they get older.

Wish me luck! I have a ton of catching up to do.

Momo's Surprise B-Day Lunch

In June we celebrated Momo's birthday (Jon's grandmother) with a surprise lunch at Uncle Julio's in Allen. She had no idea that this was planned and it was a huge surprise to her.

We had a real nice turnout. Four of her five children, most of her grandchildren and several of her great-grandchildren came to celebrate this special day.

~We all missed the few of you that couldn't make it. Uncle Victor, Steven and Anthony~

We are so glad to have been a part of this and we have a ton of pictures to look back on to remember the day.

Jon & Momo

Our Family

Uncle Steve

Jared, Jon & Julie

The Gang....

The Hurtado's, The Born's, The Solano's & The Barber's

Jon, Julie & the boys....

Momo

Gary, Diana & Angela

Johnny & Jake

Marissa & Mike

L to R... Jared, Julie, Angela, Gary, Diana, Momo, Rudy, Steve & Marissa

L to R...Valerie, Allisa, Abby, Johnny, Jake, J.D, A.J, Cameron & Adrienne

Julie & Angela

Momo & Jake

~My post wouldn't be complete without a picture of Momo & Jake.... I think they were both ready to go home and take a nap :)

Momo & Jared

Uncle Rudy

Valerie & Julie

Father's Day

We had a great day on Father's Day except for the fact that my step dad was horribly sick, so we didn't get to see him. That was a total bummer!!! We decided that we would take him out for dinner once he got to feeling better.

Jim~ We love you so much! You are an absolute blessing to not only my mom but to myself and my family. We love you more then you will ever know and you mean the world to us!!! :)

And Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband. I feel so lucky that you are such a fabulous husband and even a better father. Our boys think the world of you and you are such a role model for them. Thank you for everything you do and we love you so very much!

Also, Happy Father's Day to Gary, my father in law. We love you so much and we hope that you enjoyed your day with us.

The kids made Jon some really neat things. They love their daddy so much!

Daddy & The Boys
~Jake made his daddy the little tie and the sunflower pot~

~Jared made his daddy a 12 page book full of his favorite things he does with him~

Jon & Jared~the day before Father's Day... They headed out early for a fun day at Six Flags and then some fishing. It was just the 2 of them, so Jared was on cloud 9

Aunt Angela & Jared

The Boys~playing in the pool at Grandma & Popo Gary's house

Jared & Jon

My precious baby was exhausted!!!

Jared & Popo Gary

Grandma & Jake

Jared & Grandma

White Rock Bike Ride

I finally convinced Jon that bike riding is fun!!! Jared, however, is not fully convinced. It might have been a better experience for him if we didn't have to stop 10 times to air up my front tire. :)

Thankfully my wonderful hubby brought the air pump or we would have been completely out of luck. LOL! I know they make the small air pumps that you can carry in your backpack, however, we had the good old fashioned air pump. Check out the 2nd picture... I just realized you can see where Jon had rigged it to his bike. :) Very funny!

Jake was with his Grandma & Popo Gary, so we headed over to White Rock Lake for a bike ride. It was an exhausting 14 miles but for the most part we had a great time. We came across this mommy duck and her babies and it was so cute. So of course, we had to stop and get some pic's.

Jared & Mommy~ yummy treat on a hot day Daddy & Jared Cutie Pie Little family of ducks

He did it again!

Again, I find myself trying to play catch up... :) I could not leave this event out though. Jon and I are so happy that Jared cares so much about school. And having such a wonderful teacher was an added bonus. :) We love you Mrs. Baldwin!!!

We are SO proud of Jared for getting straight A's again this year. What a huge accomplishment. We love you so much Jared and we are truly blessed to be your parents.

Ta Da!

Our Family
Me & Mom
"What a beautiful lady she is"

Jared & Mame

Jared & Mrs. Baldwin

Jared receiving his awards :)

Splash Day @ The Ark

Jake's end of year party/splash day was last week and they had so much fun. They had a blast playing in the sprinklers and then went inside for some bounce house fun. They enjoyed a picnic lunch and just had fun being kids. :)

Thank you Stacy for the beach towel. He loves it! He was so excited to finally use his new Buzz towel that he got for his birthday.

This party was bitter-sweet because it is the last school year he will be at The Ark. (Not counting sun and fun) He will be starting Pre-K at the elementary school this fall. As Jake says, he will have a "real principal". LOL! He is very excited about that. The Ark is at the church, so I don't believe they have a need for a principal. :)

Jake

Luke & Jake
How interesting bugs are...

Mommy & Jake

Fun!!!

Mrs. Susie, Mrs. Carolyn & Jake
~Wonderful teachers~

Angela's Birthday

"Don't you just love tea parties?!?! Especially when it is a Long Island Ice Tea party"

A couple of weeks ago, my sister in law had a wonderful birthday party. It was a Long Island Ice Tea/Hat party. Except that Jon and I either forgot that it was a hat party or we didn't have a big hat. LOL! I am not sure Jon would have worn one anyway. I didn't even think about bringing the kids a hat either. But when their Grandma got there she had brought them the cutest hats to wear. I can't believe that I didn't get a picture of them in their hat's. urgh!! (I'm sorry Diana... That was so sweet of you to think of them)

We all had a great time and the kids really enjoyed Angela's new place. We got to meet her new room mate Carolynn and she is a sweet heart.

The old Merc building was renovated and turned into apartments. These are not normal apartments though... LOL!! At least not anything like what I have ever lived in. It is absolutely beautiful and very hip. Yes, I said Hip!! :) The view is wonderful. It is a little hard to see though since it was dark, however, the picture below of our family is up on the roof top overlooking Dallas. We will definitely need to go back this summer and get some pictures when it is light outside as it is so pretty up there.

My little Angel....Kissing Aunt Angela

Awh....
Our Family up on the roof of Angela's apartment

Aunt Angela & Jared

Diana & Chris

~Chris and her daughter Missy have been such good friends of Angela & Diana since the girls were little~

Angela & her room mate Carolynn

Jon & Angela

Me & My Wonderful Hubby

Angela and her sweet little nephews

Angela & Julie

The Boys

Memorial Day get together at Angie's

We had such a fun time on Saturday evening at Angie and Paul's. We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends. :) The kids all get along so well and have so much fun together. One of the guy's mentioned there was a poker game going on inside and to my surprise it was Jared, Cole and a couple other of the little boys. LOL! They were so cute! Jared is hooked now. haha As soon as we got home he went and got Jon's poker chips out and wanted to play again. :)

Tobie, Angie & Julie

Being silly :)

Jared...Cool jump!!

They had so much fun together

Sweetness!!! Jake and Chloe

WOW!!! A little early for Texas Hold' Em
Me & Jon

Memorial Day at The Harbor

We had such a fun time today at The Harbor. Tobie and Derek got a new jet ski and invited us to go for a ride. The kids had a blast on the jet ski and just running around playing in the water. Who would have known how much fun the harbor was going to be when they were building it?!?!? Every Thursday evening in the summer they have different bands come and perform, so stay tuned.... I think we now have standing Thursday night plans for the rest of the summer. :)

Julie & Tobie

Kade (Tobie's little boy) & Jake
Jared & Jake

That's my Boy!!!

Just having some fun... :)

Jared & Daddy
"Who has time to pose for a picture when you can be riding around the lake?!?!"

Move over Derek.... It's Jon's turn

Derek & Jake on the jet ski and Kade is patiently waiting :)

Fun...Fun...Fun

Pretty view

Birthday Parties- catching up

More catching up... :) Parties, parties and more parties. Jake went to a birthday party for his little friend Rowdy on the same day as our April family fun night. We didn't think we were going to get to go because he was suppose to have a t-ball game that morning and it ended up pouring the rain. So it worked out great for us and he was able to go to Rowdy's party at Chuck E Cheese. They had so much fun!

Then on Sunday we went to Sydney and Ethan's birthday party. Aunt Laura just combined their birthday's into one big party. They had 2 huge bounce houses and the kids all had a blast. I do have to admit I had a fun time too in the bounce houses. :) But when I woke up on Monday morning I sure did regret the fun I had acting like I was young again. haha My back hurt, my head hurt, my neck hurt and I could go on and on forever. :)

Our Family @ Aunt Laura's

Ethan in his mask
YEP!!! That is me! And I wonder why I hurt all over the next day?!?!

ME AGAIN- ok...maybe this was why!!!!

Jake~ according to him, I was spending ALL day playing with Sydney and not him....SO he was not very happy with me.

Jared

Jared & Grandma

Jared & Jake in the back & Ethan & Sydney in the front

Teaching Sydney how to do a back flip flop

Jared & Mommy

Rowdy & Jake

~Chuck E Cheese Party~

CHEESE!!!!

~he had So much fun~

I wonder who he is calling?!?!? :)

April Family Fun Night

Wow~ I wasn't sure if I was ever going to get this post done. Better late then never.... :) Life just gets so busy and crazy sometimes that it is hard to find time to sit, relax and blog.

We had April family fun night at our house and we had so much fun. We ordered Chiloso and it was DELICIOUS. For those of you that don't live around here, Chiloso is a little Mexican food restaurant here in Rockwall and is extremely addicting. As Jared says..."Mommy eats their chips and hot sauce every night". LOL!!! I have to admit, yes I do. When we go, I always get extra chips and sauce to snack on the rest of the week. YUMMY!!!!

It is always fun to visit with the girls, take pictures and just relax with the kiddos. They were so funny on this family fun night because we found out that they all like to dress up in costumes. :) Me being the pack rat that I am is sometimes good because Jake now has a TON of costumes from Halloween. Some are from Jared and some are from his cousins- Brennan & Dylan. Well, really his sweet Aunt Tricia seems to spoil him with costumes. :) As a matter of fact he got 2 more in the mail from her the other day. She sent him Shrek costume & another Power Ranger costume. When he opened the box and saw the Shrek mask he had had a really strange look on his face. I asked him what was wrong and he said he didn't like the mask. I told him that wasn't very nice because Aunt Tricia sent him these costumes to play with because she knows how much he likes to dress up. He goes, "Mommy~ Shrek has BIG white teeth and they scare me". I laughed so hard!!! Then later that evening he was wearing the mask. Funny huh!

Ok.... First, before looking at the attached pictures, I have to say this was just intended for FUN. So please don't get the wrong idea. This was ALL in fun!!! :)

Wendy and I went to Canton last month and found these cups and thought they would be funny for our fun night. And yes, it was my idea to add a little flavor to spice up my picture of the cups. :)

Jared was sitting with me as I was picking the pictures for my post and the first thing out of his mouth was "That is not right!!". Then on the next 4 pictures I heard, "That is definitely not right!!!" So enjoy!! :)

Beer + Vodka + Tacky people cups = A TON OF CONFUSION!!!!
(And a fun night)
Derek & Julie
~Tobie's Hubby~

Wendy & Tony
~Stacy's Hubby~

Rick & Stacy

~Wendy's Hubby~

Angie & Jon

~Julie's Hubby~

Tobie & Paul

~Angie's Hubby~

Jared & Julie

Tobie & Kylie

Jon & Julie

Batman & Robin
AKA~ Landen & Jake~

Jared

Leighton

~Sweet Picture of her~

Kade is just "Hanging" out on the swing set :)

Angie, Julie, Tobie, Wendy & Stacy

Derek & Tobie

Tobie & Julie

Angie & Paul

Being Goofy!!!

~The Girls~

Tobie, Wendy, Stacy, Angie & Julie

Wendy & Julie

LOL!!!!!! :)

I am not sure what we were looking at?!?!?
Wendy & Julie

LOL!!! I am sure this was my hubby getting a cute picture for the blog :)
~Stacy~

Batman & Wolverine
AKA~ Landen & Keller~

"Buddies"

Landen & Jake

A few of the kiddo's having fun...
Kase, Landen, Jared & Jake

WOW!! This boy has no fear!! :)

Keller is about to get on Jared's bike and take off.

Julie & The Boys
~I should have known it would be a wild night by Jake's expression and the way he has his arms in this picture~

Weekend Ball Games

We had a full Saturday with t-ball pictures, then a t-ball game and then later in the evening a baseball game. Our morning started bright and early with Jake's t-ball pictures at 8:30 am and then his game followed. He did really good considering we had to get him up at 7:30 or so on a Saturday morning. We got some cute pictures of him this time. He was "trying" to really get into the game.

Our Family

@ Jake's Game

"The Cardinals"
~they played a good game~

Jake with his coach... in a deep conversation :)
GOOD JOB BABY!!!!
Now run run run!!!

I guess Jake is making the 1st base rules now too... :)

According to him, the other player is SAFE!

GO TEXANS!!!

The evening ball game was alot of fun.. At this age, they are really starting to get into the games and very involved in what happens. This was a pretty exciting game because we were tied until the very end and then barely lost. But it was a great game!!! Jared even got a home run at this game, so we were real proud of him. GO TEXANS!!!

Mommy & Jared

~This is my new Texans shirt & I LOVE it!!!!~

I am so proud to represent my wonderful little guy!

You can hardly see the back of our shirts but they match :)

HURTADO

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Jared was pretty excited when he saw my shirt. He told me I look really pretty in it. AWH!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a sweet thing for an 8 yr old boy to say.

Mom & Julie

~my mom~

Julie & Diana (my mother in law)

Jon's Parents

Gary & Diana

Dallas Heritage Village- Jared's Field Trip

The 2nd grade field trip this year was at the Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park. We had never been there before and it was a real neat place to visit. They collect, preserve and teach the history of Dallas and North Central Texas representing the time period 1840-1910. With the use of historic buildings and furnishings they made it appear the same way it did back then.

The kids had such a fun time and I have to admit that the adults did as well. There were so many chaperone's that we were in real small groups and got a chance to really relax and enjoy the day. The kids had a picnic lunch as well and just had fun being kids.

Luke & Jared

"Best buds"

"The Saloon"
Like father.... Like son....
It looks like Jared is going to host a poker game. :)

And, let me introduce you to the saloon's "Bouncer"

Jared

~In the town square~

Our group posing on the storm cellar that was right behind one of the homes.

One of the houses "The boys"- both groups combined...

We had to combine our groups so that Stacy (Luke's mom), Jenn (Brady's mom) and Jared & I would be able to run around together. :)

Awh... How cute!

~Jared and Mrs. Baldwin~

"his teacher"

YES~ this is an outhouse.... Once we talked about it and explained to the boys what it was then they had to jump in and act like typical 8 yr old boys.

Luke is behind Jared in this one and one of their other little friends is laughing but can't wait until he can jump in next. :)

Neat Picture... out in the fields

The kids enjoyed watching him make the pottery.
It appears by the look on Jared's face he was extremely interested.

"Our Group"

Mommy & Jared

Easter Fun- "catching up"

I have to say this is probably the most pictures I have ever put on 1 post.... But I have to get caught up and we had so many Easter activities this year that it only made sense to compile the remaining post into one.

So, here goes... :) Enjoy!!

~Coloring Easter Eggs @ Grandma & Papa Gary's~

Jon took the kids over to his parents house to color Easter eggs while I was getting my hair done. What a sweet hubby & daddy!!! They were half way there and Jake told Jon he felt sick..... Poor baby!!! He was sick all afternoon and evening but still had a wonderful time.

That is alot of eggs...

Jake trying to hold their bird Maverick Jared holding Maverick
So creative
Having fun with Grandma

Jake

I wonder what Papa Gary was telling him???

Looks like it was interesting... :)

YUMMY!!!!
Yes~ this is the BAD habit he has started....

What a good big brother Jared is.... Reading Jake the directions :)
~and Jake listens to everything Jared tells him because he says that Jared is a Scientist...haha

~Breakfast with the Easter Bunny @ Nordstrom~

This is the 2nd year we have gone to eat breakfast with the Easter bunny at Nordstrom. We ate breakfast, the kids did an Easter egg hunt (in the kids shoe section), saw a magic show with real bunnies and got some one on one time with the Easter bunny. :) We had a really good time and were able to enjoy it with some of our best friends.

This is Wendy's daughter Leighton... Wendy and I have been friends for years and years... Since we were way little.

What a SWEET little girl!!! Oh my word... I swear she has got to be the cutest little girl ever!!! And I have to say~ what a cute outfit!!! This was her b-day present from Jake. :)

Leighton~ cutie pie!!!

This is Kase one of Stacy's little boys. I believe Stacy and I have been friends since Kindergarten. WOW!!! A long time... :)

Kase is a sweetheart!!!

And this is Keller... Stacy's youngest son. He makes me laugh so hard because at first he was real far away from the bunny and just looked at him like he was crazy. Then he slowly got closer and closer... and finally gave him a high five.

How cute!!! This is Stacy's sister Morgan and her daughter Presley. She is just precious!

Landen & Jake

~what sweet boys~

Lacy and her kiddo's...

OR should I say Mrs. Packard?!?! This was Jared's 1st grade teacher and a super sweet friend of mine.

Emmi is on the left and Addi is on the right then sweet little Cannon is in the front.

Wendy & Leighton

Julie, Wendy & Stacy

CUTE!!!

Jared & Jake with the Easter Bunny

The bunnies from the magic show

~Easter Morning~

The kids were so excited to wake up and find their Easter baskets filled with all kinds of goodies. And the Easter bunny even left them little carrot shaped notes...

We heard that if you plant jelly beans in the ground the night before Easter that they will turn into colorful lollipop's once the Easter bunny has come to your house. So..... we tried it out this year and we couldn't wait to see what would happen on Easter morning. Let me just say that in addition to it being extremely cold that it rained really hard all night long and the rain "seemed to end" very early Sunday morning. Well, the rain had not ended.... It rained again and when the boys went out in the backyard Sunday morning our colorful lollipops were plain white. There was NO color on them at all. The boys didn't even notice though. They were so excited that the jelly beans turned into lollipops. I will not say what I was thinking!!!

Pure Excitement!!!

I love the jelly bean trail....

URGH!!!!!!!! What pretty WHITE lollipops

~Easter Egg Hunt @ Tuttle~

We took the kids to the city Easter egg hunt and they had such a fun time. They got a ton of candy and little prizes. They got to see the Easter bunny, the Culver's Ice Cream Cone character and as Jake calls it, "The Easter Clown". LOL!!! I think he only said that because the clown was making balloon animals at the Easter Egg Hunt.

On your mark, get set, go!!!
~Jake~

I got caught stealing their candy!!! :)

Cutie Pies

Priceless~ I love these sweet little looks

Easter Day

What a wonderful day Easter turned out to be... We had family over to our house for a cookout and an Easter egg hunt for the kiddos. We had so much fun!

I found this yummy desert recipe on Pilsbury.com and it turned out pretty too. Jake was so excited that he was going to help me make it but he got sick on Saturday and spent the majority of the evening in bed. I promised him we will make another one sometime soon.

And a big Thank you to Uncle Rudy, Uncle Steve and Momo.... Jake loves his new Pinocchio movie. :)
~They weren't able to come to Jake's b-day party and brought his gift on Easter. He had been begging me for this movie every time we went to Target.

YUMMY!!!

Mame & Papa Jim with the boys

I love this picture!!!

Me & Sydney

(Aunt Laura's little girl)
Jared & Papa Gary

Uncle Rudy in the maroon chair & Jason & Papa Gary on the couch

Sydney & Jake behind the couch

Jared & Ethan (Aunt Laura's little boy) on the floor

Grandma & Jared

Aunt Laura, Ethan & Sydney in the background

Jared & Jake and a ton of Easter eggs

HOLD ON JAKE!!! Where are you going?? It is picture time!!! :)

Ethan, Jake, Jared & Sydney

Momo- how cute!!!

Awh- what sweet boys!!!

Me, Alex & Angela

(no~ I don't wear glasses any more... yes~ my glasses are fake... just having fun)

Papa Gary & Grandma

~awh... this pic turned out cute :)

Angela (my sister in law) & Me

~YES~ we are goof balls!!!

"Our Family"

Our 3 Boys

Jared, Jake & Ranger

Easter Surprises

Although it appears Jake got $3.00 in his Easter card.... he really didn't. :) Mame & Papa Jim are always so sweet to send the kids holiday cards and a nice little surprise for their piggy banks. For obvious reasons, the kids ALWAYS get the exact same thing from them. So, on to why it appears Jake got $3.00 from them... Well, I always forget that Sonic doesn't let you put a tip on your debit card and when I reached for my purse I saw the mail I had just gotten out of the mailbox. And there was 2 purple envelopes on top. One for each kiddo and they were from Mame and Papa Jim. I quickly grabbed Jake's envelope and discreetly opened it and paid for our food with his $10.00. I had every intention of putting another $10.00 bill in there and taping it up.... but by the time we got home I forgot and then the kids were in bed. The next day Mame called and asked if they got their cards.... I couldn't tell her right then what had happened since the kids were standing there. I looked in my purse and all I had was $8.00, so I put that in Jake's card and taped it up. Since he just turned 4 yrs old, I didn't think he would realize it wasn't the same amount as Jared's. The kids opened their cards and Jared started screaming, "I got $10.00... WHOO HOO!!!"

UGH!! That is all I have to say....

Jake said, "I got $10.00 too!! YEAH!!" Jared looked over and said, "No you didn't... You got $8.00." And then Jared got the look from me.... He got quiet real quick!! Before I knew it the kids were on the phone thanking Mame & Papa. Jake told Mame, "Thank you so much for my $8.00" Mame said, "Well Jake you should have $10.00" He kept saying, "No Mame I just have 8" It was so funny because he knew he was right and he was.... So I told mom what happened and we got a big laugh out of it. :)

Jake

Jared

They were SO excited to see the mailbox wide open with these big packages crammed in there. They always get such nice holiday surprises from Colorado. Thank you Aunt Tricia, Uncle Rocky, Brennan and Dylan.

So sweet!!!

He can hardly wait....

So happy!!!

AHHHH!!!!!!!!

The Texans- Jared's Baseball Team 1st Game

Jared is playing baseball this season for a new team.... "The Texans"

He is playing on the same team with Luke, one of his best friends. Luke and Jared are in the same class at school and played basketball together last fall. So needless to say they were both really excited to be on the same baseball team this season. It is really neat to see Jared building such good friendships because if he is anything like me then these are the friends that he will stay in contact with for the rest of his life. :) I feel so blessed to have my same little group of friends from when I was Jared's age.

These pictures were from Jared's 1st game a couple weeks ago.

Mamie & Papa Jim

How sweet!!! :) They were leaving the park, so I quickly got out the camera and started snapping. They are just so cute togehter!! :)

YEAH!! WE WON!!

Jared is right in the middle and Luke is on the left of him looking toward the left... I just kept snapping the camera, so I am sure Jared was thinking... QUIT MOM!! :)

Jared is on 3rd base in this one... He is ready for some action!

GO JARED, GO JARED, GO JARED

This is priceless.... I just love when they don't think you are taking a picture. I am sure Jake was asking Jared 100 questions about the game OR he was telling him a story about some kind of bug that he found during Jared's game.

I am so lucky to have these boys in my life!!!

Jared & Jake

Let me introduce you to Raegan... She is Luke's little sister and Jake loves her!!! She is 1 year older then Jake and they always have SO much fun together.... Stacy- Raegan's mom and I thought it would be cute to get them shirts to match their big brothers jerseys. The front has the team name and the back has the last name and Jared & Luke's number. They turned out really cute!

I am sure Jake had some kind of bug in his hand here... haha There is really no telling what he is showing her in this one. I just thought it was a cute one

Jake trying to get Raegan to climb the fence with him... It looks like she is thinking about it??

How Sweet!!!

Raegan & Jake

Jake's 1st t-ball game

Wow!! It seems like it has been forever since I did a post.... So of course what comes after that?!?!? I am so behind...blah blah blah :) Now that the complaining is over it is time for some catching up!!!

If this picture is any indication of what we have to look forward to this season, then hold on tight!!! This is Jake's 1st time to play t-ball and I am thinking he would rather be playing in the dirt then on the field. It was so cute to watch him though.

I almost forgot to add why the buckets are in the dug outs. It is a really cute idea but it appears that my child wants to use it for its real purpose...{a sand bucket} haha The coach thought it would be good for the kids to have little buckets to hold their glove, drink and hat when it is their turn to bat. The kids were able to decorate the buckets with stickers and their name etc. But... if you notice Jake's bucket was not decorated on this 1st game. He noticed right away and so did I.... Someone (not mentioning any names- hint hint AKA Daddy) did not tell me that they needed to be decorated until Jake and I noticed the other buckets right before the game started. He was bummed but I promised him we would get it done before his next practice. And we did. So I will include his bucket in my post after this Saturday's game. :)

GO CARDINALS!!!

This is what he was doing pretty much every time his team was up to bat

Papa Jim, Mame & Jake
Silly Boy!

Should I have encouraged him to stand on the bench?!?!

WOW!!! I wonder what Papa Jim just said??? It must have been funny!

GO Jake!!! This was after 4 swings... haha I thought there was a limit on swings

He is having fun though....right? :)

Yes~ he is the one sitting down on his knee's playing in the grass

Looks like they are having a nice little chat

This was the night of his 1st practice... He was so excited!

Recent Birthday Parties

Feb & March were so busy this year with birthday parties. A couple of weekends we had 2 parties in 1 day. Wow- that makes me tired just saying it. The kids always have so much fun. :)

Here are some pictures of a couple of the parties they went too.

Jake & Luke @ Landen's party...

Jake looks so tired and this was the 1st party of the day. And both parties this day were indoor bounce house parties.

Landen's Party

It looks like they were all worn out from playing so hard... :) Landen is so cute in this one because he is covering his ears and that is exactly what I would have been doing if I was that age... haha It was pretty loud in there but they were all troopers and had so much fun.
Jake & Jared @ Kase's birthday party
Kase had a rock & roll party at his house. When I saw these shirt's I just had to get them to go along with the theme of the party. The kids had a blast!!

Me & Jake @ Leighton's 1st birthday party

Jake had a great time playing with Landen his "football buddy" as he calls him... Leighton just looked like a little doll :)

What a cutie pie!!! Little Leighton

I love this picture.... :)