Summer Get-a-way

Once Will was out of school we were up and running, I took Will & Wyatt up to Orlando for a week where we went to Vacation Bible School at our old church. We stayed with our friends Chuck & Mindy who also have 2 boys. It was a great being with old friends. The next week Bill came up and we had a little family vacation. We thought about going to Sea World one day but the boys loved being in the water park at the resort so much that we just did that every day, stayed cool in the water and saved some money. It was a low key, relaxed get-a-way.

Baby Toys & Big Boys

A few weeks ago I pulled some of Will & Wyatt's baby toys out of the attic because one of my friends was coming over with her 4 month old son. I got the biggest laugh when I found the boys playing with everything. It actually entertained them for half an hour. This year for Christmas instead of buying new stuff I will just rummage through the attic and wrap up what I find.

Steph & Hannah's Visit

My very sweet friend Stephanie came for a visit with her daughter Hannah this June. It was so nice to have them here for a whole week! I think Steph and I were both a little nervous about how well the kids were going to get along throughout the week having so much time together. We were both pleasantly surprised at how good Will & Hannah, both very strong willed and borderline OCD, got along. Wyatt of course is so extremely laid back, not much bothers him, he was thrilled to have another playmate.

Hannah immediately became best buds with Bill, not sure if he was giving her candy when we were not around or what...she just loved him. This was great for me and Steph, it meant that we were able to go out and have a girls night while the kiddos stayed with Bill.

During their visit we went to the beach, of course it rained twice while we were there but I learned a very valuable lesson....don't take so much stuff to the beach. I think I spent more time lugging our beach bags in and out of the rain than actually enjoying the beach. From now on the sunblock goes on at home, change of clothes stay in the car & all I bring on the sand are my children, a towel & 1 toy that each child can carry. The kids had fun playing in the sand and we packed a lunch to eat there. We had a great time in spite of the rain, it was a beautiful Florida day.

It is hard for me to find the words to describe how wonderful it is to be with such a great old friend. Things are so much different with small children running around, but so nice just hanging out and talking about our lives now and our lives back then. Though we don't see each other much anymore I still feel very close to Steph and treasure her friendship. We were so glad they came to visit and hope they will come back again next year. Now Will wants to go see the snow at Hannah's house. I hope we can make it up to Tulsa to visit them sometime.

Babi's Here!!!!

Babi came for a visit and boy did we have fun. She wanted to do something special for Will's birthday so we went to the Children's Museum then had lunch at Chick-fil-a....Will's favorite spot. The boys had a blast shopping in a kids sized Publix, and climbing on an old fire truck. Babi was right there with them, I think she had as much fun as they did.

One night during her visit Bill grilled some ribs that Babi had marinated, boy were they good. It was fun watching the boys chew on the bones. We love having her here and can't wait to see her again this summer.

Citizen of the Month

Will received the "Citizen of the Month" award in his class the month of March. There was a special ceremony held where he was presented with a certificate and pin for his achievement. His picture was also displayed for the month in the cafeteria. My mom was in town so she got to come to. We were so proud!!!

Our Trip to Shreveport - April 2009

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Happy Birthday Will

It is hard to believe my baby is 4. It seems like just yesterday I was holding him in my arms at the hospital looking at the wonderful creation God had blessed us with. This year for his birthday we were in route to Shreveport so we had several birthday "parties". The first was in his class at school. We took cupcakes & marshmallows for everyone to enjoy. After everyone finished eating Ms. Peach let Will be the class "singer" and he lead a few of his favorite songs which included "The Backwards Alphabet", "BINGO" & "Freeze". We learned several new impressive things about him that afternoon....the 1st being that he could say his ABC's backwards...or would you call it the ZYX"s? And the 2nd thing was that he could actually sing and dance. This is just something he does not do at home for Bill & I. Mrs Peach assures me that we are not the only parents that have made this discovery. And let me be clear about the discovery I speak of, it is not the singing & dancing so much as the fact that there are things she can get him to do at school willingly that he will absolutely not do at home. I was so thankful we had the video camera with us!!!!
On April 5th, his actual birthday, we were in Louisiana at my Grandmama's house. She was so excited to get to spend his birthday with him that she planned a party for him and invited all our cousins to come join in the celebration. It was great getting to see our family and it meant so much to me that they took time out of their busy schedules to spend the afternoon with us. Will had a blast.