Fun in the Sun

I decided to take some pictures of the kids playing outside a few days ago. Sorry they have no clothes on. They were in and out of our little blow up pool.

Mischievous grins

Now some black and whites:

Kate playing peek a boo

Luke swinging on his stomach
I call these next pictures "Kate's modelling session" They cracked me up because the wind was blowing and her poses looked so funny and glamorous. She already has her first set of glamour shots!

This picture was all I could get of them together. I don't know if I will ever get a good shot of them together. They just look at me like "yeah right!"

Slip n Slide

Friday night we went over to John's parent's house and had a cook out with the whole family. They had a slip n slide and a sprinkler. The kids loved it and we all enjoyed watching Aunt Tara throw them down the slip n slide!

Even Daddy took a turn!

Kate is really into scrunching her nose when she smiles now so it is hard to get a real smile picture. She wasn't all that crazy about the sprinkler spraying her with water. Maybe she will warm up to the idea by the end of summer.

Girls Weekend!

I had a great weekend with my college teammates. We went to Granbury and stayed at Sara's in-laws' house. It was super nice of them to let us take over their house. We all felt like we were at a resort! The whole time we just sat around talking and laying out at the pool. John was super dad and kept the kids all weekend which was awesome of him to do that. I really needed a get away! These girls are my friends for life and I am so blessed by their friendships. We are already planning our 5 year reunion for next year. The countdown begins!

Thank you Shara!

Thank you so much, Shara, for my new blog design. I didn't even tell her what I wanted she was just so creative and came up with it herself! Maybe this will inspire me to update more. Thank you sooo soooo much!

Catching up is hard to do!

Well, I took a little time off from blogging. I was having problems with uploading pictures and just didn't know if I wanted to blog anymore. After some persuasion from friends, I decided to get back in the game. By the way Shara, I would love a blog makeover! Thanks for the offer! So here is a little catching up:

In March we went to Gruene, TX for a wedding with my family. We left the kids at home and all stayed at a bed and breakfast that was right next to Gruene Hall. We had a great time and hope to go back again someday.

John and I at the rehearsal dinner

Eating Breakfast with my brother and his wife

Family at the wedding

Next was Kate's birthday:

Here are some random pictures of the kids:

John's sister graduated from A&M so we went to that last weekend. We are so proud of her.

I am getting really excited about this summer. Although I am sad that Luke won't have Mother's Day out, I think we will have lots of fun being outside and getting to do some different things. The kids are really keeping me busy. Luke will be 3 in July and Kate is 14 months old so they are now both on the move but it makes it so fun. They both love to play outside so I am sure that is where we will be most of the summer!

That about sums it up. That fills in the two months I have been missing. Hopefully I will become a better blogger and have some fun stuff to blog about this summer!

Happy 1st Birthday Kate!

Friday was Kate's 1st Birthday. I really can't believe it has been a whole year. She has been such a special addition to our family. I tried to soak up every bit of the "baby" stage with her because I knew how fast it was going to fly by. I didn't appreciate the time I had with Luke as a baby. I always wanted him to be older and get to the really cute stage. Now, I realize that the baby stage is just as precious and I didn't want it to end with her. It makes me sad just typing this!

Here are things that she is into right now:

-We call her Tweety Bird because she has really blond hair that sticks straight up.

-She loves meat and fruit. That's all.

-She absolutely loves Luke and anything that he does.

-Although she is pretty laid back, if you take something away from her she acts like it is the end of the world.

-She can walk across the room now.

-She plays "Where's Kate" but puts her hand over her ear to hide.

-Her first word was, "Ah, Boo" because that is what Luke says to her.

Happy Birthday Kate. Thank you for being so wonderful. We look forward to the next year!

(These pictures were taken by Cotton Photography. She did such a great job!)

Here are some other favorites:

The Zoo and the Lake

This weekend started out with the zoo. We went with other kids and moms from church. It was a great day to go and Luke loved being around all of the kids.

Luke in front of the monkeys

Kate chillin' in the stroller watching all the kids play.

Luke feeding the ducks. He also tried feeding himself the bread.

Luke and Emma cheesing it up for the picture.

We also took a day trip to Possum Kingdom Lake to be with my cousin and her kids. They have a place right on the lake so it was fun to catch up with them. It was a little windy and cool but we ended up having a great day.

Luke getting ready to play

Playing in the sand with his 2nd cousins.

Luke really enjoyed playing with his great grandmother. They played fetch with the dog by throwing the stick in the water over and over again. Luke loved this game until he held the stick a little too long and the dog decided to come and snatch it out of his hand. That may have scarred Luke for life. Hopefully he will enjoy dogs again someday!