Happy Birthday, Dylan!!

Happy 6th Birthday, Dylan! I can't believe it's been 6 years ago that we were living in Ft. Worth and had our 2nd baby boy! We love you, Dylan!

Christmas morning

We had a wonderful Christmas at my parent's house this year! Everyone was home! It's always fun for the boys to go to Papa & Nana's house! They brought their guns and bow and arrows and fishing poles and that kept them busy! Of course, they also love hanging around their big cousins Brooke & Blaire- and they are so patient with the boys!

(I thought I was putting these in age order, but it went backwards on me!)

Cayden


Dylan


Bryce


Blaire


Brooke

Renita always keeps our boys outfitted in Longhorn gear, so here they are in one of their outfits! :)


Dylan really wanted a guitar for Christmas this year- he's our 'musical' one. He loved it when Papa got his guitar out and showed him! Now he wants a 'real' guitar! ha

Birthday Sleepover

Bryce and Dylan had their birthday sleepover this past weekend. What fun it was with 8 little boys! Actually, they were awesome- very cooperative and polite, yet very fun!!!
The boys wanted a 'bug' party this year, so I made 'Dirt Pudding' in flower pots and had buried gummy worms and lizards on top! If anyone wants a good dirt pudding recipe, I found it! (thanks to my sis, Teresa!)


Bryce- 8 years old


Dylan will be 6 on the 30th.


All of the boys before eating the birthday dessert. I was a little afraid they would be disappointed that there was no cake, but the boys all loved the pudding (and of course the worms & lizards!)


That night, they all were settled into their jammies and Dave and our friend Dave P. talked to them about Noah's ark. Then I read them the book "Are You Grumpy, Santa"? Pretty cute story!

Jumpin' Fun !

The next day, we went to a local inflatable place. The boys jumped nonstop for hours- fun, fun!!


Kade, Dylan and Jake


My sweet Cayden!


Kade, Bryce, Seth and Dylan playing basketball.


Bryce, Seth and Brock


Dylan, Jake and Brent

Christmas Parties

The boys had their Christmas parties today at school. I literally spent all day 'partying', but it was fun!


Here is Bryce & Cayden during the snack time! Bryce's 2nd grade class made snowmen out of marshmallows, but I didn't get a picture before it was demolished!


Dylan's kinder class decorated gingerbread cookies. Cayden had fun making some also.




Cayden goes to a Mother's Day Out 2 days a week. His school did a program where the kids were dressed up as the 'characters' at the birth of Jesus. I know I'm his Mom, but this little shepherd boy was absolutely adorable! Cayden didn't do much singing in the program, but he loved shaking his bell for "Jingle Bells".

Happy Birthday, Bryce!!

Happy Birthday, Bryce! 8 years ago today, you made me MOM! And, I love it! :)




Bryce wanted a pumpkin pie for his birthday this year!



Dylan's birthday is the 30th,so they are having a sleepover with their buddies next weekend to celebrate both of their birthdays. Where do the years go??

Thanksgiving at the Beach!

This year we decided to do something a little different for Thanksgiving. So, we spent a week on the Florida beach! Ft. Lauderdale is awesome this time of year- warm enough for perfect days on the beach, and cools off to perfect temperatures in the evening. We had an absolute wonderful time!

This sandcastle was actually in the lobby of the hotel.


The view off of our hotel balcony- what a way to wake up!!


When you take 3 little boys for a walk on the beach, they look for all kinds of treasure! No sand dollars or pretty shells, but coconuts!! Of course, we're in Florida, so the coconuts are floating everywhere!


More 'treasure'- pieces of beautiful blue jellyfish!!


Dylan loved collecting all of the beans from the seaweed! After this walk on the beach, there were no more places left on him to tuck in a bean!

Beach Fun!

One day, Dave took Bryce & Dylan kayaking in the ocean. They loved it!


Dylan is our sandcastle boy! We all had fun building one each day, but Dylan has the most interest in it.

Everglades Airboat Ride

One afternoon we went to the Everglades and took the airboat ride out into the swamp. We saw 2 very large iguana, a raccoon and lots of species of birds. But what we really wanted to see was an alligator! And we did!



Up close and personal! It swam right around our boat- we could've reached out and touched him if we wanted to!

...more fun in Florida

We had one rainy day while we were there, so we went to the museum, which was very hands-on for the kids! The boys got to touch a few things they had never touched- like a snake!


The beach had a good playground which we all enjoyed! Our boys love to swing!


Bryce and Dylan on the tire swing.


Feeding the seagulls is always a favorite!


The hotel had a climbing rope out on the beach. This morning had a chilly wind, so a jacket felt great to Dave & I. Of course, the boys had no idea it was cool!

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

After a full day at the beach, we are off to eat our Thanksgiving dinner. We had reservations at a seafood restaurant on the water. They made a really good turkey feast, even though seafood was their specialty! Bryce loves pumpkin pipe, so he was happy to see that as one of the dessert choices!

Happy Birthday to my Hubby!

Dave celebrated his 41st birthday on the 19th of November. (Due to 'technical difficulties' I wasn't able to post his birthday that day) Anyway, happy birthday to my wonderful hubby! I'm so glad you are the Daddy to my 3 precious boys! You're the best!!

Soccer Ends

This soccer season has come to an end. The boys had so much fun playing with their buddies again.

Bryce has had Coach Phil Antunes since he started at 4 years old.


Dylan with Coach Ben Navarro, which he's had for the past 3 seasons.

Happy Birthday, Dad!!

Happy Birthday today to my wonderful Daddy! You are the best Daddy for 3 girls and an awesome Papa for 3 little boys!! I hope you have a special day!


This is one of my favorite pictures of Dad with my boys!

Fun with Kevin & Matt

The boys had a fun time with the workers this week. They really enjoyed it when Matt went fishing! They loved hanging out at the pond with him- especially when he pulled in this 6 pound (a little over!) catfish! We had a fish fry the next night along with some other fish we have had in the freezer waiting to be eaten!

Weekend Fun

We had a fun evening Saturday with lots of friends in the area north of us. It was a beautiful evening and perfect for an outdoor gathering.

Cayden having his chance to hit the pinata.


The boys loved the hayride we took down to the campfire. I love this picture of the boys looking out of the trailer. It was actually pitch dark and I can't believe I got such a good picture without even knowing it! :)


Our family snuggled up on the hayride.


Dylan loved roasting the marshmallows. He knows that Mommy likes the burned ones, so he'd catch them on fire, blow it out, and then hand them to me!


Bryce enjoyng a s'more.