HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AUNT ASHLEY

SATURDAY JEFF HAD A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ASHLEY AT MOM AND DAD'S HOUSE ON THE LAKE! IT WAS LOTS OF FUN AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE A LOT OF KIDS THERE! THE BOYS HAD FUN ALL DAY SWIMMING AND RIDING IN UNCLE JEFF'S BOAT. WE ENDED THE DAY WITH WATERMELON, WE WERE JUST MISSING BABY RYLAN IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE!!

FUN ON THE WATER!

THERE WERE LOTS OF KID'S AT MI MI AND PAW PAW'S LAKE HOUSE ON SATURDAY AND THE BOYS HAD A BLAST! THEY PLAYED ALL DAY LONG! BABY RYLAN JUST WATCHED EVERYONE, BUT HE WILL BE RUNNING AROUND WITH ALL THE BIG KIDS SOON ENOUGH!

CAMPING OUT AT MI MI AND PAW PAW'S!

DADDY CARRIED THE MOTORHOME DOWN TO MI MI AND PAW PAW'S HOUSE SO WE COULD STAY THERE ALL WEEKEND AND CELEBRATE AUNT ASHLEY'S BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY. OF COURSE, AUSTIN HAD TO STAY INSIDE THE HOUSE WITH MI MI AND PAW PAW, BUT JAX AND AIDEN ENJOYED WATCHING A MOVIE BEFORE THEY FELL ASLEEP IN THE BUNK BEDS!

GO MOMMY:)!!

I FINALLY DID SOMETHING I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO AND RAN MY FIRST 5K ON SATURDAY. MY GOAL IS TO RUN AT LEAST A HALF MARATHON ONE DAY SOON, BUT THIS WAS A START! I HAVE TO SAY I AM HOOKED AND LOOK FORWARD TO MY NEXT 5K VERY SOON. MY GOAL WAS TO JUST FINISH THE RACE AND I DID:)! AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE TOP PICTURE I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE FINISH LINE! I HAVE TO GIVE GOD ALL THE GLORY BECAUSE BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY I AM NOT A RUNNER AND I PRAYED MY WAY THROUGH:)!

I HAVE LOTS OF UPDATES FROM OUR FUN WEEKEND AT MI MI AND PAW PAW'S CELEBRATING AUNT ASHLEY'S 30TH BIRTHDAY, SO I WILL UPDATE AGAIN SOON!

SWIMMING LESSONS!

THE BOYS STARTED SWIMMING LESSONS WEDNESDAY, BUT WE ONLY GOT 10 MINUTES IN BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM CAME. AIDEN AND AUSTIN ARE SWIMMING VERY GOOD, BUT I WANTED THEM TO STILL DO THE LESSONS. JAX ON THE OTHER HAND IS FEARLESS OF WATER AND NEEDS TO LEARN TO SWIM, SO I AM HOPING THIS HELPS HIM SOME. AIDEN AND AUSTIN HAVE PASSED THE SWIMMING TEST EVERY TIME WE HAVE BEEN TO THE YMCA TO SWIM AND THEY GET SO EXCITED. YOU HAVE TO JUMP IN THE DEEP WATER AND SWIM FROM ONE LADDER TO THE NEXT THEN YOU GET A GREEN BRACELET THAT MEANS YOU CAN SWIM WITHOUT A LIFE JACKET AND WITHOUT A PARENT IN THE WATER WITH YOU. IT IS A PRETTY GOOD WAYS, BUT THEY DO IT! THEY JUST STARTED USING THE DIVING STICKS AND SWIMMING UNDER TO GET THEM TOO! WE HAVE OUR NEXT LESSON TODAY, SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GET THIS ONE IN AND I CAN GET SOME MORE PICTURES!

JUST A NIGHT AROUND THE HOUSE:)!

THE BOYS ARE IN FULL FORCE THIS SUMMER AND KEEPING ME ON MY TOES! THEY ARE INTO DRESSING THEMSELVES AND THEY PICK OUT THE MOST RIDICULOUS CLOTHES AND THEY LOVE TO WEAR DADDY'S T-SHIRTS. THEY LOVE TO DO FLIPS AND PLAY COWBOYS. THEY ARE ENJOYING STAYING UP LATE AT NIGHT AND WATCHING MOVIES IN THEIR BEDS. JAX WATCHES THEM WITH THEM AND WANTS TO SLEEP IN THE BOYS ROOM SO BAD. I LET HIM TAKE A NAP ONE DAY WITH AUSTIN,BUT HE HAS NOT STAYED IN THEIR OVER NIGHT YET! HE IS JUST GROWING UP WAY TO FAST! WE ARE WORKING ON POTTY TRAINING, BUT HE ENJOYS IT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN HE IS DONE WITH IT! WE ARE HAVING FUN AND ENJOYING OUR SUMMER,BUT IT SURE IS GOING BY FAST!!

MORE FROM FATHER'S DAY

SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE HAD RJ'S FAMILY OVER FOR DINNER AND ALL THE KID'S PLAYED OUTSIDE IN MORE DIRT:)! I WAS SAD I DID NOT GET ANY PICTURES OF ANY OF THE DAD'S THIS YEAR OR ANY OF THE BOYS WITH RJ. HE WAS FEELING PRETTY ROUGH AFTER A FOUR WHEELER ACCIDENT HE HAD SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH WHILE WE WERE AT MY GI GI'S HOUSE. THANK GOD IT WAS NOT ANY WORSE THAN IT WAS, BUT HE STILL ENDED UP WITH A BROKEN ELBOW AND HAS TO HAVE AN MRI DONE ON HIS WRIST. THEY THINK HE MAY HAVE TORN LIGAMENTS AND IF SO HE WILL NEED SURGERY. KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND I HAVE MORE UPDATES AS SOON AS I GET MY PICTURES UPLOADED!

BOYS, BOYS, AND MORE BOYS!!

AFTER CHURCH ON SUNDAY WE WENT TO MY GI GI'S TO EAT LUNCH WITH MI MI,PAW PAW, UNCLE JEFF, AND AUNT SHERRY FOR FATHER'S DAY! THERE WERE DIRTY BOYS ALL OVER THE PLACE! THEY ALL HAD FUN PLAYING, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THEY ALWAYS FIND THE DIRT!

CELEBRATING FATHER'S DAY!

SATURDAY WE CELEBRATED FATHER'S DAY WITH DADDY:)! FIRST WE HAD TO GIVE HIM HIS PRESENTS AND THEN WE PLAYED ON THE LAKE ALL DAY. JAX AND AUSTIN ENDED UP FALLING ASLEEP ON THE BOAT BEFORE WE MADE IT HOME FOR A FAMILY NAP:)! WE ENDED THE DAY WITH A YUMMY SUPPER I COOKED JUST FOR DADDY AND I EVEN I GOT UP BEFORE CHURCH AND MADE HIM BREAKFAST BEFORE LEAVING THE LAKE:)! IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND WE SPENT THE DAY WITH OUR FAMILY YESTERDAY! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, DADDY! YOU ARE AN AWESOME FATHER AND YOUR BOYS ADORE YOU! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US! WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!

YUMMY!!

THE BOYS WERE ENJOYING SOME CUTE CUPCAKES FROM EDGAR'S I BOUGHT THEM. AUSTIN WAS AT WORK WITH DADDY BUT HE ENJOYED HIS WHEN HE GOT HOME:)!

SINCLAIRS'

WE HAD TO TAKE BRAD AND RACHAEL TO SINCLAIRS' FOR LUNCH ON SATURDAY. WE FINALLY GOT A CUTE PICTURE OF ALL THE KIDDO'S TOGETHER! THEY WERE ALL SO GOOD AND SWEET TO EACH OTHER ALL WEEKEND! WE WENT TO EAT PIZZA AT CHUCK'S SATURDAY NIGHT, SO THEY HAD A FULL DAY AND WERE WORN OUT BY THE TIME WE MADE IT HOME! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL AGAIN SOON!