Kai is my Superhero

I hope that Kai always has a little superhero inside of him... because this afternoon he conquered the world!!

MiMi and Paw Paw's pool o fun!

All the crazies were swimming a MiMi and PawPaw's today. Here is a quick video of them playing starwars. Coleman has some serious Jedi moves!!

Summer lovin...

I have been severely neglecting my blogging, but only because our summer has been so busy and fun and I have not had time to sit down in front of a computer for very long. Every summer I make a list of summer activities we need/want to do. This year, Ryan challenged me to make a list of 100 fun family activities to do, and I did... so we have been keeping tackling the list. We have been on a road trip through East Texas visiting friends and family, took a trip to the zoo, went to two awesome birthday parties (one at a water park and one at a jump center), went to the library, and have spent endless hours at the pool. This past week has been all about home improvement. Ryan and I redecorated Kai and Andrew's playroom and Ryan planted a huge magnolia tree and two crepe mertyls in the backyard. Here are a few pictures...

The first two are at the zoo, the last one is just for fun.

Scott's in Europe!!

My brother, Scott,  is backpacking all over Europe.  He is an insanely lucky guy who just seems to happen upon great experiences.  They are currently staying in a beautiful home that over looks the sea and belongs to a family that they met along the way... I mean really, nothing like that ever happened to me when I was in Europe, I had to stay is crappy hostiles and sleep on the train... but I am not jealous, I am happy he is having a  great time.  He has a website where he is blogging random things about his adventure... http://toobored.com/

Go check it out and hear a cool song performed by him and his Ukulele.

While he is living it up over seas, we are dog sitting for my sister and her family while they are vacationing in Florida...

Look at this sweet little baby!!  She loves Andrew's pacifiers so we finally caved and gave her one of her own.  

When you are not looking...

This is what happens when my son is left to his own devices...

And what was I doing while my son was making a mess (and feeding himself, I might add), taking pictures of my beautiful flowers, of course.  

I have tried for three unsuccessful years to have a pretty backyard.  This year, thanks to a little Miracle Grow, I actually have a few survivors!!!

Thank you Aunt Mistie!!

One Memorable Weekend

This weekend was an extra special weekend for us.  We celebrated Kai's 4th birthday and Andrew's Baptism.

The weekend started with Kai's Superhero birthday party at Meyer Park.  All of Ryan's family came in from out of town, plus we invited Kai's friends from school.  All of the kids dressed up as their favorite superheros.  We had Optimus Prime, Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Anikan Skywalker, a Storm trooper, a ballerina, and a few originals.  It was a blast.  The kids played, we ate pizza and cake, we played pin the S on the Superman, and we opened some super cool presents.  Kai had a wonderful time, and we hope that everyone had as much fun as we did.  

Sunday we went to church to have Andrew baptised by the same pastor who confirmed Ryan back when he was a kid.  All of Ryan's family was with us, so it made the event extra special.  We were so happy that so much of our family got to take part in this very important day for us.

And what baptism celebration is not complete without a slip and slide.  Yes, after church we broke out the slip in slide for some good old fashion fun.  

On Monday, which was Memorial day, and Kai's true birthday we went to Chuck E. Cheeses to celebrate just as a family.  

  

This weekend gave me summer fever!!! I can't wait  until school is out and I get to spend the entire summer playing with my boys.