4th of July at Lake Limestone

We made the trip to Lake Limestone for a long 4th of July weekend. Troy, Jennifer, Morgan, Taylor, Collin, and Nandy and Papaw all spent the weekend with us. The boys, as usual, had a great time together. Trish let us use her big blow up slide so that occupied them most of the time.

Cody, Collin, and Blake...they look so innocent


Every 4th of July the neighbors at the lake have a big parade. Everyone decorates their golf carts, 4 wheelers or mules and we parade around the area. It was SO hot, but the boys were troopers.



Playing on Trish's blow up slide.

Blake, Collin, & Morgan on the slip n slide.

One of the families that live on the lake has started doing a HUGE fireworks show on the 4th. It is so awesome, and comparable to one major cities put on, in my opinion. Usually we sit out in the lake for it, but this year she also hosted a huge picnic, and we got literally front row seats!! This is one of two golf carts full of fireworks.
Cody and Blake with their glow stick jewelry!

All the cousins, minus Kylee. Morgan, Taylor, Collin, Blake, and Cody
The boys...cool picture!

And the awesome fireworks!

Visit to Lake Whitney

We went to Whitney to visit a friend of Tadd's from when he worked in Waco. They have an awesome place out in the country with lots of land. They have an above ground pool that they have built a deck around, with a big bar and bbq pit. It's so nice!! We had a great time and the boys loved showing off their new swimming skills!!

Daddy and Blakey

Daddy and Cody--note the similarities...red shirt, sunglasses on head...Cody loves to look just like Tadd. He'll put on the same color shirt, wear a belt, watch, put his wallet in his pocket. So sweet.

Lake Conroe Visit

All the kids...Cody, Averi, Kade, and Blake

We went to Lake Conroe to visit some friends of ours. Kort and Mandi actually went to high school with me; Kort was Ryan's best friend, and they are high school sweethearts. They live up in Plano, but we only see each other maybe once a year. They invited us down for the weekend and we had a great time!

Kort & Tadd

Me and my Blakey
Cody with his shades on the boat. There was actually a McDonalds on the lake that was accessible by boat. The boys LOVED that.

Blake swimming in the lake
Cody making a jump for it.
To top off a good weekend, on Saturday a group of people hanging out near us told us they kept finding money floating in the water. We started feeling around and we started feeling paper by our feet, which turned out to be $20 bills!!! The bulk of our afternoon was spent shuffling along the bottom of Lake Conroe searching for money. I think between the four of us, we found about $300!! Crazy.

Takin' a stroll...

...down memory road...about 22 months old.

This boy loves to look at himself.





...where are they..? and can I have them back...? My precious baby boys..

Memorial Day '09

We headed out to Lake Limestone for Memorial Day weekend with Tadd's family. We had lots of fun as usual. The weather held out pretty well, which was nice. Trish and Jordan bought a big blow up water slide, so the kids played on that a ton! They were exhausted at night...which was good for the mommies and daddies!!

The three cousins singing and getting ready for a ride in the mule.



3 very tired little guys!!
Collin & Cody in their "cocoon".
Cody fishing with Aunt Trish


Showing off his worm!

Cody and Collin. This will be blackmail for sure!!

Pre-K graduation

Tonight was the boys’ graduation from pre-K. They sang some songs, and each child stood up and introduced himself, then said what he wanted to be when he grew up. It was impressive…only one kid got stage fright!! Both boys said they wanted to be chefs. Who would have thought? My babies will be in kindergarten in a few short months. How can it be?

Cody with his on-again, off-again girlfriend Jessie. He's going to marry her. Or me. He can't decide.


Cody announcing to the world that he will be the next Chef Ramsey.

And Blake will be by his side. But they did tell me this morning that they will be working at the big McDonalds, and I can come whenever I want.

Graduate Blake accepting his diploma.

Cody taking his. That is their teacher, Ms Kaye giving it to him, and the girl in the black is Ms Sara, Cody's favorite.




Cody showing off his moves during the post graduation dancing.

My little graduates!!


Here's a video of them stating their future occupations. You have to skip through a bit to get to Cody and then again to get Blake--the boy in front of Blake got scared so there is a pretty big gap.


Cody dancing after the ceremony

T-ball party

The boys' tball party was this past Saturday. Here are some pictures of them accepting their trophies, and some of the whole team. Getting 10 5 & 6 yr olds to hold still and smile is no easy task!!

Cutest junior groomsmen ever!!

Tadd's sister got married this past weekend and the boys were junior groomsmen. Maybe I'm biased, but I think they were the 2 cutest boys to ever don a tuxedo. They got restless wearing their tuxedos while we waited before and took pictures after, but they did great during the ceremony. The walked down the aisle together in the processional, and then each one walked with one of Troy's girls at the end. So cute!!!

Blake cheesing pre-wedding.
Cody and Mommy
My 3 handsome guys!!
Cody and Morgan (the "older" twins)...not planned, just worked out that way!


And Taylor with Blake
Posing with Jordan
The 3 musketeers...they had a great time and were going all night!!! Oh to have that energy again...

Tadd and Trish
Tadd and his mom

The result of a very long night...all 3 of the boys fell asleep in chairs, Blake was the first victim.

How can it be possible...?

...That my babies are starting kindergarten in 4 short months? Today was registration at their soon to be school. I wasn't able to go because I was working but Tadd took them and got them all registered! They got to meet the teachers and tour the school. Cody is very excited about the art room, and Blake loved the gym! They got cookies and juice, and t-shirts! I'm going to be a mess come August...

Easter eggs!

We were a tad bit late with it, but we did dye Easter eggs this year!! The kit I got was pretty cool. We dyed eggs, then painted on them with glue and rolled them in colored sand.

Cody rolling his egg in the sand.

All our finished eggs!!