4th of July/ Harmon Staycation

This year for Andrew's family vacation we decided to stay here and go to the lake for a few days. With 4 cousins under the age of 4 it limits where we can go, so staying here was simply the best option. We had a blast! Luckily the weather was great and it didn't get up into the 100s until the last day. I don't have many pictures, so you will have to trust me that it was wonderful.

Granbury puts on the greatest fireworks show, and we ride on the boat to go watch it. It is great!

You can't have 4th of July with out a flag dessert.

 

Boating with cousins...

 Afternoon rest time with cousins...

PJ time with cousins...

 The kids had a blast together. Sometimes it was hard to teach them to share and play nicely, and by the end of the week they were close to strangling each other, but they had so much fun and want to do it all over again! We love the lake and our family. I love these times and the memories that are made.

Wedding Time!

Last weekend we went to Abilene for our friends', Logan and Taylor, wedding. Andrew and I have know them for a long time and we were both honored to celebrate with them!

 

 

 

It was a beautiful wedding and a very fun party! Andrew and I loved being able to spend time with our friends. With Luke, we don't get to do it often enough, and we are very thankful that my parents watched Luke so that we could be with our friends.

Logan and Taylor are perfect for each other, and we wish them all the happiness in the world.

Fathers Day and Lots of Other Fun!

We have been having so much fun lately that it has been hard to get back here and update y'all on all that we've doing. Here is an overload of pictures of what we have been doing:

Spending time at the lake is always a top priority.

Some of my church friends called me last minute and had an extra Brothers of the Sun ticket, and I gladly accepted and went with them to see Tim & Kenny at Cowboys stadium. It was a great concert and so much fun!

 

We also went to the ACU night at the ball park!

We celebrated father's day and showered Andrew with gifts, and you cant have fathers day with out something you copied from Pinterest. Ha! Andrew is such a great hands on and caring dad to Luke. I couldn't dream of a better dad for Luke to have!

I watched my niece and nephew the other day and I managed to get Taylor Jo's hair in to a little pony. It is so fun to play dress up with her!

Luke has been going to swimming lessons the past 2 weeks. He was not loving it the first two days, but now that I hide from him (behind a trashcan) and he can't see me he loves it! He runs to his teacher with so much excitement and is getting very comfortable with the water. He was even jumping off our diving board at home all by his self. I love seeing the improvement he is making!

We found a really cute splash pad near our house that is great to go to when we need to get out of the house and do something different. It is right on Luke's level and he loves it. 

Hope y'all are having a great summer and staying cool! It is in the 100s here!

Life Lately

Here's what we have been up to lately:

We have been swimming. A lot.

We went and saw Happy Feet 2.

'Driving' daddy's truck around the block when daddy gets home is his favorite. He wants to be 16 so bad!

We went to the zoo with church friends and cousins! 

 

I have been cleaning out my upstairs and getting rid of stuff. Luke came across his pumpkin and is practicing for October. It never hurts to be prepared! Ha!

We have been reading. And going to story time at the Library. 

Luke got a new ride.

Lunch and dinner on the porch is his favorite.

We are loving summer! I hope you are too!

Getting Crafty- Car Caddy

Well the other day I was promising you that I would make an effort to be more crafty. I love to craft, but it is just hard to get started because I never know what to do. Anyways I saw this on pintrest and decided that this would be a good place to start.

Andrew is out of town for the weekend and I am home watching Luke, so since I am here alone with no adult contact I decided to get busy with something to make the time go by faster. (Don't get me wrong, I love to watch Luke and wouldn't have it any other way, but it can just drive you a little crazy only having an 19 month old to talk to, so having something to do helps) So I went to Hobby Lobby and got supplies and then spent today working on it.

This is one of my first sewing projects, so it is still a little ghetto....but it is finished and better than I thought it would turn out. Luke is going to put it to the test tomorrow morning at church. I am always looking for neat (quiet) things for Luke to do at church. He isn't too into sitting still and listening, so a quiet activity is a must.

Cutting out the fabric:

 Added car pockets and the road. My black felt was to short so I had to put 2 pieces together, so I made a crosswalk to cover the line where the 2 pieces met.

Orange car for the outside:

I used Velcro to hold the caddy together when folded up. 

I haven't added the numbers on the car part (like in the tutorial), maybe I'll get energy to do it tomorrow....

This was a fun little adventure, hopefully Luke will love and it spend time playing with it. It isn't perfect, and sorta looks like a 1st grader made it, but it's made with love. That's what counts, right?!?

Maybe I'll try a quiet book next?!

Paci Weaning

It's that time. I have been dreading it, but at Luke's well check on Monday our pediatrician told us it was time to start weaning Luke off the paci. 

Today was our first day, we are starting with just limiting it to the crib, which means he only gets it when he sleeps (not the car, not when we are out and he is fussing,- just when he sleeps). He did really well, no melt downs and when he asked for it, I just told him that he was a big boy now and didn't need it. He seemed to understand it because he would just look at me and walk off and go find a toy. We even went and ate dinner at a restaurant tonight and he didn't need it at all.

 I think it is harder for me than for Luke. It has been with us since the beginning- we got one at the hospital and ever since we were addicted. So for now we are on the path to no paci and being a big boy. 

I am planning on letting him have it when he sleeps for a while- bc eliminating it while he is awake is a HUGE deal. Maybe in a month or so we will eliminate it at night, but I think that is going to be even a bigger battle because he uses it to put himself to sleep. 

Goodbye Paci It has been fun (and you were a huge help)!

Pray that I survive and stand strong the next few days- I think as he realizes that this is the new reality things might get tough for him (and me)!

Take Me out to the Ball Park

On Monday Andrew came home early (5:00- which never happens unless he has something he has to be home for) and was itching to do something fun. So around 5:30 we decided it would be fun to go to the Ranger game that night (which starts at 7) so Andrew quickly looked around Craigslist and called a guy and since the game was in an hour and a half he made a bargain deal on some GREAT seats. We rushed around the house and got out the door and headed to the Stadium. We stopped off at a shady Valero and Andrew went in and got our tickets and parking pass from a random guy. I am so thankful that he wasn't robbed or shot, you never know what your going to get with a Craigslist deal. We headed into to the stadium and enjoyed the game. Our seats were a few rows up behind the visitors dugout. So anytime a right handed batter was batting you could see us on T.V. We didn't know this when we bought our tickets- but when we were at the game people were texting/tweeting us that they could see us! How funny! Luke did really well for about 4 innings and then he was restless so we went over to the kid area for a few innings and then return for the last 2 innings in our seats. It was Luke's first game and I would say he did really well. He usually goes to bed at 8, but he stayed up till 10:30 that night and was very happy! It was a great family night and Luke can wait to go back and watch 'beeball' and 'wangers'!