Sevens and Cupcake's Posterity

Dave and I met at a bowling alley. His bowling name was "Sevens" and mine was "Cupcake". I am not much of a bowler, but I will forever be grateful I went bowling that night. To wind up summer, I took the kids bowling. And then I made them listen to the story of how I met their Dad. Audrey loved it (the story) and Joshua seemed bored. Both kids loved bowling though and they each got a strike. Not bad coming from the likes of me.
They each got to choose their bowling names.  Audrey chose "Dolphin" and Joshua chose "Buzz Light Year".  (I am so glad Audrey has such a good memory.  I forgot what their bowling names were and I just asked her and she remembered right away. Maybe I gave all my memory to her and that is why I don't have any left?)

Joshua would jump up and down, slip and fall sometimes and do all sorts of cute things while he waited for the ball to go down the lane. And then he would get so excited when the pins would fall.

Audrey's turn.

Fun, fun day.
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Peek A Boo

I see...me! Austin's favorite game while having his diaper changed.

 

Solid Food for the Solid Boy

Monday, August 15th. Austie Boy's first solids. Leah and all her girls were there to witness the awesomeness. Baby food, cute kids and a huge mess...does life get any better?

Audrey mixin it up:

First bite by Audrey.  All the kids took a turn feeding Austin, and taking pictures.

The many faces of Austin:

The verdict? He loves food, just like his mom.

Audrey's Birthday Party

More partying. American Girl Doll store. I planned this before I knew we were going to have to be out of our house 3 weeks later. Brilliant. No mess to clean up, someone else cooked, and everyone had fun. My kind of party!

The girls were able to make birthday hats for their American Girl dolls.

Since Audrey's doll looks just like Audrey, and Audrey just got her ears pierced, then Norie (her doll) got to get her ears pierced too.  Naturally.
Audrey signing Norie up.

All done!

We were so lucky to have so many girls Audrey's age.  She was lucky to have such good friends.  And I was lucky because their moms are pretty awesome too.

Audrey's 6th Birthday

Our baby girl is six. She is such a sweet girl, such a great helper, and her little brothers are so lucky to have her. And I am so lucky to her as my sweet girl.

On the morning of Audrey's big day, we went to the movies and saw Tales of Despereaux.

 

She had been begging to get her ears pierced and when I told her in the car that Dave and I decided she could, she started to cry she was so excited.

 

But before the piercing, we went to the pool with friends for swimming and popsicles. (Tatum and Abby were out of town, and Chloe just got her tonsils out)

 

For her birthday dinner, Audrey chose Outback.  She loves the baked potato soup, and I love the steak so it was a win win situation. After dinner it was time to get her ears pierced!
Before:

 

Deciding what earring to put in:

 

Joshua being the noble brother that he is, and holding her hand while the piercing lady was getting ready:

 

After.  Only a few tears from the birthday girl.  They had to do one ear at a time and Audrey was very nervous about that part.  She pulled through and now has sparkly ears!

 

The whole process took over an hour and Joshua himself and Austin entertained.

 

Then it was home for presents and cake.  It was a great day celebrating our Audrey! Happy birthday sweet girl!

 

 

It was too hot to bake a cake.  Thanks Tom Thumb for doing it for me. 

Catching Up

Life has been crazy. Crazy fun, but crazy. We had to be out of our house in Texas on Sept 2, but we weren't moving until October 1st. Long story...the owner wanted to get someone long term in during peak rental season (the summer) and so they kicked us out 30 days before we were moving. Super awesome. I was l.i.v.i.d. at first, but then it actually worked out to be a blessing. We have some amazing friends who let us stay with them for the month and it was fun to spend quality time together before we moved. Who doesn't love sleepovers?! Our kids loved it, and it was so fun to spend all day with friends. Plus we never had to wake up a napping baby to pick up the older kids from school! Huge bonus!
I am going to try to catch up on the last few months of our life. We are officially moved in and Dave has graduated and started WORK!!!! WAHOOO!!! We are done with school! Parts of it will make me sad, seeing our old Texas life and the friends we miss so much. But we are excited to be here and for the new friends and memories we will make. Life has been so good to us.