It's My Party

Happy Birthday to me! The big 3-1. I love my birthday. On Sunday night we had our friends over and had my favorite treats (jello cakes, rice krispy treats, peanut butter bars-thank you Megan!-limeade, ice cream and mochi balls).
I love Austin's face in this picture.

I love mochi balls (Japanese rice cakes.  They sell them at frozen yogurt places to put on your yogurt, and have since started selling the packages...I am probably their most loyal customer). Some of my friends don't like them (weirdos) and they dared me to eat a huge mouthful.  And I am not one to turn down a dare, especially when I love the food.

They started talking about some sort of disgusting story, and I almost lost it.

But I did it.  And I would do it again!

Dave has one week off of school in the summer and was able to take the week of my birthday off.  So we celebrated all week long! On my actual birthday we went to the gym, went and got ice cream, went swimming, naps, and then dinner at Texas Roadhouse.  That night Dave and I watched Ashley on The Bachelorette and I ate another entire package of mochi balls (thanks Mandy).  It was a great birthday!

Father's Day 2011

I feel so blessed that my little ones have such a great Dad.
Monte Cristo's for dinner, Dave's favorite.

Audrey's paper from church. She did it all by herself. I love everything about it.

It's Getting Hot In Here

It is hot. We have had 22 consecutive days of 100 degree weather. If we make it to 25 consecutive days of 100 degree heat (which is a good bet) we will tie the third longest stretch on record in 1952. Joshua kept getting into his winter clothes and coming out in outfits like this:

We finally just had to pack up all his winter clothes.  I love his little white thighs.

Little Helpers

Austin's first bottle of formula. He loved it. Downed it. Look at this boy, is that surprising? He ate 8 oz, right after I finished nursing him. Audrey and Joshua loved helping, and I love them for being such good helpers.
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Whenever Joshua asks to hold Austin, I say, "Get your hands ready". I love how he puts his little hands like this.

Sweet brothers

SCUBA Diving 2015, 2018, 2021

One Sunday morning while getting ready for church, Dave started talking to the kids about sharks. Dave told the kids that one time him and I went on a shark dive and saw sharks while SCUBA diving. All we heard for the rest of the day was questions about SCUBA diving...how does it work? How old do you have to be? Can we do it? After some research, we found out 10 is the age requirement. Audrey was so excited to plan our SCUBA trips, for when she turned 10, Joshua turned 10, and Austin turned 10. Apparently we are going to Mexico when each of our kids turns 10 to take them diving. Dave and I are both certified so that sounds great to me! Audrey was so excited planning our trips. We will go with Memor, Fafa, D and Grande and the younger boys will stay with their grandparents at the hotel while Dave and I take Audrey diving, and then just Austin when Joshua gets old enough. Once all our kids are all enough we will go on a SCUBA trip, one of those boat trips where you just dive all day and then stay on the boat (and someone cooks for you). That was my idea. Ha! Can't wait for the summers of 2015, 2018, and 2021!

Planning the trip. 6.26.11

"Me go stupa dwiving too!"

Berry Picking

Keeping with tradition, we spend a hot sweaty afternoon picking berries, and then eating delicious ice cream to cool off.

The one thing that was different was that last year I was freshly pregnant, and this year I have this angel baby.  He just slept (and sweated) while the rest of us picked.  The crop this year wasn't as good as last years, and I'm convinced it's because this summer seems much hotter.

Audrey insisted on having her hair down.  She "wanted her neck to sweat".  ????

Examining the bugs.

Peach and strawberry ice cream. Perfect way to cool down.  And blueberry lemon scones. Amazing.

Last Day of School

Audrey's gift to her teacher, thank you Whitney for the fabulous idea!

Dave took written boards the next day so we got the day off of school to study. He studied and then went and got lunch and we all had lunch together at Audrey's school.

I came straight from the gym, so excuse the nastiness. I just don't really have any pictures of Dave and I together!

Hallie and Claire, our carpool girls.  These girls had ZERO tardies for the year.  Boo yeah.  Good job to Leah and me!
On our way home from the last day of school!

Happy summer!

Mud Run

Me. Adrienne. Mandy. Megan. Amy. 5K.  Mud. Obstacles to go through, over and under.  Great times. Nicknamed The Rainbow Brites.

Before. Notice the white socks.

Sweetest cheerleaders

Coming down the home stretch. Nice brown socks.  So gross.

The last obstacle was going through this mud pit. All the kids were chanting, "belly flop! belly flop!" We tried our best to make them happy.

All finished.  They said there would be a hose there to rinse off.  Nope.  Just water bottles and baby wipes.

Thanks to the husbands and kids for coming to support their mom!

I had to beg Joshua to come stand next to me.

Nothing like a little Rudy's after to fill our bellies. Such a fun day! And a shower never felt so good!

Four Months

I am a little behind...
Austin turned four months on June 4th. He had his Dr apt on June 9th and he weighed 17.12 (90%) and was 24.75 tall (50%). I forgot to take his picture on June 4th. Whoops. Such a third child.

May 19, 2011
Thank you Jamie for the onesie. I love it!

June 21, 2011

At four months Austin:
*drools, drools, drools
*loves to stand
*loves to smile and giggle
*sleeps like a champion
*loves to eat

This baby boy is a dream. He is such an angel baby.

Spring in Texas

Sunday evening drive. Spring time. Texas state flower, bluebonnets.
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The Napping House

For the past five years and 10 months, our house has been a napping house.  One of my kids has always needed to be home for a good nap in their bed.  For the past few weeks, our house has not been a napping house.  Joshua outgrew his naps, and Austin is at the lovely age where he can just nap in his car seat.  This makes the days very long sometimes, but it is so nice when we are out and about running errands, or at the pool, and we don't have to hurry home.  I have a feeling this won't last long, so I want to enjoy it while it does! Here's to being around town at 2:30 pm!