Stars Game

So one Friday night we were ready to go to The Central/Keller football game, and a friend called and said she had really good seats to The Stars Game and did we want them!? Hmmmm.....High School football or super awesome seats 4 rows back from the glass! Stars win baby!!!!!

We had so much fun, although, we left our jackets sitting at the house! So, cheapest fix...buy a Stars Snuggie! Yes, I said I would never own a Snuggie, but it was really chilly!!!! The seats were truly amazing and the boys (and us) had a blast!

Grapefest Carson Style

So, Grapevine has Grapefest which I love, and on Friday they had free admission. So I decided to take Carson for some one-on Mommy time! We had a blast! Although when we first got there and all we saw was boring booths and lots of walking trying to get to the kids stuff, he told me that I lied to him by telling him that he would have lots of fun! ha ha! Ofcourse, once we got to all the kids stuff, he was great!

He got to ride a few rides, and the petting zoo, and we spent a lot of time with Radio Disney!
This picture was right before that goat decided to jump up and attack Carson and knock him into the lady behind him!

Pre-K!!!!!

Carson started Pre-K this year! He has been attending Circle of Friends Pre-School for 3 years now, and we are so excited to see what this year has in store for him! All summer he has been talking about getting to "go upstairs", because that's where the big kids go!

Enjoy the pics of my precious youngest on his first day!

Walking In

Hugging Mrs. Paul (I love this, because she is the director and she is there every morning to greet the students!)

Going Upstairs!

Mom-here's my basket

His teacher Mrs. Ogle showing him his name tracer

Catching Up AGAIN!!!!

I seem to be really behind in blog world lately! But, I am going to wrap August up in one post! After Iowa, we went camping with Ryndi and Justin at the deer lease for one last time. We decided not to renew for this year. We had a really good time with them and the boys got in their one last free for all I am pretty sure! We even found a lake nearby and had a relaxing afternoon beachside.

Dalton started 2nd grade this year! I have a few pics stuck on FaceBook thanks to Steff for taking those for me! I am including some pics I took of him on the 2nd or 3rd day when he got to start riding his bike to school with some of his neighbor friends! He is such a big boy! And one of him where I cut off all his hair!

We went to a Ranger's game with our friends the Williams, and had a blast! Maybe we will get one more game in before this season is over-Just maybe!

Well, that's the rest of August in a nutshell-enjoy the pics!

Me and Carson on the 4wheeler!

Dalton "driving"

Lakeside

My big boy!


Lawson, Dalton, and Carson at The Rangers Game with Jawbreakers

Dalton's new "do"

Six Flags

Dalton earned a Six Flags reading ticket for reading 6 plus hours. He earned one from Kindergarten too, but we never got to use it. So, this summer I absolutely had to take him! We decided to go just me and him to make it special. We had a great time!

We literally got to walk up to almost every ride, and never had to wait in line. Other the unfortunate mishap where I found out that my stomach 15 years ago, and my stomach now are TOTALLY different, all was well! We opened the park and closed the park! LOL

Enjoy our fun!

Summer in Iowa

Well, this was a first for us. We were actually able to go to Iowa during a month where there was not snow in the forecast! However, August is waaaay hotter in Iowa than I would have ever guessed! But, we did have a great time. Jason and the boys drove up on a Friday while I was on a retreat, and then I met them on Sunday and we all drove back together on Tue night. Jason and the boys got to spend time with Grandma Mildred, and then we all stayed with Wilbur (Jason's Dad) on Sunday-Tuesday at the lake in his camper. It was great!

We were right on the edge of the lake and it was so beautiful. Don't tell Jason, but it makes me want to buy a camper and spend lots of time lakeside! Oh well, maybe in a few years. There was lots of fishing done, a nature hike that didn't last very long due to whiny humans, bike riding, and s'mores. It was a very good, relaxing trip.

I just love this series of pics, Papa just couldn't stop blinking...but check out Carson's face in every one-that child cracks me up!



The fave sport of the weekend was fishing. Dalton fished his little heart out. He caught 14 fish! Carson tired of fishing pretty quickly (I don't blame him). They did ride their bikes alot, and Carson started practicing some stunt riding. (I am thinking I would have preferred him to take a little more to fishing)




Uncle Jeff and Carson fishing

If you look closely, this is a picture of a beehive. And if you look even closer you can see a fishing line caught up in that tree right beside the beehive. Needless to say, the bees were not happy! But, it was an opportunity to see an actual beehive!


Breakfast Lakeside


Family Pics

Arkansas!

Our very dear friends live in Arkansas (they are in ministry, so they never stay put!) We went to visit them for a few days, and man did I realize how much I missed them! Our kids get along great, Jason and Eric are good friends, and Pamela and I well, I consider her like my big sis! Anyway, we had a blast! We got there at the end of their VBS so the kids got to enjoy the big last night festivities with tons of inflatables and a dish soap super slide!

They even borrowed a boat so that we could enjoy a day on the lake! We went tubing and swimming and had a great time. We got to enjoy a couple of adult evenings too since their daughter Tori is babysitting age now (still unbelievable). All in all, it was a great, relaxing, super fun weekend with great lifelong friends! :)