Goodbye Summer. . . but not the heat!

It has been awhile since I posted simply because I have been exhausted! I started back to work 3 weeks ago and it definitely has added an element of juggling to our busy lives. I thought I would post some recent pics of the kids. It is hard to believe that school starts in a few weeks and that the unscheduled days of summer are rapidly coming to an end. This has been one of my favorite summers since I was able to be off work with the kids for the months of May, June and July.

Alivia is 4 1/2 now and is such a good helper around the house. She is (usually) a good leader for Will and they play pretty well together. But Will certainly knows how to push her buttons!

Will is 2 1/2 and is really thinning out. I know he will love his first experience with school. We had a scare with him last weekend at the lake when I put him down for a nap, and when I could not see anything on the video monitor, I went downstairs to check on him only to see him walking in from outside with a bunch of peaches that he had picked off the tree by the water. I was horrified. We already have sent out childproof items to prevent that from ever happening again. Thank you God that You provided protection to my precious and precocious child!

John is 4 months old and just turned over yesterday! Now he gets stuck in that position and it really frustrates him. Today was a hard day with lots of crying because he just can't understand what to do when he flips over!

Funny Conversation

Me: Will, come over here, I need to wipe off your face.

Will: But Mommy, I already wiped my face with my tongue!

Trip to San Antonio

My friend Alison was in San Antonio visiting her parents, so we drove down to see them yesterday. It was a short trip but worth every minute. We had fun seeing all the kids together, and Mollie Jane and Alivia were so cute together. It is hard to believe that between us we have SIX kids! I laughed that we needed to send the picture of all of us to the Eleusis to let them know what their alumni have been up to in the 15 years since we graduated. I love you Al!

My cute kids

Alivia and Will love to hold John in the glider rocker in his room. They always ask me to take a picture of them together. So cute. . . John is 3 1/2 months old now!

My American Girl

Nanny Alva introduced Alivia to American Girl dolls and she loves them. Nanny Alva is the queen of thrift store/garage sale shopping and has found a few AG dolls to loan to Alivia until she gets her own. Her latest purchase was "Julie" - it is a doll that Alivia has wanted for months and always longingly points out to us as she looks through every page of the AG catalog. Needless to say, Alivia was in heaven. Nanny Alva even did their hair to match. I think my mom is going to take Alivia to the AG store in Dallas one of these days so Alivia can purchase her own doll.

Date Night with Daddy

Matt took the older kids to a Round Rock Express baseball game last night. They left the house around 6:45 and got home 3 hours later. The kids were on a sugar high after having Skittles, cotton candy and root beer. They loved it! Matt said they did really well at the game.

Life at the Lake

We had another fun weekend at the lake. We could really get used to going out there every weekend. . . . While we were there, we had a fun visitor. JASON BRAWNER! He was driving from Purdy, MO to San Antonio, TX to do some recruiting for Camp Barnabas. It was so fun to see him and get caught up on his family. Jason is the Camp Director at the camp and his wife, Alison, is one of my closest friends. He was only with us about 10 hours so I took a picture to prove he was actually in Granite Shoals. . .

Another fun activity was Will got to help Grandpa pick all the peaches off this little tree near the lakehouse. The peaches are so sweet and yummy. . . .