Summer fun

We have been in Guymon for the last two or three days. The big pool isn't up and running, so Kayla set up the little kiddie pool for Brooklyn and Caden to cool off in! They were too cute, I just had to share.

Please ignore the boy in his underwear. We didn't bring our swimsuits, so this was the next best thing.

Ephesians 6:1 and 1 John 4:7

Caden has been working on memorizing some verses. He does one a week, so I am a little behind on posting :) Here is Ephesians 6:1 from last week and 1 John 4:7 from this week.

More of Carter the bookworm

The day I found Carter reading, I took a little video. I had to share because he is just so cute :)

Memorial Weekend

What a great weekend we had :) I met mom halfway on Friday to drop off the boys. We had a wedding in Garber we had to attend and didn't want the kids cramping our party style (yeah, we left by 9:30!) Then we headed down to stay with the boys and my family for a couple of days. We also celebrated my sister's birthday! Caden made her cupcakes and even sang her happy birthday! Happy Birthday Jana! It was fun and relaxing and the boys enjoyed themselves as always!

Caden built a birdhouse with Pops' help for our neighbor!

Caden also got to go fishing and couldn't wait to show us all his fish. He quite several perch and small bass! He is getting to be as good as his Pops!
Sunday night, Kiddieland opened, so we went to the park to ride a few rides and play on the playground for awhile.


This is not the best pic but Carter is just too cute in it! He was so proud of himself for sitting in that chair.

My Little Bookworm

I hadn't seen Carter in awhile this afternoon and he was fairly quiet. Usually this might cause some concern, but since I knew where Caden was, I wasn't too worried! When Carter gets quiet this is his new thing... I was pretty sure what he was up to so I grabbed the camera and this is what I found:)

He will climb up in the rocker and sit there for 30 minutes just reading. He will get quite the workout going up and down to get more books. This kid loves to read! I love it!

Tag You're It!

I've been tagged by Hilary. I have been waiting for someone to tag me because I have been reading these all day:).

Here's how to play: Post the rules on your blog and complete the following: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, and 3 random, surprising facts about yourself. At the end of your post tag five people and let them know they are tagged by leaving them a comment on their blog- Have fun.

3 Joys:
1. Knowing that no matter how much I disappoint God, I can never lose my salvation!
2. My family - parents, in-laws, sister, husband, and children...I love you all!
3. Being a stay at home mom - I love my job!

3 Fears:
1. Messing up in raising my kids
2. Having to live without Cory
3. Definitely Spiders

3Goals:
This is hard because I am not really goal oriented so must of these are short term from my planner:)
1. Getting the boys' rooms organized before Cole's arrival
2. Clearing out all my old Premier stuff and selling off the jewelry I don't want.
3. Making sure Cory gets the boys' bathroom done :)

3 Obsessions/Collections:
These should be no surprise here :)
1. Having things organized
2. Making lists
3. Schedules

3 Random/Surprising Fact About Me:
1. I could waste away watching Food Network, but I don't really like to cook.
2. I love to read, but only one author at a time...I get fixated on one and read all they wrote.
3. I am pretty lazy...I could stay in bed or on the couch all day, not just because I am pregnant!


Most of my friends have been tagged already so that leaves
1. Ed - because he needs to do it for us youngins :)
2. Chris - because I know he hates these things
3. Devin - I count her as a friend that none of my friends here know :) Wish we could live in the same town - we are long lost buds I just know it :)

First Day v. Last Day...

Just a little comparison...do you think he has grown up over the last year of school?

Awards Presentation

Caden had his awards program Monday and I must brag just a tad and say he did so well! He got a total of 5 awards! The one we are most proud of is the Letter and Number Excellence Award. He was the only one in his class who could say all his numbers, letters, and their sounds! He has learned so much this year!

Giving Daddy a little kiss at our celebration lunch!

Tool Belt Anyone

Here is Caden's idea of a tool belt...any donations for a real one will be greatly appreciated!

Caden had gotten very muddy and came in to shower. It was pretty warm, so I just let them run around the house in the underwear and diapers. Let's just say Cory was glad none of his tools were inside this toolbelt!

Belated Mother's Day

Here is a picture of my mother's day card from Cory...it says it all!

Finally...

With Caden we took a pic every month starting at 3 months...Carter we were a little behind and started around 4 months. For poor Cole, Cory acted like it wasn't even a big deal. So finally I got him to snap one last night! It isn't the best but better than nothing right!

Here is Baby Cole growing well...5 months along!

Update from Albania

I am not sure how many of you check the links on the side for Cory's sister and her family. But I really wanted to share this post I found today. They don't get to update all that often, technology is a little slow sometimes, but they did update recently. Please go to this link and pray for this family and for Kaci and Ryan. Thanks!

http://theronnes.blogspot.com/2008/05/our-newest-project.html

Family Vacation - Part 2

****WARNING PICTURE OVERLOAD!****

On Saturday we went to the Tulsa Zoo! When we arrived, it was a little chilly but I did have jackets ready! There were so many great animals there! It was nice and cool so most of them were out waiting for us to look at them!

Caden doing his best chimp impersonation!

This was Caden's and Mommy's favorite animal by far!

Once we got inside the exhibit, we got to see him swimming in the pool! It was very cool!
Cory got a good shot of the Bald Eagle...Caden couldn't figure out why it was called a Bald Eagle!
This little Roadrunner was just hanging out in the Dessert Exhibit
The boys loved the petting zoo!

We had never seen a kangaroo before, so we were all pretty excited about this one! There were three in the exhibit and after watching them for about 5 minutes, they decided to show off their amazing hopping abilities!

Pops - another one for you...a giant catfish!
These bats were just hanging out, literally, in the rainforest exhibit.

I almost got hit in the head by one.

This was Mommy's other favorite! I think flamingos are so graceful, something I will never be!
The seals weren't doing much but sleeping, but I still thought they were cute!
Caden's 2nd favorite. He stared at these guys forever!
The lion was having lunch!

Towards the end of the day, Carter was growing tired and decided to sleep on Daddy's head!

We had such a great time, sorry for the pic overload, but I know the family will love them all!

Family Vacation - Part 1

We survived our church and had a great time! The boys were really good and slept pretty well in the hotel. Mommy even survived all the walking. I didn't start feeling bad until Sunday afternoon and had to rest that evening and all of yesterday. It was worth a little pain to see the boys have so much fun!

We got to the hotel Thursday evening and after dinner went down to the pool. Carter loved it, but Caden was a little scared. It has been almost a year since the boy has been in a pool, so he freaked out a little, but loved the hot tub with Daddy!

Friday AM we got up early (6:30) thanks to Carter. We headed to breakfast then the Oklahoma Aquarium. We got there before it opened, because I got my times backwards. So we went to find a park to play in for a little bit to kill time. Thanks to our Garmin navigator it was no problem! The aquarium was very cool and the boys loved it! Carter was fascinated by the sharks and this one fish. Caden was all over the place, look at this, look at that, etc. He couldn't get enough!

Here are my 3 gorillas at the park before we hit the Aquarium

The boys all got to pet the Stingray. Cory kept commenting on how they acted like puppies. They would come up so the side of the tank and flap the wings (Caden's term). They loved to be petted! Carter even got to enjoy this!

Carter became fascinated by this fish.

I am not sure why, it really wasn't that pretty, just really odd looking!

I tried to get a good picture of the Gar, but through the glass it was a challenge.

Caden wanted Pops to see the Striped Bass, so here you go Pops!

There was a cool turtle exhibit and we loved this one because it was stretched out like Jack!

The Jellyfish were so cool to look at!

That sums up Friday AM. We went to lunch afterwards and the kids slept a little in the car, so we drove around Tulsa like we used to do. We went up Riverside Dr and looked at all the houses we love! We also drove around Utica Square, but didn't get out to shop because Carter was still asleep. After a nap at the hotel, we went shopping for a bit then to Incredible Pizza. We met the Grunewald's there and tried to catch up. The boys were all ready to go play so we had a little trouble chatting, but all in all good times! The boys were pretty tired and so was Mommy! We went back to the hotel and took baths and went to bed!

Stay tuned for Saturday's adventure at the zoo!