Pictures with Becca

Our Becca is soon leaving for college :(  Insert HUGE sad faces here!

I'm not going to bore you or sadden you with a huge long post about how much she means to us.  If you know us really well, you get it!  She knows and we know and more importantly God knows because He orchestrated it all! 

Becca wanted pics with the boys before she left for school and they turned out great!  These are just a few of our favs!

Where o where would we be without our Becca?!?!

Birthday Parties Galore - Part 2

Not to be too crazy, but we had Caden's birthday party Friday night and then Cole and Crosby's on Saturday night.  It was a little chaotic but I can't imagine spreading it all out over 3 weekends. 

 

 

Cole desperately wanted a Batman party, and of course Crosby just went along with it!  I thought it would be easy to just have a cookout, invite the families, and let the kids play in the water.  Our friends offered to let us borrow their inflatable water slide and it was the HIT of the party!

 Cole with his Batman cake.  Again, I looked for designs on a party website and this is what we came up with.  He LOVED it!

 Crosby apparently enjoyed the cupcakes too!

 We grilled out and had a great dinner for all the families that came.  Then came the cake and ice cream, then gifts.  Thsi was a little crazy!  Trying to get two kids to open presents, one of whom is two was challenging!  But fun!

 Cory got to help Cole, so I never really saw what he was doing, but I think he was loving all the gifts and attention!

 Crosby got some great things too!  He loved it all!  He got this from Grammie and Papa and is enjoying figuring it all out!

I know I threw these parties early, but it helped to get them otu of the way before school starts!  The boys had a blast and we so appreciate all the friends and family that came!  My boys are LOVED!



Birthday Parties Galore - Part 1

Each year this time of year I have to figure out multiple birthday parties.  Last year, I thought I would kill 3 birds with one stone and have a huge swim party.  We didn't really want to do that again, and Caden wanted his own party so we collaborated with ideas and this was all his idea!

 

A basketball party!

 

He came up with lots of the ideas and it was fun and easy to throw!  A win, win for EVERYONE!

 

He had lots of friends come, while they were arriving, they warmed up on the court.  Cory spent time drawing a court in chalk on the driveway.  Once they were all here, Cory had them shoot free throws for their food.  We ate pizza and had some gatorade. 

 Then the games began!  Cory split the boys up into two teams and we played 4 on 4.  After the first quarter, Cory had them sit out one on each team and played 3 on 3 with subs.  This helped them not get so tired.

 At half time we opened presents.  My parents got him the coveted Kevin Durant jersey.  We aren't sure if he will be a Lakers fan or a Thunder fan, but now he has a jersey for each team!

 To go with his jersey and basketball theme party, Daddy and I got him some new shoes to match!

 After the second half, we had cake and ice cream!  Caden and I went round and round about his cake.  I found several ideas on Pinterest but he wouldn't have any of it.  He wanted it to be an original design!  Arg!  While looking on party websites for other ideas, I found this edible cake decorating kit and he LOVED it!  Whew, that was easy! 

 After all the food, he wanted to shoot baskets again, so we lined up all the boys and played Knockout until the parents came. 

 Momma and Daddy with our 8 year old...WOW!

Thanks to all the friends and family that made the party!  It was a great party!

Last of the Summer Fun

These are just a few pics from my phone of our last weeks at home before school starts. 

I started keeping another little boy the second week of August.  He is Crosby's age and once all the older kids get in school, he will keep Crosby entertained for a while so he won't be so lonely!  Anyway, all the hub-bub of having another boy to play with all day is wearing Crosby out!  He naps hard and long each day!

Caden needed something to do this evening and he thought maybe he could cook dinner!  With just a little help from Mom, he cooked the entire meal!  It was great!

My two little imaginative boys playing Batman together one morning in Carter's room.  Melted my heart!

This picture of Crosby and his buddies is so cute!  Cason, Crosby, and Jones just chilling!

Cole is always doing something funny!  Today he put on Caden's glasses and was all giggles.  He thought he was so funny.

Trying to keep this one entertained proves interesting.  He likes to play games like the big boys, but he doesn't like to follow the rules, but make up his own.  This is always a challenge.

While we have had a fun summer, we are ready for our routine!  Can't wait until school starts!

Crazy Cole in the Summer

 I read a blog today that talked about your favorite child.  That is just absurd!  I, like the blogger, love all my children the same (even the ones that just live here temporarily!).  There are some days when one is more frustrating than others, or when one is more loving than others.  But please don't look at this post and think that Cole is my favorite.  He just happens to be the one that does crazy stuff ALL THE TIME and I want photographic proof :)  No, he is just a Momma's boy to the core and is ALWAYS near by!  So as I downloaded pics from my phone today, I found all of these and they are too cute not to share!

This poor kid needs his sleep, but he so desperately wants to stay up late with the big boys!  So on this day after swimming, he crashed in the car on the way to dinner!  But at least he was bathed.  He fell asleep around 6:30 this night and slept until 8 or so the next morning!

How can you ever say no to this precious boy?!?!

 See what I mean, ALWAYS nearby!  More like ALWAYS ON ME!

 Cory took the older three to the monster truck show and texted me this pic! 

 Cole and his best friend Jarrett.  We hadn't seen him in several week and Cole was thrilled to be together at church!

 Not sure where his pickle obsession started, but it didn't help when Cory bought him these!  They are a vegetable right!?!?!

 He can really enjoy just about any treat!  Here is slurping on a stars and stripes popsicle at the water park!

 Again, a few rough days of keeping up with the big boys can wear a kid out!

Love our Coley Bear!

Head Injuries

 So Crosby finally did it!  He bonked his head pretty good and in keeping with Reid Boy tradition, it was on his forehead.  He cried for a bit, but after I took the ice pack off he was fine! 

Crosby - July of 2012 (23 months)

And just so no one thinks I am crazy here is picture proof of the other two!

Cole had to have been between 2 and 3 because I found this pic on my i-phone which I didn't get until after Crosby was born.

Carter was much younger, not even 2  yet.  I blogged this pic in June of 2008 so just around 18 months!

Can you say OUCH?!?!?

Soccer Camp

 Soccer camp time again!  I had to go bigger than last year but I'm not all that creative.  Caden thank goodness knew what he wanted and we went for it!  He got a star again, but this year his hair was much longer so we were able to spike it up!  Carter wanted his hair really short and just a star painted on!  So easy!  They were on the Swedish team this year, so I put that on their heads and of course we argued about spelling, and I had an EPIC FAIL and spelled it wrong!  So embarrassed!  Sorry boys!  Otherwise the coaches LOVED it!  Caden was star head all week!  Their team got the most points all week and won the "World Cup"  They loved camp again!

Rodeo Week

July in Woodward means Elks Rodeo!  We loaded up and went downtown to watch the Longhorns come through.  I am horrible and didn't pack the good camera, so I snapped a few with my phone.

Lined up on main waiting...we can seem them!

Crosby was loving it!

Here they are!

Later that evening we bathed early and snuggled up for some Batman!