Open House & Flag Football

KINDERGARTEN is quickly approaching!!!

This is the only pic he'd take...outside his new classroom
Hud's friend from preschool is in his class too

The gym...that's Drew

playing in the reading lounge while parents fill out ppwk

Doing drills at football

Mine's the cutie in the burnt orange (Hook 'em)

Hud doesn't like pushing but likes getting flags

Drew during practice

Drew found something to do...his favorite

Last night was "Meet the Teacher" at Hudson's new elementary school. He was so excited to go and was practically skipping down the kindergarten hall. He said his teacher "looks nice." After meeting his teacher, we visited the library, gym and cafeteria. They served pizza to all the kids and parents which, of course, they loved. We bought a school shirt and Hudson said he wanted to wear the first day of school. Too cute. I said, "Well, I think you should wear something else the 1st day of school, since we'll be taking lots of pictures!" He said," we can take pictures in my school shirt!" I told him he could wear it the 2nd day of school and he was ok with that. Oh and Drew wanted a school T-shirt too. I told him I'd get him one later and Hud was not happy about that. I'm actually not sad at all about him going to kindergarten b/c he's really excited and I know probably half the parents in Hudson's class . Several of them and I went to high school together. Crazy. I think it's going to be a great year and I hope he makes lots of good friends. I'll post pics after his first day next week.

Shopping, Circus and Fishing

He will only let me take a pic if he can do silly faces
Same goes for little copy cat

Waiting for "Sunny" to get done shopping

Playing on indoor playground at Towneast Mall

Before the Circus...super happy

Way too many things to choose from

Opening act...so far so good

loved the elephants

Not so good after fireworks

Drew 1st real catch at the in-laws

2nd catch 5 mins later...so excited

brother decided to try too but would rather catch tadpoles

We've had a busy last two weeks so I decided to just post it all. I did leave out Hud's flag football tryouts and our 1st official practice. We also went bowling for the first team this weekend. The boys loved it and would jump up and down after EVERY bowl. Drew barely got the ball down the lane but it did end up knocking over a few pins!

I finally received the baby bedding last week! YEAH!! We have furniture in place but nothing on the walls. I want to wait until it's completely finished before I show you guys! I went to my 33 wk appt. today. The doctor thinks we are on schedule to have another large baby (surprise) so he thinks he may induce at 39 wks which would be the last week of September!! YEAH!!!! I go back in two wks so I'll let you know.

We have another flag football practice tonight so I'll try to take some pics of my little man.

8 years ago today...

THEN...

Leaving Mt.P for the honeymoon

NOW...

At a business conference in Kansas City last week

Same conference...mom was there too

Yes, I know my face is getting plump!!

They had casino night on the last night

Wow...8 years has gone by fast! I would never have guessed, 8 yrs ago, that Brian and I would be in Mt. P, working with my parents, and expecting our THIRD boy!!! Crazy how life plays out...or should I clarify...how God works things out. We are soooooo happy here and wouldn't change a thing. Well, except for the fact that my favorite city, Austin, is 5 hours away. We are so exceedingly blessed and have continued to enjoy a fun-filled marriage. Thank you, Brian, for putting up with my wacky ways, for loving me for who I am, and for helping me be a better "me!" I love you and can't wait to see what new adventures lay ahead of us in the years to come.

Lake Party # 2 & 30wk pic

30 week photo

finally got him to wear floaties

Master Griller

Watching hay being baled at my grandmother's a few wks ago

We had our 4th Annual Family Lake Day with our Sunday School class & their kids out at Mom & Dad's this weekend. We had 20 adults and no telling how many kids. Due to my "current condition," I stayed by the pool all afternoon and swam with the kids. Brian took the boat out with mostly dad's and kids that wanted to tube. Hudson FINALLY tubed...yeah! Brian didn't even have to talk him into it & he loved it. Oh and another mileston...Hudson jumped off the diving board with no lifejacket and swam to the shallow end. AND he went down the slide with no lifejacket. Of course, this idea came to him when he saw a girl his same age doing it and said he could too! Nothing like being shown up by a "girl!" LOL!! We grilled fajitas and swam a little bit more before it started getting dark. We are so blessed to be a part of a wonderful Sunday school class and love each of them dearly.

I leave for Kansas City tomorrow for a business conference and will be back Friday. Have a great week!

Lake Party # 1

The fam
Drew

Hudson, who loves swimming in a shirt

Drew & Daddy

Drew & Daddy

Some of the kids from the party

Our new "trick"

Monkey see, monkey do!!

We had our office staff and their families over to Mom & Dad's for a Lake Party on Saturday. The weather was perfect, so we got to stay out all afternoon.

I'm guessing you're wondering why I have pics of only Drew on the waverunner & tube....well, that's b/c he's our more daring child. Drew will pretty much try anything that involves his Daddy. It was his first time on the tube and he had a blast. It was also Hudson's first time to jump off the diving board and go down the slide (w/ a life jacket, of course)!

We're having our Sunday School class out to the lake next weekend so there will be more pics then. I love summer!!

My construction boys

Before pics
I think making cement was their favorite part

Not sure what's in that hole but I guess it's interesting

Wearing a hat; which is rare....too cute

My other cutie

Mer & Granddad Glover on their 60th Anniversary

We are finally putting a deck up in our back yard. We have been in this house for 4 years and just never got around to doing it. A friend of ours has built several decks so we thought we could use someone with a little bit of experience to help. I think the deck is going to be a little larger than we had thought, but that's ok. I'm super excited and can't wait for outdoor furniture to go on sale so I can go looking.

Also, we had a celebration dinner last night for my grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary. They are so cute. They took our whole family to Bermuda 10 years ago for their 50th. It was a vacation I'll never forget; it was amazing. I'm so thankful that my grandparents and parents are still married and modeled to me how to make a marriage work over decades and still enjoy being together today. I told Mer that hopefully Brian and I will go to Bermuda on our 50th in honor of them!

Happy 4th

Lazy river
Drew with baby belly in background

Hudson

Drew going down the slide after we begged the slide attendant to let him

Daddy had to go 1st to demonstrate

Hudson slid down this 50 times, at least

I didn't take many pics this weekend except our trip to a small water park in Tyler. We had a low-key holiday and didn't even go out in the boat once. Boy, I'm getting old!!

We swam for a few hours at mom and dad's and went to the in-laws for some steaks. I tried to get the boys to go out to the lake to watch fireworks but they quickly declined! Guess I should be thankful...I'm sure there will be many years to come of them begging to shoot fireworks!!! Hope you had a great weekend too!

FYI: the reason I only posted pics of the slides is b/c that's all the boys wanted to do the whole time!! Guess we got our money's worth after 50 times down the slide!!!