Sand

We got Isaac this picnic table for his birthday last year, but never put any sand in it. We decided this week to get him some sand for his table to see what he thought. Well, he really likes digging in it with his shovel, but he cannot take it when he gets sand on himself. Ha! Any time he gets sand on his hand, arm, leg, any where, he gets up and comes to me saying, "Off, off!" Oh boy, what a silly guy! Also, when he goes to sit down on his bench he can't touch the table with his hands for fear of getting sand on them, so he has to sit down without supporting himself, needless to say he has almost fallen a few times because of this. Ha ha! He's keeping me laughing, that's for sure!

Easter Egg Hunt

Today Isaac had a playdate with Taylor, aka TayTay, so we decided to have an Easter egg hunt for the kids. It was a lot of fun! They both really enjoyed it, and I know Kristin and I really enjoyed watching them hunt. After finding his second egg Isaac was completely into it, and after finding an egg he would say, "More!"

By the way, did you notice their adorable matching personalized shirts? Oh how cute! Kristin got them these for Easter, and I have to say I love it!

A nice relaxing Sunday

Eating pizza, while cheering on the Baylor Bears.

"All done!"

Very happy on the lawn mower, by himself.

He has become quite the climber lately.

Today we had a quiet day around the house, and spent a lot of it playing outside. Isaac has always been scared of Carl's lawn mower, but has recently shown more interest in it. He still wouldn't let us put him on it, even with the mower turned off, but we did try every now and then. Today Carl put the lawn mower out in the yard because he had to do some work on it. When he finished were just standing around talking, and Isaac quietly went over to it on his own. He thought we weren't paying attention, but we were...he crawled up on it, all by himself, got up on the seat and pretended to drive it. Oh my, that started a great activity for the day. He spent the next while climbing on and off the lawn mower, all the while saying, "Isaac mow grass." Ha! He loved it, and we loved seeing him conquer that fear. Carl decided after quite a while of Isaac playing on it alone, that he would sit on it with him...oh that didn't go over too well! Isaac screamed and cried, "All done!!! All done!!!" I guess he doesn't trust us on it with him.

This afternoon the Baylor men's basketball team played in the Elite Eight game against Duke. It is their first time to make it this far, so it was an exciting game for us Bears! We watched the entire game, and unfortunately it didn't end as we wanted, but it was still a great game and an awesome season! We ordered pizza for dinner and sat in the living room watching the game while we ate, which we have never done with Isaac, we always sit at the table. What a treat this was! Isaac actually watched the game while he ate, and he ate an entire piece of pizza! The funniest thing is that the last few bites of his pizza had to be dipped into his cinammon apple sauce. The boy LOVES his apple sauce, and loves dipping anything in it. What a goof ball!

We ended the day with a walk around the block, Isaac riding on his tricycle...he's growing too fast!

Papa's Retirement Party

Helping Daddy clean before the big party.

Papa was completely surprised!

We had a great turn out!

The boys swinging together.

Cole, Carson, and Anna

Opening presents.

Enjoying the fire.

Last night we threw a surprise retirement party for my dad. He has worked so hard for so many years, so we had to take some time to honor him and this special time in his life. I know we are all so excited for him to start this new chapter of his life, and are looking forward to spending even more time with him!

We had a great turn out at the party, even though they had to make the drive way out here to Magnolia! :-) Papa was completely surpised, even as he was walking up to the door I could see the confusion on his face. It was so special to be able to do this for him and to see the joy it brought him. We love you papa!

Bubba Ath!

"BUBBA ATH!!!"

Pure joy!

Isaac has always enjoyed bath time, we had to switch him from his baby tub to the big tub pretty early on because he splashed so much he would get the entire bathroom wet! Recently we moved on to bubble baths, and oh my goodness, his love of bath time has grown even more! He will even come in from outside (which is always a challenge) if it means he gets a "bubba ath." I used to always give Isaac his baths, but as my belly grew and my back started to hurt, Carl took over for me. It is now a sweet time for them to play together, and I know Isaac loves his bath time with Daddy. I took some pictures of him playing in the bath the other day, and I just had to share them, such a fun time!

My boys...

I actually have a few quiet minutes to myself today because Isaac is napping again, yay! First one since last Tuesday! I thought I'd take a minute to share some pictures from last week, I love my boys...including the four legged boys.

Date Night

Boots!

Sweet Guys

A couple of family pictures before we left for the Rodeo (no we did not take Isaac to the Rodeo).

Last night was a fun night out for me and Carl. We went out to the Houston Rodeo to see the Eli Young Band perform, and what a great performance it was! I might be a little biased, but trust me, it was good. Eli from the band graduated from THS with me, and we knew back then that he would one day make it big. I still remember my senior year of high school when my dad heard him sing a Garth Brooks song at the Talent Show he said, "That boy is going to be famous one day." Well, he was right, their band is huge now, I mean really they played the Houston Rodeo! It was so humbling and inspiring to see someone perform in that arena and you can just tell that they are genuinely excited and honored to be there. He talked about coming to the rodeo as a kid to see George Strait, and now he is living his dream playing on the same stage, wow! I guess dreams really do come true.