Summer happenings

We are really enjoying the "cooler/non-triple digit" days this past few weeks, mainly after dinner with a bike ride or some sandbox fun. Bring on the cooler temps, these boys could live outdoors!
One Sunday night, before Brett flew out of town, we let them have a time in the sprinkler and on the motorized jeep. They had a BLAST!
The dynamics of our patio are about to change with a new arbor, some new furniture, etc. I am pumped because we like our morning visits out there :-)
We redid the upstairs landing to accommodate our ever-growing collection of toys. This used to be more of media room. Hey, they need wide open spaces and less TV right? :-)
One weekday morning we met some friends at a new jump place in Allen. Both boys had a ball!


So, I have been craving sweets with this pregnancy.  This morning was home-made waffles. I have been a baker these past few months! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, even if you are nauseous while making it!

Cookies and cakes are on the menu, too, don't you worry! 

Labor Day cake (with limited strawberries) after I realized I did not have all the banana pudding ingredients
 

Loaded up and headed out one morning (at 7:15) with breakfast in the car. The is the way we roll on those mornings Mommy takes the boys to daycare before she heads into work. Phew!

Night-time jam session before dinner

In late July, we met up with another group of friends at a small jump place in Plano. Jameston, of course, jumped himself tired!

Blake practiced his newly-learned walking skills :-)

Jameston, and his buddy, Jackson, sliding at the same time. Not so safe!

Boys and their toys! This is a favorite of Blake's at Granny's and Papa's house

Bubbles and bicycles!

Just give them some sticks!

Father's Day celebrations

Oh, we renovated our kitchen (backsplash and countertops)! I'll show a wider-scope pic when we update appliances and re-do the cabinets :-)

 

New sink! Now, I won't mind doing dishes as much standing at this beauty!

So we had the (not-so-fun) pleasure of a broken upstairs AC unit...in July. In Texas. Luckily, it so happened during much-cooler weather, and right before our week-long trip to Guatemala (where it was in the 70's :-) 

This boy seems so big these days! Can't believe he's about to be 4!!

We have taken a'many of trips to the neighborhood pool during this scorcher of a summer!

The handsome men in my life!

So blessed!

I was also fortunate to be able to take a kid-free, girls' trip with my mom and sisters in May to Rockport Beach. Lots of laying on the beach, eating out and cooking, and doing a whole lotta nothing. So fun!
This boy, his personality is something else! I know I say this, it seems, each month, but I LOVE this age!! Blake is all over the place and talking so much, his personality is really starting to come through. Love this boy!

We enjoyed some home-made popsicles this summer as well

We made a pit-stop, for the first time (believe it or not) at the Koffee Kup on our last trip to Austin in July. YUMMY!

We've had some visitors this summer! My cousin's little boy, Jax, who is about four months older than Blake. Little cutie-pie!

And we hosted our first co-op babysitting night at our house in August. How to get give boys' attention for longer than 5 minutes? Let's Go Fishin'! There were two other kids roaming around somewhere else in the living room during this pic :-)

The boys started their "new" classes at school at the beginning of September. They go there part-time, two-and-a-half days, the days this Mommy works, and they LOVE it. Can you tell?!

We love that they love it, too. Makes leaving them those days a little less difficult!

Brett and I were able to go to the Texas Tech vs. SMU game in Dallas this year, because we have AWESOME friends (SMU employees) who gave us their tickets. SCORE! It was a scorcher and a barn-burner (until the fourth quarter) but still a lovely date night with the hubby!

We have just started heading back to the playground in the last couple of weeks after nap times (late afternoon). The boys love it (and it gets us out of the house)! But we haven't stayed too terribly long, due to it still being crazy hot.

Like I said, come on cooler weather!!

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