Texas Trip - June 30th - Guy & Sharon's

We did a lot of  moving around...Ryder thought the suitcase was the coolest place to play:

After days with the siblings, we headed to Guy & Sharon's for an overnighter. 

It couldn't have been better! We had a delicious dinner the night we got in with them, Grandpa & Grandma Dean, & Joe, Amanda, and the boys. Sharon always puts on an amazing meal. Mmmm..

Then we hung out till the boys went to bed and then chatted even more. 

It was wonderful to get to spend more time with them. We loved spending the night!

In the morning, the boys helped Uncle Guy feed the fish and then we played in the backyard. 

Aunt Sharon hides little treasures around the yard for the kids to find and they had a blast looking for special rocks and things.

Tave built a rock castle. He was pretty serious about it:

Aunt Sharon is always so good to play with the little guys:

Once we were all ready, we headed to the antique mall where they have a booth. 

We had a delicious lunch there and then browsed through antiques. Ahh..perfection! 

Weston even found an adorable Teddy Bear that Sharon &  Guy got for him and they let Tave pick out a little too...they sure know how to spoil the kiddos! 

We loved every minute of our stay with them!

June Favorites!!

My sweet boys are growing so fast. 

We are having fun learning about what they enjoy and seeing their personalities develop. Each one brings something unique and special to our family. 

We are treasuring this time with our three boys. These are some forgotten favorites from June:

Weston had fun feeding the ducks with Jeff for their date night:

The first of  many fun backyard pool days with friends:

Tave is so good at pretend playing. He loves to make up scenes and actions and all sorts of good stuff. During this play-time, Bumblebee and Rainbow Bright were getting married:

And then he opted for some reading time:

 Ryder's first PB & J,  he loved it!

Ryder discovered that paper is a VERY fun toy:

Many times throughout the day I am overwhelmed with what motherhood means- of the great responsibility that lies in my care. But more often than not, what overwhelms me the most are the blessings of motherhood.  

I look at these boys and am in awe.  I love being their mom.

Texas Trip - June 28th-29th

Gramma & Papa and Aunt Pat & Uncle Rick came over to James & Amy's to visit us!  

It was so good to have a little one on one time with them and get to visit &  catch up.

The kids loved playing with all of Ava's toys & in the backyard. It was definitely hot, but since our summer was so late in coming to UT, we were pretty thrilled with the heat!

 Handsome Cole:

Sweet Nora:

Adorable Ava:

June 29th - The next day we had to pull out the pool & popsicles!

Cute Owen, I just love his face in this shot:

Ryder LOOOVED this car!

My cute Tave:

The kids found a new friend!

West was brave enough to let it crawl on his finger, I was impressed!      

Texas Trip- June 26th- 27th

Jeff's grandparents, Gramma & Papa, drove up with Aunt Pat & Uncle Rick (mom's siblings) for a few days to visit.  We appreciate them coming to see and loved spending time with them!  It was a really fun visit.

We had a delicious bbq on Sunday when they got in. ( I hope Amanda or Amy has more photos to send me!)

And then Monday was spent in our favorite place - the Pool!

Texas Trip - Friday June 24th

Quick recap of the trip: 

First night was at mom & dad's. Then we headed to Joe & Amanda's for a few nights. Next was James & Amy's for a couple of nights. Then on to Guy & Sharon's for a night. Then back to Mom & Dad's for about 5 nights and we finished it up at Joe & Amanda's the last night (or two, I can't rememer!) 

Whew...I think we got it all in there! 

In between all the moving around, we also did the zoo, date night, girl's day/guy's day, the movies, swimming,  ran a 5k, the fourth of July, and of course - just hanging out together.

The adults also all passed around some kind of cold/cough combo that wasn't fun, but at least the kiddos didn't catch it!

We had a blast and miss everyone even more now!

So on to the pictures.

We headed over to James & Amy's friday morning (June 24th)  We hadn't met little Nora yet and the last time we saw Ava she was about 6 months old. So to say we were thrilled would be an understatement! I couldn't wait to get my  hands on that adorable baby!  

I know I say it over and over, but I just love seeing my kiddos with their cousins. The boys had so much fun and have started playing better with everyone. It was great:

I think Nora convinced Jeff that girls are okay. :)

Ryder was super interested in her and loved to crawl over to say hi:

The kids loved the air mattress we slept on:

Ava loved 'helping' Ryder:

SO cute...reading together:

Getting some snuggle time with Nora, love this baby:

Friday afternoon we headed to the movies to see Cars II.  

Cute show, a little long and complex for the kids, but they were with their cousins, so all was good: