Lincoln's Mother's Day Thoughts

5-8-16

Lincoln brought home a super sweet note for Mother's Day.  He was pretty accurate . . . especially about the age?!?!

Translation below

25 years old

likes to cook

best thing she cooks is chicken

her favorite food is salad

her favorite thing to do to relax is watch tv

we like to ride (bikes) together

she is really good at working

my mom is special because she does a lot of things

Sweet Lincoln and his sweet thoughts about his Mom.  These little glimpses into how he views Mom are the best.  

Kentucky Derby Party 2016 - 1st Annual Event

5-7-16

As part of the Bowie PTA Fundraising Auction, we joined a group of fun families to host a Kentucky Derby Party.  Parents paid a donation to attend our party, and we were so excited when the day finally arrived.  We all got dressed up in our fanciest outfits complete with hats on the big day.

The hostesses posed for a picture before the party kicked off.  These ladies are the best!!  Loved hosting with Cheryl, Beth, Hilary, Rachel, and Jen.  Special thanks to the Hamilton family for volunteering their home. 

My friend group posed for a pic too.  Kate, Erin, and Amy joined Beth and I for the big day.  We look fancy!!  (Kate's fun hat was made by Nana, of course.) 

The main beverage station was full of the Derby theme . . . Mint Juleps and Oaks Lilies.  Super yummy! 

Chef Kristin didn't let us down on the food.  Amazing charcuterie board. 

We had gift baskets to draw for guys, gals, and a take home for kids.

There aren't enough words to describe Cheryl's décor.  She worked some major magic with the photo backdrop out front, and the grass covered horse on the buffet table was a show-stopper. 

This post will be updated soon with so many candid photos from the event.  Google photos and my computer aren't really agreeing right now.  But so many fun photos to come.

First Backyard Swim

5-3-16

It has been a warm spring, and the boys were officially ready to try out the pool.  Lincoln bravely went first off the diving board.  

Beau went next with a boogie board! 

Mom was cooking dinner and watching the boys when Dad surprises EVERYONE by jumping off the diving board too!  The boys loved it!!! 

Happy guys all around! 

This backyard pool has so much in store for us.  An entire summer of family fun anytime we want . . . and we don't even need to go to the club to swim.  Lots of family swimming to come.

Baseball Saturday

4-30-16

Beau's game started our morning off pretty early.  No worries . . . he got a hit right away!  Great swing!

He's looking like . . . "What are you looking at me for, I got on base?!?!"  Also, he looks like he has been up for about 30 minutes.  Early baseball games aren't our favorite!

These two older brothers huddled with a beach towel because it was pretty chilly in the early morning.  Talan was headed to a soccer game.  Lincoln had a baseball game shortly after but with time to go home and change.   

Linc spent some time at catcher at his basesball game.  Sure looks cute behind the plate! 

Both boys had a soccer game later, but there is no photographic evidence.  Sometimes Mom is talking and watching . . . and cheering!!!

Pinstack Fun

4-29-16

We celebrated a Friday at Pinstack!  The boys LOVE going there and there are so many fun things to do.  First up, Arcade games and activities.  When they aren't trying to win tickets at the games, they love racing motorcycles.  

Not sure the name of this ride, but they lay back and choose their adventure... an airplane take off/landing, a train ride, etc.  There is a crazy wind machine and they get tossed around quite a bit, and they love it! 

Of course, we needed some bumper cars too.  Lots of giggles! 

Before a busy Saturday of sports, it was great to have a play day at Pinstack!

Soccer and Baseball . . . Split Gums!

Another Saturday on the soccer and baseball fields!  Lincoln was excited to be the catcher for an inning!

We headed from baseball to soccer for the big boys, and they had a great game!  We had some time to kill before Beau's soccer game started, and several boys were hanging around (literally) on the fence.  Beau's game started and lots of cheering was going on.  One minute the older boys were hanging and the next minute a soccer cleat jammed up in Lincoln's top lip/gums.  It was a bloody disaster!  We ran to the bathroom to clean it up and assess the situation, and the YMCA bathroom ended up looking like someone was murdered in there . . . so much blood!!!  Dad had gone down to Austin for work for the day, so we took this picture to show him the cleaned up version. 

We are tough (or stupid) and went on to Beau's baseball game after all of that drama.  Lincoln ate 6 Popsicles while we watched Beau play to keep the area numb.  Nick and Tallan and Lana ate several Popsicles to keep him company because that's what other players' siblings are for!  After that, we headed to the closest neighborhood PrimaCare to have him checked out.  Lincoln enjoyed getting his blood pressure taken . . . it looks like a vampire got him with the blood dried all over his shirt.

Waiting on the doctor with two cuties!

The doctor examined his gums and said that we had gotten him pretty clean.  No antibiotic was needed, and we went home to settle down after a loooong day of sports.  Never a dull moment here!

Having Fun

Other than soccer and baseball, we have been keeping busy.  What we've been up to . . .

Fun at Sunday School with lots of smiles.

Happy to be in the library . . . Beau loves hanging out there when we pick up Lincoln. 

Short hair and Sweet Firefly ice cream and candy. 

Linc's spring school picture came back super cute.  

Sunday T-Ball

Beau's first T-Ball game was on Sunday afternoon.  He was excited but a little nervous to start a new sport.  He's been watching Lincoln play baseball for years, but it was his first time!  On a side note, totally love that we went with first names on the back of their uniform shirts.  Super cute!

Loosening up a bit to have fun in the dugout!! 

First time up at bat. 

Got a hit and made it to Dad at first base.  Getting some coaching on when to run. 

Playing pitcher and ready to get some ground balls.  He doesn't look enthused!!!  Perhaps he was just really focused! 

Back to fun in the dugout! 

Beau scored a run! 

Super low-key thumbs up to Mom on the way back to the dugout.  Can't look too excited about your first run scored?!?! 

Another run scored a couple of innings later. 

Team huddle after the game ... it was a success! 

Super Saturday

Saturday was the start of the new baseball season, and we were up bright and early to get going.  Lincoln's game was at 8:30!!!!  He was ready to go!

After the game and some lunch, we played our new game Pie Face!  Whipped Cream on the lever and it's anyone's guess when it will splat you in the face.  Lincoln loved it and repeated several times.   

Beau gave it a try and laughed at first.  He loved eating the whipped cream!  But he didn't really want to get hit in the face again. 

Beau had a soccer game later in the afternoon, and he attacked it with fury!! 

Home again and ready for more Pie Face . . . this one was perfectly positioned on the nose! 

Chef Beau whipped us up some delicious imaginary treats! 

Super busy day filled with lots of fun!

Fun This Week

It was a quiet but busy week.  We made breakfast for dinner one night (, and these two were super happy.  It's definitely their favorite.

We ran in the sprinklers for a while one evening.   

It was Muffins with Moms before school on Friday.  This picture cracks us all up so much.  Lincoln hates his weird look, and Beau loves to imitate it.  It was early and they were out of chocolate chip muffins . . . confused look!!! 

We had a picnic at the park with the little siblings on Friday evening.  The dads and big boys went to the Pearce Baseball game while we had fun.   

Lots of sports ahead this weekend!