Logan and Evan

Liam taking a break from the sand box!

My boys!

I took Logan, his buddy Evan, and Liam to the fire station today and we ate at Lupe Tortillas. Yummy stuff, and right around the corner from the fire station. We got a table right in front of the sand box (Liam loved it) and the t.v. was directly in front of us so we were able to watch the Rockets lose! We had a great time though, I think it is awesome that Logan has pretty much grown up hanging out at the fire station. How cool would that be!

He will always be my "baby" even if he is almost taller then me!

Logan at his Band Competition

So handsome!!! Over the weekend he had his competition. It sounds like his school will bring home many awards. He received 2 perfect scores (100%) He amazes me, everything he does he does flawlessly! He was also tested recently to enter into the gifted and talented program next year in 7th grade. Once again, he aced it! He will be in 4 out of 5 classes in the GT program. The 5th class is math, and he will still be in Jr. AP (advanced placement) math in 7th grade! I am so proud of him, he makes everything seem so easy whether it is school subjects, playing trombone, video games, sports, etc. I am so blessed! :)

Thanks to Liam, my Mom got on the trampoline with us!

Me and Mom!!!

I love her so much! I never had a sister, so not only is she the greatest Mom in the world, she is like the sister I never had. We always have so much fun when we visit! I even made her get on the trampoline with me and the kiddos (ok, Liam made her get on, but she still did it!!!) Love you Mom!!!! Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's Day!!!

William grilled steaks and made incredible side dishes. His parents and my mother came over and spent mother's day and had dinner with us. John was in Vermont visiting his mother so I am sure he had a great day as well. We enjoyed looking at old photos and hanging out...we also enjoyed the super duper awesome Rocket's game!!! Super cool, and perfect day! We love you Moms!!!

Logan doing dishes

Wow, this kiddo is tall! He is at least 5'8 and still growing! We are so proud of him, his last report card was all A's and B's (consecutively since he started school!) He is in pre-AP Math now and just got accepted into the gifted program for 7th grade in Reading, Science, Language, and Social Studies. He never wanted to test for the gifted program in the past and we never pressured him to. We think he liked his easy grades and enjoyed breezing through school every year! :) Anyway, this year he had so many friends in the gifted program he said he wanted to go ahead and take the test. I took him for testing (several hours long!) and he rocked! I knew he would! He is also continuing to play the trombone in band and he signed up for 7th grade Basketball! I am super excited about that!!!! We will be enrolling him in a basketball summer camp soon to get him up to speed! Watch out Kobe!

Still loving his movie!

An intense momment in his movie!

Liam really loves the movie "Wall-E"

He is completely glued to this movie! This was the first movie we brought him to see in a theatre. When we have things we need to do around the house, we stick the movie in and he is occupied!

soooo, this little baby bird...

He fell out of his nest in our front yard and into our bushes. We watched him hop around and attempt to fly back into the tree while his "parents" sat on the ground squawking instructions to him. It was so crazy, but he eventually flapped his baby bird wings in an attempt to fly back into his nest above (keep in mind, me and the boys are plastered to the living room bay window looking crazy watching everything like we are watching a sporting event!) I am sure the neighbors were wondering what we were doing! Anyway, his attempt failed, he jumped up and fell to the ground with his "parents" still poking at him and making a commotion. He managed to hop over to the base of the tree and scaled it about half way to his nest with his parents following while offering chirps of encouragement. We cheered when he made it!!!...sadly, he fell out again and ended up next to our sago palm! He climbed on top of one of our flowers (that is how light he was) and his "parents" kept flying over and encouraging him to try again.

Logan went to a friend's house, and I stepped away for a few minutes, and came back to see him (and parents) gone. I think a cat may have eaten him. Anyway, it started out as a heart warming story and sometimes life's a bitch!

HFD Benefit at Mo's

We went to a benefit for a fire fighter injured in a motorcycle accident last weekend. My brother and sister-in-law were there as well. They won the live auction for a super cool wooden ice chest custom made by the gentleman in the photo with them above. Very cool, I am so glad they got it! By the way, great turnout and we really enjoyed seeing everyone.

Our great friends from Austin!

I can not believe how much Scout has grown. Such a sweet girl (teen) and we really enjoyed visiting with them again! Really looking forward to the next get together (when I am germ free!)

Great friends came to visit last weekend!!!

Unfortunately, I was sick all weekend. I found out Monday I had strep throat...gross! Our great friends, Philip, Lisa, and their daughter Scout (and her buddy) came and stayed with us and William brought the kiddos to Philip's Niece's Communion. I was so happy to see them, and we are making plans for another get together when I am feeling better. They live in Austin and we really miss them!!! Looking forward to the next get together!

I look like my Nana!

My whole life I tried to figure out who I looked like on both my mom and dad's side of the family. Today we took the kiddos to the Shrine Circus and when I saw this photo, I immediately thought I resembled my Nana! Same pose, same smile, eyes, face, etc. I am blessed :)

The boys into the circus.

Circus time!

Awesome!

Crazy circus stuff!