Sprinkler Fun

 Since it is September here but still 100 degrees outside the boys and I decided to go to the pool yesterday.  We get all dressed up, they are super excited, and I pull up and the darn thing is closed for repairs.  Would have been nice to know that on the neighborhood Facebook page before I dashed the boys love of the pool...I digress.  So, we were all dressed so I said "let's go outside and I will spray you guys on the trampoline."  I got lots of hoots and hollers and they ran out completely forgetting how upset they were just 5 minutes before:)  

My boys love LOVE to be sprayed on the trampoline.  It is constant jumping, laughing, squealing, yelling, and a big wet mess.  I am sure my neighbors just love all the screaming but they are having fun and making memories and since it wasn't done at 6am or 10pm, I don't really care what my neighbors think!

I love Owen's face in this picture.  Just classic Owen.  Joyful and laughing at absolutely nothing.  I just said "let me take a picture of you guys" and this was the face I got.  Always such a loud happy kid and I wouldn't have it any other way.  

Well...maybe just a TAD quieter:)

Sin

A Bunch of Randomness

 I have to honest, with school starting back up again last week, work, and everything that goes along with these things my blogs and pictures have kind of fallen short.  

Thursday the boys started school again.  Will was excited (and still is) so I am overly thankful for that.  Owen liked it a lot the first two days. Monday was much harder and he didn't really want to go. He's gone to school now for about a year, but never for this many days and hours in a week.  He was slightly nervous on Monday and tearing up a little bit in the car.  I turn around to talk to him and attempt to comfort him and I see Will holding his hand.  Will has taken it upon himself (without me asking him to help) to help his brother and try to calm him down.  Oh my, it made my heard melt.  I was so proud of Will in that moment. Will is not the biggest lover, encourager, or comforter in this family. He's an awesome boy but those are not really his strong suits.  Those are Owen's.  In that moment though Will shined and that made my heart so happy.  

To celebrate a successful first few days back to school we let the boys pick a fun family activity for Friday night.  I bet you can figure out what they decided on right?  That's correct.  If you said Mini Golf, you would be accurate.  

To finish off the weekend Will lost another tooth.  This is only tooth number TWO as many of his friends and family at his age have lost 6 or 7.  Not sure why he is slower but man that tooth held on forever.  I gave it an "extra hard" brushing on Sunday night and it popped right out.  Finally!  Owen now thinks he has wiggly teeth too because he wants to meet the Tooth Fairy and be big like brother.  

Just slow down Owen.  You are just fine at 4.  Momma doesn't really want you to get any bigger.........

First Day of School

 My boys started school today.  Sigh:(  I love for them to be gone some of the day, I hate them being gone so many hours by the end of the week.  I missed them today.  I am never bored though.  Since I work 4 days a week I always have plenty to do but I did still miss them.  They are growing up too quickly and sometimes on days like today I just have to make myself stop and enjoy them RIGHT NOW at the here and now.  One day (not too far away) I will blink and there will be no more "back to school on the front porch" pictures.  

Two of the boys favorites right now are Ironman and Mario Cart.  Super awesome that I found the perfect bags for each of the boys this school year.  Owen's was on the smallest setting and was still pretty much the size of his back this year.  He is even a big Pre K student.  I can't imagine what the small kids must have looked like.

Welcome back to school for all the kids out there.  Welcome to Pre K and First grade in our household.  I believe this is going to be an awesome year!

A Good Daddy

As many of you know my husband LOVES golf.  He would play it every day if he didn't run a company and have a family of his own.  His love for all sports (but mostly golf and football) have been passed down to our children.  These boys enjoy playing these two sports more than any other.  Over the last few months they have been "playing" golf in our backyard.  They will take their clubs and hit to imaginary holes, throw the clubs in the back of their Jeep, ride to the next hole, and so on.  It's hilarious to see them ride their Jeep as the "golf cart".  Pretty creative.  

Steven finally did something few men would do in their backyard (since it's the first summer we have true grass thanks to the rain).  He mowed them a golf course.  Complete with 5 holes, fairways, numbered tee boxes, and a rough for each hole.  Pretty cool.  He even took his orange construction paint out and drew the tee boxes, the holes, and used irrigation flags to place in the holes.  Oh man, the boys went crazy.  

This is not the best picture because my camera couldn't capture the view as best as I would like but you can see the fairways and the rough in this shot.  My husband is a good daddy!!!!!!!!!

Last of the Summer Bowling Days

 After work today I took the boys out to lunch and to bowling.  This ranks right up there with golfing for Will.  Owen likes it for about 1 game and then looses interest.  Will finished up Owen's 2nd game for him.  The boys were super excited about bowling today since they know Thursday starts school and bowling days are over for the summer.  

Both boys bowled well but I was very impressed with Owen.  That boy actually beat Will.  Will was REALLY trying too because he hates to lose.  I was even more proud of Will though and how he handled the loss.  Instead of mopping, crying, and whining over it (which is how it usually goes down)...he walked over to Owen and said "good game Owen.  You got me.  Hopefully next game I will win."  That's about all you're gonna get out of Will when it comes to defeat but that was enough for me. He earned a marble for that one (more on the marble story in another blog).  

Goodbye summer.  Hello Pre K and First grade.  Sigh....

Ava's Baptism

 Yesterday I got to witness a very special event in our family history.  My niece Ava got baptized!  That in itself is pretty special but how my sister did it was even more awesome in my book.  She asked my aunt if we could have a big family dinner at her house and use her pool to baptize Ava.  My dad is an ordained minister (to perform weddings and such) and was asked by Angela if he would baptize Ava.  Like he was going to turn that down??!!!  How special it must have been for my dad to get to baptize his oldest grandchild and now sister in Christ on her special day.  

We are very proud of you Ava!  I love you very very much!

A Night Out

 This weekend has been awesome.  Steven and the boys left on Friday for a weekend in Norman.  I would have liked to go since it was my father in law's 60th birthday party but I already had a run scheduled for Saturday morning and a night out with my friend Melinda Saturday night.  So, that gave me roughly 48 hours of alone time.  Heaven!  This is only the 2nd time in 7 years that I have been at the house for the whole weekend without any of my family here.  I love my three boys but I do enjoy some alone time.  

I started my morning today running my Half Half.  To all the serious marathon runners out there that probably sounds pretty lame.  It was NOT lame to me.  I have been training very hard for about 6 weeks for this half marathon I am doing in November.  Today was 6 1/2 miles.  The longest I have ran thus far in training.  My goal was 65 minutes.  I finished exactly 6.5 miles in 65 minutes.  My legs are a bit sore tonight but overall I feel good and was very proud of myself!  I treated myself with 5 hours spent with my girl Melinda.  

We had such an awesome time.  We spent about 3 hours shopping the streets of Jenks looking at boutiques and antique shops.  Right up my alley.  I walked away with not one antique but rather an uber adorable chevron maxi dress.  Can't wait to wear it!  

While shopping I couldn't help but notice some of the junk, stuff people sell.  A lamb made of yarn, an old shoe, a matchbox, a broken lamp, scary dolls, and of course old school electronics like VCR's, corded telephones, typewriters, etc.  I had to snap a few shots of the corded telephones.  Those were my favorites!

We ended our night with a fantastic dinner at Waterfront Grill.  It was a beautiful night and can't say that I remember the last time I could wear jeans on an August night.  Can't remember the last time we actually would want to sit outside to eat dinner.  We had a great time together (like always) and I cherish our times together so much.  With 5 boys between us it is sometimes hard to get away so it makes it that much more special when we can.  Thank you to the daddy's for watching all the boys so we could enjoy each others company for a few hours.  

Next girls dinner: Melting Pot.  Yum-O (So I've heard.  Actually have never been there yet!)