3?!

He is 3! Really?? I can't believe my lil man is already 3 yrs old. Today we are having a joint bday party with his cousin who turns 4 in a couple days. He has changed so much in the past few years I can't wait to see what God has in store for this boy.

I'll update on all the party fun later!

Happy Birthday Lil Man!!

Picture Update!

Here are some pics of the trip and camp!

My dear friend and me getting ready for the beach!

The beach!

One of the sea turtle patients.

Out to eat.

The canoeing boys.

Father and Son

Riding his first horse.

Family Camp down under :) He messed w/his hat and ended up looking like this.

Hope you enjoyed some pics of the fam!

Update post

Well, it's been a while and hopefully I still have readers. I am going to try and be better at updating. The end of May came and went and now it's June and I don't know where the time went.

To start off with I had a wonderful Girls weekend with my dear friend. It was a great time of relaxing on the beach. I actually had time to read a book! I like reading but never seem to find the time so it was a nice treat. The weather was absolutely beautiful and couldn't have asked for a better weekend. Not only did we lay on the beach but we were able to go see a sea turtle hospital (I love turtles), shop, see a chick flick and eat great food! It was an awesome weekend and although we hadn't seen each other in 4 1/2 yrs our friendship hadn't changed. My youngest daughter asked if there was awkward silence any, I said absolutely not!

After I got back from my trip it was time for the end of the school year and family camp. I am now the mother of a Senior and 7th grader! I'm not sure where the time went but they are growing up fast. Everyone had a great time at family camp this year except lil guy who wasn't feeling well. Him and I had a lot of time in the lodge and one night I missed out on visiting because we both went to sleep at 830p. Overall though it was a great time. Lil man rode his first horse and did canoeing again w/Daddy. We didn't see much of our youngest daughter she was off w/her friends having fun swimming, canoeing and falling in the creek ;) She unfortunately found out that if you are crossing a creek don't hold your camera.

Now we have started our busy summer schedule. Our oldest is the busiest w/camps, tennis lessons, a job, and a college class. Our youngest daughter is going to be taking tennis lessons, has been at basketball camp this week and will be going to church camp in July. Lil man is going to start swimming lessons next week and is going to be turning 3 next week. I'm not sure how that happened. And lil guy is now a crawler so he is on the move all the time.

I will add pics later but wanted to post an update and will try and stay up to date more :) Enjoy!!

The PBR comes to town

Our family company sells Bad Boy Mowers which are the best Zero Turn Mowers out there. They are a sponsor for the PBR. So, this year the PBR came to our city as one of their stops. Since they did this we had a big open house where some of the bull riders came out to sign autographs and you could have your picture taken with them. The open house was complete with the PBR fan zone, an Air Force recruiter and even a couple of mechanical bulls.

On Friday night the family and I were able to go to see the first round of riding. It was a fun night and even though the girls weren't too excited about going, they ended up enjoying themselves. Saturday we had the big open house. There was a great turn out and as a bonus we sold several mowers :). My hubby, son, youngest daughter and even mom all had rode the mechanical bull but I wasn't up for it. My daughter begged me for over an hour to ride the mechanical bull. She even pulled the, "you don't know you don't like it unless you try it, that is what you always tell me about food." Well, she listens. So unwillingly I signed the waiver and climbed on the bull. I didn't last long but it wasn't as bad as I had thought. My mom hadn't got a picture of me on it so I knew I had to do it again. My hubby had already left and he wouldn't believe that I rode the mech bull. So, I climbed back up on the bull and lasted a lil longer but still ended up on my back. My daughter rode about 6 times and managed the best of us all. Lil guy liked it except when he tipped it down and then he promptly told us he was done. It was a fun afternoon complete w/some great hotdogs. So, if you ever get a chance to ride a mechanical bull give it a try you might just like it ;)

Here are some pics of the events:

The kids ready for the show.

One of the bull riders.

At the open house. Our Star bull rider :) She rode it about 6 times I think.

I'm on the bull thanks to my daughter's begging :)

And I'm off, haha.

Lil man had fun on the bull too, until it started going the other way and tipped down, then he was done :)

It was a fun weekend for all of us.

Mother's Day

I hope that all of the mothers out there had a great day yesterday! My day was great. I was given handmade cards, Twizzlers (my fav candy) and some money for my upcoming trip. It was great. My youngest daughter gave me the best poem a mom could ask for.

I love you mom

You are caring and loving.

I wonder how you are always there for me.

I hear your comforting voice.

I want you to always be in my life.

You are caring and loving.

I imagine what life would be without you.

I feel comforted when you are around.

You touch my heart.

I worry when you leave me.

I remember when I first saw you.

You are caring and loving.

I understand when I get in trouble.

I say sorry when I make you mad.

I dream of you every time I sleep.

I try to make you proud every day.

I am so happy that you are my mom.

You are loving and caring.

It was a great weekend! I leave this weekend for my girl's trip. I have to say the girls are making me feel so good because they don't know what they are going to do w/o me. It makes a mom feel good but I know my hubby is more than capable of handling the kids for the weekend.

Here is a pic of my crazy kids and me.

Another post on our other weekend adventures to come later.

What if???

Has your life story become boring? Or maybe do you just wish to add something to your story. My hubby and I went on a date last weekend and he challenged us. He had read on a blog written by Donald Miller the What if challenge. Don talks about how authors when they get stuck will write out different what if scenarios to see where the story will go. Now we are all the authors of our own story. Are we living an adventure, a drama or maybe a boring story. What the challenge does is to help you brainstorm ways for you to add to your story. The only rule is the what if has to be something you can control. You can't say "what if I would have moved to New York." but you could say "what if I move to New York." Now, at first when my hubby proposed the what if challenged I was a bit nervous and didn't really want to participate. I kept telling my hubby that I couldn't think of any exciting what ifs. He went on to tell me that they didn't have to be exciting it was just to get me thinking and they would grow from there. What we did on our date was sat down and wrote down 5 what ifs and then decided we would pick one and in a month see where the what if had led us and go from there.

I encourage everyone to think about some what ifs and see where you can lead your story. Your what ifs don't have to be exciting or adventurous. For example a couple of mine were *What if I started working out *What if I learned to cook. So get a piece a paper out and write down 5 what ifs to add to your life story and share where it led you!

6 mos old

Well, it's hard to believe but our lil guy is already 6 mos up. We had his check up this morning and he is doing well. Weighing in at 17.8 lbs and measuring 26.5". He can now start the baby food adventure and I am sure he will be a good eater since he loves his cereal and wants to eat our food. He is rolling over like a pro now and can get pretty much where he wants to go by rolling and scooting backwards. Lil guy is also a big boy and sitting up all by himself. It is fun to watch him figure things out but I can't believe it has already been 6 months.

We are off to a busy start for May and it doesn't look like slowing down any time soon. Our house is still on the market but we haven't found a house yet so I guess that is ok for now :) I'm very excited because my girls weekend trip is next week!! I can't wait!

Hope all is well out there in blogworld :)