Airfest 2008

About a week and a half ago, David and I took the boys to Airfest 2008. David took Jackson 2 years ago when I was about 2 weeks away from having Carter so I stayed home. He STILL talks about that day and the planes and helicopters he saw. He was only 2 then and is 4 now so I figured it would just be twice the fun! I'm pretty sure that Carter enjoyed it more than Jackson. Jackson loved the planes but HATED the loud noise and when I say loud, I mean LOUUDD!!! He held his hands to his ears the whole time and cried quite a bit. Carter couldn't care less about the whole show. He was more interested in pushing around his stroller. Oh well, David and I loved it and we got some really cool pics. Better luck next year...

Halloween Pics

Good grief! It's getting harder and harder to keep this thing updated!

Here's some Halloween pics from last month. The kids had a blast and even Carter was into it this year and had the whole "trick-or-treat" thing down. Couldn't quite keep up with the older siblings, but he did great. Jackson was a ninja and Carter was Darth Vader. The boys' cousins, Andrea and Elizabeth, came over for the festivities and they cleaned house!

Pumpkin Patch

Last Friday, my sister-in-law (Amber), her 2 girls (Andrea and Elizabeth), my mother-in-law (Joanne) and me and the boys headed to the Pumpkin Patch to pick out some pumpkins and of course get some cute pictures. I think the kiddos were more interested in the hay than the pumpkins and I don't think we ever got a single pic of the whole gang smiling. Oh well, we still had a great time! Halloween pictures soon to follow!

Has It Really Been Over a Month???

Wow, I just checked out the date of my last post and I can't believe that I haven't posted in so long! I know I should be posting a lot more since the boys are both in school 2 days a week, but I'm doing Bible Study on Tuesday mornings and my Thursdays are full from running errands and catching up on things WITHOUT 2 little boys. Anyways, that's my excuse and I'm stickin' to it! I made a list of things that have gone on and there's SO MUCH! Hmmm...where to begin....

I guess I'll start off with my mom being in town for 2 weeks. She lives in Galveston and was an evacuee after Hurricane Ike wiped out a lot of the city! She stayed with us and then went to Lubbock for about a week and finally went back to find her apartment hadn't been damaged too bad. She said the city was just a mess and there was so much devastation. It will take them a while to rebuild and meanwhile she is working in Houston and having to commute back and forth everyday. No fun. I'm so glad we were able to take the boys to the beach before that happened!

About a month or so ago, David took Jackson fishing as a "Dad and son" thing. David said they had a blast and Jackson caught 3 fish! Such a big boy. I think David wants to start taking the boys camping (or at least Jackson-Carter may still be a little young.) I think Jackson would absolutely LOVE it. Here's a couple of pictures of him with his fish!


I know last time I posted I was talking about Carter having such a hard time adjusting to school. Well, that has all changed and he LOVES it! Thank goodness. Sometimes he gets a little teary when I drop him off, but usually I wait around for a couple of seconds to make sure he's not crying and he stops immediately. I really like his teachers and they have said that he went from the child that was crying the most and had the hardest time adjusting to the most talkative and playful child in the class. Yeah!! It's so cute now when Jackson comes home singing his Bible songs Carter chimes in too. Completely precious. Some of the songs they sing are "Jesus Loves the Little Children", The "B-I-B-L-E" song, "Go Now in Peace", "Deep and Wide", and others that I just can't think of right now. I'm so pleased with their school.

My good friend, Lauren and her little boy Parker came in town so they were able to stop by for a play date. Parker is 3 weeks younger than Carter so they are really close in age. If only they didn't live in Dallas, I know they would be best buddies! Lauren is due in March with her second boy....yeah!!!! Here are a few pics from our visit.




The National Auto Show (is that the real name?) came to San Antonio so of course David wanted to take the boys. It wasn't as spectacular as we thought it would be. Actually, it was just a bunch of cars that you could get into. Made for great photo ops though! Here's a few and Jackson really did enjoy it.





We made another trip to Sea World a couple of weeks ago. That's always fun...but it'll be more fun when it's a little cooler outside! The boys definitely think the best part about Sea World is feeding the dolphins and The Shamu Show.



Also, Carter got his first haircut about a week ago! Yep, after almost 2 years the boy finally got a hair cut. He actually didn't REALLY need it, but he looked like he was sporting a mullet. He had precious curls in the back if only the front would catch up!

Another exciting thing is that David and I were able to go to the Tech Homecoming game without the kiddos! The boys stayed with David's parents and we headed to Lubbock for the weekend. We really had so much fun and Tech won so it was even better. We still have a lot of friends up there so it was nice to catch up with old buddies. Plus, we got to spend time with Kendall, Holly's precious little girl. I wish I had gotten a pic! I can't wait for our next trip!

Well, Halloween is coming up and we're still deciding on what to be this year. I say "we" because Jackson actually has an opinion this year and he keeps bouncing between Mr. Incredible, Batman and Star Wars. I really want him to be Batman so Carter can be Robin. Would that not be the cutest? Anyhow, stay tuned. There's no telling what he'll want to be by the time Halloween finally rolls around.

I'll leave you with a few random pictures from the last month or so.









I have come to realize that pictures of me are very scarce. I think I need to do something about that!

I promise I won't wait so long to post next time. It has seriously taken over an hour to write this!!!!

Slacker

I'm such a slacker. I promise I'll add a new post soon!

Brotherly Love

When I went to pick up the boys from school today Jackson's teacher pulled me aside and said that she had to tell me something that happened today. My immediate reaction was to think that Jackson had gotten into trouble for something. Not so. She told me that they happened to go to chapel today at the same time as Carter's class. Apparently, Carter was crying pretty hard in chapel and Jackson had seen him. Then, the teacher looked over at Jackson and said that he had tears streaming down his face. She said that he wasn't crying hard, just visibly upset. She asked him if he was ok and if he needed to be alone for a little while since he kind of acted embarresed after she saw him and he said "no, I'm not crying." She said after chapel was over he was back to his normal cheery self. Isn't that the sweetest thing ever? They really DO love each other! His teacher said it was the sweetest thing she'd ever seen :-)

On another note, Carter is still having a very hard time at MDO. This is the end of the second week and the only progress we have made is that he finally ate his lunch today. He cries for a lot of the day when he's there. His teacher said that he'll start to play and run around with the other kids and then he realizes what he's doing and starts crying and wanting to be held. It's like he is determined not to like this place and darn it, he's not going to have fun either! I hope it gets better because I sure am enjoying my 2 days a week off :-)