Happy 4th of July!

I am fully aware that I am more than a month behind in my blogging... Hopefully in the next week or so I can get everything updated and then stay blogging at regular intervals (how many times have I said that in the last year or so!?)! Of course, I'll still be missing some pictures from my Dad's camera, but that is pretty normal for me... Ha.

I hope that everyone is having a blessed 4th of July! We are just hanging out at home today, playing outside and eating chili dogs for dinner! Can't wait! I attempted to get some pictures of my two little firecrackers today. A few of them turned out pretty cute, but some were more so the "normal" everyday life. :)

D didn't want E's arm around his shoulders

Kisses!

Enjoying a special snack for taking pictures...

E is ALWAYS in D's truck...

... and D prefers E's pink car...

I think we need a blue tricycle!

Happy Easter!

Alan had Good Friday off, so we headed to Texarkana Thursday evening to spend Easter weekend with my parents and grandparents. We didn't get in until about 11:30, and the kids didn't go to bed until 1-1:30... Gotta love getting a second wind after sleeping in the car. :)

Friday, David got his first "big boy" hair cut, and we went to lunch and out shopping for some meat. Unfortunately, the weekend before our freezer thawed out while we were out of town... It was still locked but for some reason it didn't seal well so we lost EVERYTHING in the freezer. I was soooo upset! Luckily my parents got us some meat so we can slowly begin stocking our freezer again.

Saturday, Alan and my dad headed out to do some work on some land, and Mom, the kids, and I went shopping for Easter shoes! We found some precious ones, and Miss E didn't want to take hers off! My grandparents came over for a yummy steak dinner and we all got ready for Easter morning.

We woke up bright and early Easter morning! We got the kids ready for church then headed to see what the Easter bunny brought the kids.

After church (we went to the early service), we came home, got lunch in the oven, then went to hunt the eggs the Easter bunny left. David's basket is almost as big as he is! ;) They both loved finding the eggs! I wish I could have recorded David's reactions when he found eggs. He made this adorable noise and would start shaking the eggs right away! After a while, instead of putting them in the basket, he'd open them to see what goodies were inside. Elizabeth was a true pro and found so many eggs! Next year will be even more fun when we can really hide them. 

After we hunted eggs outside, we went inside to find a special egg that my grandparents filled! It took a bit more time for the kids to find these, but once they did, they were so excited!

We headed back to College Station after we ate lunch, and the kids napped more than halfway home! Elizabeth woke up once, said something really random, then passed back out again for about 45 minutes. This never happens! All in all, we had a great weekend and look forward to seeing everyone again soon!

Thanksgiving 2013

We went to Abilene to spend Thanksgiving with Alan's family this year! We got to see Alan's parents, grandfather, and his sister and their family. It was great to see everyone and we can't wait to see them again for Christmas!

David "using" a spoon

PawPaw's food is much
better than mine!

Elizabeth loved using this little table!

Us with Alan's PaPaw

Our sweet family

Sweet cousins!

I promise she's not choking
him... That's just how she
hugs. =)

Silly picture

Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day Weekend was a fun and relaxing weekend for us! Aside from getting Elizabeth a new bed, we just hung out, and (finally) got our living room really clean after it being a total wreck from our suitcases and all of their toys. Alan ended up working on Monday - his company is really cool about holidays and since we're having to take off two days to go to the beach soon, he figured he'd go ahead and work so he'll only use up one vacation day instead of two. The kiddos and I were headed over to some friends house and Alan was supposed to meet us there once he got off work (he works with my friend's husband), but Elizabeth ended up taking a marathon nap and woke up about 10 minutes before Alan got home!

We had a blast with our friends! We grilled hot dogs and sausage, ate some yummy food, and watched the kiddos play in the water. I can't wait until David is old enough to join in the fun too! Until then, however, he was pretty content being held and watching his older sister and friends play.

Headed to the water

Yummy cookie!

Filling up a shovel with excess water

My two favorite men!

Sweet boy!