Let's Go Swimming...

                                       

HERE'S HOW WE'VE 'BEAT THE HEAT' THIS SUMMER...

4th of July with the Family

Modeling the Red, White & Blue shorts...

Hanging out with Claire on 'Swim Thursday'

Taking a truck break from the pool with Mason...

Checking our the scene with Zachary...

                  

Our weekly visit to Hawaiian Falls with our Best Friends...

Splashing in the back yard...

A Kendall Jackson Paint Date

I'm Back!!! We've been so busy, and have done quite a bit this summer, I didn't know where to begin a blog post. So I thought this would be a great start. Our sweet friends Hayley, and her daughter Kendall came over for a fun 'pinterest inspired' date. Here is what the kids created...

Kendall hard at work...

Jackson mixing up his colors...

Taking as break to check out Kendall's creation.

Waiting to dry...

We added Diamond Dust to Kendall's...

Sweet Friends!

                                                                  The finished Product!

Thanks girls for a fun morning, followed by a great lunch!  Let's do this again soon... 

The Papa Murphy Experience

Matthew and I have come to love Papa Murphy's. If you haven't tried it, please do yourself a favor and try the BEST take and bake pizza...
So Friday night we called in our usual order, and decided to add a mini murphy kids pizza for Jackson to try. Here's how that went...

The pizza kit comes with a tattoo...and yes J let daddy put it on.

spreading out the sauce...

watching daddy sprinkle the cheese...

clapping for daddy's hard work.

the finished product before it hits the oven....Jackson was so excited, and LOVED it! We'll have to do this again soon...

Cutest Baby of the Week...

Long time...no posting! I wanted to share our great news about Jackson. Last week he was voted Metroplex's cutest baby of the week! Thasnks to all of our family, friends, and extented friends for voting!!!

Check out Jackson on www.metroplexbaby.com click on the cutest kid of the week.

Gnismer Farms

This past Friday Jackson and I joined a group of stroller moms at Gnismer Farms to pick our own pumpkins! What a treat this was to take a tractor ride through the fields looking for pumpkins. Jackson was so excited for this, and I loved seeing through his eyes. Here's some great pictures from our day...

My sweet friend Hayley and I on the hay ride...


So many pumpkins to find...

Jackson found a good one!

I LOVE this picture....so sweet.

Here we are!!

If you get a chance, go to Gnismer Farms. We had a blast!

My Little Boy is 15 Months!!!

Yes, {sigh} Jacskon is 15 months for 2 more days, and I am just now blogging about it. Why is blogging so hard these days? Pinterest? Jackson? Life?...All of the above! Instead of typing about certain milestones, I'd rather just make a nice 'laundry list.' So here goes...

Weighs in at 28lbs.

size 5.5 W shoe

Now has a hairstyle....sort of. He needs gel to tame the curls.

wears sizes anywhere between 12 mo. - 2T

Gives good kisses and hugs

Eats with a spoon/fork

takes 1 nap a day (1.5 - 2hours)

LOVES his trucks, cars, anything with wheels

LOVES farm animals....cows especially

can complete farm animal puzzles alone

loves to turn in circles...and laughs when he falls down

Favors his right hand more than the left while coloring, and picking up toys

Truly a happy, happy boy....so full of energy, and spunk!

Those are the highlights, and I know there's more! We just love our Jackson Thomas!!!

Labor Day '11

Since the weather was absolutely BEAUTIFUL today, we thought a trip to the lake to feed the ducks would be fun!! Here is our afternoon wrap-up...

Jackson's favorite place....daddy's shoulders!

At the end of the pier....looking for hungry ducks.

There they are....too far out to feed.

Oh well, off to explore!

This is genius....Since the lake level is down about 10ft, this group of people decided to canoe out to what should be under water, and play a game of baseball.

All this grass should be under water...how lucky are those ducks? The people come to them, AND they get fed!

After the lake it was off to the playground...

Jackson LOVES the slides (or "at's") as he calls them. Such a fun time!!