Camping...

I thought it would be fun to bust out Brycen's old tent and set it up in Aubrynn's room and let the kids have a camp out. So thats just what I did. They were so excited it was so cute. They didn't fall asleep until after 11pm because they were in there with the flashlight and playing with the toys. But eventually they passed out, and in the morning said it was so fun. Here is a picture of them when they first got in. Enjoy!

Fall Fun...

When I was a young my parents brought us we up to Oak Glen in California to get apples. We got to see turkeys and peacocks and even got to buy our own candied apples. I really enjoyed it, it was so fun to me. I wish they had something like that here, my kids would just love it and I would get to pick some apples to make some yummy apple pies and caramel apples.

Last year was the first year the kids and I made caramel apples. We had such a great time that I figured it would be a new tradition I would do with them every Fall. I had them unwrap the caramel candies and put them in the pan, then we put the heat on on and started stirring away. When the caramel was all melted the kids jumped right in and coating the apples.
It was a bit easier this year maybe because they are older. And the best part was when they had them for dessert after dinner. Sorry I didn't think to take any pictures of them eating them just making them. Maybe we will have to make them again, since its the season for them. I might even look up to see if they have an apple farm around here or within a couple of hours from here to go pick some apples who knows. But until next time.. ta ta

My 8th grader..

Gosh where has the time gone? I remember not to long ago when he was in kindergarten and his school called me to tell me he ran into the tree, not once but twice and that he had a pretty big knot on his forehead. My little man is growing up, and I want time to stop, because its going to fast for me, I love you so much Brycen. You make my life so much sweeter by being in it.
I wish you the best school year son, for next year will be a bigger adventure you will take on being in High School. I take a picture every year on the first day of school as I'm sure every mother does. So here it is his first day of 8th grade. I also took a picture of him after his first football practice, which was on the first day of school as well.

So as you all know Brycen is now a big bad 8th grader. He is on the football team again this year and loves every minute of it, even the long practices in full pads and being 100 degrees outside :) He now comes home in the evenings tired as ever, but wouldnt change a thing. This year he is playing on both defense, offense and special teams. He plays defensive rush, and offensive guard.

This past Saturday was his first game. Man what a game! Not only did it pour rain, we had bad ref's, some injuries to the team and a upsetting loss. Brycen played pretty much the entire game because he plays both sides. He was pretty banged up and bloody but hey thats Texas football for ya! No crybabies in football here thats for sure. He was pretty upset about the game to say the least and came home and soaked in my jacuzzi tube. He is dreading todays practice because they will get smoked because they lost, but thats how it goes sometimes. Here are some pics of his game. He is #57 in the navy blue jersey.

Breakfast for Dinner

We thought it would be fun to take the kids to IHOP and let them have the pancakes of their choice to have for dinner one night.. It was a fun to see them pick out what they thought would be yummy for their tummy. Plus at IHOP it was kids eat free, so win win for us!

Dad's Birthday

This year my Dad turned 54, he will probably not be happy that I am blasting his age, but your old dad what can I say :) We celebrated it by going to this pizza joint that we told him about and he wanted to try. It's called Big Lou's and they sell 42' pizzas. So he drove down here from Austin and we went to dinner but decided to order the 37' because 42' would have been to much for us to eat, as it was we took home almost half of it. The pizza was great, the company was awesome and the opening night football game was the conversation we enjoyed. After dinner we came back to the house and sang Happy Birthday to him, then had some cake before he had to return home. Happy Birthday Dad here's to more to come~

Yet Again...

I have yet again let some time pass between my posts, I am sorry to those that look forward to them. As we are heading into the Fall season and leaving Summer behind we find ourself busy busy as expected this time of year. Summer was full of hectic fun, but relaxing at times as well. Brycen spent some time up in Temple with my Auntie & Uncle then in return we had my cousin Bobby spend a couple of weeks here. The boys did a lot hiking, fishing, swimming, and playing the infamous PS3 hours upon hours. As for the rest of us, we went to a few Movie in the Park nights on base, taught Aubrynn how to swim, Bubba's still a little scared of the deep end but he will come around next year. Aubrynn has no fear of water and jumps right in and swims back to the side by herself. She is just like Brycen my fish out of water. Brycen of course out tanned us all but Aubrynn came in close 2nd to him. Out of the 3 kids, Braden is the only one that doesn't tan like me. Poor baby his is going to be our little white boy!

Patty my mother-in-law, bless her heart, came and picked up the kids and flew them to California for a week to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary! I can't imagine being married for 30 years, today is our 4th year anniversary and though we have had a crazy ride, I wouldn't change a single thing, for the highs and lows makes us the couple we are. Anyhow from the sound of it, they had a great time. They came back with a some cool stuff and it only took my mother-in-law a week to recoup after it was all said and done! Thanks Patty for loving all my kids the way you do!

Thats about it for our summer this year! Now onto Fall my favorite time of year!~~