New socks?

I think it might be time

Mothers Day Magic

Happy Mothers Day first of all to all Mommies out there!
The weather was gorgeous this past Sunday (which is huge because it has rained like the last 3 weekends straight!!)
After church, my Mom and Dad and our family went and ate lunch with Nonny at her place.   The boys gave her their present they made her. It was good to spend time with her on Mothers Day for sure.

Three generations of Mommies right here!

Afterwards, we went home, played in the driveway for a little bit and ate Popsicles while Ty took a nap. Drake is just so funny with his sense of fashion. He LOVES hats and found these sunglasses in the dressup bin that he wore all day. And it goes without saying, they will ONLY wear athletic clothes these days (aside from school uniform and church of course!!)

After Ty woke up we went on a hike to enjoy this gorgeous day. We knew Hunter and Drake could make it through the 2.5 mile hike, after all, they made some pretty good trail mix and they have ridiculous amounts of energy to burn. But what we didn't anticipate was that we would come across a man with 2 gorgeous Golden Retrievers who we stopped to pet and talk to for a long time and ended up following them down the wrong path. So our hike took a little bit longer (like perhaps 45 minutes longer) than we planned. There was some piggy backing and "leg cramping" from Drake and Hunter but all in all, it was fun, gorgeous and a great hike! Ty even loved it!!

Silly Huny in my sunglasses.  These boys are a mess!!

Buddies

These 2, Coleman and Ty, are going to have to stick together. They are both the youngest of 3 brothers. Coleman is 7 months older but Ty is catching up! It has been so cute seeing the two of them interact lately. Their squeals, hair grabbing, and feeding each other is fun to watch. They are cuties!!!

Look who...is 92!!

The boys and some of their friends made Nonny a big banner for her 92nd birthday. She is determined to live to 100, and by sheer willpower that woman will do it!!
Happy Birthday Nonny!!
We love you!!!

Literally so literal

Hunter is smart. He reminds me of stories I heard about his Uncle Jason. Pop told Hunter to not throw his pajamas in a wad on the floor when he was getting dressed for school a few weeks ago...
Well, he did what Pop asked

Singin' like a birdie

Well, this year I signed Hunter up for the Alleluia choir at church.  You can begin choir once you are in Kindergarten and I will say, though he didn't want to do it at the beginning, by the end of the year he would jump out of the car and not look back.  It didn't hurt that most of his buddies at church were doing it with him, you got a jolly rancher at the end of practice and you got to walk to church dinner with a drum. They sang during church about 5 times during the year, but ended the year by doing a performance in Fellowship Hall at Wednesday Night Dinner with some of their best work.

I haven't taken our real camera anywhere in MONTHS (too much to carry already) so everything has been on my phone, which sometimes takes decent photos, but most of the time doesn't. However, it is still a memory I don't want to forget. Here is Hunter and the group watching the older kiddos sing.

The Alleluia (Kindergarten and 1st) choir, Gloria Choir (2nd-4th) and Jubilate choir (5th and 6th) all together. Hunter right smack dap in the middle on the front row. You would think as much as he does to get attention that he would savor this moment, however, I am not sure he did...BUT he did sing all the words and did a great job. He was the same way in church. I am not sure he loved being in front of the whole congregation but he did exactly as he was asked and sang great.

Sign language to "Jesus is my Shepherd"

Hunter and one of his big buddies, Minor, proud of their certificates (which I have no idea where that is now that I think about it!)

And I just thought these were cute/funny
Silly face (does this remind you or sorority pictures? Hilarious!!!!

And smiley faces

Bella vs. Opossum