Sunday, August 9, 2009
Afternoon Delights
Well...this post is nothing too exciting, but mostly just for me to be able to look back and remember the days of Saturday and Sunday summer afternoons of just spending time together and playing with our babies. I know in a few years they will be filled with camps, sports and other things the boys are interested in, but it is nice to have a weekend to just play. I know I will make a conscious effort when they are older to not overbook my children with extra-curriular activies so that they can appreciate just having time to do nothing and to be together.
Saturday afternoon Kyle and I went and played 9 holes of golf. He LOVES golf and is so good at it, that it should be intimidating to play with him. But he is so patient and such a good teacher and has been wanting me to play with him for years now, that is was so fun for me doing something that he loves so much. With 2 babies back to back it made it difficult, but with the decision to get a babysitter, we did it and had a blast!
Afterwards we continued our date by going to a movie. One of our favorite things to do in the whole world!!!
On Sunday after church we made a big brunch at home and ALL took good naps!! We then went to go get ice cream at the frozen yogurt bar (I guess that is what you call it?) called Sweet Cici's and it was DIVINE! It is essentially like an ice cream subway but it has about 50 different kinds of toppings you can self serve on your frozen yogurt so they boys had a blast. I think they both picked out gummy bears, M&Ms, chocolate chips, oreo and sprinkles. And we didn't care...we let them have whatever they wanted!
Hunty's BIG BOY bite of ice cream!!!
Mommy and Drakey
Daddy and Hunty
We then headed to the park with the boys plasma cars and they rode around the path until they were pooped and sweaty. (As a side note, I think my new favorite smell in the whole world is sweaty little boy...and I am not joking. It single-handedly melts my heart. Go ahead, think I am gross, I don't care, I LOVE it!!! It is the sweetest smell to me!)
Going under mommy's Tunnel!!!
Nothing like riding with the wind in your hair!!
Taking a little break and stopping for a picture
Getting some water in the shade...PHEW!!!!
And then onto some digging. There is nothing better to them than getting as dirty as possible!!!
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Does this little guy look hot and tired or what!
And then, home for a snack and Hunter found Kyle's Cabella's magazine and was oddly very interested in it...this can't be good...
Saturday afternoon Kyle and I went and played 9 holes of golf. He LOVES golf and is so good at it, that it should be intimidating to play with him. But he is so patient and such a good teacher and has been wanting me to play with him for years now, that is was so fun for me doing something that he loves so much. With 2 babies back to back it made it difficult, but with the decision to get a babysitter, we did it and had a blast!
Afterwards we continued our date by going to a movie. One of our favorite things to do in the whole world!!!
On Sunday after church we made a big brunch at home and ALL took good naps!! We then went to go get ice cream at the frozen yogurt bar (I guess that is what you call it?) called Sweet Cici's and it was DIVINE! It is essentially like an ice cream subway but it has about 50 different kinds of toppings you can self serve on your frozen yogurt so they boys had a blast. I think they both picked out gummy bears, M&Ms, chocolate chips, oreo and sprinkles. And we didn't care...we let them have whatever they wanted!
Hunty's BIG BOY bite of ice cream!!!
Mommy and Drakey
Daddy and Hunty
We then headed to the park with the boys plasma cars and they rode around the path until they were pooped and sweaty. (As a side note, I think my new favorite smell in the whole world is sweaty little boy...and I am not joking. It single-handedly melts my heart. Go ahead, think I am gross, I don't care, I LOVE it!!! It is the sweetest smell to me!)
Going under mommy's Tunnel!!!
Nothing like riding with the wind in your hair!!
Taking a little break and stopping for a picture
Getting some water in the shade...PHEW!!!!
And then onto some digging. There is nothing better to them than getting as dirty as possible!!!
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Does this little guy look hot and tired or what!
And then, home for a snack and Hunter found Kyle's Cabella's magazine and was oddly very interested in it...this can't be good...
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Fall Creek Falls!!!!!!!!
This past weekend we had a family reunion with my mom, her 3 brothers and their families, and my grandmother Nonny (Mom's mom). It was so much fun and when my mom and all her siblings get together you can expect nothing less than MAJOR silliness and so much fun!
Older Brother #1 - Chuck Higgins lives in Nashville, married to Leslie and has 1 daughter Melinda, 22, who is essentially my sister I feel like.
Younger Brother #2 - Richard Higgins lives in Portland, Oregon, married to Kim and they have 2 children Mary who is 12 and James who is 7.
Younger Brother #3 - Robert Higgins lives in Memphis, married to Sharon, and they have 2 boys: Eric who is about to be a freshman in college and Sean who is about to be a freshman in high school.
We went to Fall Creek Falls (in the middle of no where) Tennessee. Since all my cousins range in age from 22 to 7, my 2 boys are Will's 2 kiddos are the only grandkiddos so far so I knew it was going to be a little challenging figuring out a schedule and how to work ourselves into everyone else's schedule. I tried to just go with the flow but it sure caught up with the boys fast. Hunter had soooo much fun but was just a mess by Saturday night. Regardless we hope to be able to do it again soon!
Boys sleeping on the way there. Ahhhhhhhhhh, a sigh of relief! Can you believe how big Hunty looks?!
My sweet Drakey-doodle
Boys throwing rocks and sticks in the water...something they LOVE TO DO!!! If they are allowed to be throwing something, this could occupy their time for hours!!!!
Collecting more rocks to throw and having a BLAST! I will have a pond and a pile of rocks and sticks in my next house. Just you wait!
Hunty showing daddy something in the water
Hunty trying to pull up a root...
skipping rocks with daddy
Me and Drakey in front of the lake
There was geese everywhere! Hunty spotted one under a picnic table and wanted to go see it. I am sure he wanted to pet it too, but I was NOT about to let that happen!
This was the goose close up...EEEWWWWWWW!!!! Poor thing...bless his heart I suppose.
Drakey in his Cubbies Hat. This one is for you Grammie! A Cubs fan for life!!!
OH YES WE DID!!!!!! We so had to wear matching family reunion shirts. Here we are showing ours off even though Kyle is covering mine up with his arm.
This was why wearing matching shirts wasn't as bad as I thought.
#1 I did not know we would be doing this until the day before we left for our trip so I did not have too much time to ponder how ridiculous I think it is.
#2 They were not all the same color
#3 They did not have a cheesy slogan on it like "I survived Family Reunion 2009" or "Family Reunion 2009"
#4 The picture on the shirt was an actual drawing my great grandfather did (Nonny's dad) so it actually is sentimental and why we were all there to begin with. His last name was Janes (which is why the shirt says Janes family reunion) He was an artist for a newspaper and was an incredible artist at that. I only hope that one day I can have an original!
Here is Hunter showing me a better look at his "train" his great-great grandfather drew.
Me - Team Armstrong, Mel - Team Higgins
Hunty is sooooooooooooooo excited Charlie (my brother's little boy)finally got there!!!!
We were sad Elizabeth and Anna (brother's wife and 1 yr old daughter) could not come because we missed them desparately, but E's grandmother just passed away so they were not able to make it. We are still thinking about you and praying for you!!!
YAY for cousins!
Drakey loves his Nonny...sweet sweet Nonny. Nonny got to sport the Janes, Higgins, Coles and Armstrong logos on her shirt since she owns us all!!!
Aunt Kim, Hunty (being silly as usual) and Mimi eating some lunch!
Dad, Will and Charlie...3 generations of the claw!!!!!
Drakey digging in to a hamburger
Lil' Smell and Willie
Sweet Mary letting Drake and Hunter chase her and "get her with the claw"
Charlie and Drakey having some "tummy time!"
Drakey lounging on corn-hole
One word. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Post-picnic, hanging out by the lake
The 2 extremely sweet boys who were fishing caught one and let the boys all touch him.
No worries for me! They put the little fishy back
Fall Creek Falls. If you look closely you will see little specs of color at he bottom and those are people!
See the little people swimming??
Kyle and his boys looking at the waterfall
Will, Charlie and Mimi
Kyle, Da, Caro and Will with the 3 silly boys. I love being with the 3 of them. Aside from loving them all anyways, it is the only time in my whole life I feel small!:)
I cannot wait to see my parents pictures b/c they have the group photo which I am sure will be a riot and I will have to post later. And we had a bingo night Saturday night and my mom had prizes for every person there. Everyone felt the need to "wear" their prize some how so those pictures should be interesting too! But all in all it was such a fun weekend and we already miss our whole family so much!
Older Brother #1 - Chuck Higgins lives in Nashville, married to Leslie and has 1 daughter Melinda, 22, who is essentially my sister I feel like.
Younger Brother #2 - Richard Higgins lives in Portland, Oregon, married to Kim and they have 2 children Mary who is 12 and James who is 7.
Younger Brother #3 - Robert Higgins lives in Memphis, married to Sharon, and they have 2 boys: Eric who is about to be a freshman in college and Sean who is about to be a freshman in high school.
We went to Fall Creek Falls (in the middle of no where) Tennessee. Since all my cousins range in age from 22 to 7, my 2 boys are Will's 2 kiddos are the only grandkiddos so far so I knew it was going to be a little challenging figuring out a schedule and how to work ourselves into everyone else's schedule. I tried to just go with the flow but it sure caught up with the boys fast. Hunter had soooo much fun but was just a mess by Saturday night. Regardless we hope to be able to do it again soon!
Boys sleeping on the way there. Ahhhhhhhhhh, a sigh of relief! Can you believe how big Hunty looks?!
My sweet Drakey-doodle
Boys throwing rocks and sticks in the water...something they LOVE TO DO!!! If they are allowed to be throwing something, this could occupy their time for hours!!!!
Collecting more rocks to throw and having a BLAST! I will have a pond and a pile of rocks and sticks in my next house. Just you wait!
Hunty showing daddy something in the water
Hunty trying to pull up a root...
skipping rocks with daddy
Me and Drakey in front of the lake
There was geese everywhere! Hunty spotted one under a picnic table and wanted to go see it. I am sure he wanted to pet it too, but I was NOT about to let that happen!
This was the goose close up...EEEWWWWWWW!!!! Poor thing...bless his heart I suppose.
Drakey in his Cubbies Hat. This one is for you Grammie! A Cubs fan for life!!!
OH YES WE DID!!!!!! We so had to wear matching family reunion shirts. Here we are showing ours off even though Kyle is covering mine up with his arm.
This was why wearing matching shirts wasn't as bad as I thought.
#1 I did not know we would be doing this until the day before we left for our trip so I did not have too much time to ponder how ridiculous I think it is.
#2 They were not all the same color
#3 They did not have a cheesy slogan on it like "I survived Family Reunion 2009" or "Family Reunion 2009"
#4 The picture on the shirt was an actual drawing my great grandfather did (Nonny's dad) so it actually is sentimental and why we were all there to begin with. His last name was Janes (which is why the shirt says Janes family reunion) He was an artist for a newspaper and was an incredible artist at that. I only hope that one day I can have an original!
Here is Hunter showing me a better look at his "train" his great-great grandfather drew.
Me - Team Armstrong, Mel - Team Higgins
Hunty is sooooooooooooooo excited Charlie (my brother's little boy)finally got there!!!!
We were sad Elizabeth and Anna (brother's wife and 1 yr old daughter) could not come because we missed them desparately, but E's grandmother just passed away so they were not able to make it. We are still thinking about you and praying for you!!!
YAY for cousins!
Drakey loves his Nonny...sweet sweet Nonny. Nonny got to sport the Janes, Higgins, Coles and Armstrong logos on her shirt since she owns us all!!!
Aunt Kim, Hunty (being silly as usual) and Mimi eating some lunch!
Dad, Will and Charlie...3 generations of the claw!!!!!
Drakey digging in to a hamburger
Lil' Smell and Willie
Sweet Mary letting Drake and Hunter chase her and "get her with the claw"
Charlie and Drakey having some "tummy time!"
Drakey lounging on corn-hole
One word. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Post-picnic, hanging out by the lake
The 2 extremely sweet boys who were fishing caught one and let the boys all touch him.
No worries for me! They put the little fishy back
Fall Creek Falls. If you look closely you will see little specs of color at he bottom and those are people!
See the little people swimming??
Kyle and his boys looking at the waterfall
Will, Charlie and Mimi
Kyle, Da, Caro and Will with the 3 silly boys. I love being with the 3 of them. Aside from loving them all anyways, it is the only time in my whole life I feel small!:)
I cannot wait to see my parents pictures b/c they have the group photo which I am sure will be a riot and I will have to post later. And we had a bingo night Saturday night and my mom had prizes for every person there. Everyone felt the need to "wear" their prize some how so those pictures should be interesting too! But all in all it was such a fun weekend and we already miss our whole family so much!
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