A little boat time at Caddo

It's that time of the year...it was Caddo weekend!  We took the last 4 years off and we decided to venture back with the 3 little ones..who's terrible idea was that (mine).  All I can say is that every year from now can only get better!!!  The time during the day was great, it was just the nights with my sickly Harper Jane that wore.me.out.  That's all I'll say about that! But the times other then the middle of the night were GREAT!

Riding in the boat never gets old!  See the scenery..now you know why I call it the swamp!

My boots got made fun of, but those snakes would have a harder time find my toes in these boots then all the other toes widely available in every ones flip flops!

We are big Duck Dynasty fans (shocking I know) so the boys were PUMPED to see a few duck blinds!

Awesome smile mom!  I'm embracing the camera though!!

Easton is fascinated with his hand here.....

Even if my nights sucked..spending 4 days with my family with no distractions (no cell service or TV) was NICE!!!

Dang these pictures for not turning..I love this one of Charlie driving:)

So, babies and life jackets are kinda a miserable combo!  She was over it by the time we got back to the dock.

so.much.fun...

#minusthosecrappynights

Look who learned to ride a bike!!!

Big moment people...like huge..my baby learned to ride a bike this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He has been wanting to master this for a while, but the perfectionist in him cannot stand "not getting this"..and he gets super frustrated. We had taken his training wheels off once before..and it did not go well. When we were at Caddo Charlie wanted to try to ride Reagan's bike and I tried to help him...he was less frustrated with me, but still didn't get it. 

I looked outside that afternoon and Larry Gray was pushing Charlie along and then Charlie took off!!!  And I cried..true story. (stinkin picture wont flip)

I LOVE that he learned to ride on a pink bike!!

He was SO proud of himself..and I was so proud of him to...it's the little milestones that make me weepy and dread him getting any older...I used to make fun of those people...now I am one of them...DANGIT!!

Memorial day!

We made it home from a long weekend trip on Monday and I told Bradley we still needed to go get in the pool..it was Memorial day and your supposed to be in the water, right!  We went to get in the big pool and realized that was not happening!!  It was way to cold!!  Bradley offered me and Charlie ice cream to jump in...and of course we did, I mean, there was ice cream involved!!  We mostly just hung out in the hot tub...kinda happy that at the end of May we have still had some cooler weather!

 

more pictures from graduation

 More sweet pictures and memories from Charlie's graduation!  Mostly for the grandparents and family in Alaska!

He was "to cool" and stood with his hands in his pockets the whole time!  It was a nervous thing for him, but he came across as "I am to cool for this!"

Eating his tassel:)

I'm crying right now.......

Doing the hat toss!

Celebratory Sweet Frog frozen yogurt afterwards!!!

I love my sweet Charlie and I hope to put something decent into words before Charlie goes to kindergarten:)  Right now..I don't even want to think about kindergarten!!!!!

camp in!

The church had a camp-in for moms/grandmas and sons..and it was a blast!  The boys had a great time.  What's not to love, there was s'mores and we slept in tents! They may have also stayed up till 11pm so it was great that night, but the next day was rough!!!

I slept in a huge tent with my mom and the boys..the boys had a blow up mattress to themselves and mom and I had our own...it may have been more "glamping" then "camping"...

We headed across the street to play some ball and the boys we in heaven since there were some of the teen boys there to play with.

s'mores indoors, um yes!

I loved that I got time with just these two for a night!!!:)

April phone dump!

We may have been watching some Swamp People around our house..Charlie got his alligators and was "cooking them" on the stove...it was some good eating!

My men:)

Yes, this happened.  Those are snakes.. IN MY KITCHEN.  In my stinkin KITCHEN.  And to top things off..they just happened to be "having relations"..in my house...living in sin!!!!!!  They soon became the property of my brother and his 4 kids...I think that was punishment enough for the snakes...teach them to come into my house!

This was my boys right after Easton got his curls cut off...he looks so cute, but man do I miss those curls:(

She is hands down my most inquisitive child..she is into EVERYTHING..

Their future is so bright they gotta wear shades:)

My husband broke the rule of "Don't buy me flowers cause they just die"..big mistake on his part!  I have changed my stance and now love fresh flower in the house....bad move Bradley!!!!

Harper likes to hide in warm clothes fresh from the laundry...she sits in them till they are cold!

Spring cleaning much....I cleaned out so many clothes I told Bradley I needed to go shopping...he was thrilled!!

Every girl needs a pair of over sized shades!