Ok!

I think I can share without the risk of Murphys Law stepping in. He is potty trained! 2 weekends ago we went to the state park with friends of ours and they brought some friends. One was a little boy who was Mace's age. Sure enough we are in the middle of nowhere and the other little boy had to go pee. The mom said go on a tree, he did. Mace was so excited he wanted to try and bam. (we don't pee on trees here- but M is so excited to pee on the potty....

Lazy summer days.

Pretty much says it all. I am really glad these guys are getting along so well lately.
Last night we were taking a walk and the kids were riding bikes, Mason says, "mom! stop we are looking for clues...it's a mystery!"
I can not stop laughing. He is really random.

Backyard

Backyard woes...For now this is the only pretty thing in our backyard...the patio is taking forever and HOPEFULLY will be finished in this decade..

My little tree climber.....

A day in the life of Mace.

YUP. Sleeping.

Happy Fathers Day.

This Father's day we went to Blanco State Park. We weren't sure the weather would cooperate with us,but it did. We went with 2 other families and I think everyone had a great time.

My Little Fish.

Kira likes the slide and pretending she is a mermaid. Mason just likes the water.

Had to share.

I check my friends blogs frequently. Many have funny things- ya know life with kids and such...
anyway had to share this. ---Hope you don't mind J.

Late Night Conversations with Myself
Usually sometime during the night Grant moves from his bed into the bed with Steve and I. I was awakened at about 5 am because Anna moved into bed next to me. While this was unusual, it's not unheard of. At that point I realized that Grant wasn't in bed with me. Feeling concerned I got out of bed and checked on him. He was sleeping peacefully. When I got back into bed I thought that perhaps he wasn't sleeping but had in fact died and just looked like he was sleeping. I was then faced with the choice of verifying whether he was alive or not. However, I realized that if I checked if he was alive or not I would probably wake him, and he'd end up in bed with us. I also realized that if he was in fact dead there probably wasn't anything I could do about and possibly I should just get some sleep. Shortly thereafter, he awoke and did get in bed with us. I'm not sure what the moral of this story is. During my waking hours I think I would certainly verify his state of aliveness. Obviously, I'm not so gung ho in the middle of the night.

latest painting project.

I don't know how I could not have posted this! While B was in India I just had to paint SOMETHING!! This is over the entryway door. I don't have a final picture of what it looks like right now...I changed it up a little since the last picture was taken...but you get the idea. It was quite high to get up there, it took a 20 foot ladder (I think). The whole time I was up there I was pretty freaked out, then the lightening storm started.....

Waterfall pics

Someday I hope to take as good of a pic as Bill does.....

Congrats on Graduation!

Congrats Kira!!! You are now a first grader!!!

Happy B-day Mer!

This weekend we all enjoyed a great day at the beach, thanks to Meredeth's birthday party

Waterfall photo shoot

It's been a while so, I ll try to catch you up. Kira was invited to by the Austin model and talent group to do a photo shoot. Unfortuately, she didn't find it all that fun or facinating.... we will try again someother time. I will try to upload some of the pics from the photogs. They turned out cute. She was really really shy that day! Can you imagine!?