Lake fun

This past weekend we went to visit my sister and her family at their lake house. Every year they invite all their family and friends over for a crawfish party. It is soooo beautiful and peaceful there. My husband and I are now ready to retire and move out there :) Hopefully it will not be to many more years before we can make this dream a reality!!

Playing Friday night before the party on Saturday

Playing in the playhouse with Lauren

Oh, how she loves to swing

But it makes her really tired :(

Listening to the band

Swimming time

Mommy and daddy had a fun time too :)

Just to make you smile

My beautiful princess :)

I love my babies!!!!

Ayden's bday party

We celebrated Ayden's 6th birthday this past weekend, Toy Story themed, of course. He was sooo excited. We had a bounce house and water slide. All of his cousins came over to play. It was an excellent day!! It is amazing how far this precious boy has come. We are so blessed :)

Avery's 1 year pics

Several weeks ago we met up with Heather to have some pics taken of this beautiful princess for her 1st birthday. Heather always does such a great job, it's hard to pick my favorites. Here are just a few.

Long time....

So much has been going on, time just flies by. Well let's see, since the last post we all got sick over spring break :( We had Avery's first birthday party. I can't believe how fast she is growing! Easter was great. The kids had a blast hunting for eggs. Caleb turned 12, WOW. Teenage years are quickly approaching us. I ran my half marathon! One of the coolest things I've ever done. I also raised $1600 for the leukemia and lymphoma society!! The kids will be out of school in just a few weeks. My very intelligent husband is going to grad school and will be beginning that process this summer. And, my hubby, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and myself are about to start training to run White Rock in December! That's the quick update!! Now on to post some pictures :)

Out and about

Well, I got up this morning and got my 6 mile run in!!! Yeah!!! Who knew you could burn 1,000 calories in one workout?!? Definitely not me :) After running I had so much energy that I wanted to try and get some errands done today. Sounds like an easy task, but I've actually never tried to go anywhere with two little ones! Ayden had been sick and couldn't be around lots of people for so long, that every time the boys were over I would literally not go anywhere! So... today was the day. Loaded up Ayden and Avery and headed out to Target. They are such good kids, they were perfect :) Only problem, how do you shop when you have two kids who need to ride in the cart??? Couldn't figure out how to do it on my own, had to call in back up.. Ita :) I don't know how you guys do this??? Here are a couple of pics from our little outing.

It's quiet

It's quiet here, so I thought I would blog. What a weekend! My poor little Ayden was sick all weekend. Not really sure what's going on, but hoping it's just something he ate at school on Friday. My husband is such a great dad. I love watching him with the kids. Ayden didn't want anything but his daddy and Efrain stayed by his side the entire weekend. He has the purest heart I've ever seen in anyone. Please pray that this is nothing more than a stomach bug!!

We were up sooo late Friday that I missed my team training :( I have to try to squeeze in 5 miles tomorrow :((( I should probably even try to do a little bit more than what is on the training schedule for this week. Otherwise... I am afraid for next Saturday and the big 6!!!

Well, I've got some video of Avery walking. It isn't the first steps and actually she is walking much better than what is on this video. Why is it that every time you pick up the camera kids stop doing whatever cute they were doing before??? Hope everyone has a great week!!!