iPhone dump

Today was the boys' first day of school but Bryce left the house at 5:00am for a senior breakfast. I will take and post pics on Monday :). So instead, here's my last summer post :)

There has been so much going on this summer that I've ended up with lots of random pics on my phone. So here's out summer in about 2 minutes flat :)

Gracie and Wesleigh have both become such great swimmers this year. If you call Gracie a "fish" she will promptly correct you and tell you she's a "mermaid". We've spent more hours at the pool this summer than I ever have before. We will definitely miss it when school starts!

These two are so funny. They entertain each other all day long. Every once in a while they decide they're going to fight, but that only lasts a few minutes. They are looking at Gracie's photo book and Gracie is laughing at the pic of herself from her preschool Christmas program.

Wesleigh has become attached to my hip. She constantly want to be hugging me or snuggling with me. She has such a sweet heart.

See all the girls in the background? All summer, any little girl that step foot in that pool has been accosted by my pair. Most of the time, they are very happy to play with them. This day they had a huge entourage!! It has been wonderful for me!

Richard had surgery on his back a few weeks ago. He and I traveled to Birmingham to get it done. We were on the road watching our church service live on the phone. So cool!

Is it sad that leaving town for a surgery is considered a "getaway"?! Oh well beggars can't be choosers!

While Richard recovered, I got to reconnect with a sweet friend.

Bryce had 2 weeks of band camp where they work on learning the marching show. He is so excited to be a senior this year. We got to see their performance at the end of the week.

This is a screenshot of an instagram post by Braden. It touched my mama heart so much :). Braden was a huge help with the girls while rich and I were away. This is from a night when he laid down with them to get them to sleep.

There's a new toy at our house. The boys are getting ready for a big hunt over Thanksgiving so this crossbow ended up at our house. I have a big story around this bow but it deserves its own post so I will do that later.

They have been having target practice in the backyard for weeks!

 

 

There's also a new target in the backyard. You know, my house just wouldn't be complete without a big foam deer in the backyard! These two pics make me lol because they could not get the arrows out of it. I love seeing these two become friends :)

 

In between golfers, Braden would run out and set the target out on the fairway...yes, in case you didn't know already...we're rednecks!

Richard brought these shirts home from a business trip. He could not resist. So fitting!!

This little boy and Wesleigh will be in the same class next year. They were ganging up on their sisters...so funny!

Just random :)

Can't believe summer is over!! We've had a good summer, but I'm ready to move on too. Kindergarten here we come!!

 

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Party Time

I figure this is probably the last birthday party like this we will have for Bryce since he's a senior this year. I wanted to make sure it was a lot of fun. I think I accomplished that...I hope so.

We rented a big movie screen and had the works...popcorn machine, nachos, hotdogs and lots of movie candy!

This is only part of the crew. I didn't catch them all before they started leaving.

 

 

 

 

The movie candy

 

I earned "supermom" status with that :)

What the room looked like when I made my way up there this morning. I have to say, it didn't smell as awful as I thought it would. This was only a few of them, they were in every bed upstairs.

Mountain of pancakes fed to them at noon when they got up. I told them I'd feed them and then I was kicking them out :). There was a total of 10 extra boys last night. Do you see who wouldn't leave them alone?

Ariel stood there forcing them to pay attention to her :)

School starts for the boys tomorrow so I hope this was a fun way to end the summer!!

 

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Happy Birthday Bryce!!

How can it be that my baby boy is 17 years old today?!?! Just yesterday I delivered this sweet boy :)

 

Bryce has been a joy to parent from the very beginning. He broke us in easy.

I am so proud of the man he is becoming and can't wait to see what God has in store for this precious boy. I know it's something that will add value to people's lives. I know he adds value to mine.

I love you Bryce Jacob!

 

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Ugh!!

I have been trying to post for weeks now but Flickr decided to be difficult on my computer. I just downloaded a new app to my iPad to make this easier...we shall see!

We have had lots going on over here. Summer is winding down and school is just around the corner! Hard to believe. We've had a great summer but its time...a little separation will be a welcome thing. :)

I can't forget to post about Cade's baseball game winning their tournament in Disney. They went 6-0 and had such a great time. I decided not to make this trip. It was the right decision but I won't lie...it is physically painful for this mama to miss so many exciting baseball games! I absolutely cannot stand it!

Since I wasn't there, most of these pics came from someone's phone. I'm not so sore how threaten going to come out.

 

Look at Cade's feet! He said these are his lucky socks. I'm sure they smelled real lucky!

And mom cheering on the team from home through text updates. UGH!! Next year I will be there!!

Cade had an awesome week. He hit a grand slam and a homerun. He has had such a fun season!

This will be the first of many catch up posts. Bryce turns 17 tomorrow and we have a fun party planned!

 

 

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