Zoo Trip with our Cousin!

I took off from work on Monday to spend some time with the boys and Jill, Ryan and Koen before they have to go back. So sad!

A picture of all of the cousins!

The little boy cousins.

Carson sweating on the elephant.Cannon coming down the slide...LOVE this picture of him!We rode the carousel.Poppy came along with us!

Cannon enjoyed the petting zoo.LOOK!! Praire Dogs!Carson is hanging out with the giraffes.Uncle Ryan helped Cade take a peek at the giraffes.Did I mention that it was HOT??? Carson was trying to cool off by the monkies...Finally, we took a ride on the train! The new train station is SO much better than the old one. We got some ice cream and popsicles for the ride. Cannon inhaled his and then finished Carson's and Koen's. That kid is going to have to go to popsicle rehab after summer is over! He calls them pop-pops and is always asking for one at the freezer and flips out if you tell him no.Cutie Koen with his pop pop.

And last, a portrait by Cannon! This cracks me up...his fat little legs crossed. I was resorting to extreme measures to keep him awake on the ride home. It worked!!

Thanks guys for a wonderful day at the zoo!!

Grammy's Big Birthday and Fun around the house

Guess what? I am finally downloading pics and updating our blog!! You want to know how I have time to do this, two days before Cade's birthday party? I have a MAID coming tomorrow...actually, an entire team of them!! It has been 10 weeks since we have had professional cleaning help around here, but who is counting? I am SO EXCITED to not be mopping my floors right now or cleaning bathrooms! So, I've got a few mounds of laundry to work on, but those can wait!

First of all, we celebrated Grammy's birthday back on July 12th. We had so much fun since we were all together for it this year!!Grammy just loves all of her boys!!


We had to purchase a new waterslide. GRRRR! Ours decided to crap out right after I had sent out Cade's party invitations. I was so mad!! The boys are thrilled though....I got a different kind and it shoots water out of a cannon...not sure that was a great idea! This picture sums it all up...Cade coming down, Carson shooting him and Cannon SNEAKING into the pool with his clothes on!!
Love Cade's expression here!

The boys going down like a train...
This just has disaster written all over it!

Check out Carson's arms! Okay, it is partly shadows, but the kid is ripped.

I got to sneak away for a much needed girls' weekend to Dallas. Thorsen and Scott have an awesome new home with a POOL! Katy and I kept saying that we felt like we were at a resort...reading a magazine by the pool was something that I haven't been about to do in a LONG time.I was watering in the front yard the other night, which Cannon LOVES!! He freaks whenever the hose is out.And gets so mad when the water gets turned off!!Cannon is such a litte toot these days!! Very much into throwing temper tantrums...actually, he'll throw just about anything!!

The Woodlands Children's Museum

HA! I finally updated this blog and I am SO PROUD of myself for figuring out how to do it! Special thanks to Amanda!! ;-)

We met Jill, Ryan and Koen at The Children's Museum in The Woodlands this morning. The boys had a great time! It isn't very big, but it had A/C and lots of space for them to run around, so it was a winner in my book.

Check out Cannon's faux-hawk! SO FUNNY!! Carson and I thought that it would be a good idea to gel his hair up today, and he looked pretty stinkin' cute if I do say so myself. This 'do fits his spunky little personality!

Koen and Cannon checking it all out...probably scoping out a big kid to go beat on or steal their shovel!

My little firefighters! Aunt Jill dressed them up and they very much enjoyed these costumes.
An attempt at a picture of all 4. Maybe we will get one before they have to go home to Germany? Maybe??

Cannon's 1st Haircut

Awww, how sad is this? He is officially a big boy now!! I was pretty torn up over this little milestone! However, he had quite the baby mullet going, as his hair has been slow to come in. So, we just had to trim it up (which means the curls are gone!) and even it out a bit.

Here he is, ready to go!

Things started out quite calmly, with the help of sucker.

Going okay (good bye baby hair....)

But they quickly turned south!

All done, getting cleaned up and still really hacked off!
He's out of there...still has tears! Check out this look he is giving me!
Oh, and now his big boy cut. SO SAD, but he's so stinkin' cute!

Big brothers got a trim too. Carson and I compromised on his. We've been working on growing his out all summer, and it's hard! That boy has some crazy, funky hair!! We cut it short enough to spike it up a bit and make it crazy, which makes Carson crazy happy. We didn't cut off that part at his crown that was next to impossible to get long enough so that he doesn't look like he has a sprout up there 24-7. Cute, huh?

Cade got a trim too! He looks so clean and little boyish now....I'm secretly missing the surfer look though and we'll be probably growing that out! Everytime we get it long and go in for a trim, they wack it all off!

July 4th Weekend

We had a great holiday weekend, but it seemed to fly by! We started off by going up to the Y pool on Friday and meeting the Blakes up there. The boys had a good time! Here are Carson and Cannon sliding.

Also, on Friday, we had a visitor on our porch. A very unwelcome visitor. Matt sent me a text while I was getting a pedi that said, "I just caught a bat on the porch. Think I should call animal control?". Ummm...that was just weird! To make a long story short, we don't have animal control, but you could pay $100 for some company to come out and assess it! Matt traped it in the sidewalk chalk box, anchored down by our huge bench. The company advised him to leave it trapped until night and then see if it flys away. It did....THANK GOD. Carson though Matt should have "hit it with a hammer" and I kind of agreed with him! Here it is....NASTY.

On Saturday, we hit The Woodlands parade down at Market Street. The boys had a great time for the first half of it....they were totally impressed with all of the firetrucks and the sirens! Cade had this look of awe on his face. Cannon even set in the stroller for that part, which is quite impressive these days! There were lots of service men, hummers and guns, which also were quite impressive in the boys' books! Then, on came the beauty queens and such and they could have cared less. If somebody was passing out candy, they would smile and wave, otherwise, they were done!

Another one of Cade, looking thrilled!Cannon being a stinker on his Daddy's lapAfter that, we were hot! We changed into suits and headed up to the Cranebrook pool. Lucky us, it was Splash Day. That meant free cupcakes! Notice surfer boy's hair...it is the last one of it that long...he got a trim on Sunday. So sad, I've got to let it grow out again.Cannon was a big 'ole mess!After this, we put the boys down and then went over to Mom and Larry's to hang out with them, Jill, Ryan and Koen. Jill took this pic of us going in....too bad that Larry's work car is in the background!Sister, mom and me!We attempted a picture of all four boys...you can see how well that went.A cute one of Koen.Cade being his silly self.Lastly, Carson having a blast on this motorcycle at a birthday party on Sunday.

This was supposed to be his first "drop off" party. It was at Main Event here in The Woodlands. I went over with him the rules, my cell phone number...all of the stuff you are "supposed to do". Well, he wasn't having it! He kept asking me to stay, and quite honestly, I wasn't 100 percent comfortable with leaving him with parents that I didn't fully know. NOW, I kind of know them from school and the swimming pool and they are great people, but still! I was nervous!! So, maybe next time, we'll both have enough courage to master the drop off? Please make this slow down, please!!