H-S H-S U-U!

We are still alive!  I know it has been a loooong time since I have update the blog, but we have been very busy.  So who have we been hanging out with???

These beautiful ladies!  The last 2 weeks we have had cheerleading camp with the one and only Shane Paulsen! Shane was such a blessing to Ben and I and to the cheerleaders, too!  We are so glad he got to come!!!  And then last week was NSO.  It has been crazy, but oh so much fun!  

I absolutely LOVE my team!  They are amazing!  I can't not wait to see what God has in store this year for them and for me, too!  They are such a blessing! 

Yesterday, we had our NSO pep rally and let me tell you my girls did awesome!  I am so proud of each one of them!  I can't wait until our first game, which is next Saturday.  (Please pray for cooler temperatures! It's gonna be hot! )

I had such a great time with my girls the last few weeks, but I do have to say I am looking forward to getting back into our regular schedule.  It has been hard on my sweet kids!  Our schedule has been so off, I feel like I haven't been able to play with them as much as I normally do.  With baby #3 (still no name!!?!) due in less than a month, I plan on soaking up as much playtime with the Hunter-man and my Maggie Moe as possible!  This week, we will go back to our "regular scheduled programing".  I can't wait! 

Shootin' with Coach!

This weekend Hunter got to shoot a BB gun for the 1st time and boy was he excited!  

He goes "hunting" for elk and deer in the back yard all the time, but Saturday evening he had his first target practice! 

Here is the video!

We started off shooting at a box and then moved to the can.  He did really well!!!  After a few shots, Coach wasn't even helping him.  Here is he looking for the bb. 

He would shoot and then run up and check the can.  It was so cute!  Even if the can fell off the box, he still had to pick it up and find the new hole. 

Then he would race back and give Coach a hi five!  I don't know who was having more fun... Coach or Hunter! :)

Maggie played with Honey on the porch.  When she gets a little older Coach will teach her too!  I don't know of a better teacher than my dad!  He is amazing!!! 

And this is the picture Ben loves...  I know I am huge, but I still got it! :)  I was shooting the 22, by the way. 

My Sweet boy!!!  I am so excited for my Hunter-man!  He is getting so big!  It won't be long until Coach is taking him hunting for real.  

Summer art with the Hunter-man!

So Hunter has never really been into crafts or anything like that.  He would rather be playing!  He doesn't even like to color, really.  I know... and he is my son!  I wish he would color some, just to give me an excuse to sit down and color, too.  I know... I'm weird.  Anyway.... I found something he likes to do! 

I got this from the Disney's Family Fun magazine. 

It's paint throwing!  Hunter LOVED it!  

Ok and to tell you the truth he does like to paint, however when he paints he just paints the whole page.  He doesn't make anything out of the paint or try to paint a certain thing.  He just paints the whole sheet all the colors I give him.  

So you get these rubbery, pokie balls that you can find at target in the dollar section.  Then I let him dip it in paint and throw it at some paper that I stapled to the fence.  So simple!  

He loved it!  He did end up taking off his shorts, too!  It was funny.  He was worried about getting paint on his hands and body at first, but he slowly got over it.  He had a lot of fun! 

It was super hot outside, we did this while Maggie was taking her afternoon nap.  This was his finished product.  He can show you what he "painted" in the picture.  We will have to do this again! He loved it! 

Sweet Gracie's 1st Birthday!

Okay I will finish our Houston trip with my sweet niece's first birthday party!!  Yay!  So last Saturday, July 30th we celebrated Gracie!  Here are some cute pictures! 

Here is the sweet 1 year old, Gracie!  She was busy playing with the kitchen. :)

Way to busy playing... doesn't really want to pose for a pic. 

And more playing.  Her party was at Wonder Wild, by the way.  For those of you in Abilene it was like the Jump Around.  It had a few blow ups and lots of fun climbing things for kids. 

Here's Mags waiting for the party to start! 

So in the very back of the gym there was this blob like thing.  You know like this...

Have you ever seen or been on one of these at the lake?  Well they had one kind of like it, but inside.  It was awesome!!  I do have to say, I was so jealous.  I really wanted to go jump on it, but didn't think that would be so smart.  You are welcome, Dr. Tadvick. 

Maggie LOVED it!!!  She did awesome!  She learned very quick how to fall and how to jump the right way.  She did awesome.  We want one for the back yard!  Santa?? Please! 

She would fall and get up laughing her head off! :)

Daddy really like it, too!  He was on it most of the play time... even if there weren't any kids jumping. :)

Seat Drop! 

You know Hunter LOVED it! 

So they also had this play gym type thing and since I am 8 months prego guess who go to go up with Mags?? 

That would be Daddy! :)  Maggie kept sneaking up there, but couldn't get down by herself so Daddy had to go up and get her every time! 

So after we played it was time for cake and crafts! 

So I got to make sweet Gracie's cake this year!  Yay!  I was so excited.  The theme for her cake was the Hungry Caterpillar.  I think it turned out pretty good.  I was so glad that Nana, Grumpy, Jayne and Ben helped me finish it the night before!  They did a great job! 

Boy is it humid in Houston, by the way!  The cake was very moist!  We definitely weren't in Abilene! 

Singing Happy Birthday to Gracie! 

Ready for some cake! :)

Yummy!  I think she liked it! 

Yeah... she liked it!  Just look at that face! 

Gracie and Nana.  

Happy 1st Birthday, Miss Gracie Cate! 

Her actual birthday was this past Wednesday.  We are so glad we were able to come to her party.  She is such a sweet little girl.  We love you, Gracie!!  Happy Birthday! 

The Children's Museum

So Friday we went to the Children's museum in Houston.  It was really neat, but kind of crowded.  I wish there weren't as many people there because I think Hunter would have LOVED it even more.  Oh well... guess we will have to go again. :)

Maggie fell asleep on the way to the museum and had a hard time waking up.  She finally woke up to play with Hunter and Gracie at the magnet table. 

Even Gracie played at this table! :)

Then there was the huge arch that Hunter pulled down.  Don't worry you were supposed to be able to pull it down.

So we put it back up!  Maggie and Hunter both helped!  Maggie kept giving me blocks. 

This table we could have been at forever.  You were supposed to roll golf balls into holes at the end of the table.  Well Maggie doesn't know how to roll... but she did get the balls in the holes way better than anyone else.  It was so funny to watch her. 

Hunter drove us around Mexico! 

And Maggie did a little driving, too!  It was funny because on our way home we stopped at the mall in Temple for dinner and they had a real car on display in the middle of the mall for everyone to look at.  Well Hunter saw it and was like oh yeah!  I wanna drive that car.  Let's get in!  He thought it was like the cars at the museum.  He thought they were just for you to play in. :)

Maggie and Gracie headed up to Tot Spot and played for a while.  Hunter and I went shopping! 

When you first get inside the museum all the kids get a credit card.  This is a picture of the town that you can work and shop in.  It was really neat!  They had all kinds of different jobs you could do.  They also had a grocery store.  Hunter got his basket and his shopping list and was off.  He wanted to make sure he got everything on his list.  But he did get some cookies, too! :)  He thought he needed them.  Kids are also the workers and are there to check you out, and you get to use your credit card to pay.  It was really neat!  He loved it!  I wish it wouldn't have been so crowded.  I think he would have enjoyed the whole city! 

Here is a picture of Miss Gracie playing in the tot spot.  She was so cute!  She really liked it!  

After Hunter and I went shopping, I switched places with Daddy.  I got to play with Maggie some and he went off with Hunter. 

Here is Mags driving the car in the tot spot.  She liked it! 

Hunter had fun in this metal maze thing with Daddy.  Ben said he was so funny trying to figure out where to go!  (We didn't have a picture of him.  This is from the internet.)

We had a great time at the museum.  If you are ever in Houston, you should go!  It was really neat!  They had all kinds of different things!