Comin' at ya like a whirl wind...

Sorry so long between posts!  Hopefully this week will finally slow down some so I can blog more!  Last week was a little crazy, again!  So what all did we do...

Monday, Hunter was feeling MUCH better!  And we got to play with Logan!!!  Yay!  He is super cute!  Here's a picture... or 2

playing at the kitchen =)

What are you two getting into???

Monday night we had cheerleading try-outs.  We were SOOO glad Honey and Coach were in town to keep the kids.  It worked out perfect!  Coach had to work out in West TX so they came through on Monday afternoon.  

Tuesday was a work day at Beltway so the kids stayed home with Honey and played.  I am teaching 2 year olds at Beltway this year!  I am super excited but also a little nervous about Maggie.  She is so little!  I hope she does okay!  Anyway... Maggie also went to the doctor Tuesday morning!  It was supposed to be her 9 month check up, but she is a little over 10 months now.  She weighs 17 lbs 2 oz (10%) and is 26 inches long (10%) but her head was in the 90% (I don't know the measurements).  Other than being small and short she looked great!  And since she has a big head... that just means she is going to be very smart! =)  Coach got done with his rigs so he and Honey went home Tuesday afternoon. =(

Wednesday was another work day.  Both kids went and played.  Maggie did really well, but she had a little fall.  She has a nice little carpet burn on her nose. :(  Hopefully it will be gone by tomorrow since it's the first day of school.  Hunter LOVED every minute of school. We had cheerleading practice on Wednesday night and Ben had kid duty.  Well... he did until I called him about 7:45 saying we had some guys come in and want to cheer and I needed his help!  He got the kids out of the bath and came on out to HSU.  Ohh yeah... And Maggie walked 5 steps that night!!!!  Okay... I have only seen her walk about 3 steps, but Ben says she walked!  I will keep you posted on that one. 

Thursday morning we got to play with Logan again, but he was sick. :(  I think we gave him the stomach bug! =(  And I had bleached everything I could!  I felt so bad!!  Then Thursday afternoon the kids and I left for Gainesville.  Ben had to work all weekend with football stuff, so we thought it would be a good weekend to be out of town.  We had a great time in Gainesville and I got to do a little shopping!  Yay!  

We came home yesterday to a CLEAN HOUSE!!!  Yes, you read correctly!  Ben cleaned the house!!!  He is amazing!  I knew I was going to come home and have to clean, but no!  He did it all!  Today we have been able to just enjoy each other!!!  Thank you, Ben!!!! 

This week should be a little easier!  1st day of school tomorrow!!  Logan comes to play on Wednesday!  Then our first home football game on Saturday!  I'll be posting pictures of the kids first day of school tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest!  Sorry for such a weird blog post...  just thought ya'll would like to know what we have been up to! 

Here we go again...

Well the stomach bug has shown his ugly face once again at our house!  YUCK!  

Maggie got sick earlier this week and we had thought that maybe Hunter was out of the woods and would not get it... Well he woke us up at 5 this morning sick!  Poor guy!  I felt so bad for him!  He is finally sleeping now.  He stayed up all morning and didn't take a nap until about 4 this afternoon.  I think he was afraid to go to sleep.  It was amazing to me how Ben and I handled everything.  So funny!! Hunter woke us up and boom we got everything done... normally we move so slow in the morning.  Crazy!  I got Hunter cleaned up and bathed.  Ben was out in the front yard spraying off his comforter.  I mean by 6 we were all clean and sitting on the coach watching Disney.  Wow!  But the funniest thing was Hunter.  I told him that Maggie must have given him her stomach bug.  And he replied, "No Momma!  If Maggie would have given me a bug, I would have spit it out!"  I love that boy!! 

I think we are on the mend!  Now we are just praying Ben and I stay well!  

Have a great week everyone!

High of 85!

So what do you do when it the high is 85 in the month of August in Abilene...

play outside in the clubhouse!!

I took the kids out yesterday morning... it was soooo nice!  I think the temp was in the 70s!

Then Ben took the kids back out last night after I left for cheer practice!

They LOVED it!  

It was so nice to finally be able to play.  We haven't been out to play in the clubhouse in a while because it has been sooo hott and well... Maggie eats bugs.  But she didn't eat any while I was outside!  Maybe we are done with that stage... I hope! 

So fun!

Gettin' something out of the fridge!  (Note:  She looks like she is walking doesn't she??  Well she could... if she wanted to! She normally chooses to crawl.  She is super fast!)

Sweet Hunter!  He loves being outside!

Don't worry it was nice again today!  We are LOVING this fall like weather!!!  I hope it stays around!

H-Town!

So it has been about 2 weeks, but I wanted to show you pictures from our great trip to Houston.  You see, we had been waiting for Gracie to arrive and thankfully she came a little early!  We left Friday, August 6th, to spend a few days with family.

Here is sweet Gracie!  Hunter was the first to hold her!  He had been talking about holding her ever since he found out she was here on Tuesday.  When he sees pictures of Gracie he says, "I want to hold her again!"  

So sweet!!  

We love you, Gracie! 

Gracie and her Momma!

Maggie with Gracie... Maggie didn't know what to do because she was crying.  Doesn't Mag look sooo big!  

On Saturday, we went to Ben's old pool to swim.  We didn't have to many pictures... Sorry!  But Maggie fell asleep.  She was even in the water asleep.  Here she is "laying out".  She didn't want to get any tan lines, ya know! =)

On Sunday we went...

Okay... maybe not Grand Cayman... I was pretending we were here! 

We went to Galveston and LOVED every minute of it! 

Maggie LOVED it!

Hunter loved playing with David!

I can't get over how much Hunter loved it and he normally doesn't like the water that much! 

Hunter liked jumping over the waves with Daddy the most! 

And hanging out with Grumpy...

and being with David!  

Maggie liked splashing in the water and playing in the sand. 

She also liked eating the sand!  Yummy!  

Hunter and Nana made sand castles! 

Workin' hard!

He became a sand castle pro!

=)

Maggie ate some puffs and watched...

Picnic at the beach!

Hunter liked having a picnic on the beach, too!

Maggie and Nana watched as we all played in the water!  Maggie even took a little nap! 

Throwing sand and showing a little crack! 

Monday we went to the Astro's game!  

Hunter loved it!

And we won, too! 

It was 1... 2... 3 strikes you're out...

"CHARGE"  He loved doing this!  I'm sure the people in front of us didn't like it to much! 

He even got some ice cream in a hat!

All the guys! 

We had a wonderful time in Houston!  Thank you all so much!  We can't wait to come back!  We love you all! 

Kool-Aid playdough

Oh my goodness!  It's been waaay too long since I have blogged!  The last 2 weeks have been super, super busy!  Finally things are starting to slow down... a little! =)  I will be posting awesome pictures from our trip to Houston soon!!!  We had such a great time in H-town the other weekend.  I will have some Gracie pictures, too!  She's so cute and sweet!

It's a Kool-Aid day...

We finally made Kool-Aid playdough today!  Yay!!!  

Hunter adding the flour! 

1/4 cup of salt... Yuck!

After we added the grape kool-aid he had to get a sniff! =)

Mix... Mix... Mix

Then I added water and oil and stirred it over medium heat for a few minutes.  

It worked!!!!  Play-dough!!!! (I was getting kind of worried!  I had never made play-dough before.)

Hunter had to get another sniff! 

Then into the fridge to cool...

Isn't he cute!  

I think we are going to make cherry tomorrow!  It was so easy and Hunter loved it!  

I'll be posting more soon... now on to sweeping the floors! =)

Happy Monday, everyone!