The weekend in review!

Let's begin with Friday evening. We had dinner with our neighbors. They are also a family that I grew up with my entire life. Their daughter, Tracy, was home visiting from Austin,TX. She has been my best friend since I can remember and she also sang at our wedding. We had lots of fun that evening. The kids did very well. Miss Wanda is such a great hostess. She had bought the ZooPal plates for the kids and she also bought sippy cups so she would have them for her house. We laughed when she said it took her 15 minutes to decide what type to buy. Her choice was perfect for our kids, it was Winnie the Pooh! The food was great. We had hamburgers, hot dogs, queso with chips, fruit and homemade vanilla ice cream! Danny and Wanda have an amazing yard. They are at work in it constantly! We took a few pictures of the kids in different places throughout the yard. Jackson of course didn't want to cooperate. We are going to go over some time during the week around 10:00. The kids should be pretty happy and Wanda said that her flowers are usually in full bloom and gorgeous at that time!

Saturday, we spent around the house. We did a few little projects and then we spent the afternoon in the pool. Everyday its been at least 100. The kids want to be outside and the only way we can survive for over 15 mins is if we are in the pool. We have lots of fun being together as a family. The kids love the water. We had an early dinner at the ChuckWagon, which never fails to be delicious. We came home played some more and after the kids went to bed, Byron and I watched National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets. Its a good movie!

Sunday we went to church. Jaycee is doing fantastic in her new class. She will now walk to her class with other parents, which is really great. Jackson is very much a momma's boy and I stay with him in nursery. There are times that I think that I am doing something wrong. That maybe Jackson has a problem or something, but I have come to the conclusion that this is a stage and it will pass. So I am going to hold on to it and enjoy it b/c one day I won't be so important in his life. (OR at least he won't want to admit that I am important in his life) After church we had lunch at the new Pizza Hut. Both kids were out like a light on our drive home. We carried them in and took a little nap ourselves. As much as I enjoy them, I think I am going to have to agree with Papa Lohrer and ban myself from Sunday naps. I woke up in an okay mood, but I just slept so hard that my entire body just hurt. It takes me a while to get focused. Anyways! After our naps, we took the kids down to Ma and Pa's house. Jackson was not happy at all that we were leaving him, but once we were gone he was happy. I remember Jaycee going through the same thing every Tues. night for small group. She would be so happy to have Lindsey come watch her, but she always tried to make us feel bad for leaving her. Byron and I had a date night to where else, Wal-Mart. Oh, its so nice to pull into the parking lot and get out without having to un-buckle seat belts. We are able to take our sweet little time looking at any and every department in Wal-Mart, so we did! Then we grabbed a bite to eat at Taco Bell and headed back to Loco. We visited with Ma and Pa for a bit, brought the kids home and put them into the bathtub. So that was our weekend!

News today at our house, Jaycee ate an entire peanut butter and jelly sandwich! WOOHOO! She has been eating peanut butter sandwiches for a few months. Today she decided that she would try the jelly. I put a little bit on my finger and gave her bite. She tried to act like she didn't like it. Then she asked for a few more bites. I suggested we put it on her peanut butter sandwich and she agreed. Oh, she is a huge fan of fruit smoothies, especially when Daddy makes them for her! We are making progress!