Growin’ Like Weeds!

I love looking back over the past few years to see how much my boys have grown.

They grow like weeds!

Looking at these pictures I can’t believe how much they have grown up.

I am extremely blessed to be able to spend my days with such smart, handsome boys.

Before I know it they are going to be all grown up with kids of their own and won’t want to spend their summers with me.

Just thought is making me tear up.

As crazy as they make me, I cherish every minute I with them.
 

July 2009

July 2010

June 2011

Photo Friday Week 23: Party!

Boy! It feels like for-ev-er since I have done a Photo Friday!

I am so happy to be back.

This week I thought long and hard about what I should do for ‘party’. And since I have winter babies and no one I know has a birthday right now, nor have I been to any kind of party lately…

I decided to take a pic of all my 4th of July party stuff that is in it’s bucket just waiting to be put out.

Even though it is just going to be the 4 of us, I wanted to make it special for the boys.

And since we have a fireworks ban because of the drought, the buckets are for our water balloon fight :) 

I hope you head over to Trina’s blog to check out all the other great photos!

Next Week: Father

Fruit of My Labor

Firstly, I would like to show you my very first tomato from one of my tomato plants.

I wish I could tell you what kind of tomato it was, but when I bought the plant it was a surprise pot because none of them were labeled.

The tomatoes don’t seem to get any bigger than the one below. They kinda look like large grape tomatoes.

My other tomato plants include celebrity and yellow tomato!

One thing is for sure, next year I am going to start this gardening thing a whole lot earlier.

I noticed the other day that I had all these little bugs on my plants and in my garden and racked my brain trying to figure out how to get rid of them.

I knew that I did not want to stray pesticides on my plants. I am doing the organic thing :)

I remembered that the last time I was at the garden center they had small containers of ladybugs. I did some research and they are a wonderful organic pest control. Did you know that one single adult ladybug can eat up to 50 pests a day! And that their wings are made out of the same stuff as our fingernails!

Jacob wanted to be out there with me while I released them.

And Michael took the pics for me and considering it was pitch black outside, I think he did a WONDERFUL job!

Thank ya Darlin’!

Day at the Pool

Today we met up with my brother in law and cousins for lunch and an afternoon at the pool.

I swear Chic-Fil-A is like stay at home mom central. It was insane!

But it was yummy eats.

Then we headed to the pool!

He DID NOT want to take a picture with his mommy!

Ankle still swollen three weeks later… will be going to doctor soon!

Add a Little Sparkle to Your Water

It has been pretty hot here in Texas.

And when I mean hot, I mean like 102* during the day or more!

So staying hydrated is a top priority, but I really hate water sometimes.

So I came up with a recipe with sparkling water that is yummy and refreshing.

Raspberry Lime Sparkling Water: Fill glass with ice, squeeze half of lime over ice, add fresh raspberries, fill with sparkling water and garnish with lime wedge.

It’s as simple as that!

And to stay cool in the heat the boys played hard in their pool in the backyard all day long.

Jacob was exhausted by the end of the day…

And Tyler was so tired that he became whiney. Almost looks like he is faking it huh?

Finally!!!

I only have a minute, but wanted to let you know that I

can now post again. My computer crashed last week

and it has been a huge mess since. I have a lot of

catchin’ up to do and will get that done gradually over

the next couple of days.

Oh how I missed y’all!!!

Workin Cattle

This morning my alarm went off at 4:12AM!

I had everyone dressed and out the door by 4:45.

Today my husband wanted to go play cowboy and work cattle. He seemed really excited about it, so I did not want to tell him no.

So off we went!

Since I have lived in the city my entire life and have not been around many cowboys or on many ranches, I was not sure what they really meant by ‘working cattle’. Boy was I in for a shock!

I have kept most of the pictures out, even though some of you may know what goes on, I did not want to upset people by posting pics of what they do.  I know that it is part of being a rancher and it has to be done.

But i would still prefer my cows to wear collars with tags :) And yes, Michael thinks I’m a weirdo because of it!

I just wanted to post a few pics of what went on throughout the morning.

And it was exciting because Jacob learned how to ride a horse all by himself!