Fun Weekend!

We're just finishing up a full and fun weekend! Friday after Preston got off the bus, we picked up Daddy and went to visit Nana and Papa. We had a blast playing baseball, swinging, building a few castles, and eating pizza with them!


Saturday was Preston's first flag football game and he did great! He pulled off one flag and is starting to get a little more aggressive on the field. We spent a lot of the day playing with the neighborhood kids.


Today after Church we went to Gram and Grandad's for a delicious Sunday dinner followed by lots of playing in the backyard as it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL at about 78 degrees. This evening we did some swinging in our own backyard and went fishing in the neighborhood pond. One big bass even snapped Daddy's line!


We'd like to wish a HAPPY GRANDPARENTS' DAY to all the wonderful grandparents in our lives. We love you all very much!!!

"I Need a Ba-Daid!!"

Breckyn somehow scratched her nose and INSISTED that it needed a "ba-daid." Thought it made for a cute pic, especially with her eyes crossed!

wow, we can post videos

Labor Day Weekend and OU Game!

We had a great Labor Day weekend and attended our first college football game! We got up early Saturday to drop the munchkins off at Aunt Jan's house (thank you sooooooo much, Aunt J!!) before heading to OKC, Oklahoma to meet our really good friends Christal and Mitch. We shopped a little before heading to Norman to wander the campus (somewhat aimlessly, Mitch) til the game started. It ended up being a complete blow-out with OU crushing U of North Texas 79-10, which we missed because we left halfway thru the 3rd quarter. We then went out for a late dinner and some very bad billiard-playing before calling it a night at the local Travelodge. We had a lovely breakfast the next morning before parting ways to head home to our respective kiddos. Our munchkins had had a blast with Aunt J, eating dinner at McD's before riding the train (twice!) and the kiddie rides at her local park. They're already ready to go back - I think the "chocolate cake for breakfast" thing sealed the deal!

After picking up the kids we headed to Aunt Tammy's house for a family BBQ. The kids had a blast playing in the pool with my cousins' kids and Paul had a blast hunting for doves with my cousins' husbands (needless to say, VERY few doves were harmed for the making of this post).

Monday was spent working in the yard with a late-afternoon break to play cards and eat pizza with our neighbors.

Unfortunately, out of all this excitement I only got pics of the OU game, so here they are:


The Sooners run onto the field


Ready for kickoff


Me, Christal, Mitch, and some other random fans


Christal, Mitch, Paul, and more random fans

The Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band

Checking-out midway through the 3rd quarter

First day of Preschool!!!

Hey there family and friends - Julie here! I finally got a much-needed new 'puter and Paul taught me how to do this blog stuff, so hopefully we'll be able to keep this up a little better. You're welcome, Mom!

Today was Kellyn's first day of preschool. She could not WAIT!!! She wore her backpack all morning and couldn't wait to get rid of me when I dropped her off this afternoon. Now Breckyn is taking a nap and I'm doing absolutely nothing. Ah, some peace and quiet!!

company picnic

tonight we went to the LSI company picnic at All Star Sports, we had a lot of fun, here are some pics:

busy, busy, busy, sorry for the lack of posts....

so here are some pictures:

Breckyn's first haircut:

Preston's 1st day of 1st grade:

funny faces:

Alaska Trip

Here are some pics from my July trip to Alaska. A friend and his Dad went with me and we stayed with Julie's sister and her family for 10 days. As you can see we had a great time, caught lots of fish, and saw some beautiful sights. Can't wait to go back!!

this is in Prince William Sound (we put the boat in at Whittier)




Salmon fishing along the Kenai River @ Bings Landing (we caught our limit of 3 per person that day)



this is the harbour in Homer, where we put the boat in for Halibut fishing



me with Zach, Zoey & Zara

a stop between Soldotna & Anchorage

Halibut from our 1st day

Our limit of Halibut from the 1st day

this was the 1st fish I caught on the 1st day of Halibut fishing, it was called an Irish Lord......very ugly fish

picture from the campground in Homer

these were the rock fish (red snapper, sea bass, etc) (and some salmon) we caught in Prince William Sound

lots o rain = basement work

with all the rain we've been getting, I've been doing some work on the basement. I've got a couple walls put up, here are some pics:

went to the zoo to see the new penguins

they are from south america

here's a pic of the fam with the LAZZZZY penguins

here's another pic of the kids and a peacock

this girl loves spaghetti!!!

swingset

the kids had been begging us to go to the park everyday and we didn't always have time so Julie and I decided I'd build them a swingset....here is the finished product. They've been using it quite a bit