Flying to {MAINE!}

Over Labor day weekend we traveled to Maine for my cousin's wedding festivities!  We had a wonderful time!  Here the kids are awaiting take off....

We had a brief layover in New York.  Our pilot on the second leg of the flight was super kind!  We were the first family to board, he stopped us and invited the kids into the cockpit!  The boys thought it was really neat and Hudson just wanted to push the buttons ;)

Emma is 12.5!

Happy {HALF} Birthday to our favorite girl!  She celebrated with her first week of cheer camp :)

Emma is joyful, thoughtful, creative, easy-going, creative and is lots of fun to be around!  She is a peacemaker and has lots of patience with her little brothers ;)  

She is looking forward to a summer full of swimming, church camp, strength/conditioning and travel.

I canNOT believe she will be a teenager in six short months.  We are so proud of the young woman she is quickly becoming!

Horse Show 2019

This weekend Hudson enjoyed taking part in the REACH horse show 2019!!  

There were three hippotherapy participants and each of them got to take home an impressive ribbon :)  So proud of our boy and thankful for Ms Holly's expertise and patience!

Spring Break Adventures 2019

For Spring Break this year we ventured to San Antonio!  There always so much to see, do and eat!!  

SeaWorld 

Hudson is 4!

Happy {4th} Birthday to our Hudson!!  He is now 31 lbs, measures 2'9" tall and wears size 4/5T.  He is loved by so many :)

He is usually happy-go-lucky unless his request of "more waffle" is declined, it is naptime OR someone changes his favorite TV show (Splash & Bubbles on PBS)!!  He eats pretty much anything, but his faves include grilled cheese, peanut butter "sammiches", fruit gummies, strawberries, pizza, cookies, crackers and cheese blocks!

We celebrated at the Mayborn Museum - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse style, of course!!  H

is favorite parts are the train display, dinosaur, fire truck and buffalo upstairs 😋

He LOVES music of all kinds! A highlight of the week is Mr Wayne who plays the guitar in his Sunday School class. He sings the songs ALL week and knows most of the words by heart. His faves include "I'm in the Lord's Army" and "B-I-B-L-E"! He also likes the baby Shark song and Wheels on the Bus.

His favorite part about school days (besides seeing his little friends, of course!) is seeing the city buses and elevators around campus.  He has a love/hate relationship with elevators.  He becomes very nervous about boarding them in fear of the loud 'beep'.

He can count beyond ten and can recite the entire alphabet (when he wants to!) He is currently working on identifying colors and scissor skills.  He attends (and loves!) his Baylor speech preschool 4 mornings a week and ROCKS a crazy busy therapy schedule including PT, OT, feeding & hippotherapy. 🐴 

He talks all.the.time now and his newest phrases include "push the button", "Mama help you" (when he needs help), "Shhh, you be quiet" (as he puts his index finger to lips), "I go roll over dere" (Put me in my wheelchair).  He says "be right back" when he wants someone to leave.  He says "here it comes" and "isss not working" while I try to put on his TV shows.  He says "I'm crying" and "I'm so sad" to warn us about his feelings.  For peekaboo he says "kipaboo", and he uses two syllables for the words 'truck' and tweet tweet'.  He has also recently learned to identify his elbows + belly button. 

He is such a JOY and it's hard to believe he is 4!  Each night my prayer is that he is brave, content and strong in all circumstances in life :)

Emma is TWELVE!

Our Emma Grace is twelve!  We are so blessed that she made us parents a DOZEN years ago, and our life has been a sweet adventure ever since :)  She now stands 5'1" tall and wears size 10 shoes!  We can no longer share many shoes, because her feet are bigger than mine!

She especially enjoys baking, crafting and editing movies.  She plays piano and volleyball and takes dance.  She is playing basketball for the first time this year and enjoys being part of both her sixth grade girls school choir as well as the church children's choir.   

Current favorites:

Color: pink

Day of the week: Saturday

Hobby: 

Friend: Hallie

TV Show: 'Just Add Magic'
Movie: 

Book: Echo's Sister

Outfit: Jeans, boots & cute top

Food: Cane's 

What do you want to be when you grow up? movie director 

A Trip to Aggieland

Jarrod and the kiddos ventured to the TAMU vs LSU football game last month for Hudson's very first Aggie game!  He has been chanting "Hullabaloo kanak kanak" for weeks now!

Way back when and now {same day six years apart - 2012 vs 2018!}

The kiddos got a behind the scenes tour and were thrilled to pose with Reveille!!

They were also able to snag a picture with the Yell Leaders!  What a game to see in person!  Seven overtimes and memories to last forever :)

A visit with Santa

This weekend the kids visited Santa!  A local bank sets up a cute display and offers cookies, hot chocolate and letters to mail to Santa :)

Our girl will never outgrow Santa's lap!!  She told Santa she wants a live bunny.

This year Hudson calls Santa "Chri-mas"!  When asked what Santa says he replies with a hearty "Ho ho ho!"  He actually had a long in depth visit with him at the mall this week, but took this visit rather seriously.  Together, Santa and Hudson decided that he wants a red toy truck :)

 Owen promised Santa he was GOOD this year!  He says he wants a drone.

High five Santa!!!!

Emma's wish list and fancy handwriting ;)

Halloween 2018

Happy Halloween from our unicorn, football player and adorable farmer!!

Emma is the most beautiful unicorn I've ever seen :)

So much candy!!  It's a tradition to divide and count ;)

Owen posed himself!  His favorite NFL player is Dede Westbrook with the Jacksonville Jaguars.  He also plans to wear this costume to school this Spring for career day ;)

Jarrod did such a great job converting the wheelchair into this amazing tractor!  We got so many compliments and Hudson enjoyed showing it off :)

Owen is NINE!

Happy {9th} Birthday to Owen!!  We had a wonderful time celebrating his final single digit!  

Jarrod took him to dinner and to play video games the night before his big day, and on his birthday he played in a football game and then we enjoyed hibachi for dinner before ice cream cake and gifts!

                   

                Owen is energetic, curious, persistent, social, competitive, playful, strong willed and adventurous.  He craves attention, marches to his own beat and is truly one of a kind!  He especially enjoys playing sports, fishing, DANCING and exploring the great outdoors!  He rarely sits still but usually falls asleep quickly at bedtime.

He makes me a better person and tests my patience often.  He is HILARIOUS and makes us belly laugh every single day.  He wants to be an NFL football player when he grows up.  He is a SOLID negotiator, and we pray that he uses those skills to be very successful later in life ;)   

Owen keeps a very busy extra curricular schedule.  He plays flag football, basketball and baseball depending on the season.  He also does piano, karate and church children's choir and Awanas.

FAVORITES
    Day of the week: Saturday ("because of football!")

TV Show: Raven's Home

Movie: The Grinch

Favorite band: Imagine Dragons

Song: White Stripes

Color: maroon

Hobbby: playing football

Food: breadsticks

Friend: Jackson

Book: Diary of a Wimpy Kid series