Miss Capri is getting bigger all the time. She still loves her dad, but has also decided she wants to be mom's buddy. She has started crying when I leave and always wants to go "shopping" with mom. We can spend half an hour in one shoe aisle. She likes to try on all of the shoes and gets the best "ohh" facial expression when she sees one she likes. She says, "cuuuute!" Her vocabulary is increasing exponentially. It seems like she took a while to start talking, but not she's putting things together all the time and she fully communicates. I'm so grateful for that, because I think it alleviates a lot of the frustration that can be common in kids her age. She loves to play with her brothers and friends. She tends to get along a little better with boys that are her peers. Not surprising since she's used to playing with her two big brothers. She really is a little angel. Jared and I talk every night about what a joy she is in our family. No child is perfect, but she's got to be pretty close! We just love her to pieces. She really does make all of us happy. Her favorite songs are "Twinkle, twinkle little star" and "I am like a star shining brightly." When I rock her before she goes to sleep, she'll take her pinky out and say "star" even though she knows what songs I'm singing. It's one of my favorite parts of the day. I love to just slow down and snuggle my baby. I can't believe she's almost 2! It seems like she's been a part of our family forever. We love you Capri!
Cathy helped me put together a flower pot when she was here in April. Look! I haven't killed all of it! Thank you month of rain. ha! Hooray. I really do love flowers, so I'm grateful to have found a way to have them here in Texas that the wild bunnies around us can't eat. It's a problem!
This is what I had to wake up almost every single day of the school year. This was taken the last day of school. I cheered for her that she would get to take a nap as long as she wants for a few months. She's a good sport, but it was so hard to wake up this sweet, sleeping face!
Running errands with Mom while we get ready for our big summer road trip...
95 degrees. June. Parker. Snow boots? Oh boy.
Not only did he wear snow boots for the entire day, but he had tall socks on under them. His little cheeks were so red the whole day, but I was trying to teach him some natural consequences as to why we don't wear snow boots in the summer. Not sure it worked, though. He thought it was pretty funny! This is also the story of my life lately. My errands take twice as long because of the random places we stop so Parker's action figures can play "Ninja Warrior" on whatever surface he finds that he can make an obstacle course on. Funny boy!
The lounging Capri photobomb makes me laugh. :)
Brody also had his end of year parties. The school had a BMX show come in the morning and then snow cones in the afternoon. I didn't love Brody's teacher this year, so I am SO happy this year is done. I'm praying next year goes better! This is Brody and his friend, Alex.
I am loving that Capri has so many little friends her age. Meet Tate Bishop. He is one of my favorites. Really, I adore him. He is the cutest bug and so sweet to Capri. They play really, really well together. They went back and forth on this little car taking turns for about half an hour. Such cute buddies!
Teamwork putting a puzzle together.
Last day of school picture! Can't believe my Brody is going into 2nd grade. He did so well in 1st grade and I'm so proud of him. He works really hard at school and always does what he's supposed to. Thank you my Brody!
First day vs. last day of 1st grade. Love the teeth!
Not sure how time went so fast between when he was 2 and now.
Both of the boys finished up their baseball seasons (finally)! Brody got a hit and made it to first base! He also had several great stops in the outfield. We were dividing and conquering that day, so I missed it. I was so bummed! I had to be with Parker at his last game.
Cute little 5 year old T-ball players!
End of season party for Parker's team included a bounce house in a friend's backyard. Capri had so much fun!
Haha! This face!
Parker made friends with the older sister of his teammate who took him around for drives. Going for older women already, Parker?
He looks pretty happy, doesn't he?
The boys came out the other night proud of themselves for dressing as "twins"! I thought they were darn cute. Notice Brody's little black eye. We're rough and tumble around these parts....or just a little off balance on the playground. :)
Classic daddy play time. Bet you can't guess what's going on here!
Birthday party at Urban Air. The boys had two baseball games, two end of season parties, and two birthday parties all on the same day. Mom was exhausted with a capital "E"!
Urban Air party:
Relaxing after the craziness:
We look just a little alike. :)
Just a screenshot of the best instagram post I've seen in a while. I can't believe Ash has been cancer free for 17 years! What a bandwagon to be on.
I am so, so lucky to have wonderful friends here in Texas. There are some things about Texas that I don't love, but the people are not one of them. These are some of my favorite girls. We get together about once a week for a girl's night after our kids go to bed. I've learned so much and grown from getting to be their friend. I should've taken a picture at my birthday dinner I had last night, because I got to go out with 8 of my other favorite people (only 2 overlap with this group). Seriously, so blessed! For memory sake, my birthday dinner included Rachael, Lindy, Katie, Lindsay Christofferson, Stephanie Petrey, Loralee, Elizabeth, and Melissa. I love these women.
Katie, Kayla, Wendy, Kelli
Me, Melissa, and Kara (who's moving back to Utah dang it)
Parker continues to keep up the good work of making sure we hit our insurance deductibles. Earlier this week he was trying to jump across the trampoline on one foot and really sprained his knee. He hobbled around on it all day but by the next day he was crying in pain every time he tried to put any weight on it. Back to urgent care we went where we picked up the cutest pair of crutches I've ever seen. I doubt this will be the last time Parker needs crutches. Thankfully his knee was hurting for 3 days or so, but today it's finally getting better. However, both my boys currently have hand, foot, and mouth disease. Oh, and my washer decided to leak all over my laundry room floor yesterday and Jared threw out his back and can hardly move. We are leaving in 4 days for a 2 month long road trip. Stress and I are going hand in hand at the moment! ha!
Thankfully I have Jared to keep me sane. I'm really grateful for him and his patience with me and my imperfections. We all have them, but it's nice to have someone who you feel like is on your team regardless of what those imperfections are. I love him and I'm grateful he's my husband. One of the things that really makes me melt is watching him with his daughter. He says all the time that he had no idea he could love a little girl as much as he does. They are quite the pair. She thinks dancing with daddy is more fun than bedtime any day!
I wanted to get caught up before our summer road trip, and I'm so happy I met that goal! Here we come CA, OR, WA, ID, UT, and CO!!!
