Fathers Day

We were still at my moms on Father's Day.  A couple months ago I went with my mom and sisters to this airplane hanger restaurant.  I thought it would be fun to take Richard and the kids.  There were so many planes pulling in and taking off it made for such a fun wait to get into the busy restaurant.  After we ate a huge breakfast we hit the road back home.  So thankful my kids have such a awesome daddy who loves them and is dedicated in their lives.  Thank you Richard for being such an amazing father to our crazy crew.

Fort Worth Stock Yards

I went to the Stock yards last year with my mom and sisters and I really wanted to take Richard and the kids.  My mom kept Camden and we went early before the cattle run to shop and explore.  We watched the cattle run and then went to see a live gun show.  Afterwards we went to the museum and explored the area for awhile.  It was so hot we left to my moms pool and brought pizza for lunch.  After swimming we decided to check out this lake by my moms and fish, we caught nothing!  Later that night my mom watched the kids and Richard and I went to dinner and a movie, we went to a hibachi grill and to see the new x-men movie.  It was nice to get out by ourselves. 

Fort Worth trip

We decided to go visit my mom in Fort Worth for a few days.  Our first day we went to the grapevine mall.  I dropped the older kids with Richard off at Lego Land.  My mom and I took Camden and went dress shopping for my nephews upcoming wedding.  After finding my dress I left a sleeping Camden with my mom and caught up with Richard and the kids.  Lego Land added a splash pad and we spent a majority of our time there.  We also watched all the 4D movies in Lego land.  It was a full fun day.

summer

We started summer with a bang!  We hit up the Doug Russell pool with a few of our friends.  A few days later we went to cinergy and watched the new ninja Turtles movie.  So far we've  spent many days at the pool, we renewed our pool membership!  There's constantly friends over at our house. Allison and her friend wanted to dip dye their hair.  Dip dye is when you use Kool-Aid to color your hair and it eventually washes out.  It was a fun experience we had together.  Allison has started open soccer practice and track for the entire summer.  And I thought our schedule was going to clear up boy was I wrong.  I love summer and spending time with my all of my children, the fun has just begun.

schools out

And just like that the school year was over!  The end of the school year always means a massive amount of volunteering for me.  I literally lived at the school in May.  From teacher appreciation week, fall fun day make up, field trip, a party for Cooper's teacher's last day, running to get ingredients for making ice cream, the end of the six weeks, helping with six grade graduation, celebrating Coopers birthday day at school, to the last day activities!  I'm sure I didn't list everything.  Volunteering and being the room mom is such a wonderful thing for me to do for my children.  The staff knows me and the teachers know me, I love being involved in my kids lives.  It was a challenging school year for both Cooper and Allison but they've achieved so much!  We are ready for summer!!

preschools over

Preschool ended for Beckett the second week of May.  The last day was splash day.  We love Heritage preschool, they have a great educational program and its small class size makes everyone so close.  I was worried about sending Beckett so young.  I never sent my other children at age 3, but Beckett was so shy and preschool really helped bring him out of that.  He has learned so much and is ahead of most of his peers.  It was such a fun school year but were glad for the summer break!

Sockers Game

We have a local professional soccer team in Midland called the Sockers. Allison's club team FC Dallas was recognized at one of the Sockers game.  The players get in free and are recognized at halftime on the field.  The kids had a blast running around, eating junk, riding the train, and of course watching the game.  Allison's friend was at the game too and she enjoyed running around with her.  Even Camden enjoyed the game, he was so content.