Fathers Day................a little late :(

Fathers day we spent the day with Nonnie and afterwards Bart wanted to go to Sams and we also visited Barts daddy's grave.

Before we went to Sams we rode by and saw Bart's Aunt Carolyn. She is such a precious lady!! It has been FOREVER since we saw her and we had a very nice visit! She of course was in love with Stephen and they enjoyed looking at pictures!

When Jackson got home we went to play some good ole putt putt at the Pirates Cove in Helen! It was nice. All Bart wanted to do was have fun with the boys. He leaves early in the morning before they are up and then its late when he gets in. So since it was his day he wanted to have some father/son fun!! I tagged along!! Saturday we went bowling and ate BBQ!! Jackson choose putt putt!!

Stephen had fun throwing his ball down through the water!!


Jackson just had fun playing. He actually got a hole in 1!!! Grandpa would be so proud!!

He thinks he is king of the world!!

They enjoyed their free ice cream!!

Can't you tell it was good!!

Throwing food to the fish!!

Stephen had to have daddy's help!!

Our Visit with Nonnie

Last Wednesday Jackson, Stephen and I stayed with Barts grandmother. She is such a precious lady and I wish we could stay more.

Jackson enjoyed watching TV and making this awesome puzzle!!

Stephen had a ball playing and of course singing a few songs!!!

He was SOOOO tired and he cuddled up with Nonnie. I think her heart melted just a tad rocking that sweet little baby of hers!!

Summer Fun!!!!!!!!!!

Look at that sweet face!!! He is packed down in floating devices!!! He does good with just the red thing on, but if the pool gets wavy (and you know it does with boys jumping in) the yellow thing helps to get his head up better! He is a jumping champ and loves to play with the balls in the pool!!! He also loves to be thrown in the pool and does not mind going under water. He LOVES putting his face down in the water to make bubbles or to put water in his mouth(Yuck!!) He will put his face down and kick his little legs as fast as he can! This little guy LOVES LOVES LOVES the water!!!! He wants to go swimming every single day! He could live in the water and not ever get out. He loves jumping and trying to catch the ball, playing basketball or volleyball in the water. Loves to be thrown way high in the air by Bart. He loves picking on people in the pool(really where ever!!) but does not like being picked on. Go figure. He loves trying to dunk his daddy, but then its pay back and does not like that so much. He also loves picking on Holly!! The water guns were a BIG mistake. I don't know what I was thinking when I got them!!!! He loves to shoot them at people!

My sweet little fishes!!

My little HAM!!!

Tuesday fun with the boys!!

Tuesday me and the boys spent the day in Gainesville. I am glad we did that the earlier part of the week. By Wednesday night Jackson was fussing with a hurt ear. Thursday mom kept the little ones while me and Jackson had a mother-son date to the doctor, rite aid and KFC. Thursday night was horrible and he was up crying at some point. Back to Tuesday.............We went to run errands, eat at CiCis and go to Monkey joes. The boys were super well behaved and had a blast!!!

Stephen is probably laughed and thinking, Ha ha you can't get me!!!

Jackson had a great time climbing through all the fun stuff!!

Stephen coming down the big slide!!

WOW!! That was fun!!!

Jackson had a ball!!

Jackson helped Stephen the first few times, but then Stephen was an old pro!

Jackson having to help Stephen again. This was right before Jackson dropped him and Stephen slipped right down all the red bumpy things. Poor baby, that can't feel good!

Just a picture......................

to keep some friends and family happy!! Tammy this one is for you.

I never knew that this parent thing would be so busy. I thought when I became a stay at home mom, we would stay at home. Now I know I am the one who drives the car and I could easily just stay home, but when you have a 7 yr old who wants to go do this, this or this it easier to say OK! Jackson has been in basketball camp this week. We went swimming every day, but Thursday and bible school has been every night. The house is a mess. Well its decently clean, but try walking through at midnight with the lights off and I guarantee a ER visit! Stephens napping has been totally off, but surprisingly he has been on his best behavior. I do like tiring out my boys though. Jackson tried to take a nap Thursday before bible school. He is exhausted. Next week is football camp and after that we should have a small break in June. Almost 2 weeks without anything. July is jammed packed though. I hope everyone has a very blessed weekend.

What our summer has been like so far!

Sleeping on the couch is a big favorite in our family. Well for the boys anyways!! Swimming for almost 5 hours, missing a nap and being hungry wore this little feller out.

Before church Wednesday night Jackson "was" playing the Wii!! He was also wore out from the almost 5 hours of swimming. He fell asleep on the ottoman with the Wii remote in hand!!!

This is a FAVE time for me!! Jackson leads our prayer during lunch time now that he is home. Love love love hearing him pray!!

Last week we went swimming every day but Thursday. We made a trip to the Library and walmart. The 2 little boys passed out on the way home and slept for 4 hours. At 5 they finally woke up and Jackson even took a nap!! I LOVE letting them play their little hearts out. It makes for some tired little boys!! After Shelia picked Matt up we went to eat at Papa's Pizza and let Jackson swim Thursday night! It was a great week. Jackson is at the beach with Rodney and I am only keeping Matt Thursday and Friday. I hate when he is gone. :(

Jackson's field trip to the Zoo!!!

On May 11th we had an amazing Field trip at Zoo Atlanta. It has been years since I had been and I was super excited to spend the day with my No. 1 little boy!! We woke up bright and early that Tuesday Morning! I was going to take Stephen to a friend from church and Jackson decided he wanted Stephen to tag along. So we headed to school got his Field Trip tshirt and scooted down the road to meet my Stepmom and little sister! It was a fabulous day! The boys were extra well mannered and Mary Grace was precious as always!!! We met the rest of the class and went in. After a few group shots and a potty break we broke up and it was just the 5 of us. It was nice not following the school group and just spending some good quality time with family. I took way to many pictures, but the memories will be with us forever!! Here are some hi lights from our day!!!

Mrs. Palmers 1st graders!! The shirt says Mrs Palmers "FROG"tastic 1st graders!! She loves frogs and Tessa's mom made all 21 shirts!! Several kids are missing.

Of course a fan favorite from my group!! Jackson and Stephen love turtles!!

Me and my little roo!!

I loved the Kangaroos. SO pretty!!! Grandma helped Stephen push the buttons to hear the different animal sounds!!

I can't for the life of me think what these are called. They were so darn cute!!! They reminded me of my 2 active little fellers!! They were running and swing from branch to branch!! The baby was especially cute!!!
Stephen LOVED the wart hogs!! I spoke with a few moms the next day at the ball field and they had saw the wart hogs last after lunch. They all commented on the baby wart hogs. They said the babies ran around like crazy! I am sure Stephen would have LOVED to see that!!!

Jackson or Mary Grace commented on how he looked scared and was shaking!!

MY FAVORITES!!! The boys bathroom is decorated in Giraffes and I can't wait to print some out and put them in frames. I got some really really good ones!!

This was hilarious!! Again the other moms commented about this guy getting up and playing in the afternoon. I guess he was being lazy in the morning!!

Jackson took this picture and it turned out pretty good!!! Might use this in the boys bathroom as well!!

Jackson thought this was really cool.!!!






Isn't he a doll!!! OMG so cute!! (OH and he posed for a picture with out fussing!!!!)

This Gorilla would not move. Jackson thought it was super funny that I took a picture of his back end. I think he has told everyone about it!!

AWWW The Pandas were just so darn cute. They had 3. They were all 13 years old. I would take one home if they would have let me!!!

Stephen LOVED the pandas. He would just laugh and laugh!!

We got to see one of Jackson's BF named Coby.

Jackson, Stephen and Mary Grace watching the silly otters. They were just running and running!!!

Very cool!!! They played the majority of the time we were at the station.

Jackson LOVED this frog!!

Mary Grace just scooted Stephen down the hand rail on his rump. She would go by each window showing Stephen all the animals.

UGH!! I hate these!!!

This was AWESOME!!!

Yuck!!! Jackson took most of the snake pictures. He LOVES snakes!!

Red Panda. Never got to see his face, but was still beautiful!!!