Fresh Okra

Our garden produced a good amount of okra for us. It was enough to make some pan baked okra and a pot of chicken and sausage gumbo. For sure the best okra I've had in a long time!!

Surprises

I am not feeling well this evening and it was a major event just getting the boys to be bathed and decently covered with something to go to sleep. They were bouncing off the walls and asked me to get them some ice waters. While I was getting ice waters, it got really quiet and I came back to Jake & Ry's room to find this. So sweet!! I love having a reader!!!

Well, back to reality...as I type this, I hear giggling about someone tooting!

Will work for DS

John has wanted a Nintendo DS FOREVER! Mark and I decided that was not something we were going to buy for him, as he already has a Wii, a Leapster, and the computer with a billion games on it. He asked how much it cost and we told him around $100. He said, "oh, well, I only have $15." So he's decided to take on some more household chores to try and earn the money for his DS. Day 1 of extra chores has gone well for him!

Lords of the Flies

We just recently had some new flooring put in and our house was a complete disaster. While they were working on the floors, all the doors to our house were left open for most of the day. So, as a result, we had 4 yellow jackets and a billion flies get into our house. After everything was all finished yesterday, my 4 guys each got a rolled up magazine and went to town on those pesky flies. It was quite an adventure!! Now I know what to do when my boys get bored!

Bye Bye Shelly

The boys decided to let Shelly part Deux go. She was doing really well and loved being fed bananas, grapes and hamburger meat. She just didn't like her box so much. We thought about an outdoor terrarium but just honestly don't have the time to put into it right now. So the boys thought the best thing to do would be to let her go. Since the Central Texas area is in an extreme drought and we've been over 100 degrees for the last couple months, we decided to take her to Dallas with us and let her go. She was so excited to be outside and didn't waste anytime scurrying off into the tall grass. Jacob said "I miss Shelly so much" about 5 minutes after we let her go. We will miss Ms Shelly!! Now the boys are brainstorming what they want their next pet to be...

Watch out for these...

Masked Magees!!!!

Happy Belated Father's Day!!

I have one of the greatest men in the world as my hubby and the father of my kiddos. I'm so grateful for him and all that he does to make this family great!! Happy Father's Day Babe!!!! We celebrated in style at the Strikeforce fights in Dallas. We love you!

We are grateful for all the great father's (Papa, Pop & Great-Grandpa) that have come before and still bless our family today. We are also grateful for some "flippin sweet" (as John would say) Uncles (Kevin, William & Ryan)...you guys hang the sun and set the moon for our boys! It's great to have a day to think about you all and we hope you all know how much we love you!!

Hitting the pool

We just finished 2 weeks of swimming lessons for all 3 boys. I don't know how I got so lucky, but all 3 boys were in the water at the same time...it was soooooo nice!!! Ryan was the star of his parent/tot swim class. The instructor even said he'd be ready for swim team by next summer! ;) Jacob was also quite the little star. His instructors were bummed that he won't be 5 until next summer because they said he is ready to move up to the level 2 class. John passed his level 2 class with flying colors and will be moving on to level 3. All the boys just dove right into it and love the water!

May the Schwartz be with you...

This week Jacob is Thanos and has been wearing his "Infinity Gems" to ward off the evil powers of his mom who makes him clean up his messes and eat food he doesn't like! I'm starting to catch on to the comic book characters...someday I will be one step ahead of these kiddos!

Summer Fun!

We have been having a blast this summer so far...sometimes it is just a little too much fun!

End of Soccer

We made it to the end of soccer season! It was great season full of sweat, running, sun, ice cream and goals!!!