The " Big Course"

Today was a day Ethan has been waiting for, for over a year. He finally got to play golf on the "big course" (as he calls it). He and Jared played 9 holes with a cart and Ethan was in heaven (as was his daddy, I'm sure)! I should have sent the camera, but I failed. Here are a few (phone) pictures from their first round of golf together!

Ethan's first tee shot!



Big boy, riding in the cart.



Action shot


Jared said he did pretty well, and kept a score card to frame for him :). I foresee lots of father/son golfing in their future.

Photo Friday...Week 39

Nora had pink eye a week or so ago, so these pictures are from then.  Ethan managed to not get it, which I was so happy about!!  She took her eye drops like a champ!

Taking Care of a Sick Child

Sweet Girl

Father's Day 2013

Happy Father's Day to the dads in my life!  My daddy, my father-in-law, my grandpa and the daddy to my kids!  I love you all and thank you for all your support and love for me and our family!  

We have had a wonderful day!  And we tried to make it all about Jared :).  He got his gifts this morning at breakfast.  Ethan picked out 5 things for him at the dollar store; a bucket, a car wash sponge, a tire brush, popcorn bowls and a package of Reese's cups.  And we found "the perfect pancake pan", so we gave that to him too.  I am anxious to see how it works.  (Jared is our pancake chef on Saturday mornings.)  After church, Jared chose Texas Roadhouse for lunch and afterwards, we let him take a nap :).  After naptime, we had some popcorn a little US Open Golf and headed to the pond for some fishing.  See, I told you it was a great day!

Happy Father's Day, Jared.  We love you very much.  Thanks for all you do!

Daddy and his kids

Bouncing Nora to get a smile out of her...

These 2 have a pretty special bond.  I love watching them together.

Now, some fishing pictures.  It was a beautiful day.

He caught several, all by himself!  He's so proud!

Nora would have preferred swimming in the pond.

She was a handful around the water...but still cute!

After getting out of the van, I noticed a particularly loud/angry bird about 2 feet from the front bumper of the car.  Then, I noticed her 4 eggs in the nest of rocks.  We had parked about 2 feet from the eggs and she was letting us know that she was not happy!  

Mama bird chirping and flapping away.

Protecting her babies :)

Photo Friday...Week 38

Going along with the strawberry season post...

Eating a Special Treat Together

Strawberry Shortcake!

Nora enjoyed some, sans strawberries.  She loved the cool whip and cake though!

Love these kids to pieces!!

Summer Fun!

Today was the hottest day of the year, so far.  We hit 95, I think.  We were planning to go to the pool, but when our new neighbors and friends called to see if we wanted to meet at the museum, we changed our plans.  We spent the morning at the children's museum and had a great time!

Pilot Ethan

Lindsey and Ethan on TV.  We could see them on this screen and they didn't know we were watching.  So funny!  Ethan wasn't bored, although he looks it :)

After nap, we went outside for a bit and ended up having a little water fun!

Sarah, Nora, Ethan and Lindsey

Summer is here!

Strawberries

It's strawberry season and I've been busy!  A friend of mine called to see if I was interested in a "flat of strawberries".  Which, turns out is 8 quarts.  I (thankfully) went with the 1/2 flat.

These berries are delicious and have been turned into some delicious creations in the last few days!
Starting with...

Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream! Yum!!

Next...Strawberry Jelly.  Check out the cute helper!

Stirring like a pro!

Showing off the finished product

And, finally, tonight for dessert we had some delicious strawberry shortcake!

Homemade shortcake!

Clearly, I'm not a food stager/photographer.  But it was pretty tasty!!

I still have about a quart and a half to use.  I'm open to suggestions :)!

What have we been up to?

We've been busy...
Making silly faces with our new neighbors.


Finding turtles.


Having block parties.


Growing pretty flowers.


This is Ethan's sunflower he has grown from a seed. Waiting for it to bloom!


Cuddling on a Sunday afternoon.





Supporting our church youth group by playing some putt putt and hitting some balls at the batting cages.




















Oh yes...I got in on the action (skirt, flip flops and all). It was a lot of fun!

Now you are caught up on our last few days!

Throw-Back-Thursday

Since the mosquito season is upon us, I thought this was appropriate.
This is Ethan at about 2. Doesn't he look pitiful??


He got a bug bite(maybe mosquito) on his face and this is what he woke up looking like!


He was fine by the end of the day :).


Throwback Thursday just might become a weekly series. We shall see :).

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Playing in rain puddles.  Every kid's dream, right?!?  This happened tonight after dinner and after a 15 minute downpour...

They had a blast!!