Goodbye...Again

Well, the last 4 months with my parents home have flown by and now they are headed back to Africa. We were not ready to let them go yet, but we know they are doing a great thing and we couldn't be more proud of them. We had one last family party with them the night before they left.

Papa and some of my adorable nieces

Grammy measured each child one more time.

They're excited to see how much they grow in the next 2 years.

The grandkids (minus 10 more who weren't there)
sang a little song for Grammy and Papa.
(I can't get the video onto my blog right now,
but I may add it later, so my parents can watch it.)

The kids just piled around Grammy and Papa.
(Can you see Klint trying to get in on the action? Ha ha.)

Grammy entrusting Isaac with the Woody doll.
(He "babysat" this Woody toy last time they left,
so Grammy asked him to take care of him again.
And he takes this responsibility very seriously.) :)

One more hug for Papa.

Special moments together.

Can you tell they love each other? :)

Hugs for the big boy, too.

We love you so much, Grammy and Papa.
It sure is hard to say "goodbye" to you (again),
but we are grateful for your examples of
dedication, sacrifice, service, and love.

We love you and miss you already.

We Love Summer!

We are having such a great summer! It's so nice to have a more flexible schedule and we're finding lots of fun things to do. We haven't even been bored yet! :) Here are a few random pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Isaac is really into sounding-out words lately.
This was the very first "love note" he wrote me.
He did it all by himself and was pretty proud.
(It says "I love Mommy"...and some other stuff.) :)

Isaac and Trevor are doing swim lessons
(with the Webb boys, of course!)
at our neighborhood pool.
The teachers are fabulous and
they are all doing really well!

Here are all the boys,
just lounging around after a good swim!

I just had another birthday,
which is so much fun with little kids.
Derek took them to the store and
they picked out Elmo cupcakes for me. :)

Love these guys.

San Diego Fun (Photo Book)

We just got back from our fabulous trip to San Diego and I have WAY TOO many pictures! We had the best time
and the boys want to look at the pictures all day long,
so I ordered this little photo book for them.
Here's a little glimpse of all the fun we had!

Click here to view this photo book larger

Papa-The Rockstar

My dad and his band played a show over the weekend. We always love hearing them play, so we were really glad they were able to fit this in before Dad leaves again. They played such great music and the kids danced their little legs off! :)

Here are some fun pictures from our night:

Total Rockstar, huh?

Enjoying some snacks with their cute Stewart cousins

Isaac asked if he could take some pictures, so I let him take my camera around with him. This is what I saw when I loaded them onto my computer...I guess this is what the night looked like from the perspective of a 4 year-old. :)

Papa and his fan club :)

Little Graduates

Well, we just finished another great year of preschool.
This year was really fun because I got to teach my cute Isaac,
one of my favorite nephews, and a bunch of other very adorable kids.

On the last day of school,
we did a little performance for the parents/grandparents.
They sang some of their favorite songs
and showed off the sign language they've learned.
They did such a good job. :)

Here is my cute class...ready to perform:

Isaac was so excited that he got to stand by his best girl, Regan. :)

After the performance, we had an ice cream sundae party.
These kids are all such good buddies.

Grammy and Papa (my parents) came to celebrate with us,
which made it even more special!

(Another great moment to carry us through
the next 2 years without them.) :(

Now...bring on the SUMMER!

Celebration-Part 2

We had one more celebration for Trevor...I just can't help myself. :) We had some of Trevor's best friends (Jameson, Alex, Sara, and CheriAn) join us for cupcakes and ice cream on his actual birthday.

Trevor and his cousins.

Blowing out the candles

Such cute little boys. :)

Here are the "brown cupcakes" that Trev requested.
Anytime we asked him what he wanted for his birthday,
he would say, "Just a brown cupcake."
He's pretty easy to please. :)

Here's the happy (and messy) birthday boy!

He got lots of fun presents!

So...that's it!
It was a perfect weekend for our little guy.

Happy 3rd Birthday, sweet boy.
We love you very much!

Celebrating Our Boy-Part 1

We had a great time celebrating Trevor's 3rd birthday. We started on Saturday night with his special birthday dinner. We were so happy to have Grammy and Papa with us this year. I let Trevor plan the menu, which consisted of hot dogs, Cheetos, and pasta salad. Fancy, huh? :) After dinner, we let him open presents and then we went out for frozen yogurt. It was a wonderful night...for our wonderful little boy!

The Birthday Feast
(At least I didn't have to cook!)

SO happy! :)

Present time...

I took Isaac to the store to pick out a present for Trev.
He knew exactly what he wanted to get his little brother
and we searched the whole store until we found it.
Trevor was thrilled! Score one for Isaac! :)

Trevor LOVES his Grammy and Papa!
These birthday hugs are especially important this year.

The boys first trip to a "build-your-own" frozen yogurt place.
They loved being able to top their ice cream
with WHATEVER they wanted...including sour gummy worms!