To Texas and Back

Our drive to TX for Anthony's cousin Steven's wedding went pretty smooth....on the way down.  Henry slept from 10pm until 6:30am and Eli slept pretty good, with only a hour or two wake up in the middle of the night.  Overall, I would say it was pretty smooth. 

 Eli doing some reading as he woke up and we looked for a place to eat breakfast, just before the TX state line.   

 Anthony, Eli and Jacob Schneider at the Ft. Worth Stockyards on Friday (July 8th).

 I can't say it was that enjoyable, because it was pretty hot that day.  However I'm glad we went, because Ft. Worth really was an interesting place. 

 Saturday morning we got up and headed to LEGOLAND!  Unfortunately we didn't know Eli was beginning to get sick.  We were sure he was just tired from the drive, however after nap he woke up with a fever.  :(  Legoland was still very neat, I'd love to go back when the boys are a little older!

 Going down the "Lego Duplo" slide.

 Hanging out at the hotel in Uncle Pete's boots.  We were SO glad my brother Pete drove up to Dallas, from Houston, to spend the weekend with us. It was a whirlwind, but it's always good to catch up!

 Henry at the Dallas Children's Aquarium...really neat for kids!  (and adults too)  We saw lots of interesting creatures and it was a great place to beat the Dallas heat!

Uncle Pete and Eli playing/feeding the sting rays.  Eli loved them!

 Henry and Daddy watching the boys splashing around.

 Family photo before we headed back home.

 Pete, Mom and I in front of the Aquarium. 

I'm so glad we made the trip, the wedding was beautiful & it was great spending time with mom and Pete.  However the drive back was pretty horrible.  We left Sunday afternoon and slowly made our way through Oklahoma.  By the evening Eli was in a terrible mood and as we drove through the night he screamed the whole way home--working up to a 103 degree temp.  By the time we took him to the dr the next morning his fever broke and they told us it was just a sore throat....terrible timing.  :)  

4th of July Weekend

Henry and Grandma Kathy on July 3rd...watching the fireworks at our house!

 Little Firecracker on the 4th of July!

 Playing with Chloe in her kiddy-pool!  What a time Eli had! 

Chloe



Grandma Driskill's Birthday

In June we celebrated Anthony's maternal Grandmother's birthday one beautiful Sunday evening.  It was a little sticky outside, but lots of fun to see everyone.  Here is Anthony's Aunt Jill rocking Henry...he didn't last too long on that swing :)

 Anthony, Eli, Anita & Grandma

Happy Father's Day 2011

Anthony, Eli and Henry chilling on Father's Day.  We had a big day the day before celebrating the wedding of Daniel and Stacy Schroer, so we relaxed most of Father's Day at home and then headed to Barry and Anita's for some homemade ice cream! Yum!

God Bless Our Little Boy

Saturday evening we celebrated the baptism of our son Henry.  It was a blessed occasion filled with love and family. 

 Henry slept through the whole event, until father baptised him with the holy water.  He opened his eyes just for a moment and then drifted back to sleep.  The church's air conditioning was out, making the event pretty sticky for us all.

 Henry smiling at his Godfather Craig, Anthony's brother.

Henry with his Godmother Danielle



A Visit From Uncle Pete!!!

This past weekend my brother Pete came up from Houston for a visit!  We couldn't wait for him to meet his new nephew Henry & catch up with Eli.  Here he is holding Henry for the first time.  

Saturday morning Eli and Uncle Pete got LOTS of playing in!  Here they are running around the house in the wagon.  We could here Eli laughing all the way around the house.  SO cute!





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Mother's Day 2011

For Mother's Day this year I made myself and our moms' gifts.  Stepstools are something we were all needing soon for Eli, so I made them with footprints of the boys.  I can't take full credit for the idea, I got it from brownpaperpackages.com...such neat crafting ideas there!  Anyways, it was a lot of fun and turned out really sweet!

 Only one problem...the blog said to use spray paint because it dries fast & I didn't read the label before I did Eli's footprints.  It was oil based & I didn't have anything to clean it up.  Due to Anthony's busy schedule right now, Eli had to play with white feet until my dad could run us up some cleaner...thanks dad!  Don't worry, Henry's footprints could be washed off with soap and water! 

Mom and I with the babies on Mother's Day.  What a beautiful day it was!

Anita and the boys!  Happy Mother's Day!



Oh boy!

For some reason Eli thought it would be fun to wear my nursing cover...as a cape.  While running around the house, he giggled as the material flowed behind him.  What a goof ball!

 Henry doesn't know what to think about all of this. 

Plant a seed and watch it grow...

We are loving all of our time spent outdoors.  Lately Eli can't get enough!  When he wants to go outside he brings me a pair of shoes..or two..or three, and says "bye-bye".  His favorite activities include sidewalk chalk, going down his slide (thanks Brandi!), wagon rides and especially playing with the neighbors' dog...a St. Bernard named "Bear".  Here Anthony and Eli are heading over to the neighbors fence to say his daily "hello" to Bear. 

Anthony and I decided to put a garden in at our house this year.  In years past we helped out at mom's as much as we could, but with two small children we knew it would be easier to just put one in here.  So we (I mean Anthony) tilled up a small patch and planted some seeds last week.  Eli could help but walk through the garden & fall many times.  He wasn't too keen on the dirt all over his hands until he figured out he could wipe them off on daddy's pants. :) 

We teach them early..