Our Mini-Family Reunion

I am one of five kids. And now that we are all grown with families of our own it is rare that we get all 5 kids back together again. This weekend was the first time in 2 years!!! My 3 brothers and my dad played in a Father/Son golf tournament on Sunday....it made my dad's entire year - so he bought them all matching shirts!! :)
Layne, Lesley, Dad and Lance.....

It was 2-man teams so dad basically played three rounds of golf. Dad and Lesley tied with Dad and Layne with a 73. Lance and Dad came in with a 76.

We had a cookout at our house on Saturday and celebrated Mom's birthday - I think Will thought the cake and singing was for him:

After the golf tournament on Sunday, everyone gathered at our house for family picture time. We had a great time as you can see:

Lance, Lesley, Layne, Kadee and Kristi

Add in mom and dad:

While the big boys were playing football, the younger boys sat and watched. What a great opportunity to get a picture of all 3 of the grandsons!!!
Kyle, Will and Colton:

And of course Will's activities for the weekend included: Playing with his cousin, Kyle:

Mowing the lawn in his new "tool apron" from Nanny (he refused to take it off all weekend):Playing catch with his daddy:Streaking for Uncle Lesley after his bath:Helping clean up after the big cookout: And tucking his cousin, Josh in for the night:

Leaving Will for the first time

I had a work conference in San Antonio Aug 1-5 and so I had to leave Will for the FIRST TIME EVER!!! I had not spent one single night away from him. Since David's parents live in Spring Branch, we took him there so he would be about 30 minutes from us. It went unbelieveably well! Will did not miss a beat and loved hanging with Papa, Grammy and Devin. His mom on the other hand was missing him! Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

In the car on the way down - Will with his cheetos and Devin with her chips:

Will happy to be with his Grammy:

And yes - we cheated. We didn't last the whole weekend without seeing him. Grammy brought him and Devin over to our hotel to swim:

We had a great time...David got to golf, and we enjoyed ourselves at dinners - just the two of us!!

On the final night, we had a dinner and dance. David joined the band and sang with them:

My new favorite picture

Will has had a blast on the new Ranger that David got. Every single day he says, "Ride!" That is his Daddy's cue to put him on it and go!

On this particular day, they got caught out in a rainstorm. When they got home, both were soaking wet, and Will was laughing and telling me, "Wet!" Once the rain stopped they were back out again!

When they returned, they were completely dry -- hair and all!!!

Videos of Will

OK - so almost EVERYONE makes fun of how many pictures and videos I have of Will. And, that's okay with me. I know one day we will be so glad to have them all - and hopefully he will be too!!

To date, this has to be one of his funniest videos I have. He was playing with his cousin Lexi, and copied every move and sound she made:

Just to prove that he is ALL boy....he then took Lexi to the floor and was not quitting when she was pinned....his Daddy had to intervene!!!

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July weekend. We went to Snyder to see all of David's family. His parents came up from San Antonio too. We had a great time - swimming, the parade, fireworks, and being with all of our family.

Did I forget to mention that Will and his daddy have matching swim suits???

Time has flown by!!!

It has been a LONG time since I have blogged. I will start back with Memorial Weekend.

We went to San Antonio to see David's parents. My parents and our niece, Devin, went with us.

David's dad fixed the kids up with a "redneck hottub". They had a blast!

Will also got to experience the Guadalupe River for the first time:

And another first was not planned. We went to Gruene for the girls to shop. David bravely volunteered to take Will to a shaded place to get something to drink and cool off while I finished shopping. When I was done, I found David, Will, his dad and mine at a biker bar. David swears that this was better for him than shopping with all the girls:

Will has a new cousin, Josh. He was not happy when I tried to hold Josh, but has gotten so much better:

Once we got back, my niece graduated from high school and my brother and his wife came in town. Will loved that they brought Woody the dog with them:

Will also discovered the Science Spectrum. This is the best deal going. We got a 2 person membership for a year for $50. This is nice when it so hot outside, and will be great this winter too:

We had storms almost every night for about 10 days, but it made for really nice evenings to play outside with the neighborhood kids before the rain came:

We took another trip - this time to see Uncle Lesley and Aunt Carrie in Ft. Worth. The highlight of the trip for Will was the stairs at their house:

Since we were gone last weekend, and will be gone again this weekend, my mom was having withdrawals from not seeing Will. So, she came over and played - he loves his Nanny:

I guess that is enough for now. I am sure that I will have more after this weekend. I hope you all have a safe and fun 4th of July!!!!

Chili Cook-off

David entered a chili cookoff for his work. He and his friend/boss built a cooker from scratch just for these types of events. It took them almost 2 years, but they finished just in time for the cookoff:

The weather was great for the cookoff and we had a blast. Will stole the show when he danced in front of the entire crowd for about 5 minutes. I wish I had video of the dance...he was quite the entertainer!!! It was so much fun watching Daddy show his boy off to all the people that he works with...he was so proud, and the matching shirts were HIS idea, not mine!!!

Will had a great time playing with his friend...the theme of the booth was "Margaritaville", so they had a sandbox with a sign that said, "Private Beach" for the boys to play in!

And to top it all off.....David won first place for his chili, and they won first place for booth design....it was a sweep of the competition!!!!