what happens at camp...

 

stays at camp.

and you never know what you'll do when you're at camp with kaki.

 

 you might drive down the road to an exotic zoo

and get to pet & feed all kinds of animals, like

camels

white elk

a buffalo

llamas

an ostrich

zebras

and goats

lots of goats!

let's not forget the deer

or getting eaten by a deer

you could get pushed down by a deer and end up with

a fat lip, like this:

you'll always get to go to the dining hall for food

and see brandy, the camp dog

and at camp, even 8 year olds can drive!

the boys had a wonderful, fun week at camp!

summertime {week 2}

during week 2, we ate some s'mores (above).

we also did a service project with some of our friends of picking up trash at a local park.

we couldn't get the kids to stop they were having so much fun...really.

we also went to a star wars concert in the botanic gardens.

so. much. fun.

the boys thought they had died and gone to star wars heaven.

the ultimate character to elijah: darth vader.

the fort worth symphony did a fantastic job,

complete with fireworks to the star wars theme music.

we celebrated amanda's 6th birthday at the park.

and on father's day we went to our first ranger's game of the season.

we are headed to camp of the hills for part of this week.

one of the highlights of our summertime for sure.

proud

    

i sure am proud to be these boys' mama.

 judah {age 4}

 

elijah {age 8}

these two nuts are such a blessing.

i'm also pretty proud of myself for taking these pictures. :-)

our week in pictures

our first full week of summer vacation was busy!

here is a little of what we were up to this week...

i had SO MUCH FUN taking newborn pictures of my sweet friend's baby!

judah pretended to be a ninja...duh. :-)

thursday was jason's birthday so the boys helped me make a very yummy cake!

jason loves oreos so i was going for a large oreo.

it. was. delicious.

happy happy birthday daddy!!!

(i gave them haircuts earlier that day too)

we had a wonderful swim playdate with some very special long lost friends.

these two have been buddies since they were born.

all of mine and abbie's kiddos together. they had a blast!

 we played a few games of trouble.

you can also add in a couple of other playdates, elijah's dentist appointment, both boys' yearly doctor check-ups (with two shots for judah :-( and fixing the back fence to that list. now onto week 2...love the summertime break!

another school year come to an end

so second grade is over. wow.

above: first day of second grade

below: last day of second grade

 he definitely looks older.

at his awards ceremony.

his teacher at the mic, the principal giving out awards.

i was so proud of him.

he got an e citizenship award, reading medal and a/b honor roll.

he worked SO HARD this year.

elijah and his 2nd grade teacher, ms. dowell.

 she was very sweet but tough.

she told us to expect lower grades as she pushed them 

to get them ready for 3rd grade.

he worked hard and i believe it paid off! :-)

they had an end of the year ice cream sundae party!

i'm so thankful he had a good year.

jason and i both hated second grade

and had bad teachers.

thankfully, his 2nd grade year was better.

BRING ON THE SUMMER FUN!!!!!!

twenty-three months

can't even believe i'm having to post this.

we are having a really hard time right now.

this wait has seemed to take on a life of its own.

we'd appreciate prayers for peace.

please Lord, let it be soon.

new friends

our daughter is going to be so blessed in the friend department.

three of my closest friends have had/are having baby girls.

we welcomed Kaelyn in december, 

Landri was born yesterday (above), 

and Lily Kate will join the party in july.

i can't wait to see these four girls together.

what a blessing!