The Swing

Hours and hours are being spent on our new swing. We love it! 

I love that we spend so much time in our backyard, it has been the greatest part of our new house. 

Fourth of July

Man we really love the fourth of July here at our house. Aaron had Friday and Monday off work and it was SO nice to have the long weekend. We spent all morning Saturday just swimming and swinging and eating outside it was just a great day. Then on Monday we head out to our favorite fourth of July spot, Blue Hole. Aaron went with a few of our friends very early so we were the first ones in line. It was a great day. Our kids are more and more fun at Blue Hole and it was so hot so the water temp was perfect. We all spent a ton of time swimming and going off the rope swings. We also sat around, hanging out with friends, ate delicious food, played spike ball, and watched the kids. It was pretty much a perfect Blue Hole Day (minus the meltdowns at the exit:). We stayed until about 5:30 so it was a long day. 

Brookey even went off the swing this time. So love this girl. 

The girls and I were exhausted when we got home. Brooke fell asleep in the car and went straight to bed and Camilla followed soon after. Aaron and Carson decided to stay up and go to the fireworks. Man I love how these two boys are the best of friends. 

Carson loved the fireworks. 

There is no one in the world Aaron would rather hang out with. :) 

Happy Anniversary

Aaron and I have been married for 9 whole years. Sometimes our anniversary gets a little lost in the business of our lives and Carson's birthday happening the day before but we did go out on a date to celebrate. It was probably one of my most favorite dates ever. We had baby Spencer with us of course but it was so nice to just be us and just talk. I feel like I got to talk to him about so many things that have been on my mind and heart the past few weeks and I just love spending time with him. We decided to go to Zilker Park in down town and hang out and go for a run around town lake. It was like 100 degrees so the run was interspersed with walking and lots of sweating. After we were done we came home and put the kids to bed and hung out and watched Fed Up.  

I am still very much in love with this man and proud of the marriage we work hard at. This past year has been difficult with my pregnancy, Aaron's stressful job and travel schedule, and being busy but we continue to work together as a team, always together. Love you babe. 

7!!!

Happy Birthday to our sweet boy Carson. We cannot believe that our angel boy has turned 7 whole years old. He is without a doubt the sweetest boy there has ever been. We enjoy him so much. Carson's big birthday request were triple waffles for breakfast. He reminded me many times before I went to bed that he was going to sleep in but I needed to get up early to make him special birthday waffles. I made the batter and set up his special birthday seat the night before so when he woke me up that morning he was concerned that I had forgotten the waffles but happy when I told him that I gotten it all ready after he went to bed. He sure loved his triple stack waffles. It was served on his Roman numeral place mat, of course. 

Then Carson was off to camp. He sure loved his camp this year. We were very happy with it and he was so excited to go every day. All his teachers and the director told him Happy Birthday. Then Carson got a big birthday surprise when Grandma and Grandpa showed up with Mia. They came to surprise him for his birthday and he was thrilled. When he got home from camp Dad had a special birthday lunch delivered and Millie and Brookey had gotten him cards and balloons. It was an exciting day. Then the kids got to watch a few shows all together. These 3 sure love each other. 

Then the kids spent the whole afternoon/evening in the pool.  

Grandpa taught Carson how to jack knife. The kids LOVED having Grandma and Grandpa get in to swim with them. We had planned to go out to dinner but the kids were having so much fun swimming we just picked up dinner and brought it to the house. Carson was thrilled with his special day. 

Then two days later was his party. This was a serious party. We had a great time. There were a TON of kids and everyone had a great time. The kids mostly just swam and swam. There were lots of water guns. 

Carson and Paolo. Carson had friends from school, church, and the gym there. He has made so many great friends. 

The kids played in the yard and jumped on the tramp. 

Then it was cupcake and singing time. There were so many people that it was so loud when they sang. 

Roman Numeral candles of course. Everyone loved those. 

For Carson's birthday we got "him" a snow cone maker. It is pretty awesome. We made snow cones for everyone and they were a hit. 

There was also a relay race and many very tired kiddos at the end of the day. The kids swam for hours. We loved it! I am so proud of Aaron for making this pool so blue this summer. It has been so much work but I think we've finally got it figured out. :) 

Lately

Just some things we have been up to lately. 

Spencer loves his baths. I don't have time to let him hang out in the bath very often but when I do, he loves it. 

The kids act out ninja warrior in the pool. They climb from the pool up the slide and then slam the steering wheel as the buzzer. Love my ninjas. 

Brooke is swimming more and more these days and loves to tell people she can swim, "all by myself."

Spencer is such a fourth child, he falls asleep anywhere. 

Carson has made some new friends in our new ward. We are so happy to see him getting along with his new friends. He went to a birthday party for one of his new friends and had a great time. 

I'm just enjoying summer so much. I love sleeping in, having my kids home all day and of course, lots of swimming. I just feel like I am enjoying my kids so much right now and happier than I have ever been. The other night Aaron called to see if he could go and play tennis with a friend and I was like sure. I started thinking about how a couple of months ago I would have been like NO way, I need you home to help me with the kids. But now its totally fine, I am so much happier not pregnant. :) But man I love having this new baby. 

But something I do not love is lice. Yuck! We have been dealing with it on and off for a few weeks. I hate it! 

More Spencer Please

I am enjoying this sweet baby boy so much. He is so adorable and just keeps getting cuter and cuter. He has been such a trooper this summer going wherever the big kids go and enduring some very hot temps. Some fun things he has been up to lately. He had his first bottle. It was given to him by Millie on our way to camp. 

Hanging out at piano lessons. 

And of course all snuggled up and sleeping. This is where we have been having him sleep in this little carrier pretty much since he was born and it works great. He is a good sleeper and giving me longer stretches at night that Mommy really appreciates. 

And we are still enjoying our cuddling sessions. He likes to be held when Mom has two free arms to hold him. (Which is pretty rare) 

Lounging pool side. He spends a lot of time hanging out in his lounger seat while the big kids swim. 

Everyone loves to snuggle with this sweet boy. The kids all still really love him. I especially love hearing Brookey talk to him in a baby voice. Oh how we love this baby. 

Dance Camp

Camilla went to dance camp again this summer. She was so excited for it every day and had a lot of fun. The days that we got there early to pick her up and watch her all the girls were dancing and having fun and Camilla was usually changing outfits over and over. :) That is our Millie girl. 

The last night they have their little recital and she did a ballet number and a tap dance. They were both adorable and she did a great job. We love watching our girl dance. 

Her biggest fans!