Monday, May 14, 2012

Mother's Day 2012

Happy Mother's Day! 

It was a great day!  Tim had to work in the morning so the boys and I went to church and they were wonderful!  Then we went to Grandma and Bompa's.  Hudsen is at such a cute age, honestly every age for both boys has been cute, but Hudsen is at the age where he loves to tell you Happy Birthday, if it's your birthday, or Happy Mother's Day or whatever the celebration day may be!  I truly am honored and so thankful that God chose me to be Hudsen and Nolen's mommy!  I am also so thankful that God gave me my mom!  She was my mom growing up and still is but she is my best friend too!  She is a very special lady and I love her dearly!  I am blessed to have married Tim and have Ellen as my mother-in-law!  She is a wonderful lady and I love her.  I have learned so much from both of these women and I am so glad that my boys have them too!  Grandmothers are special women!  I always think of my grandmothers and great grandmothers on this day too.  I grew up with both grandmothers but also grew up with three great grandmothers.  I am so glad I had the opportunity to know them and spend time with them.  They are no longer on this earth with us but they are in our hearts.  I loved them so much and enjoyed every minute I got to spend with them.  It truly is a special day!



The reasons that I get to celebrate Mother's Day!

I love these boys!


I love my sweet baby boy! 

Trying to get him to smile after crying!

That was the best I could do!

Snuggle time after his nap!  I love my big boy!

Hudsen and Grandma!

Nolen and Aunt Beth!  So glad she got to come eat supper with us!

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Bounce Fun!!

We got Hudsen a bounce house for Christmas 2010.  He is really loving it and Nolen is big enough to get in and play!  We had Lenzi and Spens over yesterday to play and they had so much fun!  Hudsen loves playing with Spens and Nolen thought he was pretty cool!  They were both so good with Nolen and were so careful when he was around!  We put it up again last night to play in because the weather was so nice!!  They love it!  Thanks for coming over Spens and we can't wait to play again!!!


Say Cheese!!!

Nolen thought Spens was pretty cool!

Friends!


1-2-3 Slide!!!

Gardening and Play Time

We got Hudsen a garden box to plant some flowers in and he was so excited to get it started!  I painted it red and then Tim and Hudsen put it in the ground and planted his flowers!  We put it right out the front door and I love that everyone that comes over can see it when they come to the door!  Here are some pictures of the process and I will keep you posted on the progress.  They are seeds so it might be a while!!!



It's in and ready for planting!

Gloves on and ready to plant!

Nolen loves to be outside!

We planted a couple of daisy plants so he could have some flowers right away!

The seeds are going in!!!

Such a sweet boy!!

Ready to go watch Daddy play softball!

Enjoying a grilled cheese while watching Daddy!!!

Playing ball before church!


I love these boys!


They love their tent and playing ball!!!

Monday, April 23, 2012

Special Visitors and Easter!


So a few things happened in March!  Tim's dad had surgery at the beginning of March and is doing wonderful!  I have been given the opportunity to only have to work part-time (tuesday-thursday) and my new job started at the end of March.  That week was also the week that Tim had to attend a 10 day training session for work in Memphis. So, my mom flew out to stay with us while Tim was gone and to keep the boys while I worked!  We both have such wonderful families and I am so thankful for them and all they do for us!!!  We had so much fun with Nanny and she was able to get Hudsen to poop on the potty!!!  Hudsen pretty much only wears a diaper to bed now!!!  We are so proud of him!  While my mom was here, we shopped, ate, cooked and did a lot of visiting!  We also ate two pans of peanut butter rice krispie treats!  She spoiled the kids and we went to Chuck-E-Cheese.  The boys had a blast!  We had so much fun with Nanny!

After Nanny's visit and Easter, Brian and Erin brought Weston out for everyone to meet!  He is such a sweet baby and we had so much fun playing with him!  Hudsen loved holding him and singing to him and really enjoyed seeing Brian and Erin too!  Nolen loved giving Weston kisses!  We had a blast with them and can't wait to see them again at Christmas!

The Watts' started a bracket challenge last year. We all fill out a bracket and the loser has to grill steaks and everyone else, other than the winner, has to bring a side dish.  The winner is waited on the whole night!  Last year Gerard lost and grilled some pretty incredible steaks while Brian was the winner!  This year Gerard won and Elizabeth lost and Gerard still grilled some amazing steaks!  Elizabeth did make a really good dip and dessert and we had so much fun! We look forward to next year!!!

Nolen has just gotten another tooth and I can see two more trying to make their way in!  Nolen will at least try any food that you give him and pretty much likes everything.  Thanks to him I have been able to get Hudsen to eat chicken nuggets and grilled ham and cheese!  They both LOVE baseball and Hudsen is really good!  Hudsen loves to tell stories and is very animated when he tells them.  It is so cute.  They both are attached to a blanket and I think it is cute!  We love them so much!






Nolen is now facing forward and loves it!



Nanny's visit:


Bubbles are a must when Nanny comes!


Having fun outside!

Chuck-E-Cheese










Brian, Erin and Weston's visit:


Hudsen loved holding Weston and was so good with him!

Grandma, Bompa and the grandboys!

Elizabeth in the loser's apron!  Love this picture!

Sweet Weston!


Uncle Brian and Aunt Erin getting some playtime in!

Brian showing Elizabeth how to cut an onion!!!

Sweet family!


Uncle Tim getting some snuggle time with Weston!


Big buds!






Easter time:



Coloring some eggs!

Easter morning!

He loved his fishing pole from Nanny!

Nolen opening his prizes!

All dressed and ready for church to celebrate the true meaning of Easter!


Yummy Bunny cake!

Happy Easter 2012


Nolen hunting eggs!

Hudsen hunting eggs

sharing






I had to put this picture up!  I was sitting in the chair one morning about a week ago and I look up to see this!  Love these boys!!!!

Sweet brothers!

So that pretty much catches us up!  It has been really hot here lately but should cool down the end of this week!  We have a AAA team here called the 51's and we hope to attend a game soon!  We are planning a trip to Santa Fe with my family in June and that should be lots of fun!  The rest of the time we will just enjoy each other and watching the boys grow!!

Have a great week!!!