I can't believe you let me get this far behind! Haha

Have I really not updated since July?!?!  I should really stay on top of this if I want to remember what is happening in my life!  So, I guess here goes the very long, very picture heavy recap of the last few months.


Weekend trip to Possom Kingdom with both of my brothers and their families.  We had a great time and it was so good to spend time with my family!  My parents came Saturday night for supper so we actually had the whole family together.  That almost never happens!




Snack time on the boat.



Kase jumping....enough said!  Funny thing is, Kase is fearless
and Koy jumped first!  The only reason Kase finally went was
because he couldn't let his little brother do something that
he wouldn't do!!



Katey and Koy waiting to go on the boat.



A few of the kiddos eating supper.



All the grandchildren


I had another birthday.  I'm getting to the point where I could really do without those!  Ha!

The best present ever from my boys.  The candy was from Koy
and the dollar from Kase.

They even wrapped it themselves.  Kase used his "throw away"
drawings for tissue paper.



Koy had a doctor's appointment so we stopped in to
check on Miss Hannah in the hospital.

Tara officially moved out of her baby bed and into her big girl bed.  I bought her a new bedding set and she really likes it.

I found her here after she went missing :)

A little dress up at Grandmother's house on Sunday

My boys started school.  Kase is now in 4th grade and Koy in 1st. 
It is going sooooooo much better for Koy this year!  I LOVE
his teacher and she has done amazing things with him!  He is like
a completely different kid.

I won a cruise!!!!!  We head out in April to Cozumel.  I was looking forward to the Bahamas, but since that is the only place we can go from Galveston and my husband refuses to get on a plane, I guess I'll take it!  After I won, my sister-in-law won, and then our niece.  So we are making it a family trip and I am so excited!

It's football time again and the Lions are still undefeated so far!
Hopefully another trip to state is in our near future :)
Don't my boys look so happy to have their picture made?  Haha

Tara has been trying her hand at dressing herself......

Supper from the Beehive in the car seems to be the
only way we get to eat with Robert lately, so we do
what we have to.  We had to take it to him at the rig.

Tara started Mother's Day Out at our church.  This was when we
went to meet her teacher.  I can't believe how big she is getting.

Ready to go to Paige's wedding shower.

First day of "school".  I could not get her to look at me for anything!

My baby boy is growing up WAY too fast for me.

Happy 10th birthday to my sweet boy. 
We love you more than you will ever know.

He had his first Homecoming date and helped me make
her mum.  He was so proud of himself!

My baby girl turned 2.  WHAT?!?  She's already 2??

Homecoming.  Ready for the game!  Kase had
to get all dressed up for his "date" Ha!

Waiting for Gracie

My boy could not stop grinning.

Tara ended her birthday/homecoming with a lovely scrape on the chin!

The church is right around the corner from my office,
so she goes to work with me for a few minutes before
school and I walk her over.  We take the "back roads"
through the alley.  Haha

I'm almost caught up, so I'm going to end here for now and start a new post full of birthday parties and checkups!

More Pictures. It's the best I can do for now!

Rangers Game, vacation, and hard working boys.  One more post of tons of pictures, and then I'm going to try to stay caught up.  Promise!  Sorry the pictures aren't great.  Most of them are phone pics.  It's just so much easier! 

On our way to a Ranger's Game.  This is only 3 of the 7 kiddos! 
The rest of them were in Kim's car.

At the game.  They all got free jerseys when they went in!

We all walked the 2 miles back to the hotel after the game, but MawMaw and Tara hitched a ride behind this bicycle.

We started our vacation here.  Looks fun huh!?!  Robert has been working out of town so we had to go pick him up before we could officially start our vacation.



After 4 hours in the car they had to run a little steam off.

The best I could do



After we left the well we headed to Alpine for the night.  I think Robert just wanted to eat at the Reata!



Tara got her first taste of calf fries and she loved them. Then we headed to Fredericksburg. We took the long way, down by Mexico. Let's just say it was a little creepy and we won't be doing that again!! After about the 15th Border Patrol vehicle I lost count and besides them, we only saw about 5 other cars in 3 hours! Just glad we didn't have a blowout or something!



We did finally make it there and the kiddos got to swim for a while in this really neat pool.

 

All snuggled up together.  Didn't last long!

After Fredericksburg we headed to Burnet to meet up with M and her family at the Longhorn Caverns.  Here are the kids before we went in.

Strolling through the caverns.  It felt soooo good down there!

When we got done there we headed to the Guadaloupe for a couple of days of relaxing in the river.  We were worried there wouldn't be any water but there was just enough to put our chairs in and soak.

Of course the boys had to do a little fishing.  Kase caught this little guy so his dad cooked it up for him.



I look HORRIBLE, but here is proof that I actually do exist!  Haha



Hanging out at the cabin

 

After we got home Robert took the boys back with him for a couple of days and put them to work.  I just love this picture!!!  My babies are growing up so fast.





We've Been Busy

Hi!  Remember us!?!

I know, I know.  It's been a while.....again!  But it's finally July and maybe I'll get more than 2 seconds to update now.  So here comes a ton of pictures and I'll try to keep them in order of how they happened. 



We had our 10 year high school reunion.  We met up at the Country Club early for a little swimming and golf.  


Please ignore my whiteness.  I don't get out much!!!  :)

 Then I took the kids to my parent's house.  Kase didn't want to stay so I took him back with me. 


The Girls

The whole group.  Well the ones that showed up anyway!

This little boy hit golf balls all. night. long.

We were in full Fandangle mode for over a month.


I told him to get dressed because we had Fandangle practice. 
This is how he came back to me.  In Tara's t-shirt and Koy's shorts!

Indians in cowboy hats!

Life backstage!

Relaxing

Koy somehow talked Robert into letting him wear the conductor hat in the parade.

Mean brother wouldn't share!

Square Dancing Partners - Sweet Leddie and Koy

Partners since the beginning!  Hannah and Kase

Exhausted!!!

We went to Robert's family reunion.  They had a little fishing competition for the kids.

"It was THIS BIG!!!"

One of Koy's many fish he caught.

All boy.  Yuck!

Hanging out on the boat watching them fish

The boys with their prizes.  Kase caught the first fish and Koy came in 2nd on most fish caught.

We also took some time out for a few birthday parties.

Tara went down by herself! 

Koy

I went down several times too and had a blast!!! 

Kase and a couple of his buddies dancing!  Too funny!

This girl likes cupcakes.......

I mean REALLY likes cupcakes!  Haha

PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO PRAY FOR HANNAH! We are still waiting for her to have a seizure so she can have her second surgery. They are all miserable and ready for this to be over.