"I'm A Big Kid Now"

Any doubt I ever had about buying Cole the playset for his 1st Birthday is gone! Part of me thought that he wouldn't really enjoy it until he was at least 2 or 3 years old! Boy was I wrong! He LOVES everything about it! If he could reach the monkey bars, I think he would even cross them:)!

Hope/Hot Springs

Patrick and I had a super busy weekend last weekend, and we didn't want to get a babysitter 2 nights in a row, so Cole went to Hope/Hot Springs to spend a few nights with Bud & Peg. Mom came up here and spent Tuesday and Wednesday nights with us, then she and Cole headed to Hope on Thursday. They spent Thursday and Friday nights in Hope, and Saturday night in Hot Springs. Sunday I drove down to Hot Springs to scoop him up. Whew...wears me out just thinking about it:)....

In Hope he got to swim in the pool with Bud, Brady, and Ryan....

Lunch on the patio. Trying to feed Peg some of his Kids Cuisine Cheeseburger. Healthy, I know;).....

He loves to rip Peg's earrings out and try to stick them in his own ear.....

Exploring.....

A trip to the lake wouldn't be complete without a barge ride:)....

Too Sleepy To Eat.....

Bless his little heart;).....

Mom's 60th Birthday & 5 Years Cancer FREE

Sorry I have been such a bad blogger lately! We have been busy, busy!!! My mom's 60th birthday was August 7th, and her 5 year anniversary of being cancer FREE was August 9th!!! LOTS to be thankful for!!! We went to Hot Springs for the weekend and celebrated all weekend long:)!!!

Brady and Ryan on our sunset cruise...

Captain Bud.....

Patrick, doing what he does best....drinking a "special" (Old Charter & Club Soda) and talking on the phone.....

Peg and her baby.....

Captain Brady.....

Family pic. Of course we are never ALL looking at the camera.....

Cole and Bud.....

Now it's Ryan's turn to man the boat;).....

Sleepy boy.....

All 3 boys in the tub! Brady is old enough to want some privacy, so he asked if he could get in with his swimsuit on;).....

Daddy reading Big Red Barn....over and over and over and over....... (it never gets old)!!!

Serious boy.....

Having deep conversation with Brady! (Don't you just LOVE Brady's curls!?!).....

We spend LOTS of time going up and down these stairs! He is actually REALLY good at climbing them, but my dad (of all people) is a nervous wreck the entire time.....

Peg blowing out her candle (with a little help).....

We got the cupcakes from Ambrosia, a local bakery in Hot Springs, and I think they were probably the very best cupcakes I have EVER had! 1/2 of them with deocrated with pink ribbons, and 1/2 with 60's.....

Dad with my mom's cousin, Janet.....

The birthday girl with Kathy and John.....

The highlight of Patrick's weekend was finding, not one...but TWO, Resistol cowboy hats for $10 at a garage sale!!! He kept one for himself (as you can see in the following pictures), and gave one to Kyle for his birthday.....

This was SOOO funny!!! Ryan wanted to fix Cole's hair, so he went in the bathroom and found a brush AND mirror, and SERIOUSLY worked on Cole's hair for about 30 minutes. He would comb it over and over and then pick the mirror up and show Cole. Cole would actually look in the mirror, as if he thought he looked REAL good;)!

COWBOY with a sleepy baby;).....