Mother's 76th Birthday!

July 18th was my beautiful mother's

76th Birthday!!! Such a special day:)

She certainly doesn't look 76!!!

We were ALL so excited to

celebrate our amazing mother/

grandmother/sister/aunt/friend!!!

Best Grandmother:)

 I hope her wish comes true. 

She deserves it:)

Keeping her stylish;)

I laughed all afternoon over the cards

my kids made her.  Hadlee made a huge,

fabulous card.  Hudson made a funny,

cute one and then last minute Walker

made his ~ black sharpie, sweet words,

nothing else.  When he saw Hadlee's

card before we left the house, he

asked for his back.  He wanted to add

some "stars" to it;)

We LOVED that Aunt Kitty

and Uncle Ron were able to join us!!!  :)

Knowing that Trav was headed

to CNS the next week made us

all hug him a little tighter than usual:)

I couldn't love this lady more. 

She's my mother and my best friend:)

Troy loves "mom", too;)

Dad and his "older" woman;)

 

Seriously "76" NeVeR looked so good!

 Happy Birthday to my beautiful and wonderful

 and giving and kind-hearted Mother/Grandmother.

 She's the heart of our family!

 And she's funny...oh, how our mother is FuNNy!

 Recently she got an iPhone and

has learned how to text!!!! It has been a riot! 

Some nights we have just all gotten

on a big group text with her and we

laugh and laugh at her witty

and funny responses!!!!!!!!!

 EVERYTHING is an LOL to her!

She is everything a mother should be

and we couldn't love her more. 

 We loved being together as

 a family to celebrate her...

but missed our Macy Girl and our Hunter B!

 

 

Football and Cheer

On July 14th, Walker had his first

football practice!!!  This is his

first experience playing tackle football

and this program is serious business!

The first practice was a killer:(

Walker had never been through REAL

conditioning like this and I didn't

know how he was going to like it

after that first practice. 

He did awesome that night during

the practice...it was just afterwards

when he let it all out how hard it

was!!!  But he hung with it

and the next night, it was like he went

on a football high...he LOVED it!

Maybe it was knowing what it

was like and being over that part.

It's been football, football, football

ever since!!!  First week was shorts

and t-shirts (it is only about 100 degrees

while they practice!!!), the next week

helmets and the third week ~

full pads.  Still 100 degrees, too;(

 

And guess who is one of the

cheerleaders for Walker's TriCity

Panthers Team?!?

This girl...and she has cheer practices

during his practices!!!!!

Hudson has play ground practice

during their practices;)

Cheer!!!

This pains me to watch:(

Bear crawls and all sorts of other

sprints and drills. 

I.Would.DiE!

Football has also brought on the

need for lots of new equipment!!!!!!!!!

New pants, practice jersey, pads,

gloves, shoes, and even a fancy

BUT SAFE (I hope) helmet!!!!!!!!

Hadlee is SO over this!

She just wants some cheer shoes;)

AND this guy???

He just wanted these stickers for

his face...and to pretend like

he's going to football practice, too.

Water jug and all.  

So happy to be on the team with the

Moores which calls for more Haley time!!!  :)

The little sister cheerleaders...

Haley, Nadalie, Hadlee

The cheers are a RIOT!
Especially the "Boom Boom Power"...

Daddy has made it clear that Hadlee

can have the boom boom,

but NOT the power!!!!!!!!!!!

Apparently the boys CAN have the

BooM BooM PoWeR though...

because I got them on video doing

that very cheer!!!  And it's Priceless!

Go Panthers!!!!!!!!!!

Summer Days Part 4 with "LoTS Of"

LoTS of Coke!

Try as I may...I'm just not a Starbucks

girl ~ faking or for real.

I'm a one dollar large Coke

from McDonald's girl through and through:)

LoTS of Realizations!

When did I grow up to be old

enough to have an 11 year old son

needing size ELEVEN men's football

cleats AND a jock?!?

LoTS of Dr. G:(

Right after we got back from JW,

Hadlee had swimmers ear:(

It.was.AWFuL.

That child has no pain tolerance and

this was painful.  She cried for days.

Then Sweet Little Guy came down

with a virus himself.  Thankful

for our doctor who took care of both:)

LoTS of Haley!!!

A Friday night out for Mommy & Daddy

while they had a BLaST with their

fave girl, Haley!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously no worries when

leaving them with this sweet girl:)

LoTS of trick shots!!!

These three guys spent an entire

Saturday filming trick shots

for a video!  They crack me up!!!

Boys on a mission

and their video RoCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Bro Pro:)

LoTS of Cooking Out!

Daddy's hamburgers are the best!!!

LOTS of football lately!!!!!!!!!!

LoTS of "running routes"...

LoTS of Wii!!!!!!!!!

LoTS of Shows by my favorite

girl and her precious friend:)

LoTS of outfit changes;)

LoTS of chilling out and having FuN!!!!!!!

Most of all we have LoTS of

HUGS in our house.

I mean A LoT!!!!!!!!!

These good morning snuggles

are absolutely PRiCeLeSS...

 I give LoTS of thanks...

 

"Give thanks to the God of heaven;

for his loving kindness endures forever."

Psalm 136:26