Another part of our trip to Arkansas was spent with family at the Ranch. We love getting to go to the Ranch and let our kids play with their cousins and Mim and Pop. The kids had a blast and all the adult cousins got lots of time visiting together. I think everyone enjoyed meeting Brooklyn. Camp was going on during our visit so we got to take Gavin over to the pavillion and show him where mommy and daddy met and a little of what we use to do!! We wanted to let him go horseback riding, but just missed the horses being let out by mere minutes. Oh well, next time.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Arkansas Summer 2012 Part 2
While we're home in the states we always take try our hardest to spend time with our friends! Since we were going to Arkansas we made a stop in Texarkana and got to visit with some really special people in our lives. We finally got to meet each others kids, we've been together a few times but without kids so it was time to get the whole gang together. We loved the time we spent together with everyone! We had lots of laughs, made some memories, and just got to hang out. We met up at our friends Mali and Mitchell's house and our other friends, Bill and Malia came to meet us! We've known these guys for almost 15 years, maybe even longer, so it's always sweet to have some time together! Not only did we spend the day together, we went out to dinner and even drove to Hope, AR one evening to meet up for dinner, again! YAY for fun times with friends!
Arkansas Summer 2012 Part 1
This summer we spent a little over a week in Arkansas and had a great visit with family. Brooks' mom, Grammy, had a ton of activities for the kids and kept them busy pretty much every moment of every day. They had a blast and were always looking forward to the next thing! Papa John loved having the boys around and got to play with all his toys with them.
I have no idea why all my pictures are out of order from when I uploaded them so just go with it!! =)
To say our time at Papa Johns and Grammys was jam packed, would be an under statement. We all had fun fishing, playing outside, swimming, enjoying the outdoors, and spending some quality time together!
Gavin got to paint some animals, play with playdough, painted and hung up a bird house out on a tree, fed the neighbors horse and donkeys, caught a fish, rode Papa John's tractor, attempted to sleep in a tent with Grammy, and practiced swimming without his floaties.
Miles played in the mud, went down the big slide in the pool, chased the dogs around, and had a blast in the sand box.
Both the boys LOVED getting to jump off the diving board, shoot a BB gun (even I got in on that one), light sparklers and make shapes with them in the air, and even climbed a BIG tree!!
Brooklyn was as cute as ever, going everywhere with us, watching her brothers play! She was a great sport whether we were inside or outside, in the pool or out of the pool, riding in a wagon, and practicing sitting up by herself! We picked up a baby swing at Walmart and hooked it up to their swing set and B LOVED, LOVED, LOVED swinging. It was her first time and was a HUGE hit for her!
We got to spend some time with Uncle Bran, which always makes everyone happy! He had a good week and felt pretty good a majority of the time we were there. He was working, but took some time off to be with us... thanks Bran!
| Brandon made the swing Brooks is sitting on! How awesome is that? |
Wait, I have a blog?!!?
I don't remember the last time I've gone this long without blogging or with having so much time go between my posts. I love blogging and I love the idea of sharing with family and friends what we're doing in our lives on this side of the world. In a strange way, blogging helps me feel connected with people.
I've actually made a list of all the events, topics, and happenings that have taken place in the last few months that I have all intentions of sharing on the blog. I'd love to have it all done in the next two weeks before our family vacation!! Hmmm.. let's see if that happens. Life has become extremely busy with 3 kids all on different schedules and having their own things going on... I feel like we're always going in a million different directions and when we're not busy, I'm determined to spend intentional time with our kids and my man and not on the computer!! But, when I do have some down time, I get extremely overwhelmed with the idea of starting all these various blog posts and giving each one of them the "attention" they need! We'll see how it goes! Until then just know that all these things have happened and one day I'll post about them:
- Summer 2012 Arkansas Trip (with family and friends)
- An engagement and a party
- Summer 2012 Lake Charles
- Brooklyn turned 6 months
- 2 year Saudiversary
- Gavin's 4th Birthday Party in Lake Charles
- Traveling Back to KSA
- Jetlag and a new bed
- Brooklyns nursery (since I never posted pics of it after we finished)
- Gavin turns 4
- Brooklyn turned 7 months-- crawling.. what!! what!!
- Day with friends- birthday parties
- Vacation Planning
- 1st day of school- Miles and Gavin
- 4 Going on 14-- a new Gavin and mommy's reactions
- Superhero Party
-House Organizing-- thanks to Pinterest and becoming OCD all of a sudden
- Bahrain
I've actually made a list of all the events, topics, and happenings that have taken place in the last few months that I have all intentions of sharing on the blog. I'd love to have it all done in the next two weeks before our family vacation!! Hmmm.. let's see if that happens. Life has become extremely busy with 3 kids all on different schedules and having their own things going on... I feel like we're always going in a million different directions and when we're not busy, I'm determined to spend intentional time with our kids and my man and not on the computer!! But, when I do have some down time, I get extremely overwhelmed with the idea of starting all these various blog posts and giving each one of them the "attention" they need! We'll see how it goes! Until then just know that all these things have happened and one day I'll post about them:
- Summer 2012 Arkansas Trip (with family and friends)
- An engagement and a party
- Summer 2012 Lake Charles
- Brooklyn turned 6 months
- 2 year Saudiversary
- Gavin's 4th Birthday Party in Lake Charles
- Traveling Back to KSA
- Jetlag and a new bed
- Brooklyns nursery (since I never posted pics of it after we finished)
- Gavin turns 4
- Brooklyn turned 7 months-- crawling.. what!! what!!
- Day with friends- birthday parties
- Vacation Planning
- 1st day of school- Miles and Gavin
- 4 Going on 14-- a new Gavin and mommy's reactions
- Superhero Party
-House Organizing-- thanks to Pinterest and becoming OCD all of a sudden
- Bahrain
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Family Pictures Summer 2012
While we were in Orange Beach vacationing with my family, my mom had a great idea to hire a local photographer and have family photos taken since we were all together and since no one was expecting another baby anytime soon-- these pictures would get to last a while! =) Our family is known for welcoming a new baby about every 10 months. HAHA.
One evening we went to the beach all dressed up in matching/coordinating outfits and the photographer was able to get some GREAT shots. He did an amazing job working with us and getting all the kids attention. The weather was beautiful outside and the beach wasn't near as crowded. The only issue was the wind... it was crazy, but we still managed!
We literally dug a hole in the sand for her to sit up in.
Oh Miles... he just couldn't resist all the sand and decided to put his face right in it!
LOVE THIS ONE!!
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