like father…like daughter…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• They’re both second children.
• They both LOVE steak.  She’d choose to eat at Outback Steakhouse every night if we let her.
• When we get in the van she asks Galen if he’ll put on her “rock songs”.  Her current favorite is David Cook’s American Idol version of “Hungry Like a Wolf”.  You should see her rock out in her car seat.  It makes her Daddy so proud, and her brothers think it is hilarious!
• They are “nap buddies”.  She hates taking a nap by herself and very easily can talk her Daddy into taking a nap with her!
• They are both peacemakers, servants, and have incredibly kind hearts.

I’m so blessed that she is so much like her Daddy…

jenn

P.S.  ”mini-galen” and I are heading on a girls trip with Lauren, Mia, and Georgia.  Mia and Mackenzie are going to be doing a week long day camp together.  I’ll be back on Friday…

Cooking Day…

…my niece Isabella is here staying with my parents for a few days.  She came to spend the day with us today and so we decided to do something fun…cooking.  

We started by making some aprons.  Every good chef needs an apron…

Then we started the cooking!  We melted some white and milk chocolate and the kids dipped to their hearts content…strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and marshmallows.

  
Then we moved on to donuts…yummy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then… just so I didn’t have mom guilt…we made some healthy smoothies…

…Of course the best part was eating what we made!  Thanks Jake and Marie for sharing Isabella with us.  We had a great day!

…jenn

a pleasant surprise…

…after a summer full of hearing “I’m bored” and answering with my standard, “It’s a choice to be bored.  There are plenty of things to do.”  I was pleasantly surprised to turn around from making dinner and see this…

On their own, everyone had found something to do…amazing!  Of course 5 minutes after these pictures were taken Tucker started crumbling up his papers and throwing them at Jackson, but for those five whole minutes…it was lovely!

…jenn

because I just don’t want to forget…

“Mommy, mommy”…a little redhead calls as he comes in from outside.  His red curls are damp with sweat…he’s been working hard on something.  ”I picked something just for you…want to see it?”  ”Yes, Tuckie.  What is it?”  Out comes his little hand from behind his back, a big smile spread across his face……”It’s the most beautiful rock I’ve ever seen.  Thanks Tuckie.”

 

…jenn

Where we’ve been…

…visiting what Jackson calls “the land of corn”…

We had such a great time seeing family and friends.  The kids got to enjoy time with their 17 cousins, Jackson got to go to cousin’s camp (thanks Grandma and Grandpa), and we got a little break from the Texas heat.  Two weeks wasn’t long enough, but we treasured every moment.  We are so thankful for family.  I took so many pictures…here are just a few of my favorites!

 

4th of July…finally

…been wanting to post these all week, but it has been a crazy one.  We are getting ready for our two week trip to Nebraska and attending VBS all week at our church.  Looking forward to getting on the road and enjoying a little time away!  Here’s what our fourth looked like:

Started off at a local parade with my parents and the Cooley family…

 

We came back to our house for a bar-b-que and then while everyone was napping Jackson and I did a Fourth of July craft.  We finished out the night at a fireworks show…

These 2 pictures are so funny!  While we were waiting for the fireworks to start, Georgia was feeding my Dad nerds, and everytime he would eat one Georgia and Tucker thought it was so funny!

Hope you all had a great fourth…

…jenn

a day at the park…

                                       This face is so classic Tucker right now!

This was their favorite part…throwing rocks…don’t worry we were far from any other kids!  

Sorry for the lack of writing and tons of pictures lately.  I’m just enjoying my new camera so much!!

Have a wonderful fourth of July…

…Jenn

Some potty training going on here…

…and we think maybe, just maybe he might be getting it!  We’ll see…

jenn

sleep…

…after a sleepover with her buddy Mia where both girls were up at 4:40am…(Sorry Lauren!:)…

…and then a full morning of swimming.  She told me that she was NOT tired and she did NOT need a nap.  This is what happened just a few minutes into Backyardigans…

She finally gave in and fell asleep.  She has been so distraught at nap time lately.  She keeps telling me that she can’t wait until she’s five and she goes to kindergarten because then she WON’T HAVE TO TAKE A NAP!  

Sweet girl…wants to be so grown up…but I think I’ll keep her little for a while.

…jenn 

Incredible…

…Holly, hope you don’t mind that I’m stealing this from your blog!  This blew me away.  God is so amazing…so beyond description.  It’s worth the watch…

…jenn