Madden's first haircut

My sweet Madden finally had his first haircut :( I was not looking forward to this. I think my babies always look so much older once their hair is cut. I finally agreed that he really needed a cut.

Here he is before...

and here he is after...

Still totally adorable. Why was I so worried :)

Makayla and McCoy's birthday party

We've never done birthday parites before this year. We finally caved and let each of our kids have a party this year :) It'll quite possibly be their last :) We decided to combine Kayla and Coy's parties since their birthdays are only a week apart. They had so much fun. They each had 5 friends come. Our big hit was "Chris McTwist". He's a dear friend of our's who just started his own balloon twisting company. He graciously offered to come do balloon animals for the kids so he could practice. The kids loved it!

After the balloon animals we did a pinata. Lots of fun. Then we did water relays, a water balloon toss and a massive (250 balloon) water fight. So much fun. We finished with some games, a rice kirspy cake and ice cream sandwhiches. It was a great afternoon.

We love swimming!

Here's some pics I love. Enjoying another beautiful day in the pool. Love these cuties!

Another tooth down.

Makayla has a serious fear of getting her teeth pulled. She will wait for that tooth to fall out for as long as it takes, even if it's barely hanging on. She's had a super loose top right tooth. No matter how much we tried to convince her, she refused to let Tyson pull it. Well, she was in the pool the other day and had the breathing scuba tube in her mouth. Our neighbor girl decided she wanted it and yanked it right out of her mouth, along with her tooth. She was bleeding but incredibly happby. They spent the next 20 mins trying to find that little tooth in the pool :) We finally convinced them that we could write a note to the tooth fairy and it would be fine. So cute!

Way to go Tyson!

I just had to say Congratulations to my sweetie. He was recently promoted to General Manager of System 1. Way to go T! We are so proud of you and love you more than you'll ever know.

"Drive in movie"... Lee style

A couple of weeks ago we did our version of a drive in movie. It was sooo much fun. We hung a sheet from the swing portion of the playset and used Tyson's projector and a laptop to get the movie showing on it. We brought out lots of snacks, popcorn and rootbeer floats, blankets and pillows and enjoyed the show. We watched "Rango".

The older kids started passing out around 11:00.

However when the movie ended about 11:45, this was Coleman...

still running around stealing the kids treats as they drifted off.

It was a great night!!

Happy Birthday McCoy!

Yesterday my little boy turned 5. WOW! It's so unbelievable to me that he's going to be starting school in 3 weeks. I'm going to miss him durring the day, a tad bit jealous that some teacher is going to get so much time with him durring the day.

Coy, I just want you to know how blessed I feel to be your mom. You are such a fun boy. You are so imaginitive and energetic. I so love your smile. You light up a room when you flash that grin. I love how much you love people. You already have such a "spirit" about you that people are drawn to you, young and old alike. You are such a sweetie.

Happy 5th birthday Coy Coy. I love you lots!!!

birthday highlights: zoo, lunch with Dad, swimming, homemade ice cream, watching a late movie.