John's 6 year old pictures

Here are some of John's 6 year old pictures. Dave Ramsey doesn't really have an envelope titled "Professional Photos 4x a year", so I am trying to take pictures of the boys for their birthdays....(although I bet if it were Dave's wife making this horrid budget, she would have included it!) I am no pro, but hopefully with time and LOTS of practice I will be good enough to take great pictures of my family!

Cousin Camp Day 3...final edition

Our last day of Cousin Camp....we have a little time left tomorrow, but Crockett's mommy will be here in the morning. I know he will be excited to see her! Although, he's been calling Ryan and I "momma and daddy"....I know the second he sees his momma he'll be so happy! I have just answered to it though....I know he just hears Braidy all day and gets confused! Pretty sweet. Ok, a run down of our day.

Woke up a little earlier this morning, ate some breakfast, watched some Mickey, played with some toys. Went to get John from camp, came home and went outside to play because the mornings are the PERFECT weather! The boys jumped, played in dirt, might have been really interested in the trash can outside, ate some of Braidy's "Coppa Candy" from the circus, stole my Sonic sweet tea (yes, cotton candy and sweet tea at 10am...I hope Jess lets Crockett come back to camp again!), jumped and had some fun.







Me, being the crazy lady that I am, thought this would be a great time to try to take some cousin/brothers pictures. We don't have any pictures of all 4 boys together nor do I have a picture of all 3 of our boys....let me just say that 90% of the pictures turned out something like this. I don't know how real photographers do it, but I almost killed my firstborn. Ok, not really. Do not call CPS. But seriously, he made this impossible.

For lunch we met LuLu at BlueSky for some yummy lunch and some fun time playing in the sand! We love that place! The boys played, ate, and played some more. Even Quin got in on some sand action (and check out the rolls on his thunder thighs....they scream SQUEEEEZE ME! love it)



After a good nap time for us ALL (yes, me included today!) the boys played some more, we ate some yummy hotdogs for dinner and our friends and neighbors, the Galanos', came over for some delicious watermelon! All the kids had fun playing together. We are so blessed to have such sweet neighbors and friends. We just adore them! As you will see, Crockett had his first skateboarding attempt. Luckily, it didn't roll. Wouldn't want to have to call mommy telling her he broke his arm on the skateboard!



Must tell funny story, so years from now we can look back and all laugh!!! As our friends were leaving, Braidy told Ryan he had pooped in his pants. After a meeting with the spankin spoon, it was bath time and Ryan was in charge, because I was bathing, nursing, and putting Quin to bed. Well, Crockett happened to be dirty too....Ryan thought he deserved "overtime" for changing 2 stinky boys....well he goes back in to bathe them and Crockett pooped in the tub! Lucky Ryan! haha. He is a good daddy and good uncle for cleaning everyone up, but he was disgusted. It was pretty funny. I am sure he does not agree! Good times!

After a bath, John, Daddy, B, and C went on another bike ride....I went out to watch them as they left. Ryan goes side to side as he is riding and the boys LOVE it. They think it's pretty funny and were just laughing all the way down the street.

We've had a great few days with our cousin. All the boys have played so great together...the only time they fight is in the car and that might have something to do with the fact that they are all squished together like sardines! John has been so sweet to play with the little ones, share his toys, and help them when they need help. Quin has just enjoyed the entertainment, and lots of extra hugs and kisses from Crockett who still adore the "bebe"! We will be so sad when he leaves us tomorrow. We've had the best time!

Cousin Camp Day 2

Our first full day was a success! And I don't really feel any more tired than usual at the end of a long day, so definitely a success!!! We woke up this morning and pretty much went straight outside. Crockett slept until 9 (nice!) and then wanted outside. They had a mid-morning snack of goldfish for Crockett and a leftover, half-eaten, melted kit-kat (found in Crockett's backpack) for Braidy. They were a sight at 10am. Crockett continued to throw little dirt clods at me and still thought it was really funny. Whatever makes him laugh and smile, i'll take! Sweet Quin swang (swung? was swinging?) while we were outside. John jumped some but was pretty tired because he had been at football camp since 8.


After a little while outside we began to get bored, so I brought out the play-doh. Makes such a mess, but sure makes kids happy. Or so I thought. Crockett DID NOT like the play-doh! He immediately wanted down and cried when I put it close to him to play with. The other boys played for a little bit, and Crockett played with Buzz....and was as happy as a lark.


For lunch we had a picnic in front of some ToyStory...don't look too close or you may be jealous and see my gourmet lunch I cook for my children regularly.

After lunch we played on our new slip n slide. It was $10, and we definitely got what we payed for. However, it provided about an hour of good entertainment, so that is worth it in my book! The slipped, slided, and ran around like wild banshees. After our front yard looked like a giant mud pit, we decided to come in....after I soaked them with the hose a few times. They all loved it.



Outside + Water = good naps! They took a good nap....we then played outside some more, built "towers" in braidy's room, knocked the towers down, had some important and very serious convo (see picture below), Quin watched his brother and cousins be silly, ate some dinner, and the little boys stayed here with daddy while I took John on a photoshoot. The boys jumped while daddy mowed the yard, and then when John and I got home they went on another long bike ride. Same story, 2nd verse....bath and bed...only tonight they are watching "How to Train Your Dragon"....I bet in 10 minutes I'll go check on them and there will be 6 closed eyes! At least 4, last night Braidy played while the other 2 slept for a while. Looking forward to another fun day tomorrow!

Cousin Camp Day 1

Crockett is in town spending a few days with us, so I decided to name our few days "Cousin Camp". I know his mommy will want to know all that he did while he was away, although I hope she is enjoying a few days of "ME TIME"!!! Here's a rundown of our first (half) day of Cousin Camp!


The boys threw clods of dirt on the sidewalk. They actually posed for a really cute picture together. We jumped. alot. Crockett threw small clods of dirt at Aunt Mon and thought it was the funniest thing ever. Cute photo ops, if nothing else! These boys are the best of friends, and I just love it. Partners in CRIME!



After dinner, Uncle Ryan took Crockett and Braidy on a bike ride in the trailer, while John followed along on his bike. They went a long ways and were all tired when they got home!



Bath time with 2 boys is fun! Splashing, playing, and getting squeaky clean.

Now 3 clean boys are all laying in John's bed watching CARS for a little bit until they drift off into dreamland. Excited for the next couple of days with 4 sweet boys!

a graduation and fun on the farm!

Last weekend we loaded up a very packed car, filled with 3 mommas and 3 little boys and headed to Weatherford, OK where my Uncle Tim, Aunt Darla, and cousins Kathryn and Meredith live. Some special memories in this little town, as this is where my sweet Memo and Papo lived. My baby cousin (who I vividly remember carrying for hours upon end as an infant through Memo and Papo's house on her tummy) graduated from high school on Saturday. Hard to believe. She will be heading to OSU this fall and I couldn't be more excited and proud for her! Congrats Mere!

The Lowry's live on a farm, so we knew the boys would have a BALL. And that, they did. Even this morning as we were driving home from getting momma some coffee, Braidy said, "Let's go to Uncle Tim's house!" He'd stay there forever if I would let him!

We got there around 5 on Friday night, and within the first 20 minutes of being there the boys saw a snake, a "SCEEEEWY frog", a big dog, a couple cats, and lots of cows. The boys played and played outside and were happy as little larks. Braidy is still talking about the "SCeeeewy frog"...and how he screamed. Not sure why it was so scary to him, but it sure was. Uncle Tim got the 4 wheeler and took both boys on a ride to see the cows. They thought that was really fun. After dinner we got to go to the pig farm! Meredith had 7 baby piggies she's trying to sell, so we got to see them! Braidy loved them, even touched their noses. He got too close once and a pig started eating his shorts!!! He wasn't so sure about that!






Saturday was graduation. A 2 year old, an almost 3 year old, and a 6 month old sitting through a graduation = 2 hot, sweaty, stressed out mommas! They actually did pretty good and we made it long enough to see Mere walk the stage and get her diploma! After graduation they had a lunch at their house and we visited and the boys played some more. Without us knowing, they escaped the backyard and were playing up in the treehouse! Good thing a visitor commented on them having a great time on the treehouse, or they might have been half way to Texas by the time we realized they had escaped. Sneaky little fellas. The rest of the day we napped and played some more. We visited the cemetery where we placed some flowers on Memo and Papo's grave, just a little early for Memorial Day.


Sunday we went to church, and the boys stayed for Sunday School while we went to pack up our hotel rooms. Quin had a great time in Aunt Darla's class! He was wiped out after it was over! B and C had a fun time too...they were playing in sand when Jess went to pick them up...Braidy was sitting IN the tub of sand....go figure. Before we got ready to head home Mere got her horse for the boys to ride. Even the mommas got to ride...and Quin got his first horsey ride!






We had a great time, but we were all WORN OUT when we got home. The boys all did great on the ride there and back....we can't wait to go back and spend more time out there! More fun and sweet memories on the farm!