Bowling with the Fam!

Yep, Austin got the highest score!! Sadly for Billy and I, Carson beat us as well! And luckily Billy and I tied! Always a fun time hanging out with my boys!

Halloween Batman Style!

Carson really wanted to be Batman for Halloween, so I thought it would be cute for Jax to be Robin. (Which it is! Those 2 boys running around the house in their costumes = adorable!) The boys wanted me to be Cat Woman..... I can be a good sport sometimes. :)
Austin changed his mind from a 4 armed alien, to a mummy and finally decided on a Mad Scientist!
Billy has a Halloween Party at his work every year. This year it happened to be on a Thursday because everyone had Friday off.
I helped out at Austin's school in the morning and told Austin to get Carson after school and meet me out front. Well................ he forgot and went to Chess Club with Carson.
I pull up to school in a black shirt, my spandex workout pants, and my high heal leather boots to wait for the boys to come out of school. After waiting a while in the car, I psyched my self up to walk in to school to get my boys. I tried to look down to avoid eye contact, because I had on a little too much make-up to be wearing my workout pants! I don't mind being dressed up with everyone else, but to be dressed up and people not know you are going to a Halloween Party is a bit embarrassing.
The things I do for my boys... :) I must be madly in love with them!

1st Day of School!!!

There were more tears from Jax than me on the 1st day of school. He didn't want to leave his big brothers and didn't understand why he couldn't stay and play on the playground. He has adjusted well to them going to school and I love my alone time with him.
Carson started 1st grade and LOVES it. I asked him a few weeks into school if he liked his teacher, Ms. Sherman. He said, "Like? I LOVE my teacher! She gives me love notes!"
I am so glad he likes school! He makes friends easily and is always telling me sweet things he does for other kids.

Austin and his teacher Mrs. Maxson. Austin is in 4th grade!

Dang, I have some handsome boys!!!!

Silverwood!

Austin won tickets to Silverwood and a $50 gift card. YAY! I love the library! He was so excited and we all had a great time! Austin kept going up and down the waterslides even though it was FREEZING! (reason for only having one pic of Austin)
Thanks Annette for watching Jax, so we could go on the rides with the boys!

Baby Jax

On August 25th, Jax turned 2!!! He will always be my baby, and I can not believe how fast the last 2 years went! He still doesn't talk that much. He loves to point at things and say the name or sound. He loves building trains, so I decided to make him a train cake. It turned out better than I thought it would. He loved it, but I must be a very strict mom, because I dished him up first and then dished everybody else up, when I sat down by him, he hadn't taken 1 bite yet. Really! A two yr. old not attacking cake with oreos and M&M's on it????? I had to tell him it was o.k. before he had some. And even then he didn't have very much.

Jackson gives the best snuggles and is very much a "Mama's Boy". I go to the gym every morning and he still has a hard time with me leaving him there for the hour. Luckily, by the time I pick him up he is having a great time and sometimes doesn't want to go.

He is truly a miracle and I love his guts!!

Austin

WOW! It has been FOR-EV-ER since I have blogged. It has been kind of nice, but I feel like I need to journal more.

Summer was nice, but truly not the same. The kids and I have an empty spot in us from not going to the Lake House in N.C. It just makes it that much more important to make it happen next year. My kids talk constantly about it.
....Dani, next summer FOR SURE!

Austin turned 9 this summer, he is by far the smartest kid I know. I wish I could record some of the things he says, because his thinking is very complex. He wants to build a flying car, own businesses, and invent things. He is in the KOG program this year, which is perfect for him and his way of thinking. It is a little hard for him not to be the smartest in his class, but he is still the best reader and likes the challenge. He is just like his dad and always want to go rock climbing, camping, fishing, hunting, and hiking with him.
For his birthday we sent him on a treasure hunt with clues and the last place he went had a new bike waiting for him. He was SO excited!

Austin asked me to week ago to teach him how to knit. I am SO impressed! He has been knitting scarves like crazy. He always wants to go to the fabric store for more yarn.
His scarves look just like mine. He says he wants to sell them to Macy's or J.C. Penny. :) So cute!
So, if you want a scarf, he only charges $2 dollars plus the cost of yarn....yep he came up with the pricing. I would think 7 hrs. of his time would be worth more. :)

I feel very privileged to be his mom! Austin, I love you more than you will ever know!