Scared...

...of shadows. Kamden has decided in the past week that he is scared of the shadows in his room. So in an effort to solve this problem, we talked Austin into sleeping with him. Austin claims he doesn't want to sleep with him but we hear him each night telling Kamden stories before they go to sleep. Kamden loves it and asks him every night if he will tell him a story. Last night, I went in to check on them and this is how I found them.


We have Canadian geese in our neighborhood ponds. On Saturday morning they were down by our house so before football we had to feed them some bread. By the way, Austin scored another touchdown at Saturday's game.

Summer's Gone!

Things are picking up around here. Austin started school a couple of weeks ago. It is still hard for me to believe I have a child in 2nd grade but Austin quickly reminded me the first week of school that he was 'too old for notes in his lunchbox now -those are for babies'. Sniff sniff; my little boy is growing up. He says he likes school and it seems to be going good. We drive to the front of our subdivision and then we walk across the street to school. I'm not sure who likes that better; Austin or Kamden. Our school hours here are 8:55~3:40. That has taken some getting used too; I would rather go early and have the extra time in the afternoon. But oh well, we are adjusting; it just makes our afternoons a little crazy. Austin actually got to start this school year with his two front teeth. They have been missing since before kindergarten. So this year, he will have teeth in his school pictures!


The same week school started, Austin started Upward Flag Football. Saturday was his first game and he scored a touchdown, made 2 interceptions and pulled lots of flags. He was so excited and of course, we were too.

Here he is running out of the tunnel after they called his name.

Headed for the inzone to score a TOUCHDOWN!!!

Diving for the flag!

I got it!



As most of you already know, Kamden has an obsession with sunglasses. Of course, on Saturday none of them were in the car so he had to wear mine. He gave them "2 thumbs up".

Some other ladies and I started a neighborhood playgroup for our younger kids that aren't in school yet. We meet on Friday mornings at one of our houses for a couple of hours. Kamden loves it. He really looks forward to 'playing with all my friends' plus it gives us moms a little time to socialize with adults!

As for Zeke, he is doing good. He may only weigh 6 pounds but he sure thinks he's big! I took him last week for his shots and he bowed up and started barking at a BIG bulldog! Boy, does he have A LOT to learn.

Branson, Missouri

Meet Zeke

We added a member to our family yesterday. The boys have been begging for a puppy since we gave Bauzer away. So...we gave in! We got a miniature schnauzer. He is 12 weeks old. We are keeping him in the house but so far everything is going great. Austin named him Zeke because he said he had to have a name that started with a letter in Bauzer's name. (I don't know why but whatever!) I'll post more later-got to go take him to potty! :)

Ouch!!!

This is Austin's reaction to a hornet sting. He got stung on the cheek Sunday afternoon and I took this picture Monday morning. When he woke up Monday morning his eye was completely swole shut. I took him to the doctor and he acted like as long as it wasn't infected I shouldn't be worried and to keep giving him benedryl. This morning it looks better; at least he can open his eye.


And this is Kamden's reaction. Every time I give Austin medicine, Kamden tells me "I got fever, I got stung by a bee too!" So once he gets his attention & 'medicine' he is good to go!



Kamden is 3 now and he will quickly remind you. Yesterday I called him baby and he told me "you don't say baby you say bigger!" He had a great birthday, he got a Spiderman bike which he LOVES and lots of money. The first card he opened was from Kinley, his best friend from Tyler, and it had $3.00 in it. He was so excited he kept telling us "I got three hundred dollars!!!".

"I'm 3!"

On his birthday we went to a Safari Wildlife Refuge/Rescue here in Broken Arrow. We really enjoyed it. They rescue exotic animals from people that decide they can no longer have them or afford them as a pet. They had tigers, lions, wolves, a zebra, peacocks, farm animals, monkeys and many other animals. We got to feed most of them even the tigers & lions!



This is a liger. It is half lion, half tiger; hence the name 'liger'. They were feeding him from about 7 feet. As you can see, he was HUGE.


Austin feeding the liger


Kamden feeding the cougar


Austin feeding the tiger that was soaking in his drinking water



This is a full grown alligator but because it was born in polluted waters in Florida it's growth was stunted.


This is one of Mike Tyson's tigers they rescued when he got into financial trouble and couldn't afford to keep them. It is an albino tiger.



The new bike!

Where do I begin?

Well, the move went really smooth. We couldn't have asked for anything to go any better. All the boxes were unpacked and put away within 4 days! Thanks to momma for keeping the kids. There is no way we could have got it all done with them here! Momma and Aunt Glenda brought the boys back Sunday before last. That very same evening we lost Austin in the neighborhood! Heath let him go around the block on his bike and he told him just how to do it. After about 30 minutes, when he didn't return, Heath left to go look for him. I didn't know all this at the time because they were outside. The next thing I knew the phone rang and it was Heath asking if Austin was home. Then he told me he was on his bike and he couldn't find him. Now keep in mind, it is dusk dark and Austin has no clue about this neighborhood nor does he know our phone number or address. To put it mildly: I panicked! So off I go around the block to look for him, by the time I made it to the back street I saw Heath following him home. Come to find out, he had met a friend who had lost a tire off his 4-wheeler and he stopped to help him. Needless to say, the next day he learned his new address and phone number! All this happened on Sunday, on Tuesday we were at the Dr with Kamden. He had croup and a really bad sore throat. The croup went away and by Saturday we were back at the pediatrician with both ears infected. He is feeling better finally so hopefully sometime this week we will get to try out the pool! On Friday night, we went to the Tulsa Drillers baseball game. Heath's boss has season box tickets so he gave us the tickets. After the game, they had a firework show. The boys loved it! I don't think they have ever seen so many fireworks in their life.

Everything is going through on selling our Tyler house and we are supposed to be closing on it June 26.

I posted some pictures below of the house. I didn't post the ones of the guest room, game room or the office because we still have to get some more furniture for them. I will post them soon.


Master Bedroom


Master Bath


Kitchen


More Kitchen


Living Room


Dining Room


Taken from the front door


Boy's Bathroom


Kamden's Room


Austin's Room


Hobby Room


Laundry Room