HAPPY DAY!

I have SO many pictures to go through from the past few days and I still have to post about our day at the Houston rodeo! Until then, pictures of our sweet little TWO year old, the boys playing outside at my parents' and Wyatt's newfound smile.

Great Wolf.

This is where we'll be in the next few days... I am sure I'll have lots of pictures to post when we get back!

Home again, home again.

We're moving! After five fabulous years in Houston, Tommy has accepted a job in North East Texas working in commercial construction. He will start in May. So that we can get the house on the market and keep me sane, the kids and I will be leaving sooner. We will miss our Houston friends greatly but are already making plans to come back to visit! We have begun our search for a house and hope to have a permanent place to get settled into soon. I have already contacted the homeschool group to get information about their co-op and will get Dade back in AWANA as soon as we get there. He is sad about leaving his friends so I think getting around other kids quickly might help him transition more smoothly. Of course we have lots of cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents and great-grandparents who are there to welcome us 'home.'

I scream...

Luke has a very keen ear when it comes to hearing the ice cream truck. The boys were ready when he pulled onto our street; Luke flagged him down and yelled at him to stop with his loudest voice.

Audrey walked right up to the truck and told Tommy, "Dora."

The boys picked it for her last time and she remembered!

Big Iron.

The road to our neighborhood is currently being widened. The kids and I took a walk down to watch the 'big iron' hard at work last week.

Audrey asks me to ride in the stroller when we go for a walk.

The few times I have tried to lay the seat back and put Wyatt in it she said "mine!"

One Sweet Chick!

Wyatt couldn't keep his eyes open quite long enough to see what was going on.

My 4th trimester 'womb.'

Luke wanted to make sure that we took a picture of ALL the trucks.

How We Roll...

Pictures of our trip back to Houston:

Luke was cold and wanted a pillow --

all I had to offer him was my Moby wrap.Wyatt did great for his first road trip!

He slept the entire way there Thursday night

and most of the way home on Sunday.

Audrey is a MUCH improved traveler
now that she can tell us what she needs/wants.

BBs & Blooms.

We finished out our East Texas weekend at Nana and PaPa's house. Audrey is old enough now to romp around with the blond and blue boys and (just like the boys) was intrigued with PaPa's laser light.

Wyatt got to meet Aunt Cindy.

Dade got a Red Ryder BB gun from Gran & Big Daddy for his birthday!

Big Daddy made a target and took the boys out to shoot when we were at their house.

Dade didn't put the gun down the entire weekend!

PaPa gave Dade an old metal box from his shop that

now houses the extra BBs. The BB gun is safely stored

while not in use and the box has gone everywhere with us --

including the doctor's office and Target!

Lake Somerville.

Tommy and Dade went camping earlier this month. As you can see, Dade was very excited! While I was packing food for them, Dade told me that I didn't need to pack anything because they were "going to go fishing and catch some fish to eat." After setting up the tent, Dade went exploring around the lake all by himself! They made s'mores, went for a walk at night with their flashlights, read books, attempted to catch some fish, and ate a big breakfast Sunday morning in Somerville.

A while back the boys started saying "Mr. Banana-pants."

Tommy made one with Dade's snack!

Taking a picture of himself.

Dade took lots of pictures while he was exploring -- some rocks he found

and a variety of coke cans.

He followed this red bird for a while around the campsite --

it's on top of the truck in this picture.