Baseball and Softball Season has Arrived!!

Jacob has started his second year of 8U baseball, his team is the Aggies.  A little tough for us Cowboys to support, but with living in Texas we will forever be faced with the Aggies or the Longhorns...and I must say, having our family support Jacob's team in those Aggies tshirts has got to be easier than wearing burnt orange...just the WRONG color of orange in our house, ha!  It is SO much fun watching Jacob play this year, he is loving it and doing so well.  Jason got these great pictures at his preseason tournament.

I do love this man, an awesome husband and an amazing Dad (he's even wearing the Aggie tshirt I bought him):

A video of an at bat:

Gwyn has started her first year of coach pitch softball in 6U.  She's doing great and loving it, you can see her field a ball and step on the base to get someone out one inning or doing a cartwheel on the field in the next inning:)  She got to be the bat girl with a little friend for the high school Varsity softball team...it was so cute and she was loving it:

A video of her doing her bat girl job:

Her buddy Caroline:

Praying with the team before the game:

Waiting as they announced the starting line up:

Foot to foot with the team on the line while they announced the other team:

Sweet girls:

A video of Gwyn getting a hit during her first soft ball game:



Love this silly girl:

Annie had donuts with Dads, she was super excited!

Swim buddies:

The weather has been awesome here and we are enjoying being outside:

Gwyn sporting her new poodle earrings:

We have installed slackers at our house, hours of countless fun for the kids:

Slacker fun:






I was so impressed as Annie was playing the "stack the states" game, where she had to answer questions about states in order to get a state to stack, then I realized she was totally guessing and was getting mad anytime she accidentally got one right because she liked the sound that the game made when she got one wrong, ha!

My little pinkie gymnast, so cute:

I celebrated my 35th (ouch!) birthday on Monday.  The kids were sweet and made me the best presents ever, homemade cards, and Brian came through and got me this super mommy ice cream cake (he totally lucked out in the candles and found a 3 and a 5, he says he also found a 7, so we are good when I turn 37, 53 and 57 as well, ha!):

Love my sweet girl Gwyn, who made this for her teacher and taped a quarter on it, ha!  She gave it to her and she said that she LOVES money so it was perfect, ha!

My kiddos continuing to be immersed in Texas everything here:)

Annie is simply AWESOME!

Yee Haw! Ride Em' Cowgirl!  It was Annie's turn for Go Texan Day, which was on actual Go Texan Day at her preschool.  She was super cute and played the part perfectly!  I'm really enjoying my days with Annie, I can't believe she will be in preK in August and getting on the bus with Jacob and Gwyn.  I'm starting to cherish these one on one days I have with her because I know they are too quickly coming to an end.  Sweet girl, I love watching her sleep, so precious:

 She is definitely a riot, and keeps us hopping:

 What I get when the girls take my phone from me, silly sisters:

 Annie loves going to gymnastics with her buddy Emerson:

 A typical going-out-to-dinner-on-a-Friday-night-outfit:

 She likes playing school with all her animals:

 Sweet Gwyn got to try out one of her many birthday presents of some fake fingernails this weekend, too cute, she said she liked the sound they made when she taps them on the table:

 Jacob had a banquet for Cub Scouts and they brought snakes, and unfortunately, our table was right next to all the snake boxes, yuck!

 Dinnertime favorite at our house, homemade pigs in a blanket!

 Gwyn was the only brave one to ride this scary pony at the neighborhood bbq cookout:

 My sweet boy Jacob is growing up too fast:)

 A note I found in Gwyn's backpack from a boy in her class named Will.  I agree, she is the BEST girl!

 Love Gwyn's artwork of her cowgirl...

 And how precious is her writing on the back, ha!!  I'm sure she will laugh at this in 10 years!

A few videos from the week...roller blading, playing catch and picking flowers...Sunday afternoons are great!

Sack races:

Gwyn on a zip line:

Annie at swim lessons:

Learning to roller blade in the garage:

Family bike ride:

Go Texan Day!

We are raising some true Texans around here!  Go Texan Day is a favorite of mine to see the kids square dance and sing their cultish Texan songs, ha!  Such a cute bus stop:

 Love my little sweet cowgirl!

 Annie got to watch both times and then do the hokey pokey and chicken dance with them:

 Another sweet cowgirl:

Here is a video of their dancing:

We had three Valentine's Day parties on the same day...first up was Annie, love this face:

 Her and her bestie:

 Sweet Gwyn stacking candy hearts at her party:

 Gwyn and her sweet friends:

 Jacob stacking some candy hearts:

 My sweet new ride, a present from my awesome hubby:

 Annie running into swim lessons with her swimsuit and her cowgirl boots on like she owned the place:

 Her favorite part, blow drying her hair after swim lessons:

 Jacob finished a successful season of basketball, such a cute group of boys:

 We finally released our ladybugs, they didn't want to leave Gwyn:

 Annie picks out all of her clothing ensembles, Notre Dame jersey, Matilda Jane skirt and a black cardigan...typical:

 The only use of our sunroof, sticking their heads out of it on a nice day:

 Friends are the best:

 LOVE getting notes from my kiddos:

 Love that Jacob is curious about what secrets his sisters tell each other, ha:

Funny things the kids said this week:

Annie (after Jacob and Gwyn were discussing pets):  My teacher has a pet dragon.  It has a beard (a bearded dragon, ha!)
Gwyn:  Singapore I think is a place that if you sing you have money, and if you don't you are poor.
Jacob:  Next time you bring me in the car with a bunch of Gwyn's friends, pack me some earplugs.
Me to Jacob:  If I were you, I'd leave those badges in this envelope because we won't lose them.
Jacob:  If I were me, I'd put them right here in my pocket.  Remind me they are in there, okay?
Gwyn:  I don't know why they call it square dancing, you are in a circle.  They should call it circle dancing.