A Get Well Card

Saturday evening, Bryan got a migraine and just felt terrible.  Not too long after he went to rest in the bedroom, Jackson brought him this card.

 

"I hope you get better today I really hope you will get better soon father I hope so...Love Jackson"

It just doesn't get any sweeter!  I love his heart!

Bryan's Birthday Lunch

On Saturday, we took Papa Bear out for his birthday lunch!  He chose a steak house and loved every bite of his meal!

 

We just love Daddy, and we love celebrating him!

Sarah's Phone

A week ago, we gave Sarah a phone!  We surprised her with it, and it was the cutest thing ever!  She pulled the box out of a gift bag, but thought Bryan was teasing her!  He finally told her it was an unopened box, then she looked at me for confirmation!  Too funny!  She gave us both huge hugs and thanked us profusely!  We were waiting to get her a phone, but then discovered that they use their cell phones in marching band, so we decided to give her a phone before the end of this school year so she could share her number with her friends.

 

 She was so excited!

 

Last Thursday was her first day to have her phone, and she was so excited to take pictures with it!  So, she took pictures of us at our weekly Bible study.

She also took a pretty picture of our coffee!

Jackson's Birthday!

Jackson's birthday is in the summer, but today he got to celebrate it at school!

 

He was so excited to have his class sing him "Happy Birthday!"  And yes, that's blue frosting in his hair.  And no, his cupcake did not have blue frosting!

He loved the Spider-Man cupcakes!

He even got to wear this special birthday hat all day!  I think that was his favorite part!

Bryan's Birthday!

We had so much fun celebrating Papa Bear's 33rd birthday yesterday!

 

While he was on call Sunday, the kids and I wrote 33 reasons why we love him and filled the kitchen table with them!

Bryan's favorite birthday tradition is picking what he wants me to make for his birthday dinner!  He spent much of the last year trying to decide what he wanted!  Sadly, I'm not exaggerating!  He finally chose fried chicken, sweet potato casserole, creamed spinach, and butter bread!

For his birthday dessert, he wanted blueberry dump cake!

 Cute!

 

Happy Birthday, Papa Bear!  We sure do love you!

Happy Birthday, Bryan!

Happy Birthday to my best friend and better half!  Happy Birthday to the best husband and Daddy!  We love you so, Papa Bear!

Sweetness

The other night, as we were driving home from church, Jackson asked if Sarah was going to move out of the house when she got married.  I told him yes, and bless his heart, he started to cry!  He said he was going to miss her so much!  Then, Sarah leaned over and promised him that he would always be her best friend.  Talk about heart melting!

 

I just love their sweet relationship!

Mother's Day

Yesterday, we celebrated Mother's Day!  Growing up, I always wanted to be a wife and a mom, so I'm literally living out my dream!

 

I thank God every day for blessing me with these two cuties!

 

They're my heart and soul.  My happy place.

Jackson's hand placement!

Goodness, they're my favorite!

 

Sarah made me this beautiful painting.

Jackson made me this picture frame at school.

He also made me this little book.

 This is the back of it.

This is what he made me at church yesterday morning.  It says, "Thank you for always making me my dinner.  I love you.  Love Jackson."  He's the cutest!

 

After church, we had Bryan's family over for a Mother's Day brunch!

The drink station.

The food table.

We had French toast...

...with all the fixins!

Egg and bacon casserole.

 

I made these little frogs for Bryan's mom,

and we got their favorite candy.

 

We had all kinds of meat,

two kinds of scones,

fruit salad,

and cherry Danish.

Indoor Picnic

Last night, we were going to eat outside, but then, ants took over our table after I washed it with soap, so we moved the picnic inside!

 

The boys grilled hamburgers, and for some reason, whenever they grill, Jackson feels the need to take his shirt off!  Papa Bear never does that, so I don't know where J got that idea!

J loved having his own spatula!

Even though we didn't end up eating outside as planned, we had the best time together!  I am so grateful for my family...and for Bryan's cheeseburgers!

Texas by Jackson

They made Texas out of salt dough at school, and Jackson couldn't wait to show us!

 

He's the cutest!

A Great Evening

Yesterday evening, dinner was in the oven, brownies were cooling on the counter, worship music was playing, Sarah was practicing her trumpet, and these two were playing checkers.

 

It was the sweetest ending to a great weekend.

 

Daddy made a bad move, and started losing, then made a comeback to win.  Jackson's already vowed that Daddy's going down next time!  Ha!

No More Training Wheels!

Three weekends ago, Papa Bear took Jackson's training wheels off his bike!  J was so excited!

 

Daddy started out holding on to him.

Then, Daddy let Jackson go.

Jackson did great!

After riding his bike, Jackson wanted to play basketball with Daddy!

They love playing basketball together!

I know this is mean, but this picture cracks me up!

 

Last week after school, Jackson and I practiced riding his bike more!

He did so great!

We are so proud of him!

I can't believe how big he's getting!

He's riding his back without training wheels, and next time I blink, he'll be leaving for college!

His smile kills me!

I just love him so much!