A Recorder and Cookies

Yesterday, Jackson got a recorder from treasure box at school, and he loved it!  In the car on the way home, he asked if it was hurting my ears!  Not at all...

After we picked Sissy up from school, the kids had milk and homemade cookies for an afternoon snack.  They loved it!

Goodness, I love them!

Does is get any cuter?!

A Sweet Weekend

We had a sweet weekend...which was perfect because the kiddos have both been fighting colds this past week.

 

On Saturday, after cheering for Sarah at her volleyball game, Jackson decided his feet were cold, so he helped himself to Daddy's slippers, and then we watched Pioneer Woman together.  It's Jackson's favorite show, and he always asks if we can make everything Ree cooks!

On Sunday, Bryan's Dad joined us for church, and Sarah volunteered for the first time in the 2 year olds' class.  She loved it, and we are so proud of her for serving!

Last night, while we were all in the kitchen, Jackson made his shirt into a "cape" and ran around yelling, "You'll never catch me!"

The boy cracks us up!

Then for dinner, we had Oreo milkshakes!  We had a big lunch so we weren't terribly hungry at dinner time, so I thought milkshakes would be the perfect meal!

 

I just adore my family, and I adore sweet, little weekends.

Volleyball

Sarah started volleyball this year, and this morning was her first game!  Her team name is "The Blockbusters!" and all of the girls are friends from school--and some even go to church with Sarah.

 

She was really excited, but also a little nervous as we were leaving this morning!  I kept assuring her that she was going to do great!

Both Grandpas came out to watch her, and it was so special to her to have that extra support there!  And it was the cutest when Jackson would cheer, "Great job, Sarah!"

She was great at serving!

This was right after she served it and the other team wasn't able to get it, so we got the point!

Even though they lost this game, we had fun cheering Sarah Bear on...and I loved that it was indoors!

Baking with My Baby

Wednesday morning, after we got home from Bible study, Jackson and I baked some pumpkin bread!

 

It wasn't long after I plopped him on the counter that he got flour all over himself!

Look at how cute!

He always loves helping me, and I love having him in the kitchen.

13 Years!

Yesterday marked 13 years since the day Bryan asked me to be his girlfriend back in high school!  11 and a half years of marriage and 2 kids later, he still gives me butterflies!

 

This is us getting ready for prom, and it's one of my all time favorite pictures!

To mark our anniversary, we went to Schlotzsky's--which is where we had our first date--with the kids for dinner!

First Day of School!

Today was Jackson's first day of Pre-K!  We can't believe he's that old!  He's going to the preschool at our church for the second year, and he just loves it there!  He was so excited to get to school and spend the day with his new teachers, Ms. Jennifer and Ms. Amy and all of his friends!

 

Goodness, he's the cutest!

I can't get over how big he looks in this picture!

 

Since this was his second year going to school, it wasn't as hard leaving him today, but my Mommy heart was still sad, and I couldn't wait to pick him up this afternoon!

 

I wrote him a little note for his lunchbox using only words he could read--and then he asked where Sarah's name was...so I went back and signed her name!

After school, we went out for our traditional first day treat! 

A Lovely Day

Bryan has been on call at a hospital an hour away since Friday.  As of this morning, he didn't have any cases scheduled for today, so the kids and I drove out to have lunch with him.  After we ate, we went to a sweet little park and had so much fun!

 

I hope she never gets too big to go on a slide!

He obviously doesn't think he's too big yet!

I swear, I have 3 children!

Jackson was so worried about falling in the pond, that he made me hold him really tight!

I love these three!

He's my always and forever.

This is Jack's "angry giant" face!

More "angry giant" face!

Jackson asked Daddy to push him on the swings, and it brought back so many sweet memories of when he was even smaller...thus causing me to take far too many pictures!

Can you blame me though?!  Look at that face!

Love!

We love watching them play together!

They're my favorites!