Bryan's Birthday

Last Wednesday, we celebrated Bryan's 40th birthday!

He has said for the past few years, that he wanted the theme for his 40th birthday to be Mike Gundy's famous rant, "I'm a man!  I'm 40!" so that's what we did!

One of our traditions is that you get to pick what restaurant you want to go to, and this year, Bryan chose one of our favorite burger places!

Once we got home, we lit the candles for his birthday bread pudding.

Because there were 40 candles, it was more than a one man job!

One of our other traditions is a homemade meal, and this year, Bryan picked pork ragu and bruschetta.  Bryan and I made it together, and it was delicious!

It was so fun celebrating Bryan!  He's the absolute best, and we hope he had the best 40th birthday!

Happy 40th Bryan!

Today, this cute boy turned 40!

"I'm a man!  I'm 40!"

--Mike Gundy

--Bryan Crowder

Happy 40th Birthday to the absolute greatest guy we know!  We love you, and we are so grateful God made you!

 

Mother's Day

On Sunday, I had the honor of celebrating my 21st Mother's Day!

Thank you, God for blessing me with these two!

Being their Mama and Bryan's wife are my two favorite roles ever, and I am beyond grateful to God for blessing me with these 3!

Billy's Graduation

Last week, we went down to San Marcos to celebrate Billy graduating!

 

He graduated summa cum laude in Criminal Justice--all in 3 years!

After graduation, we went out to dinner with his parents to celebrate.  Then, on Friday, we went out to celebrate him again!

We are so proud of him!

German Fest

On Saturday afternoon, we traveled to Muenster to go to the German Fest!  It was so delightful!

The first thing we did was walk around to check out all of the food options.  The boys knew they wanted bratwurst.  Obviously.  We also shared funnel cake, a huge pretzel, and strawberry lemonade.

Jack did a great job at axe throwing.

This is one of his favorite activities to do at camp each summer.

We had a blast!

Field Trip--Hot Chicken Edition

Jack loves hot chicken!  So, on Friday, for our second field trip of the week, we went to 2 hot chicken restaurants to compare and contrast!

First up, was Dave's Hot Chicken, which is one of J's all time favorite restaurants!

Then, we went to Ricky's Nashville Hot Chicken.  We had never been there before.  Jack ordered the same spice level at both restaurants to ensure that it was a fair competition.  

Both Jack and Bryan said that Ricky's was a lot spicier!  And overall, the winner was Dave's Hot Chicken!

We all had a blast on this field trip!  And Diamond loved trying both types of hot chicken too!

Field Trip--Solar Eclipse Edition

On Monday, we drove about 2 hours east to watch the solar eclipse.  Bryan has literally been looking forward to seeing this for the past 7 years!  He took the day off of work over a year ago!

On our way to the spot Bryan had chosen to watch the eclipse, we stopped and picked up burgers from a local restaurant, and they were amazing!

 

Diamond was excited too!

This is how dark the sky was--at 1:45 in the afternoon!

It truly was the coolest thing to see!

Before we started the trek back home, the boys played catch for a bit!

We all decided this was one of the best field trips yet!

And a few hours away in Austin, Sarah, Billy, and Trin were doing the same thing!