Reading After a Run

Tonight when I came in from a run, I cuddled up with Daniel on the couch for the 2nd time today to read and re-read and read again two of his current favorite books..."That's Not My Dinosaur" and "That's Not My Puppy"...






Earlier today we did this before his nap, except we snuggled much closer because I wasn't so sweaty. :-)

A Day With The Rangers

Our dear friends gave us tickets to the Ranger's game today, and although they lost, three of my kiddos and myself had a great day at the ballpark. It was CJ Wilson Red and Blue glove give away day. So the first 10,000 kids 13 and under received a glove. Pretty cool. Drew, Sam, Abby and I were the lucky ones who got to go. Lizzy has been having a hard time with her asthma and was needing frequent treatments or we would have brought her along with us.

We had the unexpected blessing of having some of our dear family friends attending the game today too. In about the 6th inning they came down from where thay were sitting to join us...


The kids are also Jr. Rangers, so on Sunday afternoons they get to be in a special line up of kiddos to run the bases. Everyone can run the bases on Sunday, but Jr. Rangers get to be in the front of the line. Abby was SO excited to do this as it was her first time. Here we are waiting...



And here they are running...





A picture at home plate...


And in front of the visitors dugout...


It was such a great, hot afternoon at Rangers Ballpark. I cannot wait for the day that our whole family gets to attend a game together. But right now without an air conditioned suite or something it just will not work to bring Daniel out for a game. I do hope we get the opportunity to do this sometime. We love the Rangers in case you missed that before! :-) And I love doing things with my whole family...Brent, Lizzy and Daniel were definitely missed today.

Baseball Camp 2011

Today my big boys wrapped up a great week of baseball camp hosted by Stonebriar Church. This was Drew's 3rd year to attend and Sam's 1st year as it is for kids age 8-13 years old. They had SO much fun. We carpooled with some of their best buddies and some days after camp were spent swimming and playing with those friends. Last night after a full day of baseball camp and playing at a friend's house, two buddies joined our family for our family pizza night. Tonight they were "out" by 7pm. Sound asleep. They just had such a great week. And I am so thankful for that. Here are some pictures I took at family day today...if they played for a team, they were supposed to wear their uniforms...that's why they are all dressed up...









They are already talking about next year...:-)

Father's Day

Here is our SUPER daddy with his SUPER kids! :-)

We actually celebrated Father's Day last Sunday as Brent had to work yesterday. We had a fun dinner and outfitted our daddy with some new shoes and a Rangers Sweatshirt. The cards were the best. They boys and I found some good ones and had a very fun time doing so!

We love you Brent and are so thankful for ALL that you do for ALL of us. Happy Father's Day!

Look Who's Taking A Bath Now...

Daniel!






On the days that we do the dressing changes for his central line, we have been giving Daniel a chance to splash around and play in the bath. We put 2 aquaguards over his central line dressing to keep it as dry as possible and it has been working out well. He LOVES the bath. I really do not know a toddler that does not like to play in bath water. It is so nice to give him this chance.

Brent usually sits on the edge of the tub holding the medicine pump and line. His years of fishing and having to have just the right tension on the line have come in handy for Daniel's baths and acrobatic diving skills he displays in the water. He literally just dives and rolls. He LOVES putting his face in the water. All of his older siblings gather to watch him play. They know that this is special too and celebrate the fact that he can play in the tub. The sound of their cheering an his laughing and then their laughing at his bubble beards is so precious. It is moments like these where I realize that not only have Brent and I learned to celebrate the most simple moments of life, but our kiddos have too. They see the bath as a gift to Daniel. And every time he gets in they celebrate his opportunity.

They love their little buddy.

And I love all of them so much.

Thank you Jesus for moments where our home is filled with smiles and squeals and laughs.

A New Haircut

Last week, I gave Daniel a new hair cut.

I wrestled with him for an hour, but the mission WAS accomplished in the end. My sweet, mellow, go with the flow little boy was NO where to be found during our hair cutting session. :-)

Here is the end result...





We all think he looks very handsome!

I love to play in the Fridge...

This is definitely at the top of Daniel's favorite things to do list right now. He makes a bee-line from wherever he is in our house straight for the fridge as soon as he hears it crack open...




We all think it is super cute!