More Zoo Pictures

Have no idea why I wasn't able to blog all the pics at once, but here is the continuation of the pictures below.

Abby's favorite animal!
The fish in the pond went crazy!

Our niece/cousin/granddaughter Caroline met us there.

Byron was SO tired.

Maw and 4 out of 5 grandkids.

Collin was fascinated with these rattlesnakes. I hope he never EVER gets this close to any ever again.

Maw helping them see it all...

Abby's favorite reptile. Have no idea what it was called

More ducks.

Park play

drive home

definition of exhausted

A Day at the Abilene Zoo

Maw Maw and I decided to take the kids to the Zoo one Friday. We had planned it for the previous week, but it was raining! So off we trekked! and it was HOT!!! But fun was had by all.

Byron was already sweating by the time we walked in the gate. We forgot our caps (sorry, Dad) so we ended up with cool new Abilene Zoo caps. We are now too cool for words...

Collin's favorite were the ducks, but I am pretty sure he could have stayed all day just wandering around with no specific agenda. Definitely an animal kid....

Birds

Owls

Swimming with the Wests

We got invited to swim with our friends and the kids, of course, had a BLAST! They are such great swimmers and even Collin enjoyed the step area! He only stepped a little too far once or twice!

Jaxon West

Abby and Jaden West

Rainy 4th of July 2010

My aunt, uncle, and cousins came for a visit! YAY!

Waiting for the parade!

Byron's 4th Birthday

I cannot believe my firstborn son is 4 years old already. I remember everything about wanting another child and now we have two more! Could it be possible that we lived without him? People always tell you they don't remember what life was like before children. It is so true. I often wonder what I spent my time doing. I really truly don't remember. I must have been bored.

He is 4 years, 2 weeks and 2 days old now, but I have really been out of the blogging spirit recently. Abby was gone to camp for the first time for the week before Byron's birthday. She came home on the 26th and then Byron turned 4 on the 27th. It was a Sunday, which was also the first day of VBS. Abby had an unexpected doctor's visit on Tuesday for swimmer's ear. VBS concluded on Wednesday night. Thursday was spent getting ready for a party on Friday night and 4th of July company on Friday thru Sunday, and the following week was one I hope never to repeat. So that leads us to today! And here are some pictures!!!

This is the most handsome 4 year old I have ever seen.
I opted for cupcakes on Sunday, THE acutal day. The cake came on Friday at the family party.

Collin absolutely loves to blow out the candles! He knows where the lighter is (he can't reach it himself), and we have been blowing candles out for weeks! We only singed our eyelashes once....

Byron got a Buzz Lightyear sleeping bag for his birthday from MawMaw and PawPaw. He opened it up and said, "Mommy, can we go take a nap?" I may buy him a new sleeping bag everyday.....

I am almost positive there are more pictures of the family party on Kevin's camera, but it is currently at the office, so I will have to post that later. There were so many cameras flashing that I am really not sure if any of them were ours. I guess we will see...

Happy Birthday, Byron! We love you so much!

Love, Daddy, Mommy, Abby & CollinMac

Boys in the Barn

This is what happens when my boys go out to the barn to be with Daddy. Come to think of it, we did have lots of fun with the new birthday bicycle after this that I didn't get pictures of. My brain must have not been functioning at that point, but these were taken on my cell phone, so I didn't really have a way to take any good pictures anyway. Byron has also turned 4 years old in the past two weeks and I have not blogged that yet. I have lots of pictures, but they are still on my camera! I will get around to that this week! PROMISE!!!!