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A caught the kids in a "moment" as we headed to church Sunday. They have been in this playful, loving mood with each other which starts off with hugs, kisses, and ends in frustration when one pulls the other to the floor. They are looking pretty cute in the sailor outfits. Thanks Granny and PoPo!

Strike a Pose

This picture makes me laugh! Jaxon on the way to church last Sunday.

Just a Picture

This is an attempt at a family photo:)

Is it Friday Yet??

We are definitely ready for some down time at home this weekend! Everyone have a safe Memorial Day. This clan will be hanging at home enjoying the pool, BBQ, and playing.

We are Tired...

The kids were tired after the many road trips this weekend. This first photo was of Jaxon after his second wind Thursday night! He had has laughing in the car. He reminded me of Kennedy in this picture as a baby, she loved to assume this position with her legs and would laugh and laugh.

We made it to Conroe and the kids awoke from the El Campo drive. We stopped and got haircuts for Daddy and Jaxon. Jeremy ended up going to Target and bought some clippers for Jaxon's next hair cut. He has taken matters into his own hands after he saw how they cut his hair. We got back to the house, enjoyed our first dip in the pool, Jaxon chowed down on some oreos, and we headed to our neighbors for a great dinner!

Mason's 4th Birthday

We love our Daddy!! Kennedy would say "I love you this much" with her hands outstretched and Jaxon would blow the wettest kiss to describe his love for his Daddy!

Can you believe our babies are turning 4? When Mason's birthday comes around I have a bitter sweet feeling. His birthday is the first of the crew and signifies that our babies are growing older. He had a great birthday and the kids loved the museum. We formally got to meet and "Mason's babies" known by Kennedy, Hudson and Carson. Welcome to the family little ones!

I love this photo of Kennedy!!

Beautiful blue eyes

Happy Birthday Uncle Stephen

We met at our normal Mexican resturant stop in Navasota Thursday evening to celebrate on Uncle Stephen's birthday. Our crew is never a quiet group with the mix of the kids. We ate some good food and topped it off with sweets! We hope your day was as special as your are to us!

Non-Stop Weekend

I plan to get an update from our weekend posted soon. We had lots of places to be and enjoyed it all, but were glad to see Sunday come. Thursday night we met our family for Uncle Stephen's birthday, Friday--date night:) to include parent's night out at the kid's school, Saturday-Mason's birthday party in El Campo, friends dinner, Sunday-church, graduation tea, pool time, and Sunday evening peace.

Poor Guy

I am glad we added boths kids to Jeremy's dental plan. He has taken 4 hits to the face in the past hour. 4 hits= remote to head, door to the head, fall x 2 with the second being a face plant with a direct hit to the nose. Jaxon had his first nose bleed and not a minor one. I am seeing future visits to the ER---pray not though! Poor guy~ thank goodness for Boo Boo Bear!

Hanging Out

Jaxon loves to snuggle next to sister's babies.

We tell him, "Go Nite-Nite" and this is what we get

Check out the spider man pants! We got a load of clothes from some friends for Jaxon. Kennedy pulled these out and wear them almost every night now--star shirt and spider man pants, can it get any better?

I Did It

Kennedy is so excited about learning to tie her shoes and our next purchase will be "big girl" shoes. It is fun to watch her succeed and get so excited about it! This isn't a normal "kid toy"...the perks of being an occupational therapist. Kennedy found the board and I explained what it was for and she wanted to learn.

Fun with Cooper

The Gary's came over Friday for dinner which means that Kennedy got to hang out with Cooper. They love each over and play well together. They made the couch into a trampoline. Nowadays it is so much easier to get in versus going out to eat!

Dear God

Thank you for loving
Thank you for being sweet
Thank you for babies
Thank you for baby blankets
Thank you for grandparents
I love you


Kennedy Grace, May 15 2010

Each night we sit at Kennedy's bedside and pray together or do a follow along prayer in which Jeremy or I says something and then Kennedy repeats it. This was her leading the prayer and mommy following along.

Dear God,

Thank you for the privilege and gift of caring for two amazing people.

Thank you for good night kisses
Thank you for the right to be called "mom" "dad"
Thank you for rocking chairs that let me admire my children's faces as they go to sleep
Thank you for little hands and feet
Thank you for I love you's
Thank you the "hard times" that make me put life in perspective
Thank you for your amazing and unconditional love

America's Favorite Past Time

We are lucky to enjoy one of "America's Favorite" past times January-May each year. I never grew up playing softball, but enjoyed the years cheering and watching Jeremy play and now enjoy watching his team play. The game itself is great to watch and I find myself much more into it with Jeremy coaching. Kennedy would say the perks to daddy coaching the Bears with "Coach" (aka Chris Morris:) is first dibs to field access, front-row seating, dragging the field, cheering for the Bears, and eating lots of junk food to include peanuts, candy, and nachos. This past weekend we ended our play-off journey and had two very long nights getting to bed at 1am, but it was all worth it to support our team and our husband/daddy. We are blessed to be apart of the Bear Baseball family and have loved every minute of it.

14 Months!?!?!

Here is the updated photo of sleeping baby boy--big boy Jaxon! I cannot believe that he is 14 months and I am struggling even more with the thought of Kennedy turning 4 in a couple of months.

Jaxon is learning to use his voice and is saying-Mommy, Daddy, pup-pup (puppy), bye-bye, blows kisses, and babbles and yells frequently:) He is a go-getter in the biggest sense and doesn't meet a stranger. Jaxon loves to tease, however, you have to earn holding time with him. He may tease you, but doesn't intend on getting into your arms if mommy, daddy, or someone he is really fond of is in the room. Spend a little one on one time and you have met your best friend. Did I mention he never sits still---welcome to the world of a boy!

Another Mommy Perk

I can never get enough hand and footprint artwork.

"A piece of me I give to you. I painted this flower to say I love you"

"...look upon this handprint that's hanging on your wall and memories will come back of me, when I was very small"

Happy Mother' s Day

Where do I begin on such a special day? We have been blessed by so many amazing women in our lives and three in particular MaMa, Granny, and Grannie Maurer. Each of them has taught me how to teach my children, to live and love, and to pursue what is right and true in my journey as a mother. They all have been so amazing in their love of family and giving of themselves.

One of the most amazing blessing that God has given me is the gift of being a mother and wife. Some of my favorite things about being a mom: watching my children grow, Jaxon's open-mouth slober kisses, Kennedy's grab my cheeks with both hands sweet kisses, being called "mom", an extra little warm body in bed early in the morning, meal times at the kitchen table, watching my children pray, laughter, unconditional love, an added reason to get ice cream or get my toes done (thanks Kennedy), always being needed, kissing bo-bo's, buying barbie band-aids, bedtime reading, singing to children's songs, playing outdoors, extra hugs and I love you's being called from the back seat. Thank you Lord for the amazing mother's that have blessed our lives, for my own amazing mother, and for the two biggest blessing in my life-Kennedy and Jaxon.

Not only does Mother's Day weekend encompass the Maifest, it also means great times with family. We celebrated Saturday at Great-Grannie Maurer's. It was great weather to sit outside and enjoy each other's company. Sunday we headed to College Station for lunch with Grannie, PoPo, Uncle Jonathan, Aunt Beth, and the girls. We enjoyed lunch out and ended a great weekend.

The outdoor festivities were not complete without a marshmellow roast!