Independence Day Family Get-Together

We had an awesome family get-together today! I love it when all the cousins, aunts and uncles get together to spend time and hang out. Bamaw had a great idea to put two slip-n-slides end to end and the kids LOVED it! Austin made a now-famous layered trifle, Mitchell is becoming a serious grill master and grilled a bunch of chicken legs, hot dogs and an amazing pork loin. I broiled some delicious pineapple with a butter/brown sugar/cinnamon glaze. Ah-mazing! Liz's sister, Rebekah, was in town visiting them and came over to hang out too. It was fun to catch up with her and hear about her recent trip to Houston and San Antonio with Isaac and Katelyn. Such a fun family day!

 Hahaha, I thought this was hilarious!

 Uncle Austin made two of these!

 This was seriously good pork! So moist!

This is seriously so good, oh my word!

 Tucking in

 Aunt Bekah and the kids

 Buddies!

 More buddies!

 Our oldest cousin. She is so sweet!

 Ow ow!! Sexy man!! <3 p="">

 Jon fell asleep, mwahahaha!

 A Crush of Cousins!

 Emeri started putting cherry halves on her fingertips and Katelyn wanted in on the fun

 Mwahahahaha!

 First splash, haha

 Organized chaos

 Drinking the water, just like a country kid

 Gotcha!

 Zoom!

 Collision!

 Cool dude

 Super(wo)man!

 I have no idea where he got this, but it's hilarious!

 Wet and squishy hugs

 The laid-back slip-n-slide

 So much I love about this pic

 Brothers!

 Our most frequent trifle eater!

 Trying to launch a basketball with a towel...

 Catch it!

 Liz and Austin took their youngest kids home to pack and get ready for their early morning departure to Washington tomorrow. We persuaded them to leave Isaac behind while the rest of the adults played the card game "Oh Heck." 

 Baby Makenzie! Mitchell is especially smitten. She's so calm.

Sweet smiles!

June Compliation

 6/3 - Fuzin Dinner at BJs Brewery - My sisters and our cousins (Dillon, Tyler, Ally and Andrew) refer to ourselves as the Fuzins (Friend Cousins). Hopefully this was the first of many Fuzin dinners!

 6/8 - These girls are already fast friends

 6/8 - Derek has lost so many teeth, it's hard to figure out how he eats anything!

 6/9 - Heidi is so smiley now! I love it!!

 6/9 - My friend, Holly Duenas, came back to Prosper to visit! It was so fun to catch up with her a bunch of other ladies from the former Prosper 2nd Ward at Frontier Park.

6/9 - First official date night since Heidi was born! We went to McKinney Moviehouse and Eatery to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. It was awesome! We got so many wary looks walking in with a tiny baby but she slept the entire time. Three people came up to us afterward to comment on how impressed they were with our sweet, well-behaved baby. She's a keeper, haha!

 6/10 - This is a very common occurrence. Heidi "helps" Bama in the kitchen when she decorates her cakes. 

 6/13 - This was such a sweet moment for me. Juenessa was one of the counselors at Hope Women's Center who helped me when I found out I was pregnant with Heidi. I was one of the very few women who come to the center excited about a planned baby. She saw Heidi on the ultrasound screen at 14 weeks gestation and it was such a sweet, wonderful experience to share my blessing with these ladies. Juenessa had stayed in touch with me throughout my pregnancy and is such a blessing to the women who come into the center. I'm so glad I met her!!

 6/14 - Back is best, right? Not for this kid. Bama expertly figured out that Heidi is a staunch belly sleeper and she taught me how to safely arrange blankets in Heidi's bassinet and on the couch so she can get some good rest. She's getting so big already!

 6/14 - Oh boy. These two boys are professional toad hunters now. They catch toads in the backyard at least twice a week. Today's participants in the toad hunt were less than thrilled and I couldn't help but laugh at the boys' enthusiasm contrasted with the irritation of the toads, hahaha!

 6/15 - This really happened. The boys, Derek in particular, feel a little left out when I paint Clara's nails and they often ask if I can paint their nails too... and then ask why boys don't wear nailpolish. tired of the constant nagging, I gave in today and painted their nails. Derek had dark blue with a layer of glitter on top and Bryce had light blue with the same glitter on top. They wore it for about a half an hour til the novelty wore off and then sheepishly asked me to remove the polish. Lesson learned, lol.

 6/17 - Heidi is rocking her fluff-hawk as we call it (instead of a mohawk, get it?) and an adorable double chin.

 6/17 - Heidi is 2 months old today!! Slow down!!

 6/22 - Here is the walking definition of Bro-mance. These two are best friends and it is so cute!

 6/23 - Milk drunk after a 2 am feeding, lol. Love those chubby cheeks!

 6/24 - "Take me a picture, Mom!" Puzzle pieces can also be used as blaster guns, haha!

 6/27 - After weeks of 3 hours of sleep at night or less, some days you just have to put your game face on. "Put some color on" is a common Southern antidote for dwelling on your problems.

 6/27 - Derek loves to build things. He was very proud of this car he made, even though he didn't have any instructions to go off of. 

 6/29 - Mitchell asked me to bring Heidi to his workplace so he could show her off to his coworkers. After much deliberation about my outfit, I chose one of my favorite shirts and set off. One of Mitchell's coworkers said upon seeing me, "Oh wow, you match your carseat cover!" Oops. Totally didn't see that coming since I ordered the carseat cover off Amazon and bought my top from LuLaRoe. Guess I really like English roses, haha!

6/30 - Heidi occasionally makes this creepy face when she sleeps. Aunt Bella makes the same face, to this day, haha.