I have severely neglected blogging. I have started printing the blogs I write into books- it's such a great way to keep the memories and pictures! I really want to get back to it, so I'm catching up on all that's been going on since January.
On the day we came back from Aruba, Brian turned 40. He didn't want a big hoorah, so we had a little party for a few family and friends. His shirt says "It took 40 years to look this good!" Ha!
In February, Hudson turned 9. He is super into emojis, so he requested a cake with a devil emoji (I don't know why). So I did my best.
We took him and a friend (and Reed and his friend) to a place over in Weatherford that has a bowling alley, arcade and movie theater. Good times were had by all.
In late February, we got ourselves a new mule. We have had an old golf cart and then an old John Deere gator to do chores and run around here on our land. They didn't work well, were sometimes hard to get started and were kind os a pain. This mule has been AWESOME. It has two rows and can seat 4-6. We use it almost daily to get us around out here and it's super handy.
On Spring Break, the boys and I (Brian had to stay and work) drove down to Galveston for a few days.
We found a condo close to the beach and had a great time doing whatever we wanted. It was pretty chilly most of the time, but we had fun!
The boys and I went on a dolphin watching tour. We almost froze to death, but ended up seeing a ton of dolphins. It was awesome.
It was a fun, relaxing trip.
This dog. Oh my.
He has fit right in with our family. I love seeing the boys run around with him outside. He is such a sweet puppy.
Hudson and went on our first Mother/Son trip at the end of March. Here we are, bight and EARLY (about 6:00 a.m) at the airport for our flight to Kentucky.
We flew into Louisville and rented a car. Hudson was so excited it had a Texas license plate (which I thought was super odd).
We drove to Mega Cavern and got ready for our underground zip line tour.
He had been wanting to zip line for s long time, but hasn't been old enough. This place let younger kids do it as long as they weigh enough. I was worried he would get scared, but he LOVED it. I was the one struggling at the end. They platforms got higher and even though we were underground, it was freaky. I'm glad we did it though. We went back to our hotel and took a nap for a bit. Then we saw Beauty and Beast at a nearby theater that had recliners.
We slept hard that night and got up the next day to go to the Ark Encounter. We had to drive a little over an hour and then hop on a shuttle bus from the parking lot to the Ark.
We spent the next few hours walking around and checking it out. It was SO fun and I highly recommend it!
We drove back to the hotel, had a pizza delivered for dinner and watched TV. The next morning we got up and returned the rental car and checked in for our 9 A.M. flight. It was delayed, then eventually cancelled. The next flight was at 8:00 PM (yes P.M.) and had a connection in Charlotte. So we sat in the airport for 12 1/2 hours. Hudson did this most of the time.
We got on our flight and with our connection were planning to land in DFW at midnight. I had a sweet friend offer to let us stay at her house in the metroplex instead of having to drive home. I was thinking i was going to take her up on it. We landed in Charlotte and out connecting flight left in 10 minutes. From another terminal. I looked at Hudson and said "Get ready, we are going to RUN." And we did. Turns out, we never would've made it anyway because the flight was shutting the doors as our other plane was landing. No more flights out that night, so the airline gave us a voucher for a hotel and booked us for a flight the next morning. We got up early and got back to the airport to head home. We were absolutely beat. The flight home:
We had such a great time! I love these trips with my boys.
On april 30th, Reed turned 13. I can't believe I have a teenager. He's a sweet kid and such a blessing.
My latest favorite picture of me and my hubby.
School let out and Reed dyed his hair blue. Why not, right?
We had our first swimming day of the summer yesterday and came home exhausted and a little sunburned. After dinner we made cookies and played with the dog in the tank. Looking forward to a fun summer with my family!
