#hartzeveryday2014 Week 43

Day 294: Nothing sweeter

Day 295: Jackson played hookie from school to fish and spend the day with Papa and Grandma.:)

Day 296: Happy Birthday my love! Extra special to spend it with his parents.

Day 297: Celebrating all smiley faces on Jackson's conduct card for the 1st 9 weeks. (Mel's face cracks me up.)

Day 298: Just hanging out with our friend David Crowder! Awesome show!

Day 299: Fall Festival Fun- Ninja tried out his moves and Lincoln was terrified of the pony!

Day 300: Jackson insisted on making a habitat like my 2nd graders had to do for an assignment. We mad do with what we had. Whose kid is this?:)

Papa and Grandma

Papa and Grandma left after a great 2 week visit. We all had a great time with them. I know the boys will miss playing with them a lot, and we will miss their help with the house/yard work, dinner, and the boys!

Soaking up the sun and warm weather that is not in Wisconsin.

Jackson loves playing with Grandma. Here there are veterinarians taking care of all the sick of animals. I wish had some pictures of Papa and Lincoln playing outside. They would play in the sand, drive Lincoln's cars, and go to the park.

Of course, Papa had to get some Spring Creek BBQ while he was here. My boys like it just as much!

Enjoying the beautiful weather and company at dinner

So thankful that Papa and Grandma were able to watch Jackson play football.

Sharon and Mel watched the boys overnight so we could celebrate Brian's birthday. We enjoyed a night out at the Crowder concert, hotel stay, and a massage in the morning. 

Such a cute picture

Saying good bye is never easy, but we are thankful for the time we spent with them.

#hartzeveryday Week 42

Day 287: I had a meeting via Adobe Connect tonight and these two boys needed to be apart of it! Good think they couldn't see or hear us:)

Day 288: I think they are enjoying having Papa and Grandma here.

Day 289: One of them is entertained for free before dinner and the other is not!

Day 290: Fern and Ninja

 Plus Newboys concert!

Jackson's first concert experience. He loved it, but got tired. He fell asleep, but we woke him up for God's Not Dead. He rocked out and then went back to sleep!

Day 291: Lunch and shopping sans kids! 

Day 292: Jackson came to big church with us today. He started writing us notes and wanted one back from us. So sweet and impressed with his spelling!

Day 293: Grandma read to Jackson's class, and then he got to have lunch with both of them!

Pumpkin Pictures 2014

After church yesterday, we headed to a little pumpkin "patch" to take our annual pictures. Houston's patches are so different than in Wisconsin. 

Love my boys! 

Can you find ninja Jackson?

Can he stop growing?

Lincoln was done with pictures but loved reading books!

With Papa and Grandma, Lincoln was so over pictures:)

I think they have grown some from last year!

I love all things fall, looking forward to many more fun memories!

#hartzeveryday2014 Week 41

Day 280: Snuggles with Lincoln and his Kitty before bed

 Day 281: Awana Sparks

 Day 282: Brother bonding in the tub

 Day 283: It must be Friday!

 Day 284: Happy Birthday Titus!

 Day 285: They made it!

Day 286: Got home a little early today and got to spend it outside with this cute little guy

#hartzeveryday2014 Week 40

Day 273: Loving my fall scarf from Wal-Mart:)

 Day 274: Jackson was home sick from school with Daddy

 Day 275: Lincoln thinks Jackson is the best, and Jackson is a great big brother to him!

Day 276:Jackson was up coughing all night and Mamma has wet hair, but we still have the joy, joy, joy down in our hearts! #anddonuts #anditsfriday

Day 277: Jackson's first football game

Day 278: Hanging with the monkeys, they fit right in!

Day 279: Jackson is really into reading and writing books right now!

The Zoo

We had some beautiful weather this weekend, read not in the 90's!

I had been wanting to take Lincoln to the zoo because I knew he would just love the animals, and he did! I watched him more than looked at the animals. 

He loved crawling through the fish tunnel and stopping to look at them!

Cheese:)

 Checking out the animals

He wanted to walk and do everything on his own!

 Lincoln was making faces and noises at the giraffes 

 Love them!

 We decided to go on the train after we left the zoo, and again Lincoln wanted to be Mr. Independent and sit on the seat by himself. He clapped each time the whistle blew and the train moved.

What a fun family day, thankful for the time together!