Weekend Wrap up

Friday morning I had MOPs and our speaker was Drew Demler, who is the manager of the Greenhouse on the Midway for the State Fair of Texas. He came to talk to us about Fall planting. You may or may not know that while I appreciate the beauty of plants/flowers/trees ect...I do not have what they call a 'green thumb'. In fact my mom and Kevin actually think that I secretly hate plants because I never put much effort into keeping them alive. Oye.

Well, Drew got me all excited about plants..I even took three pages of notes! lol! But I was mainly excited about an herb garden (which ironically he didn't really talk about). I have wanted an herb garden for a while now...back when we lived on Miller, but then I decided to wait until we moved...and so now 1.5 years later here we are. So I decided this would be the perfect weekend to start one!

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After MOPs Grayson was exhausted and went right down for a nap. Ryan and I hung out for a little bit longer and then he went down. 

Silence. Mommy time. Wohoo! 

But I had a HUGE mess & all my Halloween decorations to take down. So I did. 

And I even added a little Thanksgiving fun :)

About an hour and a half later it was all clean and I decided to relax and sit on the couch. 

Cue little G.

Lol - isn't that how it always happens? 

Oh well - he is pretty fun too :)

We played downstairs for a while and then moved up to the game room once Ryan had been sleeping long enough (his room is right next to it, so I try not to play in there while he is sleeping). I hate having to wake him up (he gets pretty grumpy) but if he happens to hear us playing in the game room he is usually much happier because he wakes up 'on his own' and then gets to play with us! For dinner we headed to Matt's to celebrate Hayes's first birthday! The boys loved it!

Saturday morning (bright and early) we had Ryan's last soccer game! It was COLD! and I wasn't quite as prepared as I should have been. Thankfully sweet little Parker let Grayson borrow one of her hats...

Soccer was so much fun this year. I love all the kids (and their parents) on the team so it was such a great way to spend Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings for the past 8 weeks!

I wouldn't say Ryan is a soccer enthusiast by any means...but he loved hanging out with his friends too!

Not sure if he ever actually kicked the ball but he sure did love running around the field chasing it! And when he got bored with that he still had fun....here he is playing ring-around-the-roise with Eileen, Emme and Sydney...during the soccer game :)

And then he decided to push Ford around on the push car. 

And of course Grayson wanted to push his buddy Hayes around too

After the game we had team pictures. 

So cute!!!

We headed home for lunch and naps. Kevin and Ryan went to home depot to get stuff to make me an herb garden! Yay! Ryan was so excited about all the wood they bought. He thought (and still thinks) that this herb garden is for Mr. Butterfly (who is long gone). Apparently he thinks he will come back and live with the herbs. Sweet boy. 

After naps we headed north for our family pics with Chelle Cates!

The session went pretty well, until PJ time...that's when the boys fell apart. They were over it. Oh well! I am sure she got some good ones - she always does!

They look happy here...but they are just tricking you! Lot's of tears :( 

Nothing a sucker and some chocolate milk couldn't fix though :)

We headed back home to watch some football and eat pizza!

On Sunday morning we ALL got that EXTRA hour of sleep - SIKE! lol. Nope, we were up at 6:30. JOY.

We played at the house until the boys were bouncing off the walls ready to get out and then we headed to the park. 

The Botterman's came over for lunch and I made these ham & cheese sliders because I had a ton of leftover rolls from our party. My friend Nat made these before and they were so yummy!

While we had some extra hands Kevin got some help with my herb garden project. 

After naps we headed to Evie's 2nd birthday party! For some reason I thought it started at 3pm...but when we pulled up and noticed that no one else was there I realized we were an hour early! Oops! 

So we made a quick trip to Home Depot to get the last two pieces of wood we needed. 

Now it was party time! Wohoo!

Evie is such a sweet little girl! She has been very excited about her birthday party and all she really wanted was CAKE!

Grayson was very excited about the party hats...he wanted them all. Ryan also insisted on wearing one - which is probably why G wanted one. 

Oh don't mind G - he is busy working on his dinner. You know he doesn't like to skip a meal. 

Happy birthday to sweet little Evie! Such a fun party - the boys (and us too) had a blast!

Weekend Wrap up

So...I may have failed to post last weekends round up so I am just going to do one big ol roundup- how do you like that? Good.

Big things happening here!

First of all - little G took his FIRST steps!!!! We didn't get video of the first ones but Kevin did whip out his new white iphone to capture some after...although he didn't perform as well. Kevin isn't super quick with his phone yet sooooo...Anyhow, he was SO pleased with himself!!! It was adorable! I really wish I had good video...but I will soon!

So before I keep going I will back up to last weekend...since I never posted anything. oops! Anyhow, last Thursday night Kevin's parents watched the boys for us (they just returned from Montana - yay!) and we had a little date night at the arboretum.

The weather was beautiful - we had a little picnic, some adult beverages and listened to some live music with an incredible view. Fun stuff!

Last Friday evening I had a girls night out. We headed to HG Sply Co for some paleo inspired food and topped it off with some beers at the Truck Yard. Lots of fun!

Yummy beet margarita...perhaps too yummy for me to handle!

The next day was TX OU game...which in years past has been a HUGE weekend for us. All the boys get up at the crack of dawn to start tailgating and the women have a super fun shopping day...it's greatness. However, this year the men decided going to the game wasn't worth it...since the Longhorns haven't been doing that great. Some fans, right??? They ended up regretting their decision (obviously) and Sarah had to finally kick them all out :) Next year back to the regular game plan!!! Anyhow, it was still a lot of fun and the boys and I also headed over there for a little fun.

Ethan taught Grayson how to play pee-a-boo with his little hands - it's adorable!

That night Jen flew into town! I have been so excited to see her - haven't had some girl time with her in forever!!! We had so much fun catching up over pizza and creating a plan of attack for our shopping the next day! Jen is 6 months preggo so our focus was on baby Kate!

Sunday morning we started out with a walk on the Katy Trail down to Company Cafe. (I got my favorite - the beat. It's simple and I love it.) We had a yummy brunch with the boys then headed back home for naptime just before the rain set in. Kevin actually had to go in to the office so Mary graciously came over to watch the boys so that we could do a little shopping. We hit up Baby Bliss and PBK. It was so much fun shopping for a little girl!!!

Sunday evening we hosted the family dinner and go to eat at our new dining room table! It was so nice for everyone to have a place to sit!

Grayson was so excited to sit at the table with Ryan. 

And Ryan was excited to have Audrey replace him. lol. 

And the big kid table. 

Fast forward to this weekend.

Friday night Kevin and I were excited to lay low. My sister-in-law is on a girls trip so Kevin's parents were helping out at their house Friday afternoon. After the boys woke up from their naps we walked over there to hang out with Gigi and Audrey. 

When we got home Ryan and Grayson opened their Halloween cards from Yaya & Papu. Ryan LOVES his cards...because they have music. He walks around when them and has almost learned all the words to the purple people eater song!

On Saturday Kevin played golf with his buddies and I headed to the spa with mine! Lucky us! We had a sitter come and watch the boys. We didn't really have plans for Saturday night and ended up doing a last minute dinner and football watching with the Botterman's. 

Blake and Grayson playing

Ryan's soccer game was moved to Sunday at noon...and only five of the kids could actually make it....which  meant that the same five kids had to play the entire time! It was comical - I love three year old soccer! 

Grayson just chillin on the sideline...drinking all of Ryan's water. 

Grayson and Hayes...trying to escape

All that hard work paid off - blueberry muffins and bananas! Big hit!

We came home and ate lunch then headed upstairs for naps...

Gigi and Papa came by to say goodbye - they leave for their three week trip around SE Asia tomorrow morning. Yes, so now both sets of grandparents are going to be in SE Asia. I know they will have a great time...they are meeting up in Bali!  Grayson didn't show off his new walking but I am sure he will be more comfortable with it by the time they return!