Morton Madness

Jonah had another great season with the Dynamite. They just finished first place in indoor again. We are sad that the coaches will no longer be coaching so we will be moving to another team.

Sophia is 17 months old! She is all over the place and loves playing with her big brothers. She tries to keep up with them all the time. If she sees you grab your keys or sees keys laying around she says, "car, car, I go car." She is still eating us out of house and home, she does NOT stop... EVER. She still does not like her hair to be put up but she actually left it up for the picture.

Uncle Jason and Aunt Kelly came to pick the boys up for a sleep over. They took them to the pool and let them swim and eat dinner. They had a great time together as always. The boys did not know that I was going to be picking them up in the morning with the car loaded and we were heading to Austin to see Aunt Amy! Jason told me that while at the pool a woman came over to ask him if Jonah was with him. Jason told her yes and she told him that she just wanted to say how sweet Jonah was to share his ball with her daughter who was a lot younger. That makes a momma proud right there!

Jonah has been asking if Ethan can come play so we set up a play date and he was super excited. Luke had Barrett over and they all had a great time. We went to McDonalds and picked up lunch and they were so silly.

Tonight we had family movie night minus Sophia. I bought Rango and we popped some pop corn and headed to the bedroom. Guess we should have viewed it BEFORE we let the boys see it :(

11:00 I decide to leave the house so I could fill my car up with gas and then swing by Dominic and Carlie's house to feed the cats and water the plants since they are out of town. This gives me ONE hour to do these two things before I have to pick the boys up from camp at noon. This is all happening within a 10 mile radius, it can be done. I fill up the truck, get to Nic's, leave my purse and phone in the car, walk in, lock the door behind me, set my keys on the counter, feed the cats, scoop the poop and then headed out back to water the plants. If you are wondering WHY I just listed in detail what I did keep reading to find out. It was so stinking hot out there and I am holding Sophia because she has no shoes on and I do not want her to burn her feet. We get done watering the plants and walk over to the door, turn the door knob and it is L O C K E D! LOCKED folks! My keys are in there, I have to get the boys in 20 minutes. My mind is racing and I run over to the gate, ...

Since I have not been grocery store this week we have been cleaning out the fridge, freezer and pantry for lunch and dinners. Today I decided that we should head to Subway for a nice change. I went in to this idea with good intentions but lets just say it did not END that way. I even planned ahead and asked the boys what they wanted before we even got our shoes on to head out. Their response, "the same thing I always get". We of course waited until 12:15 before we left the house and you KNOW we cannot get out of the house without a fight. You know, who opens the door, who is the first one out the door then who shuts the house door and once we are outside we have to argue over who is going to get in the car first. Then who is going to sit in what seat and who did what last and WHO THE *&$^%&$* CARES! GET IN, SIT DOWN, BUCKLE UP AND ZIP YOUR LIPS AND NO I AM NOT TURNING ON THE MOVIE,CAN MOMMY'S CHEEKS HIT THE LEATHER BEFORE I GET SLAMMED WITH DEMANDS PLEAS...

I can remember watching the space shuttle launch for the first time, I just cannot recall where I was. I called the boys in to watch and told them that when I was their age I saw the shuttle go up for the first time and now they are going to see it go up for the last time. They thought it was pretty cool to watch. They are holding up their fingers with how old they are. Sophia did not want to be any part of the picture so I had to bribe her with the remote and this picture was as good as we could get. Atlantis and its four astronauts left Earth for the final space shuttle mission, which will cap off an amazing 30-year program of exploration, which launched great observatories, built an International Space Station, and taught us more about how humans can live and work in space. With the International Space Station flying 220 miles high and east of Christchurch, New Zealand, Atlantis left Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:29 a.m. EDT. There was a sli...

Tonight the kiddos and I met Justin for dinner at La Hacienda. On our way home the boys rode with Justin and I had Sophia. We came to a stop light and Justin was beside us so I rolled down Sophia's window so she could see the boys. They were acting crazy, dancing and singing. As the light turned green Jonah yells, "kiss me, I'm a smoker". WHAT? Where the heck did that come from? I have to admit, I did laugh out loud on that one. Jonah will always keep us wondering...

We met Autumn and Mitzi at the pool for a little swimming.

We went for Luke's six year check up today and he was so happy that he would not be getting any shots! He weighed in at 46 pounds and 9 ounces and is in the 50th percentile for height and weight. Not sure HOW he passed his hearing test but failed his vision test! Both eyes were 20/40 and we got a referral for an eye doctor. OF COURSE WE DID! Last week we reenrolled for NEW BENEFITS and opted OUT of vision! Seriously? *&$^#&$&^% Here is Luke being silly for his picture.

The boys have been asking Papa when they could shoot their bows. Papa decided that the 100 degree heat was the perfect time to set up the target and go shoot :) The boys were SO excited they could hardly stand it. Jonah got a bulls eye! Luke had some great shots too. Maybe he shot like that because of the results of his vision test today :)

Today we headed over to mom and dads for burgers and some pool time. Nina had the day off so she got to join us. It was HOT and the pool was not even refreshing, it was a balmy 90 degrees in the water and it is only July. You did not expect Luke to make a normal face did you? I used to get so worked up about it but now know that it is just him and it would look goofy if he wasn't making a face. Thanks for keeping us smiling Lukie!

The Amezcuas had The Mean Girls and their families over for a cookout and pool party while The Caravellas were in town. The kids swam and we had fajitas for dinner. It was great to see all the girls since it has been a while. Poor Sophia had a little problem with her swim diaper crawling in her goolie and falling down. I cannot believe my first thought was for Julianne to grab her camera so we could catch it on film. Disclaimer: I only did this for future payback, you better think twice before you cross yo momma miss Sophia! :)

A few years back Justin, Sean and Brian decided that they would get together and play golf once a month... which turned out to be every few months and then not so often. Brian was coming home so they planned a day to golf. Sean set up a tee time in Ft. Worth and after golf Daphne and I would meet them back at Sean and Monica's house for dinner. Justin sent me this picture of him and Sean wearing the EXACT same shirt and shorts and golf shoes. How cute :) Casey drove in from Louisiana and had dinner with us. We have not seen him since our wedding. We all had a great time remembering the good old days in Lubbock. It seemed like old times when we were all together. Who would have thought back then that our lives would be what they are today. Casey is a bomber pilot with 5 year old twins, Sean and Monica just had their sweet baby girl 7 weeks ago, Daph and Brian have three and a half kids and Justin and I with our three. I know we always say it but we have GOT to get togeth...

Justin brought the boys back some jerseys from Denmark and Sweden. They love them and could not wait to wear them.