And We're Back!

Look how strong I am

Whew...Brady and I have been on the road for the past week. Weekend before last we decided to take an impromptu trip to see Meme and go to my Great-Uncle Chester's 90th birthday party. While we were there we got to send some time with Aunt Brend, Uncle Frankie, cousin Brandon and his son Brayden. Try saying Brenda, Brandon, Brayden, Brady five times fast. No one was called the right name the entire day. Actually, when Aunt Mary came over to visit she decided to just call Brady by his middle name, Cole. If you know Aunt Mary you understand why she has the authority to do this. Then on Sunday we went to uncle Chester's party. While there we were able to meet up with several other sets of cousins that we usually only get to see at Easter every year, so it was good to see everyone.

Brady and Aunt Brend-yes I know we look just a like


More cousins at Uncle Chester's party. Notice the big kids in the back with no heads...sorry Christopher, Alex and Bennett

We got back home on Monday and I had to go back to work for a day to finish everything up for the year and Brady got to help. We then packed back up and headed to Midland to hang out with Mom-mom and Richard (we are still trying out some names for Dad). We only got to see Aunt Lindsey for a little bit since she and Travis were headed out of town for the weekend. I had planned to spend some time out by the pool, but of course it rained the whole time. The only time it rains in the desert is when I want to go hang out by the pool. The rain was good though, and we went shopping to fill the time. Mom-mom was a lot of help! Mom even through Brady a 3 month birthday party and invited some friends over for fajitas and cobbler. Why is the food always better when you go home? Dad also helped with the kids state fishing tournament this past weekend and has decided that when Brady turns three he will start fishing competitively and they will kick every one's rears. I do not doubt it!

mmm looks good enough to eat...or at least drool on

Brady also went to his first birthday party. It was a party for 5 of our friends, ranging in age from 7 to 1. I think it will be the only Texas Longhorn, rocket ship, butterfly,John Deere, and flamingo themed birthday party ever. It was a lot of fun and we were able to see some of our good friends and have lots of cake. Yes, there was a different cake for every theme!

Now we are back home and Brady and I have been very busy around the house. I have gone through my closet and drawers, and now have a guest closet full of clothes to get rid of. I plan on packing all of Brady's clothes that he has grown out of into vacuum seal bags this week as well. He is already moving on out of his 6th month clothes and is headed full steam ahead into 9 moths. He is just too tall for his clothes...that and they don't always make the thigh holes big enough for a man of his stature :)

Daniel is taking a course at TSTC to learn about wind turbines. He is really enjoying it and has something new to share with me every night. Besides that, we are just trying to get some things done around the house. Sometimes Brady is not the best helper, but we are trying to work around that. Hope everyone is having a great week!