Mini Me

 Everyone knows that Jagger is the spitting image of his father.  

And Jax and I look similiar as well ....even our toes curve the same.

 

and just because it is too darn cute NOT to post, our boys are really growing up!

 

 

 

 

NOLA

July 2012 the only pictures not taken on our (lost) camera from our New Orleans trip.

Fourth of July

First off.  I had a million great pics to update this blog with.  I bought an oversized memory card, put away my phone and have been intentional about taking lots of good pictures.  And I did. Then, on our family vacation, our camera was forever lost, with our amazing pictures I have taken over the last 6 weeks.  Boohoo.

A friend was nice enough to share the following with me.

For the first time in maybe, seven years, Jacob had the fourth of July off. So, we threw a party.  Lots of food (it took me days, but was well worth it), lots of friends, and even one (baby Leah, 4.5 weeks) who got to attend her very first party!

Happy Father's Day

The boys have grown older, taller, smarter, and funnier.  But some things remain the same....even as they have changed.  We love you Jacob, for what an amazing father, husband, friend and teacher you are to us all. 

Today, 2012:

Last year, 2011:

We love you, Happy Father's Day!!

I found my thrill, on blueberry hill

Today the boys, some friends and I headed out to a local blueberry patch for some good time picking.  It was the perfect day.  Warm, cloudy, and the slight rumble melody of a thunderstorm looming in the distance.

 Jagger wasn't too keen on giving up his indulging and picking of blueberries, for any photos.

Jag and his best buddy Jaxon had as much fun eating and picking as they did playing beneath the huge bushes and running the long rows.

 getting some good tips from Paige. 

Jax liked to eat straight off the bushes while held...

or on foot...

or out of the bucket.

In fact, I have never seen someone so small, consume so much.

Can't wait to go back.

Now off to make some fresh blueberry cobbler for Father's Day.

Cuddles with Daddy

These pictures were taken over a month apart, in this order.  Twice I stumbled in to find J and one of our boys asleep on him in this exact same pose.  Smitten with my amazing husband and beautiful boys!

My J's...

There have been travels out of town, company come and go, a master bathroom remodel in progress, sickness here and now....and one tired (lazy) momma! With requests looming over me, I have promised that "My J's" is still here, and will try and play a little catch up soon!

Until then, here is an awfully sweet picture we took today at the doctor.  After a horrible week of a very sick Jagger, the comfort came from all angles.

Easter

It started off with Jagger excited about an Easter egg hunt at pre-school.  We spent the morning filling eggs with candy.  (He got rave reviews from the teachers for his seersucker shorts...he looked so cute)

My wonderful, beautiful, dear friend Shannon braved her pregnancy and flew in from Vegas to spend the weekend with the boys and I.  Which made this holiday weekend, incredibly special.

The four of us attended our church's Easter Eggstravangaza for egg "hunting" (if throwing 1 and 2 year olds in a roped off area of plastic eggs can be considered a hunt)...

Pony rides.  (Jagger loved it, Jax on the other hand was extremley serious and uncertain)...

 Face painting.  (Jagger requested a lion that was NOT on the "menu", Jax bucked and screamed and therefore forfeited his chance at a first face painting experience)...

And train ride (which was the only thing Jax truly enjoyed)...

Finally, Easter morning, I arose and went to the living room to find Jagger in his undies with a guilty panicked look. He turned and said, "look Mom, candy".  And there a small mountain of wrappers revealed themselves, beneath him.  He had managed to eat EVERYONE's Easter candy from there baskets before the rest of us arose.  Ha, ha.  I would have done the same.

 

Happy Easter!

Houston Rodeo

We strapped on our boots and headed to the rodeo

Jagger rode a horse (pony) "Red", for the first time.  He LOVED it!

He got an awful lot of attention for his shirt, boots and love of all thing John Deere...

(at the end of the day we stopped at a booth, where Jagger saw a man wearing a John Deere hat. He looked at him, then proclaimed, "Dad, he's a John Deere man, too!")

Jax got in on some fun too. 

Not every 10 month old can rock a cowboy hat.

 play in a box filled with corn kernels,

and admire the many animals.

I fell in love with this beautiful Longhorn.

It was a great time for all.

Yeehaw!

I am already excited to go back next year!