7.28.2009

isaac's birthday party only 4 months late

the birthday boys isaac and brandt.

sammy, hailey, and avery



hailey

kai
my sweet friend wendy let isaac share brandt's birthday with him this year.
when it was actually isaac's birthday we had a new baby at home and his mom was a little overwhelmed with the thought of a party.
i think this may need to be a tradition, wendy pretty much did it all. thanks again!!

5pm that evening


right before sam got home from work they both crashed

last few swim lessons with darby

beckam

truman watching his brothers.

ready the goggles.

ready

set

go

isaac
the boys had lots of fun swimming with darby.
thanks
they are doing great both are swimming now.

happy 4th of july

El Mercado
the morning of the 4th we visited el mercado the mexican district in san antonio,
before we left to drive home in search of fireworks.
our breakfast:





the boys back at home with their 4th of july shirts from nana.

truman fell asleep before fireworks, but dad isaac and beck found some to watch over in the circle. there are also always lots of fireworks we can see in the air around our house, so mom didn't totally miss out.

4th of July weekend sea world visit

us and shamu.

isaac sliding, goofs got his nose plugged.

beck and dad going down the slide.

it was so nice that there was a water park, we visited it twice.

it was over 100 degrees and it got HOT.

we went through lots of liquid, frozen lemonade yum.


the boys loved the shows.

it was nice to get out of the sun and sit for a little while.


M.I.A.(or should i say M.I.S.)

OK, Taryn is making me write another post. It's been a while, so I can probably handle it.

Since Truman was born, I have been putting Isaac and Beckam to bed at night pretty much all of the time, which is usually fun, even if I feel like I'm too tired to go through the stories/singing/prayer routine some nights. I usually tell them that if they're quiet and stay in their beds, I'll come check on them in a few minutes (Beckam usually insists that it be two minutes, as he is two years old and that's the only number worth any attention in his opinion).

So a few weeks ago, we went through the usual drill, and I told them I'd be in to check on them in two minutes. I went into the media room and watched TV for what ended up being more like five minutes (horrible father), and then went to check on them. I peeked in, said goodnight, and no one answered. Isaac was asleep, and Beckam was.... ummm, where was Beckam?

He often gets out of bed and goes downstairs, in the playroom to play with toys, or any other number of things without telling anyone (you guys remember when he went out to throw rocks in the front yard), so I figured he was around. I walked downstairs, but didn't find him anywhere. I went back up to the toy room, no luck. Checked the guest bedroom and the bathroom, still no Beckam. I went back to his room and looked in the closet, on the side of the dresser, and even under his headboard behind the matress. Nothing. So now I'm starting to worry a bit. I start calling for him, start re-checking all the places again, and I'm getting a little tense. I don't want ot tell Taryn yet, cause she freaks out about little stuff like losing kids, but I'm really getting pretty panicky by now. I start checking doors to see if they're locked and finally tell Taryn, and pretty soon we're both running around the house yelling for him. I check the backyard, run down the street a little ways, still nothing. I'm about to die, thinking someone broke into my house and took my kid and all sorts of irrational stuff like that.

Finally I came back into the house and went upstairs, and Taryn was up in the boys' room. She had the closet light on making sure he wasn't hiding in there, and when I walked in the light was shining right on his bed. And this is what I saw...








Little goofball climbed up on his headboard, settled in, and fell asleep. I looked right past him several times and never noticed him. I probably almost hit my head on his feet when looking under the headboard, not on top. Almost had a heart attack, but it was a pretty good laugh once we calmed down a little. Taryn played with these pictures a bit, obviously, this isn't exactly what it looked like. We live in the normal world, not photoshop land. That might freak me out a little more, and I don't need any more near heart attacks for a while. Never gets dull.
By the way, Taryn just informed me that MIS means missing in sleep (title). Sooo clever, that one.
Sam


7.22.2009

astros game



sam got some tickets from work, so we went to our first astros game.
they had the dome closed since it has been so stinking hot. it was still really hot and truman didn't want to sit down. we still had a fun time. we did leave before the end of the game, they last forever.

sweet baby

swim lessons

day one

happy father's day



thanks for being such a good, fun dad.

playin' with the hose






this is what happens to you every time you turn off the hose.

7.21.2009

bbq


we finally got a bbq.
it was for our anniversary(#8) and mother's and father's day and sam's birthday and anything else we may have forgotten to get things for.
it gets used all the time, we love it!!