The Cat's Game on the 3rd of July

It's a little over a month late, but I am getting caught up on my blogs! On the 3rd of July, we met up with the Day's to go see the Fort Worth Cat's Baseball game! It's our minor league team! It was lots of fun! The kids enjoyed it! We were all looking forward to the fireworks afterward! The game went into the 11th inning and seemed as though it would never end...but then they paused the game so we could see the fireworks! We were happy, but I felt for the teams! This is something that we will definitely do again (I hope)!  

The cutie cousins walking in with Michael!

Scarlet and Jonathan!

Amy with the all the kids!

Ben stayed in Amy's lap almost all night! He loves his aunt Amy!

Dinner time! Ben thought it would be a good idea to dip his hot dog in Michael's nacho cheese.

And it was yummy!

Waylen with his sweeties!

An old World War 2 Bomber Plane flew over. It was really cool!

The kids checking out the plane!

Cutie JJ!

Baseball Game!

 

Okay this was my favorite part! Will was SOOOOOO excited that he and Waylen bought Cotton Candy for all the kids! It was so unbelievably precious! Just look at the expressions on his face!

These sweeties are best buds. Amy and I didn't even plan their matching shirts!

Ben is making Amy look at something.

Jonathan with Dodger the Cat! Ben freaked and wouldn't go near him!

FIREWORKS! YAY!!!! FINALLY!!!! They were awesome!

Ben's first time seeing fireworks! I wasn't sure how he would do, but he LOVED them! Yay!

Michael and me as we were leaving!

Obviously not my picture...I stole this from the Fort Worth Facebook Page. This from downtown FW looking down, over the courthouse, at the Baseball game firework show. I thought it was pretty cool! And yes, that is the new Drive In Movie Theater! We can't wait to try it!

Date Nights

I don't know about you, but I don't remember my parents going on many date nights when I was a kid. Maybe it's because I wasn't actually with them? I remember having babysitters. I loved going with mom to help pick up the sitter! So I guess they did go out??... Well when Michael and I have been on date nights recently, I have snapped a picture of us so we can remember that we actually did go out, ALONE and have fun! -- So this post is for Jonathan and Ben to know that we did go on dates! :-)

When you have young kids, it makes a little bit harder to get out on a date (well at least for us it is). Finding a babysitter that you trust is the biggest thing, and then one you can afford is another thing! Ha! We hired our very first non-family-member when Ben was 1 1/5!!! That made Jonathan 4 1/5!! In other words, we relied on family to babysit for 4 1/2 years! We are so thankful to the family members that did help out to let us get out once and a while. Pat, Olga, Anna Marie, Amy, Holly & Jim!!

Even in that 4 1/2 years, we would only really go out on Birthday, Anniversary's and maybe Valentines Day. In other words, 3-5 times a year. So once we took the step to find someone and it worked out good, we continued to try to get out at least once a month, give or take! ...I highly recommend it for ALL couples, but especially parents of young kids! It has been lots of fun! Michael and I always have a blast together!

We are at my cousin Justin's wedding reception in Fort Worth. It was a very fun night with family. Since we would be gone later than the boys bedtime, we asked Anna Marie to sit with the kids, since I hadn't let anyone else put Ben down before.

Our anniversary last year (2012) at the Arboretum in Dallas. Pat took care of the kids so we could get away for the afternoon!



At Bass Hall waiting to go see Brian Regan preform.

Star Trek Into Darkness in 3D!!! Pat took care of the kids so we could go see a movie! And an awesome movie it was!

Date Lunch! During one of the days I took the boys to Day School. I drove to Dallas to pick Michael up for lunch! We went to Campisi's on Mockingbird, our favorite place to have lunch! We always build our own pizza...Meatballs, Artichokes and Mushrooms, it is very yummy!

At Sweet Sammie's in Fort Worth, after dinner at Fireside Pies. Next stop, Brian Regan show at Bass Hall! We are sharing a brownie sundae. Another late night, so we asked Anna Marie to sit with the kids.

My 33rd Birthday (2012). At Silver Fox in Grapevine. We had an AMAZING dinner there! But there were flash floods outside!

T-Shirt Crafting

My boys love to paint and T-shirt painting is a popular craft these days that I have been wanting to try! So we invited our neighbors the Mill's down to join us! It was lots of fun and I am very impressed with what the kids created!  

Eating lunch before we get started!

Jonathan helped me tape out his shirt before they arrived, he was very excited to get started painting it.

The girls working hard.

Reagan, Mandy and Riley!

So proud!

Gage's Shirt!

Benny's Shirt!

Reagan's T-Shirt!

Riley's T-Shirt!

Jonathan's T-shirt!