Celebration!

 I was really feeling the music...Well, to explain...Tyler defended his Thesis this past Friday and PASSED! Thanks to my homemade cookies. ;) So we went out to celebrate.  It was also our 4 year anniversary May 1st.  We got a Groupon to a mini-golf place close by and it was a blast.

 Please don't look at my form because I really don't know how to golf.

 This looks like much better form...Tyler scored under par I think. 

 The HIGHLIGHT of the night was WINNING THE JACKPOT!!!! OH YAHHH!!!  You drop a token down to a spinning wheel and you have to time it right so it lands on the Jackpot.  The Jackpot was 1008 tickets. and Yes we were screaming!

 The tickets kept coming....

 and coming...we could see the look of jealousy on all the little kids walking by, and I almost thought of giving them a ticket! haha. I would really be in trouble if I went to Vegas.  Gambling was way too much fun.

 Pure Joy

and of course the toys were all for Austin!  We're giving them to him little by little.  What a way to end the day!

 A few weeks ago we took a stroll down to the lake in our neighborhood to see the ducks and the turtles.

 This was back when it was nice cool Spring weather! Oh I miss those days. We can't go on a walk or run now without the squirt gun.

 Here is Blake at the church. He likes the scratchy walls

 Palming a ball already...If you can't tell...the ball is a bit flat

 There was one day when Tyler and I both had commitments at the same time during the day that neither of us could miss, so an older lady in our ward offered to babysit! She even came to our house, and she brought them a new book about rocks.  They loved it!

The Leader of the Pack. VROOOOOM!

 We baby sat a little girl named Kinley the other night. Tyler had fun reading them all a bedtime story.  We can't wait to have a girl someday! She is the cutest thing

 Kinley and Blake playing together...I think Blake weighs more than her but there is almost a 5 month difference.

After building this tower with Tyler, Austin was so proud of himself for putting the cow on top.  Austin and Tyler would stack every other block.

 I was able to take a short 20 minute nap that felt like heaven

and this is what I woke up to...

It's all about the Fort Worth Zoo

 We spent a lot of time at the zoo this weekend and it was a blast! We went with a friend, Maartje that we've gotten to know these past 2 years since she and Tyler both are finishing up their Master's degree at TCU in Geology.  She has the cutest little girl named Emma and her and Austin get along great.

 Austin was too excited waiting for the train to get in the picture...actually he was throwing a fit when I tried to make him come over.

 We've been to the zoo a ton but this was the first time we took the time to ride the train.  It was well worth the dollar spent! Austin loved it. And so did Blake

 They also got to ride the carousel which we've never done before!

 He loved riding the Horsey

 They loved brushing the goats as well

 and riding in the car...we stayed till about 2 since they kept getting sidetracked while we were trying to get out of there. It's like they both caught a second wind! Must have been naptime

 Blake conked out...Doesn't he look like a chubalub?  Oh yah! 9 month stats are 20 lbs and 29.5 inches! Way to go big guy!

This past Saturday we all ran the 10K run at the zoo.  I came in 12th out of 146 women just in my age group. Time was 52:42.  Not too bad!

 Austin said, "I'm going running!"

 While I was at "Time Out For Women" (Which was AWESOME) Tyler took Austin kayaking.  He LOVED it.

 He loved throwing rocks into the water and reaching over the side of the kayak to touch the water.

We're pretty convinced that kayaking will be our fun family adventure in the future!

Blake Blake Bo Blake

 Standing? Really? I went in since he wasn't falling asleep from his nap and this is what I found...

 So precious

 He's pretty good at fish lips!

 Trying to do fish lips but he was smiling too much, so he was having a hard time

 I leave the kitchen for 2 minutes and come back to find Austin feeding Blake his rice cereal...Note the big pile of cereal on the floor...and you can't see it very well here but there is lots of food on his tray and on his face. Thanks Austin!

Oh what a goof!

Austin sings his Primary songs so well! "As a Child of God"

Austin singing, "I Hope They Call Me on a Mission"