1st Grade & 2PC at Trinity! OMG!

Well, I can't beleive that I now have 2 school aged kids! Braden started 1st grade & Baryn started the 2 year old program at Trinity!! The 1st day of school for 1st graders is very special because the Seniors buddy up with a 1st grader and give them their official shirt! This was extra special and tearful because Braden's Senior Buddy was Wilson Echols! Wilson was one of the kiddos that I babysat and was in my wedding along with his sister & brother! Wilson is the baby of the 3, and is now the BIG MAN ON CAMPUS! Braden thinks Wilson hung the moon & is the coolest football player & baseball player since EVER!! He always comes home and tells us that he saw Wilson on campus, and he is just Giddy! This is why I love Trinity, for the family atmosphere!! Bright & Early!
ready to do this!!

1st day of school will be fun, Baryn!!

My 1st backpack for School!!

Let's Go!

The annual photo in front of the teacher name plate!

Good Morning, Wilson!!!

Senior shirt handoff!!

Wilson walks Braden into 1st grade & shows him around!

Wilson shows Braden where his desk is for 1st grade!!

Look how good I can color, Wilson!!

Wilson....the coolest!!

Poor Wilson, just really wanted his mom to stay at home....but then I called and really wanted her to be there to witness Braden & Wilson being "buddies"!

Aunt Heather & Wilson with Braden!

Braden & Wilson

Family photo!

Walking with their "buddy"!

The 32 1st graders & 21 Seniors!

The kids & their "buddy" waiting for the group photo before Chapel!

It seems like JUST yesterday that Wilson was starting 1st grade! That was just 3 weeks after my wedding!! Goodness Gracious, I feel O-L-D!!

Whatcha' doin'?

Baryn already made new friends!

Baryn was too busy playing to even tell us Goodbye Mom & Dad! Oh Well!

Happy Birthday Party to you!!

Today, we celebrated Braden's 7th Birthday with his school buddies!! This was the 1st year that I only invited his school buddies. It was a great party and they all had a blast!! It was a perfect end to the summer, and a great back to school get together!!

Braden & his cake!
Baryn is TOTALLY ready for cake!!

The table!

The cake!

the tableware! Much better than the stuff that they provide you with!

Mama helping Baryn bowl!

Braden with his cake!

Ready to blow them out!!

The whole fam was there, even Uncle Bubba came in from Austin!

Braden & some of his school buddies

The soon to be 1st graders!

Bowl, Braden, Bowl!!

Even dad got into the bowling with Bumpers!!

Rachel wanted to make sure that Bee Dub liked his Transformer Voice Mask...He DID!!

Bee Dub had a great 7th Birthday Party!!

With Mama & Papa!

We all came home & opened up all the gifts!!

Baryn tried to help!

Please take the time to notice that it is 11:30pm and I am getting my posts done in the day that it happened!! I would of gotten it done sooner but I was busy napping and then had to go host another party tonight!!

Kudos to me, by the way!!

Another quick, unplanned trip.

Well, we had just gotten back from Dallas and back on the road again! This time, was not our control! Granddad Charlie passed away on Sunday, so Tuesday we were off to St. Louis and then to drive 3 hours to Olney, Illinois. We met up with Bart & Jeannine and some other cousins from Cali and Illinois. It seems to be the ONLY time we get together, funerals & weddings, but we always havve a good time together.

This is how Baryn rolls!

This is what I woke up to!! They are OUT!!

This is cousin Cailynn!

My two little ones were quite the dapper ones! I caught Poppy putting Baryn's headband on!!

We got to pick out some flowers to put on the casket!

Later, we crashed after a loooonnngg day!

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On a different note, we are off to Illinois for Chad's Granddad's funeral. He has been sick for a long time, but of course, we didn't think it would be so soon!

He was there when Braden was born, and has come almost every year for Braden's birthdays, and a quick dove hunt!

Good 'ol Charlie Brown! He would always get prank calls asking for Snoopy!! He always stamped his envelopes with a Charlie Brown stamp!! He will be missed!

Impromptu Trip to Dallas...at 3 a.m.!!!

Well, after really wanting to take the kids on 1 last vacation, Chad had some meetings set up in Dallas last week...so, we decided to tag along, at the last minute!! At 11pm on Tuesday, we decided this and so in order to get to Dallas before Chad's 10am meeting, we had to leave at 3am!! So Chad slept, while I packed and got last minute things done!! It worked out great & we had a great time!!

We hung out at the pool for a little bit!
And got to play with Daddy after his meetings!

The Dickens got to come & hang out with us too! Jessie was even able to take a break from school!!

Then we got to go see the Patels!

And had dinner with them & Sohail!

The next day, we got to go to Six Flags!

Chad was at a meeting for the first half of the day, so the kids & I took the trolley across the street to Six Flags & had fun til Chad got there!

We met some new friends!

Rode some rides!

saw some more friends (notice Baryn did not like these friends)

Played some more!

Still scared of the charachters!! Braden loved 'em though!!

And these guys were the most awesome to the kids!

So we decided to dress like them!!

Later, we warmed up to Tweetie & Grandma!

Baryn was showing off to this boy.."look what I can do!!"

The kids had great LONG day, but we stayed for the 10pm parade, anyways!!

Braden was so excited to see the "real" Batmobile!

They were all waves for the charachters!!

And this is where we CRASHED!!!