House is Gone

It got a little chilly and windy last Friday.  These kiddos love hoodies.  

Every afternoon.  Hitting the baseball and swinging.  

Mom went out of town with all of her sisters to visit my uncle.  

We tried to keep Dad alive for her!

When your feet are muddy and Mom tells you to wait to come in until she can clean your feet....

We all went to Dee one last time on Saturday to clean the floors, leave some things, and lock up before we closed.  It will be so nice not having to worry about that house.  It had become a burden.  BUT there are lots of memories we are leaving behind: Newlyweds, two babies, and tons of fun.  

Saturday night Dad took us out to dinner.  The boys LOVE Chili's.  I could live without ever eating there again, but they have food they love and video games, so props to them for entertaining our kids during dinner!

Mason swore he was giving me a good smile, but he was 100% in a daze. 

Our church always talks about the 7000 days we have with our children until they are off to college.  It is about teaching and helping them grow into young adults who can make their own, smart choices when the time comes.  They had a photobooth out last Sunday and I tried to calculate how many days we had left until our 7000 was up.....I def didn't calculate Mason's correctly. 

Sunday afternoon we met our cousins at Fair on the Square.  I had never been before and the weather was perfect.  It is no Gtown Festival, but we still had a good time. 

And yes there was a mechanical bull.  

And snow cones. 

And lots of bounce houses. 

Here are pictures of Mom and her siblings.  

First thing Monday morning, we closed on our house.  

Holly was our real-estate agent and she was worth every penny.  She sold the house in 4 days at list price.  She made this all happen and we thought it would be impossible.  

So thankful and glad to have it gone. 

(The sweet lady who took this picture told us it was a great picture...)

It was a great way to start the week.  

May the 4th

Last weekend was another busy one. 

We finished up some yard work at Dee before we close next week.  

These boys hardly remember this house, but it was our first home.  This was the home we brought both boys to after leaving the hospital.  Lots of memories.   

This was actually Friday night, but I'm too lazy to move the pictures around.  I had to fill in at my old job last Friday so I was in East Memphis and able to make the boys' soccer game.  Thank goodness they have different colored shoes, because one wrinkle in a jersey could get ya real confused!

After leaving Dee Saturday morning, we headed to Reese's track meet. 

I think we know why the kids like going....Mem Pops. 

There she is. 

Continuing with the ice cream, we had Micco's snow cones after dinner Saturday night. 

(Brody prefers cookies over ice cream)

Mom and Dad ate with us since they had no kitchen.  Literally, no cabinets, countertops, and most importantly a sink! 

Brody's school is getting ready for his graduation.  He is actually not going on to Kindergarten, but oh well.  He loves the superhero theme. 

This was short and sweet.

Mason is a Busy Bee

Mason had a field trip to Menagerie Farms this week.  It was originally scheduled for last Friday (yay, I am off on Fridays) but with the rain, they had to move it to this Wednesday.  Unfortunately, there was no way I could take off with such short notice, so we were thankful Mickey Mouse was able to go!

It is always such a fun place.  

About to feed the fish. 

Wednesday night, right before bed, Mason showed me that his front, lower tooth was almost out.  That can only mean one thing.....he grabbed me a washcloth, and we pulled that sucker out.  

He is so funny when it comes to stuff like that.  Instead of crying or letting me know when it hurts, he does a nervous giggle.  He can't stop.  Its hilarious.  He is one tough cookie when it comes to pain usually.  

Well we put them to bed and about ten minutes later, Mason came running into our room.   Instead of sleeping he had been wiggling the upper, front tooth and it was now pretty loose and bleeding.  He made the thing sore, but it needed to come out at that point.  He grabbed me the cloth, and I got to extracting.   A couple of tugs later, and the thing popped out.  Talk about excited.  

Two teeth in one night. 

The next morning, the Tooth Fairy had left $10 since he lost two at once and because we were pretty short on cash that late at night.  We stressed to him that we had never heard of her leaving that much, and we were certain it was because it was TWO teeth. 

We are still loving baseball, win or lose.  

It was fun to watch, and he is loving the game. 

He was 3 for 3 and played both infield and outfield.  

Nothing better than all of your Grandparents, two missing teeth, and snacks on a beautiful night at the ballfields. 

This jeep was parked next to me.  I guess Brody had never seen one.  He was in awe and I had to physically pull him away from the thing.  He just wanted "one ride"!

Mason came downstairs last night with this proposal.  

He would like to do 7 chores for $5.  (Guess the Tooth Fairy gave him a taste of what rich feels like to a 7 year old)  If he really sticks with it, we will call this his allowance. 

We got our baseball picture proofs back.  I just love them.  

He LOVES that they gave him some baseball cards of himself.  

Unfortunately, he will probably charge $$ for anyone to have one now....

The team with the coaches. 

And my favorite picture of them all.  

John is really enjoying teaching these kids about the game he once loved to play.  And to have his son out there makes it even better.  Mason is having fun and that is all that matters.  

John has all the patience in the world with those kids.  He is the coach with the knowledge of the game and those kids listen to him.  Mason is so lucky to have such a wonderful, caring father.  Well, we are all lucky to have him around. 

 

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Mom and Dad got the boys spy glasses for Easter.
They are ready to hunt for things in the dark now. 

Monkey. 

We like to try and have dinner together every couple of months or so.   We can always count on our favorite Mexican restaurant, but they had to move locations.  We decided to drive to the Gtown one due to withdrawals.  The food was great and the company was greater.  As you can see, Lawson and the boys had a blast. 

The farm came to Brody's school!

  We had team pictures before a game last week.  Those boys ran around crazy for the whole hour.  

I just love this picture.  Ha. 

Can't wait to see their little coach/player picture. 

If there is a puddle, he's gonna jump in it. 

They made tie-dye shirts at school last week and then got to wear them Friday. 

 He is so proud of that thing. 

At the school.  

Friday night dinner at Huey's.  

It's always a little crazier when they sit together in the booth...

We had a gender reveal for Steph Saturday.  Unfortunately, it was cold and misting rain all day, but that didn't stop the kiddos.  They fed the horses and chickens and ran out all their energy.    

Another boy!!!!

It was such a fun day.  Boys, rain, and mud.  What more could they ask for?!?!

Sunday night, Mom and I went to dinner and to the Orpheum to see The Sound of Music.  We had bought them as her birthday gift back in February.  

It was such a good musical.  Man, could those people sing!

After the game treat after playing well and having fun!

Here we are in the middle of another week with beautiful weather, and its going to rain all weekend again!  Ugh.  

April showers bring May flowers.