Happy Birthday Port!

 Happy birthday Port Robert!

He requested crepes for breakfast even though Bri wasn't here, I can't even believe that my baby is seven years old!!  I am so proud of the man of God he has become and continues to grown into.

 We had tennis lessons and then lunch at Johnnies with all his cousins.  We usually try to eat at Johnnie's on Port's birthday since that's where I went into labor with him.  

 Then we headed to Andy Alligator's Water Park with his cousins.  It was SO much fun!!  All the kids absolutely LOVED it!

That night we headed to the farm to cook out, shoot bb guns, fish and then the boys spent the night with Champ.  Since Brian was still in South Africa we convinced him to wait to have his party until Brian got home.  Brian was so great at hiding a few fun things for Port in the house so he had to go on a treasure hunt for them while talking to Brian on the phone.  I think it was a pretty amazing day!

Jacob's Wedding

 My "cousin" Jacob got married while Brian was gone, so I loaded all the kids up and took them to a beautiful wedding chapel in Guthrie.  My mom took this shot of Haynes...He is just too cute for words!

 All my kids were beyond confused why they weren't actually in the wedding:-)  Ella was in complete awe of the Bride.

When we got to the reception I went to find a table and Haynes and Ella came walking up with drinks. They managed to find the drink table all on their own.  They thought the wedding was a complete success:-)

The Trails

The Trails does a fun fireworks performance and games.  Since Brian was gone I decided to go ahead and take everyone by myself.  We rode our golf cart to the course and enjoyed the night with some friends.  Ella is not the biggest fan of fireworks, which makes enjoying fireworks a little difficult:-)  I laughed as we left the Trails with everyone crying for their daddy in our golf cart stuck in traffic...I love making memories:-)

Prepping for the Parade

 The Trails has a fun parade on the 4th of July.  We all met at Jake and Kourtney's to decorate bikes and scooters together.

The kids had the best time getting creative with all our supplies!

South Africa Bound

 Brian got to go to South Africa this summer with these guys for 12 days.  We were so excited for him, but missed him a ton!  We all went up to the airport to see them off, I wasn't quite prepared for their reaction when he left.

 Kisses for Haynes my tenderhearted

 Hugs for our sensitive Port

 Kisses for Ella- who surprised us all by being the most upset!

We are so proud of Brian and the way he leads our family.  After Brian left I had to walk back to the car with 4 crying kids...we were quite a sad sight.  Thankfully everyone rallied and handled Brian being gone so well.  We missed him a ton and counted the days until he got home!!

4th of July at the Lake

 Isn't she just the cutest little thing you've ever seen?!  

She's wearing Ella's old swimsuit too:-)

 THe 4th at the lake is always so fun with all of our families.  This year we've missed the Noles family at the lake since they are building a new lake house.  

My kids love nothing more than being with their cousins!!!

T-ball

 The last t-ball game of the year we recruited an out of state player:-)  It was so fun letting the boys play together.  Maybe next year we'll convince Jade to come play for the season!

Lolli and Champ got a new puppy named Sandy.  Everyone got to meet Sandy at the game for the first time too!  The kids LOVE her!!

Basketball Camp

We thought we were going to be out of town for the UCO basketball camp, but we actually made it back in time!  I got to drive the boys to Edmond every morning for 3 days.  The boys had the best time and learned a ton.  This was one of Brian's favorite camps as a kid too!