JBU Girls Weekend 2010

playing spoons while Colson watches

sara, emily,christy, jenny, jackie, kelly and baby sanderford

the view from the deck

I am blessed with 6 special friends from college.  We have been getting together every summer for a special weekend without kids, unless you have a nursing baby. :)  Each of my boys has experienced the fun of the weekend when they were babies.  This year Colson joined in on the fun!  We stayed at Emily's in-laws's lake house in Oklahoma.  It was such a peaceful weekend of playing games, talking, praying and having fun.  Sara led us all in a bow making time.  Since I have no girls, I enjoyed making bows for my niece. :)  I cherish this time every summer and am so thankful that the Lord brought these ladies into my life.

The big boys and I Ben met us at the airport and I think the boys were more excited to see Colson than me.  While Ben was getting my luggage, the boys were fighting over who could make Colson laugh. :)

Fun times in Tyler

The boys and I went to Tyler back in June and enjoyed a great time with BB.  Hudson went to Green Acres's VBS and Landon enjoyed lots of one on one time with BB and I.  The boys loved digging in the dirt, climbing trees and hanging out with their BB. Robyn would take Hudson to VBS in the mornings, because her work was real close.  Hudson loved riding in her 4 Runner, which used to be Dad's.  To see pics from our trip go to http://picasaweb.google.com/brothermclain

Enormous Amount of New Posts!!!

So life with 3 kids has been busy! We've had end of the school year stuff, swimming lessons, trying to keep up with laundry, etc and I have neglected the blog. Today I got busy and got all of the posts done. There are 18 new posts so get a cup of coffee and sit down for awhile. :) To see all of the pics taken over the last couple of months go to our Picasa site http://picasaweb.google.com/brothermclain

Baker Family Vacation

My mom took us to an incredible place for Memorial weekend. The town is called Bandera and it is in the Hill Country. We stayed at the Medina River Ranch Resort (http://medinariverranchresort.com/). This place has several luxury cabins and has TONS of land where they bring in exotic animals for people to hunt. We saw water buffalo, antelope, zebra and deer. Our cabin was called The Duke in honor of John Wayne. Daddy loved John Wayne movies so it was fitting for us to have chosen that cabin. We enjoyed hanging out with each other, playing games and going to a rodeo. We all took turns cooking which was lots of fun. Rick and Katie made fajitas Saturday night, I made breafast quesadillas Sunday morning, we ate at an apple orchard for lunch, mom made brisket for dinner and then she made breakfast pizza for the next morning.

the view from the deck overlooking Lake Medina

the living room and kitchen

the lodge

PrK Graduation

It is hard to believe that Hudson has finished preschool and will be entering Kindergarten in the fall. After lots of praying and debating, we decided to enroll him at Veritas. Veritas is a Christian Classical school and we are so excited about it. I think Hudson will benefit greatly from small class sizes and learn a lot from their curriculum. He talks about Veritas all the time and wishes Kindergarten was starting now. :) The other day we went to the used uniform sale at the school and got Hudson some navy pants, shorts, sweatshirt and dress shirt. As soon as we got home, he put on his pants and sweatshirt and said he was ready to go. :) The website for the school is http://onegreatschool.com

Daddy's Right Hand Man

Anytime Ben has to fix something, Hudson and Landon come running. Hudson brings down his toolbox and gets ready. Ben needed to put on a new flapper for the toilet and Hudson was right beside him the whole way. After they finished Hudson said,"all in a days work" :)

Colson's Dedication

Each of the boys have been dedicated on Mother's Day so we did the same for Colson. He wore a cute monogrammed seersucker jumper and the boys wore seersucker shorts. They all looked very handsome. Some of our friends, the Harrisson's, have two boys and they dedicated their son, too. Their oldest son, Will, is Landon's age and Weston is exactly 3 weeks younger than Colson.

We were all up at the front of the church, when Will took off to sit with his grandma and then Landon took off after Will. The whole church laughed and it created a funny memory. :)

Since it was Mother's Day, Ben ordered yummy cajun food from Hebert's of Houston. He got stuffed cornish hens, stuffed shrimp and boudin balls. The food was terrific!