Hanging out at the lake

Evan kicking back with a drink and the boys at the end of the day dipping their toes in the water.

(Don't call child services on me, I cropped the picture; mom is very close by)

Evan has is own...

work bench in the shop. It is for trucks and tractors to work in the really good dirt we "borrowed from 3rd base at the T-ball field.

Evan said

"Daddy, let's find us some mud. This 3- wheeler is 4-wheel drive!!"

T-Ball

We finally got to play t-ball today! Evan was SO excited when he put on his uniform and he was ready for the game! Here are some clips from the game. The first is Evan at bat for the first time. He hit the ball and then went to pick it up! The next one is on his way home to score! During the whole game, when he started running, he just kind of ran in circles! The last clip is the team out on the field. Evan is #7. Our team is the "Hernando Ice".

This afternoon..

we got the pool and the slip and slide out and "just us boys" hung out....
while mom cut the grass.

Grandma and Grandaddy stopped by for a while to to hang out in the sandbox and to eat some peanuts. Evan showed them how to make peanut butter.

We are glad for some nice weather, grandaddy to be getting out and our first T-ball game tomorrow.

Evan in the...

same ,but not the same ,bathing suit 2 years apart.

When henry....

starts being fussy, I say "mom help, Henry has lost his cool". This afternoon Henry starting crying in the bouncey seat and Evan was running around saying "Henry can't find his cool,,,dad where is his cool?"

"Tell me the words...

Daddy, this is my favorite story". Evan really likes the Richard Scarry books ( Who's busy day and What do people do all day).

Adam took the top..

off his 4-Runner(Evan says Dune-Buggy). Evan loves it,,he asked at bedtime if I could borrow the Dune-Buggy to come pick him up from school tomorrow.

For father's day...

Natalie got "US" a very nice new camera. It is very fancy(complicated). It takes wonderful pics. I am going to start reading the manual now and at Evan's medical school graduation I am going to take the best pictures ever!!

On a lighter note

Evan said that the sermon really hit home with him and he was going to go into this week with a whole new outlook. Not too sure what's up with the glittery hearts on the girl's leg behind us.

Today was Henry's baptism and...

everything went great. To start, we made it to church on time(doesn't happen much). Henry was very good during the service. It is strange to think that less than a year ago we weren't sure if we were going to have a Henry or not. Now, I can't imagine our life without him. Everyone was there to support Henry on his big day but Grandaddy. But, we are very happy that Grandaddy is home getting better. I am sure that the first fishing trip will mean lots more to him than Grandadddy seeing him get his head wet in a dress. He is a very sweet baby.

To the Nuns!!

Every night I threaten to take any toys left out to the nuns(the catholic mission). It is surprisingly effective. One night last week, a wheel fell off of a truck and he just looked a me and said "dad,the nuns can have this one".

Evan and Sadie havin a drink

we are playing in the water in Hernando and wishing it would go away in the delta.

Adam has spent the night here..

for a couple of nights and this morning when Evan woke up he walked through the living room at 6:15 and said "dad,there's Adam's backpack, hey there's Adam on the couch" (very Goldilocks like). then " Hey Adam, let's watch us some Duke boys"

The boys got matching shirts..

from Grandma and Natalie has been trying to get their picture together with them on. Here is the closest that she has gotten. Both boys saying "hurry up mom, the sun is in our eyes".

On our way to the...

2nd T-ball practice I told Evan to go get his glove and he came back with a little John Deere and I said "no,go get your glove". He said "I'm gonna take this tractor instead". "no, go get the glove". " but Daddy, there is really good dirt there". Now, we still haven't played a game, but we got our uniforms just for something to do and he insisted on wearing the hat to bed. And as you know, Dad says whatever...just go to bed.

Boys in the Yard

Whisker Bassick

we have a little wicker basket in the pantry with gummy bears, little debbies, etc.. in it. Evan will say that he is hungry and you ask him what he wants and he'll say"hmmmm maybe something from the whisker bassick.

Henry is eating veggies now

He really likes squash.
Peas,,not so much...

Shady Shaved

Try saying that 3 times. If you see her don't laugh, I don't want her to get a complex.

All of this rain....

is doing more than keeping us from T-ball. It is flooding the delta.

Shady is shedding...

more than ever this year. The hair is everywhere. Evan and I call the balls of it "Sadie Tumbleweeds" . I know it's gross but this is the vacume cannister from just two uses!!!we are getting her shaved this week.

Grandma got the boys ...

funny glasses. Henry got the monkey ones and unlike Evan , he can't take them off.

Just to kill some time

on a rainy saturday Evan and I drove through a car wash. He loved it.

We also went ...

"pretend" motor -home shopping for an hour and a half. Here is Evan talking on the CB "just like Bandit and the Snowman" in a 490,000 dollar one that we really liked.

Rained out again..

so Evan and I went to Waffle House for breakfast. Please don"t tell him that waffles aren't pancakes, because he loves pancakes but says that he doesn't like waffles. Again Dad doesn't care what you call it,,just eat it. We also don't go anywhere without a couple of trucks and trailers.

say "mac & CHEEEESE"

just us boys at supper in our matching truck shirts(Evan said "dad you need one too")

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blue eyed Evan

Henry is looking more like Evan everyday,,eyes are probably gonna stay blue though.

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On the way to school...

Evan and I saw these guys on our road picking up cans, so I turned around and followed them for a while and we had a long talk about recycling(instead of mule wagons, which I thought would have been his conversation of choice)

Enid Fish Hatchery

First we built sand castles at the swimming areaThen went over to the hatchery to see the breeding tanks,

Then we went to the aquarium that he thought was very interesting.

Turtle

Tony left his wheeler at the house for a while and now he's Evan's hero. We were riding it last weekend and found a turtle the size of a silver dollar(that sweet,sweet Georgia Brown put in her mouth, yes the whole turtle) But at least that didnt happen on my watch while the moms were at dinner and I was being the best "Manny" in the delta.

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Long pasta

Evan doesn't say spaghetti, he says long pasta. Dad doesnt care what its called just have a seat and eat some supper.

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Eat a Peach

not a very good picture of Henry, just wanted to show one of him in his Allman brothers T-shirt uncle adam made. he does have nice legs though.

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Fireman

I hope that he is here to rescue us from Evan's mess in the living room.

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PJ's

Mom found the boys some matching PJ's this week. Evan was excited. Henry was just Henry.

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Rained out

Saturday Evan was supposed thave his first T-ball game. When he got up Saturday morning mom was leaving and he asked where she was goin. I said she is going to get her hair colored and he said"is she going to color it green? that's her favorite color." I told him they were just going to color it the same and he said "oh, yellow". Well the game got rained and and when I told him he started crying and said that mom had his water jug ready and everything. So he and I spent all morning in that garage drinking from the jug and playing with tractors.

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Henry's Bear Feet

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Evan talking about Easter

Here are two videos of Evan talking about Easter. One was the day before while we were dyeing (sp??) eggs and then Easter morning after he had found his basket. He started off by saying that dogs can't eat chocolate then he said that Henry couldn't eat chocolate. Sadie joined Evan in the egg hunt.