Josh and William Harris

having a some chicken salad after a long day on the lake.

Kinda boring,

but Henry really loves this swing.

Denver

We have been having a great time this weekend in Denver. Evan and Katie felt so special all weekend because they got to be only children again for a short time with their moms and aunts! We got to spend lots of time with family! The wedding was beautiful and all of the festivities were so much fun! Here we are on the plane on the way to Denver. We had toys, movies, books, snacks - everything I could think of to keep him occupied for 2 1/2 hours!

Friday morning we had brunch at the Smith's home (thanks again Merrill!). Here are Katie & Allie riding bikes on the sidewalk. Evan, Katie, Allie, Charlotte & Sutton had a great time together. It was great to see Lem & Merrill and Betsy & Jeff.

Our cousin Eric and his wife, Kim - parents of Eli (below).

Evan and 2nd cousin Eli (who is so adorable!) playing before the wedding with his new Mack - a gift from the bride!

The beautiful bride, Dana, and her mom, Aunt Cindy.

Precious flower girl and ring bearer right before walking down the aisle and outside the chapel after the ceremony.

My favorite part of the wedding - Dana and Mike left the altar under an arch of swords - they last two lowered their swords for Dana and Mike to kiss before they let them pass!

Captain and Mrs. Mike Alfaro - Congratulations! Lots of cousins having fun on the dance floor.Evan wore himself out dancing - here he was right before we left.

Uncle Sam & Aunt Cindy hosted a cookout at their house on Saturday. All the kids got to ride the horse and they had a great time playing!

Enjoy Evan's dance moves in this video. He really gets into about 40 seconds into the video.

About to take off for Denver

One year ago today....

I had my surgery. It is hard to imagine that I was only 17 weeks pregnant at the time with our sweet Henry. Thinking back on that time makes me remember how afraid we were but at the same time the peace that I had going into the surgery. Having our Henry here now is amazing - we cannot imagine life without him! He truly does complete our family. I wanted to take this time to thank everyone again for all of their support and more importantly for all of the prayers back then. We are blessed by God to have our health and our family!

It's not that bathtime...

isn't always fun and easy,,,but tonight was more fun than some we've had. I hope that Henry always thinks that his big brother is that funny.

His future's so bright...

There is usually not much...

to see on my drive to work. This guy just waved at the cop in the background and rolled on.. I love this tree around the power lines on Hwy 49.

Evan says...

"maybe Henry wants a teasin bisquit"..It is fun to watch him eat the the 'teething' crackers and stuff. Evan also says "he wishes he had teeth, so he could share my chicken nuggets".

Tonight Evan said...

Josh, I need a snack. I said if you're gonna call me Josh, then I'm gonna call you Alexander. He said" dad,that's what they call me at the doctor".

New camera takes good pics..

but it's hard to get Evan to dress up for a photo session.

For about a week

Henry decided that he didn't want to take naps or sleep at night. He was great last night and went right down tonight(he found his cool). Guess he just wanted to party last week,,,well it wasn't much of a party for mom and dad. Especially Mom,,, swimming lessons, vacation bible school and all the regular stuff too. Thanks for taking care of "us boys" mom, we love you. And I hate to write on this thing without posting a pic, so I found this one of her back when she was just Natalie.

Sunday night Josh

took Evan to see Bob the Builder. I forgot to put the memory card in the camera, so here is a pic of him getting a haircut.

Henry Laughing

Henry has a great laugh and it is especially loud when he is laughing at something that his brother is doing. Today Evan was jumping from the couch to the ottoman and Henry just thought it was hilarious! He laughed for at least 5 minutes!

Bob the Builder

Bob the Builder came to the Childrens Museum of Memphis today. We were there for 2 1/2 hours, waited in line for over 30 minutes but in the end it was all worth it because Evan gave Bob the biggest hug ever! He was so happy and it was so cute! Bob even held Henry so I could get a pic of the boys together with him!

Before his nap Evan said...

dad "when I get up, let's have us a 'dune-buggy' ride. We went to the Dip for a a cup with sprinkles and he didn't make past the sprinkles before falling asleep. It must have a been a tough day at school.

Henry

I think carrots in his nose really brings out the blue in his eyes.

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.