4th of July

We spent the weekend at Possum Kingdom for the 4th of July like we do every year. It's probably the kids favorite weekend of the summer. We have a great view of Hell's Gate off to our left and it's nice watching all the crowd on the water.

Red is really enjoying the lake much more this year than last year because now he can actually see everything. It's also much less stressful on Kerry and I. It was hard making sure he didn't fall over all the rocks and little drop-offs last year. He loves snoozing at the lake and playing with the puppies. We never thought Red would be the one to entertain the two girls all the time. Ellie and Sugar don't want anything to do with the pups .

On Friday, I attempted the cute star braid I kept seeing on Facebook. It didn't turn out too bad and Kresee loved it so that's all that counts....haha

We drove in the pontoon over to Sandy Beach. The lake is crazy low and so it was hard maneuvering around all the tree stumps to find a spot to park the boat. I managed to get a picture of the 4 of us before the kids took off to play!

All the cousins for 2014. Lexie (3), Kresee (5), Kenzie (5), Jaxson (9) and Kohen (8)

Kresee loved her patriotic bikini this year!

She loves to hunt for shells more than anything!

And cover herself with sand

Kohen and Jaxson just dig and run and race

Kohen drove the boat most of the way back home...he did a pretty good job!

What I was doing as much as I could: watching the World Cup Semi Final games...Ellie, Red and Sugar were usually squished in the chair with me.

On Saturday, we headed over to Hell's Gate. Kresee wasn't liking the dock rocking so much from all the boat traffic while we loaded up.

 

Two labs: Dot Dot and Nacho befriended the boys and they played ball with those dogs for a couple of hours. I think the dogs lived a few houses down from where we anchored and loved playing with anyone that was willing.

Kresee and Kenzie swam over to the shore like the boys and they collected more shells than they could handle.

She did end up floating in the water some with Kerry

She wanted me to take a picture of her in her new 4th of July outfit that Grammie got her.

On Sunday, Maw and Papa did take all the kids out tubing and knee boarding. I didn't go so I didn't get any pictures. But I was determined to get one of all of us and the 4 dogs before we headed back home. Not too bad:)

Premiere Lake Property

We headed up to Sulphur, OK for a weekend of family fun at Premiere Lake Property. My sister planned this trip and it was such a great idea. 24 of us rented out 3 cabins on this small private lake and we basically had it all to ourselves. It was amazing weather and the kids had an absolute blast. We got there Friday afternoon and Kresee fished and fished but didn't catch anything. She was determined though and ended up with 7 fish on Saturday. Kohen fished some but enjoyed kayaking by himself and riding in the canoe a lot.

 

 

 

 Nana enjoying the hammock. Kerry and I laid in it a lot as well.

Our cabin that we shared 

 

 

 

We hope to make this a yearly trip. Either here or somewhere with similar things to do.

LAST Day of 2nd Grade

Well this week was a hard one for this guy. Going to June 6th is just wrong. Haha. But he survived and I can't believe my baby boy is going to be a 3rd grader. I always knew I didn't want Kresee going to KG because that meant Kohen would be in 3rd grade:( Just sounds so old. He lost his first two teeth right before school started and didn't lose anymore the whole year! He definitely has grown taller but maybe only gained 2 lbs the whole year. He has improved so much in all his sports in a year's time. And he made straight A's again all school year and I'm so proud of him being the top reader in his class for the 2nd year in a row. I know he will continue to do great things in 3rd grade.

 Last day picture with both kids. Kohen was excited it was free dress day (they don't get many of those) and had to wear his Kevin Durant shirt. Kresee was out of school already and got to spend the day at a friend's house!

Last Tball Game

Tonight was Kresee's last tball game for the Astros. She had an absolute blast and loves tball. She can't wait for the Fall. She did really well and does a good job hitting and fielding the ball. Kohen really loved being a 'coach' whether he was out on the field helping or coaching 3rd base.

 Luckily, I got to help out in the dugout. I can't not be helping in some capacity so the dugout is where I like to be.

 Kerry got to coach some too when the head coach had other games he was coaching. He too enjoys  helping out as much as possible.

 This was a sweet group of kids. I'm glad I decided to let her go ahead and play vs waiting another whole season because she truly loved every minute of it.