Was it somone's birthday...SURPRISE!!!

Hays' 30th birthday was July 26th. It was a very low key birthday for him....until Friday night. Somehow I was able to pull off a surprise birthday party for him with the help of many friends and family. I had been planning this party for months which is very difficult when you live with the person the surprise is for. So after many deleted texts and little white lies we pulled it off and he was completely surprised.

Hays had many friends and family come to help celebrate the big 3-0! We had a little pool and a blow up slide/bouncy house for all the little ones and some yummy pizza from Sal and Mookies. This cake was a yummy chocolate on the bottom and strawberry (Hays' favorite) on the top.

 A little blurry but this is when he walked in and saw 30+ people there. SURPRISE!

I can't believe we actually pulled it off. It was a great night. Happy Birthday Hays!

Beach Trip: Numero Tres

Okay, so it is catch up time! I have been neglecting the blog for a few weeks now and it is time to play catch up. So....here we go. Many more posts to come in the next few days. I know y'all have missed seeing this cutie patootie!

A few weeks ago Olivia and I took our annual girls trip+2 with Nano, Aunt Amie, Aunt Cindy and Kai and Dalton. We had a great time. We were able to stay from Thursday-Monday but it rained a majority of the time. We still had a fantastic time shopping, relaxing and what else, but taking care of babies! We look forward to going on this trip every summer and really appreciate the Collins allowing us to stay at their condo.

BAD Parents of the Year Award

It's raining, it's pouring......

Yep, Hays and I get the bad parents of the year award! We were biking with Olivia a good 5 or 6 miles from the house when it came a down pour and I mean a down pour. We were on a wooded trail so there was no where to go to get out of the weather so we just had to truck it home. Poor baby was soaking wet by the time we got to the house. She didn't seem to mind one bit. Maybe.....it was our special way of building character and enjoying ALL of God's creation. :) 

Miscellaneous

We have been doing lots of resting and relaxing around here this week.

We went to Miskelly's (furniture store) to ride the carousel for a play date one day. Listen, we will do just about anything to keep cool and busy on these hot summer days.





 Obviously, the girl wanted a cookie and was trying to help herself to one. Instead she just made a mess for the mommy to clean up. I couldn't resist the cuteness of a smile and the legs crossed though.

The girl will just about pop a squat anywhere, comfortable or not.

For Father's Day Hays got a new bike trailer for Olivia to ride in. She LOVES it and will yell (at the top of her lungs) YAAAYYY!!! when she sees us get it out.

Yes, I know. Gross. She is chewing on Lilly's dog bones. She kept grabbing them from Lilly and saying "miiine". Her vocabulary has just about tripled in the last few weeks adding bubbles, Elmo, momma, thank you, please, eat, juice, cheese and many more. I'm not sure if she is ever quiet these days. Babble, babble, talk, talk ALL THE TIME!

A Big Thanks to Nano and Pops!!

We want to say a BIG thank you to Nano and Pops for keeping Olivia so we could go on vacation. I think she had a fabulous time and other than not sleeping well she was on her best behavior. Mom was able to text/email me throughout the trip so we could see our baby girl and know what she was up to. These are some of the pictures that were text/emailed to us. We had a great time away but missed her SOO much and these pictures would just brighten our days.

I didn't ask how many dum dums she got over the course of the week. I'm pretty sure it was quite a few!

 Or how many Popsicles she got???

I guess she thought Pops needed some....

Kissing the baby in the mirror....

Olivia says "are you really coming home with me for a week, I'm not so sure about that mister!"

Catching Up....

Whew!!! Let me catch y'all up with what we've been up to. To say that we have been busy would be quite the understatement. My last post was Father's Day and that is unacceptable! So here it goes...playing catch up. Since then Hays and I went on a 7 day cruise to the Bahamas, St.Thomas, St.Maartan and Fort Lauderdale with Hays' parents and brother and sister n law. We had a fabulous time and I will post more details about that later. Olivia stayed with my parents while we were gone.

The week that we came back we brought my sister's 2 boys (Kai and Dalton) home with us for Camp Collins 2011. When I first offered I thought I've got this, it will be easy as pie! Boy, was I wrong. It was CRRRAAAZZZYYYY!!! If one child wasn't crying the other child needed a diaper change and if one child was sleeping the other 2 needed to be fed. It was around the clock work! Wow, Olivia is SOO easy to take care of by herself. We stayed busy going on a million wagon/bike rides, went to the splash park, got yogurt, ate at Chick fil a, watched movies (and of course, Sesame Street), played with bubbles and sidewalk chalk, went swimming, had a jammie day, colored and played, played and played some more. I love those boys but I was glad to see the week come to an end. Until Camp Collins 2012.....maybe!



First walk of many.

Jammie Day.

Is this little stinker not the cutest?? Well, except at night when he won't sleep!

Popsicle Break.

Splash park (people were asking me if I had TWINS??) Ha!

Wagon ride number 357 of the week.

Only way to get this baby to take a nap, in the jogging stroller! Whatever worked for some peace and quiet!

Having 3 kids is no joke! This is what my house looked like 99.9% of the time.

Loving on Uncle Hays (even though he had to give him 2 spankings during the week).

Happy Pops and Papa Day!!!

We love y'all both so much!!!