I made Mommy's Day!

Just a quick blog (because Mommy was so excited) to share that yesterday I picked her these pretty flowers at Grandeb's house and brought them home for her. When she came home from coaching 2 volleyball games, I ran in to give them to her! She said I made her day! Yay! I love my mommy! Here I am with the flowers... trying to smell them but my nose is stuffy, and then not quite sure I want to give them back to her :)

Good for a rainy day...

I know, I know, it's been over a month since I've blogged... everyone keeps commenting on "what a busy boy" I am, so you can understand why I've been absent from the blogosphere. Finally, it's a cold, rainy day here- perfect to catch up! While Mom wants to put up a million pictures of all we've been up to, I told her I wanted to just pick my favs and leave everyone wanting more. :) So, check out what I've been doin' the last month or so...

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

This fall I started going to "school" on Monday each week and it's so fun! I get a little sad each time Mommy or Daddy drops me off, but I have a blast! I love to paint, go on the slide, play with the other kids, and learn my colors. They have so many fun toys there too! And, I'm trying out eating lunch on my own and taking a nap on my mat at school..

FIRST TRIP TO THE ZOO!

On Labor Day weekend Mommy, me, Andrea, Brooks, and GranDeb all went to the zoo! Here's me with the elephants (they're HUGE!) and my favorite animal was the polor bear. I thought it was funny watching him swim in his pool. The other picture is all of us with the camels- those things are CRAZY!

KIAWAH- I LOVE THE BEACH!

Last week we got to go to Kiawah Island with my family and Mommy's friend Laura and her family too. Even all the grandparents came! We all stayed at the Luttrell's house and had so much fun! My highlights were:

• taking my "sho-sho" (shovel) to the beach
• letting the waves get my toes
• getting sand everywhere
• playing with my new buddy Sam
• playing basketball on the back porch
• running around on the pretty grass at The Ocean Course
• playing with the wagon on the beach

Here's Sam & me with the wagon- I think he was showing me the birds or maybe the waves...

And this is the whole gang on our last day- thank you Luttrells for such a fun vacation!!!

I love camp!

I just got back from spending 2 whole weeks at Frontier Ranch! Mommy was in charge of the college kids who came to volunteer, and I got to go with Daddy for the 2nd week and Grandeb for the 3rd week! It was the best! Here are some highlights and pictures...

*lots of hikes over "b's" (that's my secret code for "bridges") with Dad and Grandeb

*going to a petting zoo at Trail West (another YL camp) and sitting on a horse

*meeting my new friend "DuDu" (his name was Daniel Duni and everyone called him Duni... I decided DuDu was better!)

*going down the HUGE water slide with Mommy

*playing with my new friends Jack & Charlie at the playground

*eating dessert with EVERY meal

*meeting all sorts of different high schoolers who came to camp each week- they were awesome!

Here I am in the pool with Mommy and my new buddy Jack (and his mommy, Chrissy)

We went up to the horse corale and I loved petting the horsies!


On Western Night I had fun in the teepee!


Mommy & Me in our Western Wear!

Sadly, we had to take a break from camp and go to Yuma, CO because my Great Grandpa Poppie went to be with Jesus... He was a great man and daddy says he lived an amazing life! It was my first time in Yuma so I sat at the little red table (I guess all the kids have to sit there at some point) ... and I also rode the big wheel that my daddy used to ride!

Sprechen Sie German?

Yep, that's right, I'm now semi-bilingual! That means "Do you speak German?" This weekend our really good friends the Kleagers came for a visit all the way from Germany where they are missionaries with the military. It was super fun to see my buddies Jacob and Owen! They even brought me a soccer ball from the German team (and some yummy German chocolate!)

We had a big pool party to celebrate their visit, and ALL our friends came! It was so much fun! Here we all are- it's a baby explosion!

This was after my bedtime, but Mommy was having fun with her friends Aimee and Kelly (plus Piper and Owen stayin' up late!)
Here's Aimee & Owen Kleager in our pool...
And Brian & Aimee meeting all the new babies that have arrived since they left!

We love you Kleagers!!! Miss you lots!

Pool Time!

Yay Summer! I LOVE it! I am having so much fun swimming and hangin' with my family and friends! Last week, Mommy and I went swimming at HEB... check me out!

Mommy and me... I don't like to stand still for long- I've got things to do!

Playing with Grandpa Sam and my new toys!

Splish Splash!

Happy Father's Day!!! I'm pretty sure I'm the luckiest little boy ever who got to celebrate with his Daddy and both Grandpas! We had such a fun weekend... lots of pool time with my buddies!

Here we are- the Chapin/Lewis men... don't we look good?

I gave Papa a card and then ripped it in 2 pieces... oops!

Deac and I helped Grandpa Sam open his bag of goodies- some stuff he likes, and a toy for me to play with at his house!

We had a HUGE pool party on Saturday night and I got to swim with my friends (even though it was a little cold and rainy!) This is Swift (my friend who lives in Russia) and me in our floaties- as you can tell we weren't all that into picture time...

And, of course, here's me with Presley... she's the best!

Just so busy...

In between events on my social calendar, I wanted to say hi and let you know what all I've been up to lately... We went to the mountains last weekend with all my buddies, and my Nana turned 60 yesterday! Check us out...

I am really into reading books lately! I love Goodnight Moon because it has a "ball" in it (well, Mom says it's a "balloon" but it looks like a ball to me!) I also like to read the caterpillar book because all the fruit has holes in it, and I love it when my Grandpa Sam reads me the Santa book!

This is me and my best friend Presley taking a bath in Keystone...we were laughing so much and being so silly! Our mommies were laughing too!

I feel so lucky because my friends Tanner & Taitum Coors gave me this cool train set that Mom said we could leave in the mountains. It's Thomas the Train and it was really cool to play with!

This is my awesome Nana at her birthday party last night! Aunt Katy & Kelly planned a great party at Great Aunt Sue's, and they made Nana a cool book that all of us wrote notes for... she had a blast! Happy Birthday Nana!