A horse is a horse

This post really should not be about horses...but it is. This past Wednesday the boys and I got to go to my nephew, Cameron's, 6th birthday party. It was out at my brother's in law's house also known as the farm. It was about 45 minutes north of Dallas and so that made it close enough for us to get to go!

The reason there are only pictures of the horse riding is because I am 7 months pregnant, it was in the 90's outside and it was just me to chase the boys! So needless to say the camera was only pulled out during the horse ride.

We had such a fun time celebrating Cameron. Cameron is a boy after Blake and Owen's heart...he loves all things with wheels, loves to be outside and just simply loves being a boy! The boys had the best time playing on the swing set, jumping on the trampoline, playing with cars, pulling the big kids on wagon rides, eating cake and of course the horse ride that was at the end.

Blake told me to ride he needed his cowboy hat!

I had no idea what they would do once on the horse, but they in fact loved it. Caitlyn rode with Owen and Lincoln, Cameron's cousin on the other side, rode with Blake.

I love, love, love this picture!

We love being close enough to celebrate!!!!

The great escape!

Ok, not really, but two weeks ago Nate and I made a run for the border...of the gulf! Ok, not really again, but we did enjoy a lovely 30th birthday/mother's day/5th and 6th anniversary/babymoon vacation to Orange Beach, Alabama. We went to Jackson first and left the tweeds in the fully capable hands of Grammy, Papa Ric, Nini and Pops. We all had a great time!

I will save you the 26 week pregnant maternity swimsuit shots and give you this:

View from our balcony before dinner one night:

And this is what the boys learned to do:

I am telling you we have two fish, or sharks on our hands. Nini said they swam twice a day! And we have been in the water every day but yesterday since we got back! They start swim lessons on the 20th.

And here they are with their cousin, Taylor!

SHARKS!

Here are a few pictures of the tweeds in their swim suits. We are really into sharks around here. This is before we went to swim at a friends house a few weeks ago. Be prepared for cuteness:

Most wonderful time of the year

Some people say Christmas, I say MAY! It is after all my birthday month, you know!

We have had a really exciting few weeks. There will be lots of posts as I get them up but here is my written update.

We had mothers day...but no pictures! Lol

Then the next weekend Auntie came! It was so much fun getting to show her Corsicana and our new home! It was a beautiful weekend and so we went to the park, out to eat, grilled out, played in the backyard, watched movies and she even caddied for Nate at the country club! He even played his best game ever! She was his good luck charm!

We didn't get a ton of pictures, but we did get a few of Auntie and her boys. Blake had a hard time with the pictures before church, but Owen was charming her! We got a good one after!

And in case you hadn't heard, we have a baby name: Caroline Jean. Caroline is for meeting in North Carolina, and Jean is for Auntie! We love her!

We have also been swimming, and to Mississippi and Alabama for a beach vacation! More pictures to come soon!

Derrick Days

Apparently Coriscana used to be a big oil town back in the day. And so to celebrate every year they have something called Derrick Days. It is a pretty cute small town festival. I kind of felt like I was in the movie, Hope Floats, as we walked up and down historic main street eating food, watching old ladies clog (dancing), going to the car show and of course riding rides!
The boys had a great time. The highlight of their day was certainly riding a train roller coaster. Have I told you they have no fear? There were kids twice their size and age riding the same thing who were terrified and being coaxed by their families to ride. Our little guys hopped right on and loved every minute!

First time around:


and the second...pros by this point!

In the middle of downtown

Owen was pouting because we didn't ride the carousel

Blake, Mommy and Caroline! (I am almost 6 months!)

Best friends

I have heard all sorts of stories about relationships between twins. Some where they adore each other, some where they don't like each other and some about apathy towards each other. I seem to think it really falls on the types of twins they are...are they identical or fraternal, boy/boy, girl/girl or boy/girl. I think that has a lot to do with it. Most parents of identicals all seem to talk about the strong bond their twins have (of course some people don't agree).

All that I really know is that right now there are no bigger buddies in the world than Blake and Owen.

They talk about being best friends and they pretend to be characters that are best friends, i.e. Thomas and Percy (Thomas the Train). It is hillarious when they get into these love fests. They start hugging and telling each other they love each other and then of course tickling that leads to wrestling. And as seen below like to just snuggle up! I was getting ready one morning last week and walked in on them sitting like this watching Special Agent Oso. So cute!

Here they are tickling:

And yesterday I was trying to get pictures to send out "we've moved" cards and when I told them to put their arms around each other this is what they did:

By the way...daddy HATES this picture!

Finishing up

So here are two more things from Easter...


One, the group picture of all the cousins...







And two, the video from Easter morning.



Enjoy!