Chatter Box

Griffin is a BIG talker!  He talks from sun up to sun down, ALL day long.  Even his sweet teachers make comments all the time about how much he talks.  Sometimes he says things that are so funny like this:
Last Saturday we celebrated Jackson's birthday at Clay's.  It's a fun outdoor restaurant with all kinds of animals the kids can pet and feed.  They have a huge peacock and it happened to spread it's feathers out right when we went to see him.  Griffin said, "Look mommy, that bird's dressed up like a Christmas tree!"

Sometimes conversations with him can only be described as exhausting.  Here's an example from today when we were coming out of Walmart when he was riding on the side of the grocery cart:
Me- "Griffin, hold on tight to the cart please"
Griff- "Why?"
M- "So you don't fall off in the parking lot."
G- "What happens if I do?"
M- "You might get a boo boo"
G- "But why will I get a boo boo?"
M- insert deep breath "Because you didn't hold on when Mommy told you to."
G- "But why didn't I hold on?"
M- "Griffin just hold onto the cart ok?"
G- "What happens if I don't?"
AHHHHH!!!!! Forget it!

And sometimes he is just plain sweet.  Like today when it was nap time and our conversation went like this:
M- "Griffin, I just put Ella down and now it's time for you to take a nap"
G- "But Mommy, now that Ella is sleeping maybe you and me can snuggle on the couch together for a little bit.  Does that sound like a plan Mommy?"
M- "It sure does sweetie!"
And that's exactly what we did!  I love this little boy so much and thank God for the joy he brings me every single day!

My Loves

 I decided it was time for some new pictures of the kids together, and as you all know, this is NOT an easy task.  They actually did pretty well, and I was happy with at least a couple.  I just love these two to death and even though it's crazy at times, they are such sweet, happy, healthy babies and I feel incredibly blessed!

Griff trying to get Ella to sit still

 Off she went to I caught this sweet picture of my Griffin Bear

 I love their expressions in this one

 One of my favorites

 This one too...I think they look similar here

 Must have been a bird or airplane up there...

 Love sisters hand on brothers leg and his hand on her shoulder...precious

Easter Catch Up 2- Houston

 After we left San Antonio Easter morning, we headed straight to Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Heather's for their annual Easter lunch, egg hunt, and volley ball game.  It's always such a fun day with tons of kids running around and lots of family time.  Ella went to whole day without a nap, this social butterfly doesn't want to miss a thing!  When we left she was asleep before the car was even in drive!  Fun times!

All the kids ready to hunt eggs

 Griffin on the move

 Ella had some help from Gigi and cousin Brittany

 Jack was having too much fun playing lacrosse, he's going to be a baller for sure!!!

 Ella was more interested in the Easter grass in her basket :)

Love this sweet girl!!!

Easter Catch Up- San Antonio

 I'm finally getting around to posting our Easter pictures!  We had a wonderful weekend in San Antonio visiting Uncle ConCon, Aunt LeLe, Carson, Lyndon, Mimi, Pops, and Uncle James.  Needless to say we had a full house.  We left early Friday and when we got there we all went to Guadalupe State Park which is about 10 minutes from their house.  It was beautiful and the kids had a blast swimming in the river.  Ella LOVED splashing and throwing rocks and Griffin jumped off a big rock into the river about 100 times!  Of course I took zero pictures.  We also went to a super fun Easter party on Saturday, complete with an Easter egg hunt, Easter bunny, and lots of swimming.  And you guessed it, zero pictures of that too.  So here are the pictures I do have :).

Sweet baby girl ready for bed

 Mimi got each grand kid a set of resurrection eggs for Easter.  They LOVED them and really got into the meaning behind each egg.  A great way to teach the true meaning of Easter.

 Griffin using the whip..ha!

 Miss cutie pie thought it was hilarious to crawl up the stairs into Conner and Leslie's room

 Peter Rabbit bedtime story with Mimi and Pops

 Easter baskets

 On the way to church with Mimi...all the little boys matched and looked precious

 The Austin Family...LOVE them!

Our family...best we could get

Grace Easter Party

Griffin had his Easter party at Grace Preschool on the Tuesday before Easter.  The kids were all so cute dressed up in their Spring clothes and they all had a great time!  The egg hunt was fun but Griffin was too busy talking about what was in the eggs to get very many!  Haha.

Catching Up

Wow, somewhere along the past month life just went in fast forward.  I just realized my last post was over a month ago!  We have been busy with Griffin starting soccer, two family trips, a busy Spring Break, and Jason has been traveling a lot.  The really sad thing is I don't have pictures of any of it.  I'm going to get back on the bandwagon and do better...or at least try!  Until then, here are a few pictures of the kids new birthday swing set (thanks to Gigi, Papa J, Mimi, and Pops) and our garden which has already grown so much since these pictures!