Friends!

Finally a play date that is overdue! Paula thanks for opening your home up for a great morning play date and lunch! I think all the kids loved Grace's toys!!!!

Watch out! Corley is reading to drive!

Oh no...both my kids???

Pool time!!!

Corley and Tessa Lynn playing! or maybe escaping?

Away he goes!

JP loved the swing set! Thankful that he has not asked for one yet!

If so I know who I can call to help put it together!

Ella taking some time indoors and way from the heat!

Kids will be kids!

Awe, Corley let me take a picture with her!
I know she looks so thrilled uh? Not impressed that I stop the swing!

Emme just resting! Man I miss those days!

Got all the kids inside and a movie going to us mom's could

start their lunch!

JP and Corley Reyes, Grace Cox, Reed Stallberg, and Ella Field!

LUNCH TIME!

Thanks again Paula! I know the kids loved it and all took great naps! A must do again!

God Bless America!

Just now getting life back to a bit of normal! Figured close to a month its time to post pictures from the 4th of July! Mommy and Corley before the Children's Parade
All Cool!

JP and his friend Taylor!

Grandpa with all his grandkids! He loves his life

Oh the joys of having an older brother that wants his bike back and a little sister who just won't give up!

Just love this! The girls are on the concrete and the boys are standing on the fence!

Listen away to the music!

Iron Man!

Me and Campbell!

The joys of making homemade ice cream! Priceless!

Funny faces!

Hope everyone had a GREAT 4th of July!

Oh what a Turtle of FUN!

What great way to start off our Saturday! My niece and nephew are in town and Grammy brought out the croquet set and lets say they did not follow the rules, which of course bothered my 6 yr niece, Campbell, but the younger ones had fun just playing around! JP must being concentrating very hard, that tongue is always out when he is serious!

CUPCAKE! The night before the kids were ready to make cupcakes and so of course we did! Since it was close to bedtime we told them we would decorate in the morning! So now its time to have some fun!

of course mommy had to help Corley!

Family time

What a mess!

Oh wait never mind....Anderson is a mess!!!!

Time to cool off in the pool- ok so its the kiddie pool, but it still works and they still have fun!

Had to stop to get their picture made, which if you know my nephew Anderson that is AMAZING that he stopped playing for a picture!

The kids loved running and jumping into the pool, of course Corley was in the pool, so I was a bit scared that they would hit or land on her but they never did! She just sat in the pool and laughed, laughed and laughed. As I flipped back through the pictures I noticed that I got JP jumping in the pool! Corley just having fun!

The kids were all outside playing later in the evening and I walked outside to see what they were doing and I just laughed because I saw all 4 of them standing around the this poor little turtle!

JP has never been afraid of the turtle and he always wants to pet it!!! He has not tried to pick up the turtle, but Miss Corley has picked the turtle up already! This girl has no fear! Corley, Where is the turtle?

Happy Weekend!

Where did June go????

I have no clue to where June went! Before I knew it I woke up this morning and said hello to July! We were busy in June getting The Range Club opened up and I guess that is where our month of June went too!!!

Guess its time for picture updates on the kids! We went to several baseball games, but JP is too busy to stop to take a picture for mom and Corley was too busy with popcorn, but I was able to get her to look up! I will say that it is hard to go to the games with her with peanuts everywhere and have to watch every move she makes! We went this past time with my dad's work and set up in the box and it was great to watch the game inside in the AC!!! Made sure Corley had on her allergy necklace and had to move peanuts and the Epi pen was with us just in case she grabbed one! We were SAFE, no peanuts for Corley and it was a great time to teach JP that sister can't have any either! Slip -N-Slide, man who all remembers those fun summer days!!!! I will say that they are better made now day's then back in my days. (man that makes me feel old!) JP had a blast and it was fun to watch him slide!

Oh don't worry Corley had fun walking down it!!!!! She would walk to us and get dried off and then off to the water again!

Of course due to the wreck (that post later to come), we had to purchase 2 new cars seats! So of course we had a day of playing with the boxes and I go to threw them away and JP says mom that's my favorite toy, so yes of course I have kept them so they can have fun and maybe they will break sooner than later??? Fingers crossed!

No mom, I am not coming out!

Have a great day!

3 already!

Happy 3rd Birthday John Paul Reyes IV!

I can't believe how time flies by with kids! I remember being a kid and it just seemed like everything took forever to come around, like Birthday, Christmas, Spring Break, Summer you name it, if it was a fun event to took forever and now as a parent it just comes to fast for me!

JP what can I say, you are an amazing son and your dad and I feel so blessed and honored that our Savior gave us you! You crack us up everyday of our lives!

Things that you are doing now that you are 3:

1. You insist that we go to Church every Sunday


2. Potty Trained- yes I am so excited about this!


3. You are wearing size 3t


4. Weigh in around 32 pounds


5. Your favorite foods are pizza and hot dogs!


6. You love taking baths with your sister, even though you upset her when you splash too much water at times


7. Your 2 favorite saying right now is.... "In a little bit" and "Your the BEST Ever!"


8. You still love Car and Thomas the Train


9. You love going to baseball games and throwing the ball


10. You are ready for football already


11. You are a ninja at times and sneak into our bed around 5:30-6am on some mornings


12. And there are so many more!!!!!

My favorite thing to tell you is "JP I love you to the moon and back!" and you finish it by saying "and the Stars" and you are so right! I do love you to the moon and back and the stars! Your favorite thing to tell daddy is " I love you more more more!"

This year for your party we had to have a Thomas the Train theme, after all that is what you have been telling me since about Christmas that is what you wanted on your cake!!! Your party was Saturday, May 21, 2011 from 11-1pm at Hogan Park in Midland, Texas! And yes of course you had a Thomas the Train cake!

Your dad and PePaw made the train for you party and you just loved it and wouldn't get out, until I told you that you could have cake and open presents!!!!

Your cousin Chloe just having a great time at your party!

Your cousin Campbell being a monkey like always!

Taylor from church and from your "school" came to your party and ya'll had a blast playing together!
Grace was your first girlfriend you had and she too came to your party and played and played with you! She is about one of the few friends you know that has as much energy as you do! And her mommy and I are thankful for that!
Sweet Ella Grace, how I was so afraid you were sunburned and was so excited to see you on Sunday and see that you were not! Ella had so much fun at the playground that I think she missed cake and present, but I am just glad she was having a blast!

TRAIN time:
This is the picture of you and your Cousin Anderson the first time you saw your PePaw coming with your train!!!! You kept saying is that my train, that train is for me? My train PePaw mine? Yes JP that is your very own TRAIN!
Conductor PePaw Reyes!!!!!
Anderson last about 3 seconds in the train before he screamed to get out :( but trust me JP you never cried one bit!

You and Cousin Campbell, I think your face is sad because you are afraid I was going to make you get out and you were not ready, so don't worry I did not make you get out yet!
Choo Choo! You just hanging out in the Rock Island Train Car. The reason you had a Rock Island train is because your Great Great Grandfather worked for Rock Island a long time again your your Grandpa is the one that got you loving Trains! So this train is in honor of your Great Great Grandfather, Great Grandfather (who also loved trained) and your Grandpa!! Now you are part of that group that loves trains!

Thank you to everyone who came out to help celebrate JP turning 3! How I can't believe that this day has arrived! As I sit here typing all this the day before his birthday, I think back to what I was doing the day before his birth and I was on a long walk with John and then came home to clean house! I remember telling John that I think JP will be here tomorrow as I had that burst of energy to do so much! Needless to say I was correct when my back labor started at 3:30 am and true labor pains started straight up 6:00 am!!!!

JP I can't wait to spend many more birthday's with you! Thank you for being you!