Bedtime Prayers

Typically, I help Landon say his bedtime prayers, but tonight he wanted to do it all by himself.  So sweet.

 His little prayer went a little something like this...

 Dear Jesus,

Thank you for a good day.

Please help me have a good day tomorrow.

Please help me go poo poo in the potty.

Thank you for my big boy bed.

Thank you for my friends.

I love you, Jesus!

 I love every minute with this sweet boy!

Surprise!

Saturday we went to a surprise party for my Grandmother's 77th birthday!  And the fun part is that she had no idea about it, so it was a complete surprise!  Fun stuff!

 Mom, Charley, Grandmother, Brittney, and me

 Grandmother was so shocked to see her siblings, kids, grandkids, and great grandkids there to help celebrate her birthday.  Of course, we wouldn't want it any other way...she is the center of our family.

 Landon had the best time jumping in the bounce house with all the kids (and Aunt Britt and Aunt Char).

Landon and cousin Haley enjoying some birthday cake.  I love their red lips!  :)

We had a wonderful day celebrating a wonderful lady.

Fun Stuff

3 year olds say the funniest things!

 Landon was taking a bath the other evening and I told him that he needed to let the water out of the bathtub and get out.  He said, "Okay, mom...I just need 5,000 more minutes.  Alright?"  Where does he come up with this stuff?

Landon loves to sit on the bar stools and place his 'orders'.  So fun!  When we play he likes to call me ma'am.  "Ma'am, I would like some chocolate popsicles please."  Ha!

(Hopefully, we'll be able to kick the Chick-fil-a addiction when school starts!)

Bike

We bought Landon a bike not long ago and he is quite the little rider!

 I just can't believe that my sweet little boy is old enough to ride a bike.  Sniff.

Fun times ahead!  I see lots of family bike rides in store for our family!  :)

Colorado Trip

We had such a great time on our trip to Colorado last week and I took over 200 pictures.  Obviously, I don't want to post that many pictures in one post, so I picked out some of my favorites and here they are...

 

 We spent some time in Estes park walking around, shopping, eating, and hanging out by a little river that runs through the mountain.

 Shannon and Landon. 

 The whole gang.

 Grandma and Grandpa with their grandkids.

 Uncle Bryan and Landon.

 There were little squirrel looking critters running all around the rocks and they were not scared of people at all.  Landon was fascinated by them and came really close to catching a few...thankfully he wasn't able to.

 The Rocky Mountains are breathtakingly beautiful and I snapped so many pictures of them, but pictures don't do them justice so I'm just posting this one for memories sake.

 Landon and Kyle picking flowers along the mountain top. 

 These silly kids thought it would be funny to pretend that they were falling off the edge of the mountain!  Ha!  Really it's just a little ledge and I'm pretty sure they were sitting on their knees.  They're so funny!  :)

 Gary and Sandra enjoying the breeze on top of the mountain.

 I just love jumping pictures!

 The kids thought it was so cool to see the snow on top of the mountain!

 There were elk everywhere and they looked so calm and peaceful.  As we were driving back down the mountain, we spotted a moose and oh my goodness....he was huge!!  I've never seen a real live moose before so I thought it was pretty neat, I guess a lot of other people did too because there were lots of cars pulled over to snap pictures of him.  He was far in the distance so the pictures that I got of him weren't that great.  :(

 We also took the Cog Railway to the top of Pikes Peak.  Landon was so excited to ride the train to the top of the mountain--I know it's a trip he won't forget.  Little boys love their trains!

 Landon checking out the view from the train.

 Several trains go up and down the mountain at a time, so we snapped a picture of another train that was following us up.

 We made it! 

This is the train we rode up on.

We had a great trip and made lots of great memories as a family!

Denver Zoo

After leaving NM we went to Colorado to visit Uncle Bryan and Aunt Jennifer.  They recently moved to the Denver area, so we were excited to see them and their new home.  Landon only gets to see his cousins about once a year and he always has the best time with them.  They are all so sweet to him!

We had dinner with the whole gang (minus Uncle Bryan) once we arrived.  This picture was taken with an iphone so it's not super focused.

 On our first full day in Colorado we went to the Denver Zoo.  It was hot there, but nothing like the Texas heat which makes it bearable to be outdoors.  The kids enjoyed each other and getting to look at all the animals.

 Polar bear comparison with the cousins.

 Landon and Shannon checking out some rather large catfish.

 These sweet little cousins has the best time together!

 After being away from home for a week there is lots of catching up to do around here...grocery shopping, laundry, laundry, and more laundry.  The washer and dryer has been going all day, so I am beginning to see the light at the end of the 'pile'.

More post on the rest of our trip to come!  :) 

New Mexico

This past week has been jammed packed with lots of fun (and many hours in the car)!  We went to New Mexico to visit some of David's family and then we headed to Colorado to beat the Texas heat.  I'm so thankful that Landon is a good traveler.  He never complained once about being in the car the entire trip and we were in the car for a total of approximately 30 hours! 

 

We stayed in New Mexico for a couple of days and while we were there we took Landon to The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History.

 The museum has lots of great information, but it was a bit too advanced for a 3 year old.  Landon did, however, enjoy the big airplanes.

 We also stopped to visit with David's grandparents.  Landon loved helping push great grandma around in her wheel chair.

 David, Landon, and Grandpa

Uncle Art joined us for dinner one evening and we soon learned after having Landon that no visit is complete without 'magic rock tricks' with Uncle Art.

David's parents joined us in Colorado and we did lots of fun things that I'll include in my next post.