Like Father, Like Son

Two little peas in a pod.  That is Scott and Aiden.  They crack me up when they start posing for pictures together.  I just had to include these pictures that I took one Sunday before church.  I was hoping for a sweet father and son shot and these are what I got:

 And one of me, thanks to Aiden.  I swear that boy is the only way I get my picture taken!



Love my boys.  How lucky am I?

much love,

Gina

Fourth of July

We had a pretty low key Fourth of July this year.  We took Aiden and bought some fireworks and set them off in the cul-de-sac.  The boys had a great time watching the pretty colors and Miller wasn't afraid of the loud noises at all.  He yelled "Mo!" (more)  After it got dark, we put Miller to bed (because I am such a sleep Nazi with my kids) and Grammy J came over so we could take Aiden to see a fireworks show.  Grammy's house backs up to a golf course, so we just parked in her driveway and walked out onto the course.  We followed the cart path until we were close enough to the club house to see the show.  We all sat down in the grass.  It was dark.  It was quiet and it was peaceful.  Once the fireworks started, Aiden was cuddled up with his head on my stomach and his legs across his daddy.  It was such a beautiful moment.  And then the sprinklers went off and shot me straight in the face.  Oh well....it was beautiful while it lasted!

I hope you all had a fun Fourth of July.  Thank you to all of our men and women who have and are serving our country.  It is an amazing sacrifice for our freedom--and freedom isn't free!

much love,

Gina

Bo and Luke Duke

The morning after Aiden's birthday party, we had another birthday party to go to for two of Aiden's friends.  It was a cowboy themed party and it was so much fun!  Last year, Grammy J bought Aiden a pair of cowboy boots and he practically wore them out.  When he outgrew them, we literally had to hide them from him because he would still cram his poor little foot into them.  So when we got the invitation to this party, I thought it would be the perfect time to go buy him some new boots that would last him through the winter.  The only problem was that I was busy preparing for Aiden's party.  So I sent Scott to buy them.  Big mistake people.  Daddy loves his boots and he knows a lot about them.  Needless to say, daddy came home with a REALLY nice pair of boots for Aiden.  And they will probably only fit him for 4 or 5 months.  Oh well, they are adorable!  He saw the box and of course had to put them on immediately.  With his pj's and his daddy's old cowboy hat from when he was little that Nana and Pawpaw found.  Precious!

Bo and Luke:)

much love,

Gina

Spiderman Party!

As I mentioned, Aiden is obsessed with Spiderman right now.  So, when he asked for a Spiderman party, how could I say no?  Scott took off work that day and we took him to a movie.  We did it for the first time when he turned two and now it's become a bit of a tradition.  We took him to see Cars 2.  It was going pretty well until he stood up and said (quite loudly), "this is boring and I'm ready to go home."  Everyone's a critic.  I have to say, the humor was a little more geared to the parents in the audience than the kids.  At least what we saw of it:)  Later that day, we went to Tulsa World of Gymnastics for his party.  Until this year, I have always had his parties at home.  This is DEFINITELY the way to go!  We had pizza delivered, so all I had to worry about was bringing the plates, napkins, cups, cake and drinks.  It was fabulous!  They were having such a great time playing that I hated to make them stop and watch Aiden open presents.  So, we opened them all when we got home.  I think this was his best party yet!

 Aiden loves grabbing my camera and taking pictures.  I let him do it sometimes, but only if he's on carpet or some other soft surface.  He snapped this pic of me on the way home from the party:

Happy Birthday Spiderman!

much love,

Gina