Summer Continued...

Well, my grand plan of a picture every day chronicling our summer activities fell by the wayside (of course) as we got busier actually DOING those activities. :)

But not to worry, we've been taking good care of ourselves, getting haircuts (above) and even pedicures!

We celebrated the Summer Solstice on June 21 with half-price milkshakes at Sonic. Yum! 

Jacks had snorkeling on his summer bucket list, so we gave that a try...

My dentist gave the boys balloons made out of rubber gloves, and Cody turned his into our favorite Mavericks basketball player. :)

We got some new water bottles to keep hydrated in the heat.

We celebrated Anthony's and my 12th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at Texas de Brazil. 

And we checked out the Monet at the Dallas Museum of Art. 

Oh, and Luke is living his dream of being a ninja and taking karate. 

So we've had a lot going on and we're having a lot of fun. Yay summer!

Jackson's 10th Birthday

        

I can't believe my first baby is 10! How did he get to be 10 already? It seems like just yesterday that he surprised us all by arriving 6 weeks early, and now he's a handsome, strong, crazy-smart and wonderfully kind young man who makes us proud every day! 

I took him down to the Arboretum to take some birthday pictures at the Chihuly exhibit. 

And on the actual day of his birthday, this was breakfast: 

Lemon cupcakes with vanilla icing! Yum! 

Later that day, we went to the Rangers game and watched them beat the Detroit Tigers. Go Rangers!

Jackson's seat was a very appropriate number.

By 9 pm, it was still 100 degrees out. HOT!!! So we got some sno cones to cool down.

Here's an official pic of Jacks and me at the game:

This was the cake he chose for his party. Note the writing on the truck. :)

One of the presents I was most excited about was a little bit of spending money...wrapped up in a pretty creative way (Thanks, Pinterest!). 

But the present he liked the best was a blue and yellow lava lamp. Groovy, baby! 

Happy Birthday, Jacks! We love you very much!