July pics

Some pictures with my "coffee" date after dropping Hadley off at her first day of camp. Hudson loves to go to the coffee shop with me because they have sprite in his favorite cup waiting for him as he walks through the door. They all know his name and love seeing him come in!

Davis spent the night and I loved catching this picture of them sleeping like twins...just like their daddies!

All smiles while waiting on Hadley to get out of her tumbling private lesson. We wrestled on the ground for about 15 minutes. In the next picture Hudson came in with this hair after playing in the bathroom for about a while. He said, "Mommy, I am tired of having handsome hair. I just want to have cool hair."

Love the peace and quiet this tent brings sometimes when the kids pull it out, make a pallet, and lay down to watch a movie.

A couple cute pictures of the kids having fun together swimming. Sometimes I love when neither of the kids have a friend there to play with and they just play with each other.

I can never turn down a couple of sleeping pictures! Summer sure does wear out the kids.

A cute picture of Gauge on the day I met him. He is Ryan and Lisa's new Brittany Spaniel puppy and so, so cute!

It would be surprising if I had a monthly post that didn't include a lemonade stand! I think over the summer Hadley has made about $75. Hudson always loves to help and couldn't care less about getting any of the money!

Donut date at after a slumber party. Hudson's face is hilarious because I took the picture after he had eaten the mouth off his ninja turtle. He was obviously a little upset.

Somehow, I feel like we have had a million play dates this summer. And the kids typically seem to end up at our house. We love it though and I just love having all the fun here instead of missing out on it.  :)
While Matt was at work one day I took Hadley, Grace, Reese, Lottie, and Hudson to the pool. To do the slides you have to be either 48" or pass a swim test. Hudson had really been wanting to take the swim test but was too nervous to do it for quite a while. Finally, with the support of 4 older girls, he took the test and passed it while they cheered him on from the side. It was so sweet to see them jumping up and down and then holding his hand as he walked over to the life guard to get is wrist band. He was more than excited to go to the top of the slide and he did great his first time down. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of it because I only took a video. He did it a few more times and was cheered on each time. But...he got a little confident and the girls told him to swim against the current instead of with it over to the ladder. He tried, was treading water, losing his breath, and ended up struggling enough that the life guard jumped in. At that point they have to take away the bracelet and he would have to wait for another day to try the swim test again. Poor buddy was so upset.

Daddy bought Hudson a new ball mitt and he was so excited to practice catching and throwing. He can't wait for his turn to play baseball. Unfortunately, the league we want to put him in doesn't have fall ball so we have to wait until the spring to play. Hopefully, all the games he is about to watch his sister play won't bother him too much!

Just some silly faces from my little guy.

The fares invited us to Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club for a day of swimming and dinner by the pool. Matt and Erik had played golf earlier in the day and we went out there after they had gotten home from playing. The weather was great and we had such a fun time. Hudson loved swimming with his "teacher" and is still trying to understand that he will have a new teacher this year. We ate some yummy hamburgers, drank some yummier drinks, and enjoyed some great company. It was a fun, relaxing day.

Our next door neighbors had their newest baby girl, Olivia, and the kids could hardly wait to go over and meet her. She is just precious and the kids left, once again, asking for a baby brother (per Hudson) or sister (per Hadley)...

We went over for swimming and dinner at Ryan and Lisa's before school started back. We swam all afternoon, Mama and Papa picked up barbecue, and the kids destroyed the house before we left! But the cutest picture I got was when we walked into Peytons room to see her performing a little Karaoke while the others lined up to watch her. I think each of them loved it!

Summer is coming to an end. It's been the best one yet and I don't think any of us are ready for it!

Hudson's first sleepover with a friend

Hudson has only spent the night with his cousin, Kase, but never a friend. So when Will called and asked for him to spend the night Hudson more than excited! He talked about it for a couple days beforehand and even had his bags packed early in the morning. When it got close to time to leave his sister even got really excited for him too! They set up their chairs with umbrellas since it was so hot and they watched down the street for Will and his mom to get to our house. I just glanced out the window to see what they were doing and couldn't help but grab my camera for this precious picture. Notice that Hudson is even wearing his backpack!

All night I got pictures from Sarah, showing me what a fun time they were having. I started thinking that Hudson may never want to come home now! They played dress up, went on a walk, watched a movie, and made s'mores. It was so fun to get pictures and see Hudson having a great time with a friend. He is always so good at staying home with us while Hadley has her sleepovers so it was great to see him have some time with a friend as well!

With Hudson having a great time with a friend, I was able to spend some one-on-one time with Hadley. Matt was sick so we decided it would be good to get out of the house and go do something fun. We decided on Main Event and we had the best time! We bowled, ate dinner, did the ropes course, and then our favorite....laser tag. Hadley had never played laser tag before and the dark room made her a little nervous but we both ended up loving it. We were laughing so hard by the end and even played it a couple more times. I had the best time with my sweet girl who is growing up TOO quickly!

Hadley's first Daddy/Daughter golf tournament

Hadley and Matt signed up for their first Daddy/Child golf tournament. Hadley has maybe only played one full hole in her life so Matt took her out a couple weeks before the tournament and they talked about the purpose of golf and some of the rules. I think she has really enjoyed all the time with her daddy. 

The morning of the tournament was HOT! And humid! But they both woke up pretty excited to play together. They got dressed and went to the course for lunch and to warm up a bit.

 When it was time to start Hudson and I met them on the golfcart so we could cheer them on. They only played 6 holes but as you can imagine, it was pretty slow play. We had planned on only staying a few holes but it ended up being so fun to watch that we stayed the entire time and took lots of pictures. Hudson was such a good sport and never complained once. Hadley was a good sport as well. She does NOT love extreme heat but still seemed to have the best time and never one time got upset. She played really well and we were so proud of her!

Hadley's fan club...Hudson, Jake, Erin, and Lexi. It was so sweet for Erin to bring out a big bucket of ice for all the kids and to follow Hadley for a couple of holes. I know it made Hadley feel so special!

Hadley and her friend, Grace, that she played with in the tournament.

The group of three that played together. All three actually go to Crossings which was pretty neat.

And the finale picture showing Hadley and her daddy tied for second place out of 11 teams. Way to go team Holloman! I think Hadley had a great time and acts so excited to play with her daddy in the next tournament. We have an excited little boy that also realized he will be old enough next year and can't wait to play with his daddy as well!