Our First Annual Football Frenzy!

The Superbowl has always been good to us. Jason and I actually began our torrid love affair on Superbowl weekend five years ago. And then last year, we found out that we were pregnant with our sweet Baby Hayes. We decided to keep these good times rolling and host a Superbowl party every year. I think the first party went off without a hitch and exactly the kind of "frenzy" I imagined ensued. The kids ran themselves ragged and crazily enough the adults actually got to watch most of the game. Jack had an absolute blast and has awakened each day since saying "my friends here?" So a new tradition has definitely begun and hopefully everyone will be able to join us again next year. And just think...all of our little babies and our much older, but still handsome husbands will soon be playing football in the yard during halftime. Makes you smile, doesn't it? Me too.

Happy Birthday, Dada!

It was Jason's birthday on Friday and although he said that he didn't want to do much in the celebrating department, we ended up having quite the birthday extravaganza. We couldn't even fit all of the festivities into just one day...and you guys thought I was the birthday Diva! Ha!



The preparations begin...the boys decide to get a little artsy in honor of good ol' Dad


Hayes wasn't afraid to get real creative


Jack is definitely proud of the finished product!


On to the next labor of love...the cake!


Can you tell that Jack takes his cake very seriously?


A little reward for all of his hard work!

As usual, Jack is very willing to show off any type of battle scar. This doozer came after Jack and I decided it would also be nice to draw Jason a birthday sign on the fence outside. Unfortunately, Jack wasn't a big fan of the way I wrote the "D" in "Dada" and tried to erase it with his hand. This resulted in no less than thirty splinters! Of course, I had no idea what to do so we just sat on the sink running his hand under cold water while he wailed and wailed for Dada! Thankfully, Jason was only about twenty minutes away!


The birthday boy with his two bambinos

Jack is making sure Jason doesn't have any more cake hiding in there...

I think the splinters are finally forgotten!

Yep, definitely a faint memory. What a good daddy we've got around here...



The next morning we went to a birthday breakfast with Jason's side of the family

Jack and Carson are chowing down

Somehow the kids found a tree to climb at the restaurant...go figure!

Jack is holding his own with his cousins

A photo op in front of the fountain...this restaurant has it all!


Moving on to celebration number three with Gigi and Grandad...as you can see, Hayes is still feeling very festive!

A family pic before dinner

Bring on the sketti!

Hayes and Grandad are in good spirits...even though Hayes is trying to play it cool

And the perfect ending to Mr. Sweet Tooth's big days...more cake!

Camo and Cupcakes!

Peyton invited Jason on a hunting trip to Mexico this past weekend! Jason was super excited to go especially since his hunting days have been pretty limited this fall. I will admit that he has handled his lack of hunting time rather maturely and has only whined about it once or twice. He has mentioned (repeatedly I might add) that if we have another baby than we need to do a better job of planning around the hunting season. I just smile and say sure thing, babe. But as a wife of a hunter and mother of two boys, I am well aware that my weekends where Jason is hunting and the boys stay behind with me will be very few and far between. When Jason talks about taking his boys hunting, his smile is from ear to ear! I have even seen the glimmer of a tear in his eye which is so sweet and only burns me up just a little (the man didn't shed even the thought of a tear on our wedding day). Jack has already been saying that he wants to go hunting with Dada and they have almost daily conversations about feeding the ducks some "steel shot crackers." So I figure that while I've still got the boys with me, we better have one heck of a good time. Luckily, Gigi and Grandad are here to help me compete with their future "no girls allowed" hunting trips. We filled this past weekend with making cupcakes, a trip to the park, an afternoon at Chucky Cheese, and some shopping for a brand new "Dinoco"! I think I might actually have a slight edge at this point...



Jason and Peyton after a morning of "work"


Grandad and Jack just relaxing back at home


Hayes also knows how to put his feet up (literally)


Jack taking one of many licks out of his unbaked cupcakes


Maybe not fat, but definitely full and happy!


Hayes is still trying to figure Gigi out


Call me crazy, but I think Jack might be having a good time!

A quick photo shoot before we head out for our big shopping trip...a car for Jack and a hat for my increasingly bald baby! Poor Hayesee!

We asked Jack to raise his hand if he likes new cars and I'd say that's a yes!

Sunday with the girls!

The lovely and talented JB has the lead role in "Love, Sex, and the IRS" which is playing at a little theater in Georgetown, Texas this month. Since most of the rest of us can neither sing nor dance, we always like to show our support and appreciation to Miss JB. Plus, it gives us a great reason to get together with just the girls. JB did a great job as usual and we had a fabulous time talking and brunching it up!


We decided it would be even more fun to surprise JB that we were coming. This is her surprised face if you couldn't tell!

My fellow road trippers!

Jennifer and Shawn stealing the spotlight for a minute

The LSC minus the star of the show, of course!

The whole gang!