Happy 4th!

We spent a nice, long weekend up at Lake Texoma with our friends and families. We got lots of sun, ate plenty of food and had a great time hanging out. Here's a recap of all the festivities.

Madison sitting still for just a few seconds--not too common these days!

She has to keep up with Jackson, ya know.

Doing All-American activities, like playing baseball with two gloves...

and eating some delicious watermelon.

Going for a ride on the boat. He's peeking thru Uncle Scott's sunglasses in this pic and fell asleep right afterwards. Maybe next time he'll actually get to enjoy the ride.

El Capitan and his first mate.

Lounging in the kiddie pool...

doing the same thing in the other kiddie pool:)

Playing Catch Phrase with the fam. Jackson and Maddie finally had enough of being on the ground and decided to join in on all the action.

Celebrating Uncle Andrew's Birthday. Happy 26th Birthday!

Hanging with his uncles on Sunday. Check out his new pose. Lovely.

So cute! He really does love these two:)

Accessorizing

While Jared and I were eating dinner together tonight, Jackson decided to spice up his outfit. First he got his cowboy boots out of the closet, then he found his cow visor, and last he fished out his Elton John glasses and put them on, too.

One thing's for sure...there is never a dull moment when the J man is in the house:)

Wild Walrus Wednesday

Yesterday Jackson and I headed on over to Gigi's house for some fun in the sun. Papaw, Sharron and Andi all came to visit, too, and we had a great afternoon in the pool.

Mom got some super-cool water toys for the summer. Here they are playing with the water-soaker...one of Jackson's faves:)

She also got two cool new floats. Here's Papaw hanging out on the gecko.

The gecko finally had enough of that, though, and threw him off!

Then it was time to try out the walrus. This really was a wild walrus. Not sure how anyone is supposed to ride him in the water! Jackson gave it a go, but didn't last for long without Gigi holding him up.

Then I decided to hop on.

Pretty sure I lasted about 4 seconds!

Tuesdays with Memaw

Every Tuesday Jackson and his Memaw have a standing lunch date. They began this tradition by going to Bible Study Fellowship at church. Since that only runs during the school year, though, they wanted to continue their weekly get-togethers.

When they used to go to BSF, Memaw would pick up Jackson at 8:15am, take him to church and then to lunch afterwards. They'd always meet Poppy at Sali's for some yummy pizza since Jackson is such a big fan of it.

They've kept the pizza theme going this summer, but moved the venue to Peter Piper Pizza. I think everyone has a great time...especially Jackson:) He gets to eat good pizza and drink a sprite....

and then enjoy playing all the cool games.


What a fun way to spend an afternoon!

Happy Father's Day

On days like today I feel so blessed. I am such a lucky girl. I have a great dad, am married to a wonderful husband who is a fantastic dad to our son and have a super father-in-law who dotes on the J man. Today we got to spend Father's Day with all of the above and more.

We began the day by giving "Dadd-O" (Jackson's nickname for Jared) his presents.

What a sweet card:)

After breakfast we were off to church. Uncle Andrew was in town and went with us. He's attempting to wrangle the rascal in this pic. Pretty sure Jackson won that round.

After church both families came over for some tasty BBQ.

We wolfed that down just so we could get to the really good stuff:)

Then it was time to hit the pool. Poppy and Jackson enjoying the water.

The whole gang...notice how Jackson is the only one refusing to look at the camera. He really is getting a wild streak and right now that involves avoiding the camera like it's the plague.

Oh well! Guess candid shots like this will have to work for now.

The Hays men chillin' in the pool.

Me and my dad. You know, everyone has ALWAYS said that I look just like my mom and I definitely see it. But I really think that I favor my dad a whole lot in this picture.

Pretty solid gig you got there, Dadd-O.

What a fun day! Hope all of you had a good one, too.

Happy Birthday, Boom!

Today was Boom Pa's birthday and we celebrated with the fam at our house tonight.

Madison and Jackson helped make Boom's birthday really fun:)

After dinner Jackson started hollering "Cake! Blow out candles!!" The kid loves him some good birthday cake.

He also was a big fan of ice cream tonight. He didn't eat much dinner and I think it was because he wanted to save room for all that yummy dessert. He started out in Boom's lap and got him to share his cake and ice cream.

Then he moved over to Gigi's lap and started in on her food.

Then the little weasel noticed that I still had some left and came over to eat the rest of mine! He probably had more dessert than any of the adults...which is probably why it's 11:45 and he's STILL not asleep. Oh well, guess we learned that lesson the hard way. It was really good cake, though:)

More Milk, Please!

Jackson has always liked milk, but he has now become slightly obsessed with it. He had two full glasses this morning, a little before his snack and is now working on an other glass. In fact, his first words when I went up to get him after his nap were "more milk, please!"

I have to say, I attribute Jackson's new love for milk to his daddy. When I asked him why he wanted so much milk today, he said "make Jax strong!" Jared told him this a few days ago and I guess it really stuck with the little guy. Nevermind the fact that I tell him all the time that milk is very good for him...oh well, guess he just thinks that Father knows best:) I'm just glad he likes something other than apple juice today.