The last 3 months, Whew that is a lot to catch up on!

I have not blogged for almost 3 months. It has been crazy around here with YW, YM, Scouts, Baseball, Church meetings and work schedules! It seems like we are running around non stop. Rob help me put on a huge ettiquite dinner for the Youth in April and we made a cheesy dating movie for them in June. Chris has been so busy with Scouts and merit badges. Rob is always got work and church stuff. There is homework and chores that never end and a very active toddler to keep up with. I have been healing from my surgery and working in our yard. That ended up being a huge project. My goal is to use this next week to get ready for Utah. We get to go for the rest of the summer and I am so excited to go home. I am going to try really hard not to be such a blogger slacker. Here is the last 3 months and what our family has been up too. I hope you enjoy. :)

Happy Fathers Day Rob! There aren't enough nice words to discribe Rob. He is such an incrediable Father. He truly loves this calling in life. I never met a Man who is so interested in the smallest details of their Childs life, but Rob is. He cares from big things like problems, grades, scouts, dance, sports etc to what is going in their Christmas stocking, who they played with at recess, and what school clothes they got. Rob loves being a dad and it shows in our childrens lives. My 3 children adore their dad. They call him, they demand to know what time he will be home and if he has a late meeting they are very put out. They enjoy alone time and and quiet little chats. Rob simply put is the best! We love our Rob. Happy Fathers Day!

For Memorial Day weekend we went to the Beach. It was so much fun. The water was 85 degrees and Heavenly. The kids love to boogie board and swim. It was just nice to BBQ on the beach, make sand castles, play in the water and just do nothing. I love going to the Beach. Corpus Christi is really nice and only 2 hours away from our home. We go as often as we can. Here are some pictures from our fun weekend.

I have been really blessed. No matter where I have lived I have had good friends. These are my Laredo pals. We are all here for different reasons, some are boarder patro, other lawyers, piolets for the boarder patrol, Dentist doing residency etc. Anyway I am grateful for the church that brings a common bond for each of us and for friendships that keep me going. We have a tradition in our home. At the end of each school year Rob decorates a big cookie for our kids that says congrats and then we give them a little gift for having such a succesful school year. Chris was on the honor roll with all A's and B's. He has worked so hard. Bekah was also successful in her first year of school. This year Chris got a hair dying kit because he likes to dye his hair blonder in the summer. Bekah got some cute PJ's. Of course we couldn't leave Sam out. He got a cute shirt for being the cutest poop. They also get their homework books for the summer and their chore chart for the summer months. It is quite the ritual but something that is fun to celebrate and brings a little bit of organization to our lives during the summer months.

We had a week long Kindergarten celebration. Rebekah graduated from Kinder. She had a ceremony where all the parents came and it was a huge party. In Laredo eveything is celebrated big. Thank goodness I learned early about the gift giving thing too. Parents came with all sorts of stuff for the graduate. Lots of balloons and build bear toys, candy etc. Rob and I settled on a couple pair of new earings. Bekah was pleased. She also had field day. You had to wear a white shirt that you had decorated. Ok ya that is definiatley not my strong point. I didn't have a clue or the talent to make a cute T-shirt for her to wear. Thank goodness for Dads. Rob did a really cute puff paint shirt with flowers on the front and her team logo on the back. Whew I lucked out on that one. :) She also had a end of school year Hawaiin party. We had to dress her up in a grass skirt for the all day eating fest. Because that is exactly what it was. Parties here are huge even in school and they always involve huge amounts of eating. Yes you have to be careful when you live in Laredo. The food is very good, super fattening and it feels like you are always eating. Bekah had a wonderful time and we are so proud of her. She excelled in Reading and Science. She had a wonderful report card and is ready for the 1st grade. Great Job Bekah!

Sam is getting to be so big. We have worked really hard to help him get rid of his bottle completely. We are going on two weeks with no bottle ever! We also said good bye to the crib forever! Yeah!!!! We are sporting a big boy bed and I am loving every minute of it. I think Sam likes being big too. He loves to push that scooter everywhere. I think it is funny he wants to wear a bike helmet even though he isn't actually riding the scooter, he is just pushing it around. So cute! He is also almost officially binki free. What a great day that will be. He goes to nursery with out a binki and with out crying. I am so pleased to be on the other side of these hurdles. I love watching Sam grow up. I think he looks like a mini Rob. He is so cute. He can say about 5 words. Ball, Mam (aka mom at the top of his voice :)) Coke, more and sometimes Kris or Dad. Sam is a busy bee and my little buddy. I can't believe he will be 20 months old this week. I love you Sammy!

We celebrated a fun Mothers Day weekend. The family took me to the Olive Garden for lunch. We also had a nice Sunday and Bekah sang to me with the primary. I got to go to a Mothers day school program that the Kindergartners put on. It was a really nice weekend. I love being the mom to 3 wonderful happy children.