We Miss You Daddy!

Aaron has been hunting with my dad (aka: Grandad) since last Friday in Colorado. Today the boys got a postcard in the mail from their Daddy telling them how much he missed them! They were very excited to get mail and they were running all over the house with their special postcard! We are ALL excited for him to come home!

FYI: Aaron shot his first Elk on Sunday night. It was a cow (female for those who are not familiar with the terms!) and that's about all I know, well except that it is a BIG deal to shoot an Elk on your first Hunt! YEA, Aaron!!!

Playing Outside!

For the past several days we have been playing outside. The weather has been about as perfect as it can get, and the boys are so excited to be roaming around "freely"! (Notice the very long gate that cuts them off!) We have discovered sidewalk chalk, very cool new rake that they drag everywhere, even on their clothes and shoes! Oh well, they are happy and that's why you have PLAY clothes :)

Loving the Bubbles!

Pushing Poppers, not as noisy outside! (Monster Feet make another appearance!)

Watch how Grant gets off the step, I LOVE it!! He is always so cautious and it cracks me up!

Pampa Town America

Last weekend, my sister (aka: Aunt Razzles) and I took the boys to P-town. We had a very nice weekend of just hanging out with family and playing with the boys! I think this is the first time that we have gone to Pampa just to hang out, we are always there for something, so this was really nice for us!

As soon as we arrived the boys found a box of Kleenex that GiGi had waiting for them. They pulled all the tissues out and then would put them all back in, over and over. This little game entertained them for hours!

Hey Mom! I found your phone, here I will bring it to you...
Well, right after I send out a text about my new pants, I think they are pretty cool!

Oh Goodness! I'm loosing my new pants, hang on let me pull them up!

Ahhh, not fast enough...

Playing with the train, actually taking turns and being nice :)

Grant giving Rhett a kiss, at least we hope that's what it was!

We had a wonderful time in Pampa, thank you Aunt Razzles for all your help, we couldn't have made it without you!

Happy Birthday Nanny Rachel!

Our Nanny, Rachel, had her 21st Birthday on Sunday! Since we were going to Pampa for the weekend (those pictures will be coming soon!) we had a little party for her last Thursday.

Everyone enjoyed the Brownies!

Rhett helping Rachel open a gift

Grant was really interested in holding Rachel's special glass we got her!

Happy Birthday Rachel! We Love You!

Monster Feet

My parents bought the boys these house shoes when they went on their Alaskan Cruise. They LOVE them, they were them everywhere, obviously!

First Haircut

We took Grant to get his first haircut on Saturday. He did pretty well, towards the end he had had enough though! He looks like such a big boy now!

Arizona Biltmore

Over the Labor Day weekend, I got to take a trip with my sister (just the two of us!) to Phoenix. We stayed at the Biltmore which is my favorite place ever! I know there are plenty of resorts out there, but I just LOVE it there. It's so beautiful and I know where everything is and I love the food, so it's just great all around. Anyway, we left on Friday and as we were waiting for Abby's friend to pick us up we decided to sit down. We sat right behind this man. We could tell he looked very different and he had alot of equipment with him, like guitars and such. So I said to Abby, I think he is famous. Then other people started to stop and tell him how much they liked his music and his reply was always, "Rock On". Clearly he is from the Woodstock Era...

I heard someone call him Edgar, so I start googling Musicians- Edgar (love that iPhone!) and finally discover that he is Edgar Winter. I believe most of you will recognize one of his more popular songs "Free Ride". I couldn't believe we didn't ask to get a pic with him, oh well... So I just have the one that I took on the sly!

Then we were off to eat lunch at my favorite burger place, In-N-Out! It was delicious!!!
We finally get to the Biltmore, this is the main common area, Camelback Mountain is in the back.

This is a picture of a woman who fancies herself a Pirate, look closely and you will see the real LIVE Parrot on her shoulder...

She was one of many characters we saw over the weekend. Not to be a snob or anything, but the Biltmore usually has a certain type of guest that you can count on seeing. You know the type, matching bathing suit and cover up, full make-up at the pool; men in Lacoste shirts and linen shorts, you see where I'm going right???

Anyway, we pull up and see a sign that says: Welcome Hell's City Tattoo Convention

Are you KIDDING Me!?!?

It was out of control, these were not just people that had the little tat around their ankle or the ever popular college "tramp stamp". These people were covered Head to Toe (literally).

It made for some great people watching, sadly I did not get any snaps of the people and their "Art"!

The pool where we spent our days....

Trivia: Every President since Herbert Hoover has stayed at the Biltmore

A Beautiful Sunset, I just love it out there....

P.S. They boys stayed here with their Dad and my parents. They had a great time!! I'll put some pictures of them up soon...