Summer fun :)

The boys and I headed over to the new bounce house place in town the other day and had a great time. We experienced just one minor kink in our plans on the car ride over. Corbin somehow managed to open and spill his entire cup of water on himself in the car. He was soaked--I could not take him inside with sopping wet pants so I pulled out his extra change of clothes that I keep in the diaper bag. Well he hasn't needed an extra change of clothes in SEVERAL months so his spare set of clothes was way TOO small. First of all he has no business wearing a onesie at this point in time and second of all the pants were tight and too short. He looked hilarious and he didn't care one bit. 

Here they are playing in the football bounce house :)

Here is a pic of the boys before Cason's swim lessons yesterday (I could not convince him to release the blanket for the picture)

Here is a video of Cason at swim lessons today. He's doing such a good job!

iPhone Picture Dump

Fun week at Vacation Bible School

Mr. Attitude didn't want to take a picture on the last day...

 Swim lessons with Madi

Dinner with good friends

Matthew's birthday party---they had a fun train ride for all the kiddos :)

 Movie date with my big boy to see Monsters University

If you look closely you will see 4 baby bunny rabbits hiding on our back porch

Summer Fun

Backyard fun with friends...

Splash park picnic---my boys love their Ranch dip!

Hope Park with my boys :)

Cason wanted to put on his cowboy gear yesterday morning for fun :)

Birthday Questionnaire

I did this questionnaire with Cason a couple of weeks ago on his birthday but I forgot to post it until now :)

Favorite Spaghetti Sauce

When we moved into our house, sweet Erin and Carl brought over some spaghetti and meatballs so we didn't have to cook that night. We LOVED the recipe so she passed it along to me and I have made it on numerous occasions since then because all my boys love spaghetti and meatballs.  The recipe is from the Food Network and I wanted to share it with you today. The only things I do differently from the original recipe are omit the green bell pepper because Cason will just sit there and pick it out the whole time and add in a bag of frozen meatballs. We love the meatballs mixed in with the sauce----we are meat lovers at this house! Enjoy :)

Click here for the original version

My version:

Alice Jo's Spaghetti Sauce (Paula Deen)

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds ground beef

1 large onion, chopped


1 clove garlic, chopped


2 (6-ounce) cans tomato paste


1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce


1 (14 1/2-ounce) can stewed tomatoes


1 tablespoon Italian seasoning


1 tablespoon
Worcestershire sauce


2 tablespoons sugar


1 teaspoon salt


1 cup water

1 bag of frozen meatballs




Directions:


Brown the beef in a large, heavy bottomed pot, then drain off the fat. Add the onion and garlic and saute until the onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste, tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes, seasonings, frozen meatballs, and water. Simmer for 30 minutes. Let cool. The sauce will keep for several days covered and refrigerated. Serve with spaghetti or your favorite pasta.


Museum Fun

We went back to the Perot Museum with the Harrisons today and enjoyed a lot of indoor fun---it worked out perfect since it was raining most of the day. All the kids had a great time playing and Cason was thrilled to see the dinosaur fossils again and race the T-Rex! I only took pictures in the Children's area but the museum has several floors of fun that I didn't capture on camera today.

Click here to see all of our pictures from today :)

Soccer Pictures

Our soccer pictures came in the mail today...here is our big soccer player :)