Friday, July 5, 2013

Fireworks and Friends!

Happy Independence Day!

This year we spent the 4th of July with some friends at their lake house...we had a ton of fun!


Noah was a little unsure of the fireworks at first!

Cuties!
 
The best shot I could get! 
 
Noah making sure the fireworks weren't getting too close!
 
Us!
 
Noah was brave!
 
He occasionally pushes boundaries! :o)

Celebratin' Raven!

It was Raven's birthday and one of the best ways to celebrate is with these guys...

 
...in a suite!  Raven and I share the same love for celebrating birthdays and this year her birthday fell on a Friday which is just icing on the cake!  :o)  Her sweet sister surprised her with tickets to the KNOTB concert and I was lucky enough to be invited along!
 
 
Birthday girl!

Ashley!

Noey is THREE!

How is it possible that my "baby" is three years old?!  Noah is one of a kind!  We love his personality and laugh a lot at all his silliness.  Noah typically pushes me to my limits one minute and makes me smile the next.  He is still a pretty cautious guy and loud noises will make him run for cover.  ;o)  Noah absolutely adores his big brother and daddy!  He learns things super quick and could spend all day, everyday outside!


eXplosion!

Our church camp is such a fun week for our family! 

Summer birthday celebration!

On Eric's side of the family there are quite a few grandkids with summer birthdays so his mom has one big celebration!

Priceless!  (check out each face! Ha!)



G-Man is EIGHT!

My sweet, sweet boy is EIGHT!  It is incredibly hard to believe he is that old.  Gabe has always been the most tender hearted, sweet spirited boy.  He is quick to lend a hand to anyone and loves to be given a task.  Gabe has more energy than he knows what to do with!  He loves to learn and is "that" kid that misses school during the summer.  He often corrects my improper use of words, spouts off random facts about any and everything and likes to know what's coming next.  Gabe is an incredible big brother to Noah!  We are so blessed by him!

This year for G's birthday he had a friend over to celebrate with putt-putt, go-kart racing and video games!  We had a blast!





 Afterwards we headed to the ranch!

 
On G's actual birthday we had Poppy over for dinner, cake and presents!  I'm sure I have posted this before, but Pop's birthday is just 4 days after Gabriel's so we celebrate their special days together.  Poppy is the best and it's an honor to celebrate him and its especially sweet to see these guys celebrate together!
 
Singing to each other!




 
Blowing out the candles!
 
Big boy's presents!

Noah doesn't miss out on much!

 The Gonzalez boys!  Love them!

 
 



The cutest house guest ever!

Carrie, one of my best friends, let her little Dachshund come stay with us while she was in Costa Rica celebrating her birthday!  The pics I have of Chloe show her cuteness while she is sleeping but she is definitely a spunky little thing.  Chloe brought lots of fun to our house and our boys LOVED her!  Our dogs...not so much! :o)



Summer is here!

We kicked this summer off at the water park!