The 4th

Happy late 4th to everyone! I am so slow with this blogging thing. Anyway, we had a good holiday. Adam's Dad (pawpaw) and his friend Janet came to visit us. We had a really good time. Pawpaw brought us watermelons, good Texas beer, and an ice cream maker. How did Pawpaw know I had been wanting an ice cream maker?! It feels like all we did all weekend was eat. Why does that happen on holidays and when family is around. On Saturday the 4th, we made a huge dinner. We had steak, squash, and beans, and to finish it off I made some homemade vanilla ice cream of course. It was all so yummy. The normal thing to do on the fourth is to pop fire works, but we did not know if Austen would like it or not. He is at that age where one day he likes something and then the next day he doesn't. Our neighbors had some sparklers and he gave us a few for Austen, and turned out he loved it! Pawpaw and Daddy decided to go get some sparklers and came back with all kinds of fireworks. They said the guy was practically giving them away. So we popped fireworks and Austen did his sparklers with a smile on his face the entire time. He also liked the popper things that when you throw them on the ground they pop and make a spark. He thought those were so cool! He went through about 3 boxes in a couple of minutes. He did not end up going to be until about 10:30. It was late but he had so much fun. It was worth it. And Jaksen, yeah he slept through it all. Poor thing has been pretty crabby lately. I think it is teeth getting to him. Hopefully it is not an ear infection:( Pawpaw had to leave on Sunday, and we were sad to see him go, but we had a great visit with him and Janet. Jaksen is on his way to walking. He is now able to stand up from a sitting position without holding onto anything. He is also starting to let go of things to stand on his own. He is so close and I am excited, but I think it will open up a whole new world of things for him to get into which will be just so much fun for us!! It is hot here in Oklahoma just like everywhere else, so it has been hard to get out and do much with the boys. I hope it does not stay like this all summer.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR GRANDY (NENE)!! HIS BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW ON THE 9TH. WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU LOTS NENE! HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

We found that Jaksen loves him some watermelon!!



Jaksen is also quite the little daredevil!! This is funny because Austen used to do the same thing on this 4 wheeler!!







Firwork fun!




Austen loved the poppy things. After he would throw them, he would make a fist and pull his arm down and say, "YES!"