Oh yah....

I forgot to post pictures of the ping pong table! Here it is!

This is Rocky's favorite spot. He always sits right in the middle when we are playing

And then gets nervous and needs some consoling whenever a ball rolls underneath, hehe

Come on over and play! We'd love to have you! :)

Our New Entertainment

We bought some new fun items for when we have people over and they have been lots of fun! The first is a Walmart special Bocce Ball. We were inspired by our fabulous San Antonio friends the Eberlys, and we're so excited to have a set of our own. The boys have really gotten into it and even get the tape measure out at times to see whose is closest! Really?

Our other fun addition was from Craigslist and a steal! A ping pong table! We set up it up in the garage and it's perfect b/c it folds up and pushes to the other side when not in use. Colby and his friends have become avid ping pong players up at school during study breaks and after tests, so it's been fun to have it at our house as well. They are pretty serious at times though...some even bring their own "special" paddle! We had a ping pong party a couple of weeks ago that was really fun!

Kevin going for a scoring roll, while being blinded by the big lights that Colby bought so you can "see"

The boys measuring when they all know that Claire was dominating them! My sweet Abilene girls Cassidy and LauraI'm so blessed to be such good friends with the girls I work with! Sarah, Steph & Sommer

Six Flags

My family came in town a few weekends ago to bring the boys to Six Flags. I hadn't been there in forever and it was funny to me how so many things were the same, yet they've changed up a few things too. John Michael had earned a free ticket from reading at school, so it was great to spend a day with them out in the Texas heat. Poor Colby had a test the following day so he couldn't go, but we had a good time. Matthew surprised me and was probably the best rider of all, we hit up all the roller coasters together...and whoa, I'm not as young as I used to be! But hey, you've got to give my 59 year old parents mega credit for heading out to Six Flags and riding rides, etc. They are such troopers!

Standing in line for the log ride, an oldie but goodie! (Yes, it was hot!)

John Michael driving, his favorite ride of the day! Ah!

The fam on the Yosemite Sam ride

Matthew and Benji on the Shockwave- this used to be my favorite back in the day!

John Michael, the super reader!

My little brothers with Colby, aren't they so big? Oh my goodness, both Benji and Matthew started high school this year, what?!? I remember when they came home from the hospital, crazy!