Happy Birthday to Kaylin!!

We went to San Angelo this weekend for Kaylin's 3rd birthday. So, we have now seen Granna, Pa, Shelly, Drew, Mikey, and all of the cousins for three weeks in a row. Apparently, we all just can't get enough of each other! We stopped off at the Red Raider Outfitter before we left town to get new Texas Tech shirts for all of the kiddos to wear on Saturday for the big Tech vs. UT game, so we didn't get to Mikey's house until almost 10:00 that night. We went to bed right after we got there since we had such a packed day the next day.

We began our Saturday going to the soccer field for an 8a.m. game. We lucked out that Megan and Riley were playing at the same time, so we just went back and forth between the 2 games. They both played awesome and both won their games (even though the San Angelo Soccer League doesn't keep score - all the kids and families still do!)

After that, we came back to Mikey's house to attempt to get T.J. a nap before the birthday party - attempt not taken!! So, we headed off to Mr.Gatti's for a hoppin' birthday party! The kids had a blast playing little games. The big hit was the game where the kids were each given a part of a "noodle" (you know, the ones you play with in the swimming pool) and had to keep a big balloon up in the air. The little Tinkerbell high schooler who was our party entertainer could hardly get them to stop that game. Although, we did lose touch with what the object of the game was, and it quickly turned into who can hit the other party goers with the noodle.

They also played "Duck, Duck, Goose" and T.J. was so cute playing that. They play it at his daycare so he actually knows the rules and played pretty well. I just love to see how big and independent he is playing games with other kids.

After the birthday girl opened up her presents and the kids finished their delicious pizza, they each got more tokens than they could possibly spend and tore off in the play room. T.J. loved the "Whack-a-Mole" game and played it several times. He got a bunch of tickets and was very excited to spend them on a very impressive plastic snake that was confiscated many times after that for putting it in various cousin's hair and harrassing them with it - Such a boy!!

We then went and watched the football game (that Tech actually did much better than I was afraid they were going to). Shelly and Drew have this awesome cabin out by their house where we watched the game on the big screen t.v. while the kids ran around having a big time outside. It was really fun!! We all always have so much fun together!!

Then today, Sunday, we headed back home - that would be myself, Jeff, T.J., and another important part of our married lives - the Scout. For those who aren't familiar, let me give you the short version of the story of how the Scout came into our lives. Every marriage has a few areas where couples have to agree to disagree - ours is the Scout. It is a 1974 International Scout II - any of you like myself - who don't understand male lingo - apparently, this is quite a prize that men dream of getting a car, fixing it up, and driving it around town to show it off. Now, that is a great habit for a RICH person, or a person with lots of time on their hands to have - Unfortunately my husband is not either of those things. So, he has sadly given up the fight, and decided to bring it back to Lubbock to try and sell it. Such a sweet hubby! Anyway, on the way back home, we had a blow out on the trailer we are hauling this thing back on. I think it was just the Scout's last attempt to show me that it is not going away without a fight - ha, ha! Anyway, I'll keep you posted on what happens with our dear friend!