The Sheppard Sheep

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Party Party Party!

There was a great DJ at the reception so we all had a great time dancing.

Grandma Debbie with Carter.

This was the cake I made for John and Debra. It was red velvet.

This was Gavin and Rene'e's favorite way to dance with Uncle Joe.

Rene'e got to dance with her daddy.

Sam and I had a great time dancing after we took the kids back to the Sheppard's house to go to bed and be watched by a babysitter.

Gavin with his Uncle Joe.

John & Debra

Here's the happy couple. I made them pose like their cake topper.

We are visiting Oregon for John and Debra's wedding. Here are a few highlights:

Gavin and his Aunt Maren in the pool. It is too cold for the rest of us to swim. We are used to swimming in 85 degrees or above. Texans don't swim when it is in the 70s.
Scott celebrated his 19th birthday while we were here. I made him a cake.
Aunt Maren loves to hold baby Carter.
Grandpa Charlie took the kids to feed the squirrls at the park. You would have thought they were at Disney.

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Brothers

I love have my little boys wear matching clothing. They are just so cute. Now all I need is another girl so she and Rene'e can match.

We are off to Oregon on Tuesday for Sam's brother's wedding. I will post when I get back.

Friday Night at the Pond

We spent our Friday night fishing at the pond. I even caught a fish. Gavin and Rene'e fed the one duck that is there. Carter hung out in the stroller and Jinx barked at everyone that passed by.

At the Pool with Cousins

Alycia and her kids visited from Wednesday to Friday this week. Gavin and Rene'e love spending time with their cousins. Here are some highlights from the pool.

Sunday, June 3, 2007

Eight months

It is hard to believe that my baby is already eight months old. He is about to crawl any day now. He gets up on his knees and rocks back and for. He is sitting up and "talking" all the time. We have taken him in the pool, but because I have to be in the pool with him, there aren't any pictures yet. I will get around to it.

Sunday Photo Shoot

I try to take pictures of the kids on Sunday because they always look so cute. Today they were not in a picture taking mood so we had to play a game were they took turns running up the sidewalk and into this spot for a picture. Gavin made up the game, so this is what I got.

I ran in the Race for the Cure on Saturday. It was a 5K and I ran it in 27 min and 54 sec. I went with a group from my ward and had a lot of fun.

Building an Airplane

Gavin likes to do the Home Depot kids projects. This month he built an airplane.

Fishing at our pond

We have a pond down the street that is part of our home owners association. Gavin got a fishing pool from Santa, so we have been fishing with him a few times. Now that the weather is warm fishing has gotten a lot more fun because we are actually catching fish. Hot dogs are our bait of choice right now. On this particular fishing trip Gavin caught two fish and Aunt Debra caught one. Debra was getting really angry because the fish kept eating her bait off the hook, so I am glad she finally caught one.

Aunt Debra

Sam's brother's fiance, Debra stayed with us for three and a half weeks. The kids had a wonderful time playing with her. We will attend her and John's wedding later this month in Oregon.

The Dickerson's Visit

Our friends from colleg

e, Jasmine and Taylor Dickerson, came all the way from Oklahoma to visit us. We spent Memorial Day weekend with them and had a wonderful time. Our kids got along great. Gavin and Brayden (almost 4) were instant friends, even though Gavin couldn't remember Brayden's name. They even slept in a tent together in Gavin's room. Kylie (almost 1) liked Jinx, our dog, the best.
We played Hand & Foot and Zobmondo, our favorite games from our college days after the

kids were in bed. I even got out the old scrapbooks so we could relive all our camping expeditions. It was certainly different now that we have five kids but it was so much fun. I hope they will come back and visit soon.