Baby J loves to laugh!

I promise someday soon I'll be doing life better and catch everyone up on our summer!

The truth is...

I am overwhelmed....

In no particular order there are so many things to write and talk about that we've done this summer....

How my Big T is doing...

How my Little J is doing...

Brian's exciting new job!

Working with a baby....

Visting family in Idaho....

Visiting family in San Diego....

J being blessed.....

Getting lost...

Getting answers to prayers...

Family pictures....

Finding balance.....

3100+ miles on our poor 4Runner.....

You know the typical Butler summer ..... stay tuned as I attempt to swim upstream

Mustin Bustin

Brian and I have said for years that we wanted to take our kids Muttin Bustin.... and someone was finally old enough to do it! Brian looked around the different counties and found one really close by, so we registered T. We talked to him and gave it a lot of hype (He has a tendency to not want to do different things unless we make is sound super fun!) Brian gave him a good pep talk about holding on and NOT letting go....

T was soooo excited! He couldn't wait for it to start. He got his number and got in line.... there were only about 30 kids there. Since he was one of the youngest kids he was either the 2nd or 3rd one to go.

Brian had told him to Hold on and not let go....

And boy did he hold on...

Even when he was falling....

and being trampled

He was soo brave! He waved to the crowd and put on his best smile (You can tell he's about to melt.... his mommy already was from the stands.....)

He stayed on the longest of anyone (got 65 points!) There was some mix up and he didn't get the belt buckle, but his Daddy and Papa made sure he got a buckle and trophy... for which he is very VERY proud of!!!

(Thank you to Kathy Durrett who was photographing the rodeo and was very kind to share her images with us!!! www.visionsbykathy.com)

J-Dawg

Sleep... is it only a dream?

little things

hippiety hop

Easter wason the low key side for us this year... luckily I had blown out 6 doz eggs last year and since we were traveling we didn't use them. So- ta da eggs were ready to be dyed and stuffed. (My family has a tradition of blowing out eggs, dyeing them, stuffing them with confetti, hiding them, and ten cracking them on each others heads.) T loves it! We were able to dye them before Jaxon was born and I talked to the Easter Bunny about getting baskets early so we were all set :) Unfortunately it rained all morning... so much for my "preparedness" the night before.... and Brian had to work so we had a quick Easter hunt and Easter dinner, but it was a wonderful day to reflect on our Savior and his resurrection. (somewhere I have pictures of eggs being dyed but of course I can't seem to find them right now... oh well imagine a 4 yr old with dye up to his ears and fingers dyed "incredible hulk" green)