September and Seventy

The month of September included celebrating one of our favorite ladies -- Alice!  Alice and Alicia have been such important people in our lives as part of our chosen family and when Alicia asked if we could host Alice's 70th birthday, of course we couldn't refuse!

It was a great night that was an amazing outpouring of love for a really special lady.  We love you Alice -- you will always be our queen!

Our royal theme for the evening was so much fun to plan and prepare for.  But I'm not sure anyone enjoyed it as much as our little princess -- I think we'll be wearing left over crowns around here for quite a while...

A night fit for a queen!

Memories

It may be hot outside and a 1000 miles away, but nothing makes it feel like home like homemade pretzels.  And no one does it better than mom. :)

While mom was here we finally went and hung out at the nature sanctuary that is a couple miles from our house.  It was still crazy hot, but Will was determined and we actually had a great time -- we will definitely be back.

This is one of those "hang on to and pull out when they hate each other as teenagers" kind of pictures. 

Take note far away friends that always want to say Houston is too big for them...this is just a few short miles from our house...:)

Long time coming...

Ok, so I'm not going to win any mom points for posting this a month after school started, but hey...at least I got it up here, right? :)  And anyone who knows Will knows that he and school have been a long time coming -- and I'm not sure that school knows quite what hit it!:)

Here goes our little big guy -- not hesitating a moment as he walked away from me and off into kinder - I barely got him to stop long enough to take a picture.

Since this is a little on the late side, let's just say I was waiting to give a true beginning of the year update.  No surprise, it's going great!  Will has told us that he's not sure that school has actually started yet...poor teacher...hopefully things pick up for him soon. :)

Love my guy -- so excited to start this new adventure with him!

60 + 80 = 32

From this...

to this!

This summer's trip to Nebraska was a little more of a whirlwind than normal, but all for a great reason!  Grandma and Grandpa had a few reasons to celebrate and we certainly didn't want to miss it -- 80th birthdays and a 60th wedding anniversary with their now family of ... 32?!? Aren't we a crew?:)

So in order to be in Farnam for the big day we made a quick flight to Denver, took advantage of the fantastic hospitality of Amber and Justin and drove out with them to the big day.  It was a whirlwind of a weekend but worth every minute of it.

Will got a chance to learn a little football...

And of course a little about farming.  Thanks Andrew!

The little ladies were smart to stay far away from the crazy football game and stuck to learning a few tailgating...I mean, yard games. :)

 

 I'd say the day was a success!  A line out the door of people waiting to get inside to celebrate with Grandma and Grandpa...just a few hundred of their closest friends.

So glad we were able to be a part of this special day and a rare chance to be with so many people that mean so much to us.  Can't wait til next time. :)