BounceU!

Over the weekend we had Kaleb's birthday party with his classmates.

We sucked it up and booked BounceU this year.

The kids had a blast!

It was great to meet some of Kaleb's classmates and they were all so sweet!

Boxing!

Obstacle Course

Toy Story Cake

With the presents!

(A little sweaty from all the playing)

Blowing out the candles!

It was a great party and Kaleb has loved all his gifts!

Thanks to all his friends who came out to celebrate with him!

Bye Bye Summer....

Wow August flew by!

The month came and went with plenty of fun and super hot weather.

A round up of the highlights...

For day 2 of Kenny away in Dallas Kaleb and I had a movie night!

It was great for me since Kaleb is usually glued to Kenny's side.

Coolest pizza ever!

Desert & Movie Time!

First Day of School! Kaleb started round 2 of Kindergarten this month and I am already confident it was the right decision to keep him back. He seems to be getting along better with kids closer to his age is very happy to have Mrs. Adams as a teacher again. His classmates seem wonderful and I am confident he will thrive this year.

Being silly before the first of school

With football season drawing near it was time for Kenny and his boys to have Fantasy Football weekend. This allowed me another Mommy Son movie night!

This time we watched Hook. I hadn't seen this movie in a long time and forgot it was kind of intense! Kaleb loved it and I love watching movies from when I was younger.

Hot cocoa time!

We were wishing it was cold outside...

Getting his pirate gear

Although it's always sad to have summer pass we will all be ready

for fall and some cooler temps!

Kenny is starting his last semester of grad school and very ready to

be ending his academic career!

I hope everyone had a great summer!

Kaleb's Birthday

I can't believe our guy is 6 years old. Time really has flown by but it has been the best 6 years of our lives. Kaleb had very specific instructions for his day starting with me waking him up by saying "Wake up birthday boy" in a gentle voice. I am assuming he has seen this somewhere and it resonated with him. The breakfast of his choice was of course a treat he rarely gets.

Donuts from a fantastic donut shop that makes the cutest donuts.

The birthday guy getting ready to go to his party

We had a small family party this weekend before his big party in a couple of weeks.

It was great to get our familes together and celebrate the little guy.

Per usual Kaleb cleaned up in the present department this year. He spent the rest of the weekend building his many Toy Story 3 Lego sets.

Thanks to all our family for celebrating with us and a big thanks to "Nana" for hosting a great party and making a delicious dinner!

Mid-Week Girls Night

Tonight was a rare boy-less night for me.

Kenny is in Dallas to spend time with his siblings and to watch some Yankee baseball.

Kaleb is staying with Granddad Stone so I had to invite the Burke girls over to keep me company.

Girls nights are a rarity for me so I try to make them as girly as possible.

"After all, a girl is... well a girl. It's nice to be told your good at it."-Rita Hayworth

Good food, lots of wine, and Brad Pitt.

Terri was awesome enough to cook us a yummy healthy dinner!

Terri making some healthy Mexican fare.

The cook hard at work.

Delicious Turkey Tacos and Avocado Black Bean Salad

To complement Terris healthy food I made some not so healthy brownies to go with the bottles of wine. It's good for your heart ;)

My gorgeous sisters.

We wrapped up the evening perusing bridesmaid gowns for Terri's wedding and trying to sit through Interview with a Vampire. ( It seemed so much better 15 years ago)

It was a great mid-week break but I'll be ready for my boys to be home.

Next up will be Kaleb's birthday on Saturday and back to school next week!

I hope everyone is enjoying what's left of the summer!

Riley's 1!

This past weekend was a fun filled weekend to Norman for our godson's 1st Birthday!

Little Riley is growing up so fast and Kenny and I are so proud of Erin & Jon for raising such a great little boy!

The day started off bright and early with a nice 6 mile run. I have joined with Laurie in training for my first half marathon. The training is going great so far but in the next couple of months I am hoping to improve my time.

After our run Derek headed over for a big breakfast before we hit the road.

Apparently the combo of big breakfast and the road had this effect on Kaleb.

Erin did a great job putting together a cute party for Riley! There was yummy food and cute decorations!

Kaleb and I made a circus themed basket to put Riley's gifts in. It should be of no surprise that one of them was a baby Buzz Lightyear.

Litte Riley cleaned up in the gift department this year!

Erin and Jon were nice enough to give Kaleb his birthday presents early. He was psyched to get some new Toy Story toys!

After the party we took Kaleb to the Sam Noble Museum. Kaleb loved seeing the dinosaur bones and playing with any interactive exhibits.

After a long fun day the kiddos headed to bed and the Honans invited a few friends over.

It was nice to see some of the old Norman crew. Some of those people I hadn't seen in years!

It was a great weekend and we're so happy to have such a great godson and friends.

We look forward to many more birthday parties for the little guy!

Vegas!

After our fun 4th of July weekend it was time to get busy wrapping up some obligations and getting ready for vacation!

Fun things to wrap up...a diaper cake for Goins.

Not so much fun. Trying to get lots of hours in at work before leaving town and packing.

But once everything was order we were off to Vegas!

We stayed at Aria which is a newer hotel in the City Center.

Thanks to Kenny's sweet talking and a $20 we were upgraded to a sweet room that is by far the nicest hotel room I've ever had.

I won't bore you with the millions of room pictures I took but here was our night view of the strip.

Our first night in town we had some delicious veal sliders (sorry Steph!) before heading to see Ka.

Just like all the cirque du soleil shows it was awesome. I am always amazed at the athletic ability of these performers and the stories they are able to tell. No pictures allowed during the show but we had some pretty sweet seats.

Friday was a full day spent on the strip window shopping (dreaming by the Gucci store) and some cheap gambling.

Kenny had been dreaming of some NY style deli food so we stopped by Carnegie Deli to split a huge sandwich.

I liked the sign :)

Obviously thrilled about having his photo taken while eating

That evening we saw the Elvis Cirque Du Soleil which was absolutely amazing. Kenny and I both agreed it was the best show we had seen in Vegas. It was honestly a moving production of an amazing life. I would love to see this one again!

Waiting to see the show

After the show we headed to a pub in our hotel for a dark beer fix.

I loved my Big Boy Beer Flight and fries.

I am sure one had something to do with the enjoyment of the other but I thought those fries were the best thing I had ever eaten.

Kenny and beer

Beer and Me

The next day was spent with more sight seeing and of course more eating.

(Obviously food was my favorite part of Vegas)

Yummy Mexican food at Tacos & Tequila

Me

Kenny and the Osmonds

Desert from Jean Philippe Patisserie

We had a great time in Vegas and are spending this week trying to adjust back to normal life (and sleep schedule)!