Sweet Summertime!!

Wow!!  This summer is flying by!  I haven't blogged in a while and figured you wanted to see lots of pictures so here we GEAUX....

Report card day at ICCS - Will and his second grade teacher, Mrs. Mary Bushnell!

Our brick is complete.  Yay!!



Spray foam insulation.......check!!

Sheetrock......check!!

On our way to the Bahamas....massage chairs in the airport - a MUST :-)  haha

more pictures of our Bahamas trip coming....they are on my phone and i need to download them.....we are here!!  After 2 planes and an hour bus!!  The Atlantis Resort was amazing :-)



I love this picture!  Leaving Nassau!  Plane #1 headed back!

On the river with friends.  We rarely get a picture of all 5 of us together!! 



Little river rats!!  Louis, Simon, Mia, Will and Cole!



Shane and Thomas found this log and pulled it ashore so the kiddos could play! 

Playing chicken!



Simon and the Sand!!



When you forget your swimsuit...just join them in your clothes :-)

The day we got back from the Bahamas, Thomas surprised us with a family golf cart!!  My favorite color....red!  The boys love it and we have already put lots of miles on it!

and got it stuck :-) 

Leanne's shower in LA. 

Louis learned to ride is bike without training wheels.  He is SO proud!



VBS

Our Louis turned 5 on June 20th!  I think we celebrated all week!!  Congratulations my love you are a "whole handful" now.



Cake #1

My five year old :-)

Celebrating at the Sulphur water park - SPAR!

Louis Edward Brown - 5 years old.  He wanted his birthday party at Skate City.  It was a blast!!  They skated, jumped and ate hot dogs and cake!!  Very fun and brought back some old school memories!  Skate City looks exactly like it did when we went as kids. 

 Thomas and his big boys!

The whole reason to have your party here.....you get to ride in the BIG SKATE :-) 



Gearing up to Skate!!



Jump City at Skate City!



Oh wait!!  Who's that?  haha!  Thomas and I skating too!!  Look out :-)  We won't say who bit the dust and wiped out!!

Snow cones on the back of the golf cart and he even saw a plane fly over our house!!  Love this baby boy!!



Will - basketball camp at St. Margarets Catholic School.  (where Gran teaches)  He loved it and has a new sport to add to his resume.  At the end of the week they played a 10 minute game for the parents.  He did great and was sooooo aggressive and played a great game and even scored!!



Our house is really coming along!!  Driveway was poured last week.  We will start painting the inside this week.  After that we can do the flooring and top out plumbing and then we will be DONE!! 

Bahamas 2012

We just got back from the Bahamas!!  Nassau was amazing and we had a blast!!  Great memories with the boys and family we will treasure forever.  Definetly our best vacation EVER!!  Here is our family sunset picture.  More pics to come soon :-)

First Eucharist

On Saturday, May 5, 2012, Will made his first Eucharist (1st communion) with his class from ICCS at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Church!  This was such a special day for Will and we as a family have been preparing him for this day since his baptism.  He is such a remarkable, smart,  sweet, gentle and fun little boy and I am so proud of him for who he has become!  We celebrated afterward with a reception with his friends at the church and then afterward we held a dinner reception for Will.  His venue of choice was the Pioneer Club.  He was able to celebrate with his grandparents and most of his uncles and brothers!  He was a such special day and evening that I know he will always hold dear in his heart and will carry this with him for the rest of his life.  We are so proud of you Will and love you to the moon and back!!!

Both of the second grade classes from ICCS.



Will and Jack!  2 cool dudes :-)

Msngr. Jace Eskind and Will at the reception.

Sweet Simon before the mass. 

Me and my sweet boys at the Pioneer Club.

Will receiving his surprise cake at dinner! 

Will and a few of his little buddies before mass and making their first Eucharist.  They looked so handsome and were so excited :-)  I will be using this for the eight grade graduation!!

Congratulations.....to Will!!  Congratulations.....to Will!!  Congratulations dear William....Congratulations to you!!!

My 3 loves!!  At contraband days!!

Our 3 boys

The boys feeding the ducks and geese at my grandparents house. They have a barnyard with ducks, geese, goats, beagles, rabbits, roosters, hens, etc. We try to visit them often and the boys love going. They are also watching Charlie Brown for us while we build. This is a picture of them feeding the ducks. My grandparents speak french so they call the ducks in french too :-) When they boys call them...they come right up to the fence. They feed them old bread and crackers for snacks. Notice Simon eating some too!! HA!
Simon drilling and working at our new house.

Look at these 2 boys....Louis surfing on a piece of scrap Hardy wood and Simon scooping and digging in the sand!! Perfection!!

They deliver out bricks - St. James - and will begin them this week. In the meantime...they boys are loving the sand and jumping into the piles.

Bricks delivered!

This past Sunday was the ICCS - Pack 7 - Derby Car Race. Here is a group picture of some of Will's friends in his wolf den.

Will's derby car :-) The Blue Bullet!

Spring is HERE!

Easter 2012 (Will - 7, Simon 1, Louis 4) Our handsome boys!!
Thomas and I Easter Sunday before brunch.

Louis hunting eggs at Trinitiy Baptist on Saturday. Louis and Simon were in the American Press (local newspaper).

Cousins (2nd) - Emma and Sara

Filled Baskets from the Easter Bunny!

Baskets monogrammed by me!!

A silly pose...because this is REALITY!!!

Simon working at the lot :-)

Will and Louis....future engineers...they made a go cart with left over electrical wire and wire spools!! HAHA!

Dying Eatser eggs with my boys at moms. Notice Simons dye has about 3 eggs in each. His were multi colored. So fun!!

The Easter Egg Monster!!

Will's ICCS easter party. This is the class and the rug that was created from their drawings for the auction!!

School Adventures

Simon Thomas Brown had his Pre K 2 interview this week at EDS. Lets just say that thank goodness we have had other children there before....he cried for Mrs. Mary the whole time. After 15 minutes (of the hour he was suppose to stay) we had to go get him!! How can you be this precious and not get in right?!? HE GOT IN!!! YAY Simon!
Louis Edward Brown had his Easter party this week at school and egg hunt. He was so proud and got 2 prize eggs. He also look his Kindergarten test last week at ICCS. He PASSED!!! Whooo Hooo. Go Lou!!! Kindergarten Bound!! Look out :-)