Sawyer

Kyle's mom, Claire has been wanting a puppy for the longest time and finally found one that fit what she was looking for.  It happened to be in Spicewood, which is right outside of Austin, so it worked out nicely!  I went to check out the puppy and it seemed perfect for her, so she decided to go for it!  My mom rode down to Austin with her to pick up her new pup, and Lane was thrilled to have BOTH of his grandmothers here for a visit!  They came in on a Thursday and just stayed one night.

Lane wanted to have a "lemonade race" with Mums at dinner.  A good excuse to drink her drink!

Playing Playmobil with Gran

 

Lane got to hear a bedtime story from Mums AND Gran!

Friday morning we went to pick up the puppy and brought her back to my house for a bit before they headed back to DFW.  She is a "Shorkie," which is part Yorkie and part Shih tzu.  Claire named her Sawyer! Isn't she cute?!

Lane liked her too!  Sawyer jumped up to give him some kisses.

He tried to kiss her back.  :)

New toys and a new bowl.  This dog will be spoiled rotten!

Best buddies

Lane had a blast with Gran and Mums!

Build-a-Bear!

While we were in Mansfield for the week, Mums took Lane and Evin to Build-a-Bear for their first experience!  Lane was excited and picked out a plain teddy bear to stuff.

He loved pumping the stuffing into his bear!

 

Choosing a heart to put inside
 

Rubbing the heart before she put it inside his bear

 

Kissing the heart

 

Ta-Da!

 

So proud!
 

Time for bear's first bath!

 

Mommy, Lane, and his new bear

 

Choosing an outfit

 

He settled on a UT football uniform complete with a helmet!

A little help from Mommy

 

  

His very own Longhorn Football Bear!  He decided to name it "Elvis" after his favorite Ranger, Elvis Andrus!

 

Ready to go with his new buddy!

Funny pose, Bud!

 

Sweet friends!

Family Fun

The week after the 4th of July, Lane and I stayed to spend the week in Mansfield.  Kyle's grandma, Nonna was coming in town the next weekend, so Kyle went back to Austin for his work week, then joined us in Arlington again to see Nonna.  We had a fun, fun week!

Of course, I was happy to get to spend a week with this cutie!  Isn't she getting big!?

Mums was glad to have both of her grandkids in the same city!

We took a midweek road trip to see Paw for a day.  It was lots of driving since we drove to Brady Tuesday morning and came right back that night, but it was good to see him!

We stopped mid-way so Evin could eat.  Lane liked getting out of his car seat!

All smiles during her bottle!

Paw and his great-grandkids

I was excited to get some Joe T's while back in DFW!

Lane got a new game while we were there.  We played several rounds of "The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel" game.  I highly recommend it for kids his age.  Such a cute game!

My mom had a Groupon for a paint your own pottery place in Arlington.  We took Lane and Evin to paint a plate for her.  

 

Lane was happy to get to meet his buddy, Gage at Chick Fil A for lunch one day!  Gage's new baby sister, Kinsley came too!

It wouldn't be a trip to Mansfield without a dip in Mums' pool!

And of course, Scout had to join us!

Nonna got to Arlington at the end of the week, so we spent a lot of time at Claire and Danny's visiting with them!  These next pictures make me laugh so hard!  Lane got these mustaches from my friend Riley, and finally decided he wanted to wear one.  Nonna had fallen asleep in the chair and he was checking to see if she was awake!

When she woke up she found a little mustache man peeking at her!

On the Sunday we left we were able to attend Evin's baptism at our church.  She was a little upset when Pastor Mike took her out of Kori's arms, but calmed back down when Kori got her back!

Happy to be back with her Mommy and Daddy!

After the baptism we came back to my mom's for some cake and lemonade.  Evin got some pretty gifts from all of her loved ones!  Lane was happy to help her open them.  ;-)

My silly guys!

Evin and her Aunt and Uncle.  We love this girl to bits!

She looked so pretty in her little dress and sandals!

Tittle ladies

Pictures with 2 kids is getting tougher!  Lane putting a block on Evin's head and Evin looking everywhere but the camera!

The best we got...

We always have such a good time back "home!"  Lane gets pretty upset when we have to leave his grandparents.  All the more reason to return again SOON!