Fireworks

When we went to Padre with the family we were not able to do fireworks because of the burn ban so we just brought them home with us. Well, Sam never forgot about doing fireworks. So, Tuesday was Justin's birthday. Happy Birthday Justin!!! We love you!!! We all went out to eat and then everyone comes over to our house because Micah is usually ready to go to bed, and we have cake and ice cream. Here is Uncle Justin and Sam blowing out his candles. 

Then we thought we would go outside to do fireworks. We started with a few sparklers and Sam did great. He is not scared AT ALL and just waves them around in the air, no big deal. 

Then Wes did a few tanks and Sam just watched calmly with his Daddy. 
Then Wes said, "Hey Sam, do you want to try two sparklers at one time?" 

Of course!!!! But he did not just hold the two sparklers and wave them around. 
He ran around waving them in the air like McQueen and making cars noises. 
It was the cutest thing ever. We all laughed so hard! He is such a little character. 

Beach Trip

For the 4th of July we went to North Padre with the Fikes fam. We had a great time. Sam was so excited to be going to the beach. I made the mistake of telling him several days before and he did not understand why we had to wait several days before we could go. He was so excited the morning that we left that he fell asleep in the car on the way there. 

Here are all the cousins in their matching 4th of July shirts. Micah was not too happy to be out of Daddy's arms. The boys are all very close in age. Corban is the oldest and he is 4, Sam is 2 and 1/2, Esan is 5 months younger than Sam, Micah is 14 months and Teagan is 4 months younger than Micah. So when we get together we are very busy! 
Esan was so excited to see Sam. He wanted to hug and tickle him all the time. 
Here is GiGi with the older boys making sand castles on the beach. 
The boys loved the sand. I was kind of worried because Sam is one of these kids who doesn't like to be dirty, but I was glad that it didn't bother him. 

This is Corban Scout 
And Esan Ray
And Teagan Race
 I think they liked playing in the pool the most. Sam learned to swim. He is a little fish, going under water and everything. Big cousin Corban was a great encouragement to Sam. We had a great trip! 

Now I have got to clean my house. I have not unpacked from the beach trip and we have been home since Monday. My sweet husband says nothing, but it is driving me crazy because we have crap everywhere!!! 

Playing in Puddles

Until it got really hot outside, we would play outside everyday at 4 o'clock in our cul-de-sac with our neighbors until Daddy got home. And usually there was some kind of water that the boys wanted to play in and I usually said they could not get in the water. Well, the other day it poured outside and I told Sam that we could play in the puddles when it stopped raining. His whole face lit up. I was the greatest mom in the world that day. 

Here are some of the pictures. Sam had on his rain boots and he had to wear his cowboy hat to make sure that he didn't get his head wet. 

It didn't take long for Sam to ask his girlfriend, Marin to join us in the puddles. 

I think Micah enjoyed the puddles most of all, he loves the water. 

Fishing with Daddy

I just had to show these pictures because it was the cutest thing I have ever seen. Wes bought Sam a little fishing pole and they went to the pond in our neighborhood to go fishing. I don't even think they have fish in the pond, but Sam had the best time fishing with his Daddy. 

Sweet Micah had to watch from his stroller because I was scared he would be in the pond if I let him walk around. 

New Orleans Trip

At the end of May we took the boys to New Orleans for the first time. We had so much fun! BeBop, Pop Pop, Aunt Audrey and Uncle Taylor went with us. We went for a wedding of one of our friends from high school. It was great to see everyone. My family always gets together at the end of May to remember Austin. I miss him a lot. It is hard to believe that it has been three years since we lost him. Sam reminds us of him so much, it is really cool. I hope that Sam follows in the steps of his Uncle Austin. 

We had a great time with my family. Here are some pictures of the trip. 

Here is Sam and Wes taking a little nap in Jackson square. 

Here is BeBop, Pop Pop, Uncle Taylor, and Aunt Audrey enjoy lunch at Acme. 
And the Fikes Fam at the other end of the table
This is Sam and his daddy making their excited face. When you are only 2 and 1/2 making different faces is an exciting part of your day, at least it is for Sam. 
We took the boys to the aquarium. If you have not been to this aquarium it is really awesome! Here is Sam with his BeBop. Sam loves his BeBop!!!
I am going to try and post pictures from our trip to Padre with Wes' family later. We will see if my boys will let me do that today. You know how it goes. 

Update

So I just thought I would start with an update since it has been a long time since most of you have heard from me. Sam is two and a half and his new found love is the movie Cars. We watch it probably everyday if not more. These are some pictures of when he got home from getting the movie at Target. 

Micah just turned one on May 2nd. Here are a few pictures from his party. He had a great time! 

I will post some other pictures later. The boys just got up from their naps. 

Back to Blogging

I am going to try this whole blogging thing again. I don't know what it is, but I just can't seem to get into it. Shauna made me a new beautiful page so I hope I will be able to keep up with it. Thank you  Shauna!!! Stay tuned for new updates of the Fikes Boys. 

Exciting News

I got a new laptop!!! This is so exciting because it means that I will be able to do everything that I have been wanting to do!! I am SUPER excited!!! I am going to post new pictures of the boys tomorrow and I will start posting more often. We had a wonderful Christmas holiday, the boys were spoiled by all of our family. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year! I will write lots more soon.

Wonderful Vacation!!

It is pouring down rain, both boys are sleeping, and I should be packing for yet another trip...But I could not wait to tell you about our vacation. We had the best time. Wes' aunt and uncle bought this cabin (it is really a nice size house) that we used for 10 days in Ruidoso, New Mexico. It had the most wonderful back porch where we spent every morning and every night sitting and enjoying the weather. The high while we were there got up to 80...and the nights were about 60, just perfect for a sweatshirt and jeans (my favorite outfit). Anyway, we spent a lot of time together. Not really doing much. We went shopping a couple of days and hiking one day. We went to the White Sands National Park and the zoo. We took naps and read books. We never turned on the TV and made time for each other. It was wonderful! Micah started cereal while we were there, which was interesting because we had no bibs and things got a little messy. Sam loved being outside all the time. We found this cool playground that we went to everyday, Wes and I wanted it to be our size so we could play. It was a great trip! Here are some pictures.

"Life is good!"

White Sands National Park

Really Busy

Okay...it has been forever since I have added a post. I don't know what happens to my time. So this one might be long so that I can add everything that has happened.

1st I went to Tulsa with my mom for a week. We had a great time. It is so nice having my mom around being she is such a help. I never have to ask her to do anything, she just does it. We introduced Micah to my mom's side of the family and got to see my cousin's new baby, Sean. Micah is the third great grandson of four for my MamMaw. See pictures below.

On the way home from Tulsa, we stopped in Keller to introduce Micah to my dad's parents. Micah had a very big week. But everyone loved him...of course!

These are a few pictures of the boys with my dad's parents.

We had a week to be home before we left again for another trip. But while we were at home Wes and I took the boys to the children's museum. It was awesome! They have a toddler room that has door the size of Sam and a light switch and door bell his size. A small car to climb in and change the tires. It was really neat. That was only the part for toddlers. Then they have the rest of the museum which he enjoyed too. Sweet Micah just hung out in the stroller most of the time. It was a great family day.

Nope, not finished yet! Next we were suppose to go with Wes to camp. That sounded like a great idea up until I really thought about it the night before and realized that might not be such a great idea. His parents live an hour and half from this camp and so we spent the week in Kerrville with Wes' family. We drove over to camp two different days to see dad. We had a good time. Of course I have a few pictures of that too.

We are home for the rest of this week and we leave AGAIN on Tuesday to go to New Mexico. But this trip I am VERY excited about. Wes' Aunt and Uncle have a cabin and we are going with the boys to spend 10 days...just us! We are so excited. So my next entry will be about our wonderful trip. Sorry about this long entry. I will try not to wait so long between entries. I am getting a laptop for Christmas and it will not be so hard to find time to write.

Surprised by My Own Words, Part 2

As a set-up for this one, remember, our oldest boy is only 19 months.

Tricia, Sam and I were sitting down eating supper tonight, and this little bit of quote candy came flying out of my mouth: "Sam, put your gun down at the table!"

Go figure.