Fikes Family

Monday, July 06, 2009

4th of July Weekend

The Ranch

On the 4th we went out to Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Hill's Ranch.
We had a great day! The boys loved swimming in the rock tank.

GiGi and Micah

Tonya and Corban

Daddy and Sam

Chris, Esan, and Rebecca ( a friend of Aunt Bonnie's)

Teagan Race

Sir, just taking it easy

Mommy and her boys

Wes and Steve making some awesome burgers

Aren't we cute?

Sisters-in-law

Aunt Bonnie was a great hostess!

GiGi and Sam

Corban, GiGi, and Sam

The guys playing washers

Esan and Sam
(best buddies...they are only 5 months apart)

Esan Ray

Steve and Gwynne

Micah and Sir

Wes and Nana

Micah and Teagan
(two peas in a pod...they are only 4 months apart)

Playing a game of washers

Trying to get a pictures of all 5 of them...
it didn't work so well!

Going for a ride on the 4-wheeler

My sweet boys

The other Fikes Fam

Fireworks

Sam just wanted to run with the sparklers...
it was pretty cute!

Surprise!!!

Gwynne turned 60 while she was in Africa,
so we decided to throw her a surprise party Sunday night.
She was so excited and had no idea about the party!
Somehow we pulled it off...it was not easy!

Happy Birthday Gwynne!

Gwynne with her teacher friends

Kim, Aunt Bonnie, and Laren

Kids playing duck, duck, goose...so cute!

We had a fun filled weekend in Kerrville...
Hope you had a great 4th too!

Friday, July 03, 2009

Happy 4th of July!

We are headed to Kerrville for the holiday weekend, but we had a mini celebration last night.

My Aunt Susan is here for the week to spend time with mom. They have been having a great time! Last night they all came over for some ice cream and sparklers.

Hope you have a great 4th of July!

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Mom of boys

I really struggle sometimes, being the mom of boys. I obviously don't think like a boy, therefore I feel like I have to be a little creative at times. Today was an easy one. We went to Target this morning and of course, had to check out the dollar section. I LOVE the dollar section at Target!!!
I made several good purchases today, one being water balloons. Sam was so excited when I told him my plan of getting daddy with the balloons. The idea quickly became his idea when he began telling me what to do. But the bottom line...only we got to throw the balloons, NOT daddy!

Here are the boys waiting for Daddy to come outside

And as soon as he stepped out the door, Sam was ready!

Wes was a great sport, but did break the rules...
he could not resist throwing them back if they didn't pop.

The boys loved every minute!

Wes decided he could protect himself a little more
if he got closer to the boys. Not sure it helped much!

Cleaning up all the balloon pieces is the worst part.
But it was worth it!

Amazing how much fun you can have and only spend a buck!

Home from Africa

Every summer Gwynne (my mother-in-law) and Aunt Bonnie (her sister) go to Ghana, Africa for a month as missionaries. They are helping to start a school there.
It is pretty amazing!

We picked them up from the airport Monday night. Here are a few of the pictures.

Here are the boys with their signs.
They were so excited to see their GiGi!

Sam and GiGi

Our family with the girls

Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Hill

We are so glad that you had a wonderful trip
and that you are home safe!
We love you GiGi!

Monday, June 29, 2009

Wedding Weekend

We went to Boerne this weekend to be part of Taylor and Jack's wedding. Taylor is someone really special to us. Taylor and Kendall lived with us before Sam was born and ever since then they have been part of the family. Taylor used to spend the night all the time and loved to babysit the boys. It was a beautiful wedding and we are so happy for her and Jack. But we are going to miss our Taylor!

We stayed in Kerrville and the boys got to see their cousins.
They had such a great time! (Sorry no pics) Here is Sam and Micah sleeping
in the same bed for the first time. Thought it was pretty cute!

(And yes, Micah sleeps with his eyes part open.
I hear he gets it from his mom.)

Taylor and Sam at the rehearsal
(not sure what sign he is throwing?)

The boys with Taylor and Kendall

Jack and Taylor

Here is the plate that Mom and I made for her.
She had one that everyone at the rehearsal signed
and another one that everyone at the wedding signed.

Sam and Mollie
Let me tell you about Mollie...Sam has a huge crush on Mollie.
Mollie is one of Taylor's best friends and lived with Taylor
and Kendall in Houston. So she would come over with the girls all the time.
Well, at the wedding...Sam wanted to be with Mollie all the time
and asked her to dance several times.
It was really cute!!! So when I said I was going to take a picture
of them, he quickly put his arm around her for the picture.