Update on the family

An update on the family: Steven is still actively looking for a job. It will be 9 months the first of September that he has been unemployed. We never would have imagined it would take this long when he got laid off in December. He has been doing some consulting work to keep his mind busy but it has been incredibly difficult, as you can imagine. There have been some really great opportunities come along that we are hoping and praying will happen and he will get a job offer soon. We are all trying to stay positive throughout this very trying time but some days are obviously harder than others.

The kids will be going back to school in a few weeks and are super excited to see their friends and teachers again. Gavin has a birthday coming up in a few weeks as well so we are planning a birthday party for him. I cannot believe we will have a 5 year old soon. I'm so glad he has another year before he starts kindergarten, what a sad yet exciting day that will be.

I have been talking to some friends and I have decided to make our blog private. It's pretty scary to think that anyone can view our family and all our activities so I want to protect them as much as I can. So if you would like to still view our blog you will have to "register" with your email address and password. Once you do this you will be allowed to view our blog. If you will send me your email address at marissak3@yahoo.com I will add it to the list of email addresses allowed to view our blog. I can add up to 100 people so please email me soon as I will be making it private pretty quickly. Thanks!!!!

Random pics

I always end up with random pictures that I can't do a whole blog about, so I'm just going to put up a random post.

The kids were playing with Sutton on the floor one day and they called me in to come see what they had done. They thought they were so silly. Audrey went and got one of her flower head bands and put it on him. Pretty funny. Sutton was such a sport, he didn't mind it at all.

I thought this one was cute of Sutton. Audrey wanted to take pictures while we were in the car one day so I let her. I didn't realize she was taking pictures of Sutton the whole time. This one makes me laugh b/c it looks like he is grabbing for the camera.

My sweet little princess playing in her tent.
I can't believe how big Gavin looks in this shot. We were playing outside in the garage and he ran inside and came back with this on. He said he was sweating so he needed his sweatband.

Audrey and her baby brother, she loves holding him.

Gavin and Audrey were playing dress up and out came Gavin in this little getup. I like to call it his Fireman-Ninja Turtle-Warrior-Green Fingered Guy. What a character he is.

Fishing Trip

Steven has been going fishing every Monday night with some friends for last few weeks and he decided to take Gavin with him one night. I asked if he would take the camera with him to get some pictures of him and this is what he brought home. No pictures of Gavin with his fish or of anyone else...just 2 pictures of some random fish. Wow!! What a man. Gavin did a great job hanging out with the boys fishing. Apparently, he talked the entire time....."I got a big fish!" and then he would hold up his plastic lure. Ha! Steven said he talked about Star Wars the entire time too. He is so into Star Wars right now it's crazy. So, I just wanted to share my husband's photography skills. Hopefully, Gavin will get to go again and he will do better next time.

Gavin's Photography

I love those days when I pick up my camera and find some interesting pictures. Gavin will get ahold of my camera and go to town. Just thought I'd share a few of his favorite things. My little photographer......

Star Wars stickers

Of course, his feet
Orange Foot, his favorite stuffed animal

The TV with Audrey's princess crown

Trip to the park

We had to get out of the house the other day after being home for 2 days being cooped up, so we ventured out to the park. We didn't get everything together until around 11:00 so it was pretty hot already. The ducks and geese were super hungry though. We had some special attention from them, they came walking up to us knowing we had some bread to offer. I am so ready for it to start cooling off some so you don't start to sweat as soon as you walk out the door. Come on Fall!

This was the extent of Sutton's visit to the park.

Audrey still likes to swing in the baby swing. She would swing all day long if she could.

Gavin can now go all the way across the rings. He is so proud of himself.

Sutton is 6 months old

I cannot believe my sweet precious boy is 6 months old. My how quickly it goes these days. He is wanting to be more and more mobile and tries so hard but it's not quite happened. He tries to get up on his hands and knees but his head just won't come up along with him. It's a pretty funny sight to see. He is so happy to just be on the floor with a few toys. Such a content little guy. Although, if you put him down and come back a few minutes later he is on the other side of the room. He rolls and scoots all over the place. Gavin and Audrey both think it's so funny to watch him move around. These are a few shots we took on his actual 1/2 birthday, August 18. I don't even want to think about how fast the next 6 months are going to go by. Before we know it we will be planning his 1st birthday. Noooo!!!

Happy 1/2 Birthday Sutton Barry!!!

Gearing up

It's almost that time of year again....TCU games!!! This will be our 4th year getting a parking spot at the TCU games. We have such a fun time and are looking forward to this year in particular b/c more of our friends have added on to the excitement and have a parking space alongside us, I think we are going to have 6 or 7 spots in a row this year. We scheduled a happy hour soon to coordinate with all the other couples on food, drinks, supplies, etc. The guys are convinced that we need to have a tv out there with satellite and all. They have been working together trying to figure out how to make that happen. Jessica came by the other day and brought us our package with lots of goodies in it. The kids loved the eye black stickers that the football players wear. Thanks Jessica!!! Go Frogs!!!

Audrey and Sutton's Picnic

The other day I was busy doing chores around the house and not paying much attention to what Miss Audrey was doing. I walked by and saw that she had brought all of her food out and a blanket and she said she was having a picnic with Sutton. She made him a hamburger and she was feeding it to him. He was so happy to play with his big sister and she was just as excited.