Poppy's Birthday & Yummy Cake!

Poppy barely made it home from the hospital in time to celebrate his birthday and we were there to help him!  Definitely an answered prayer that he was able to come home, praise God!

 

We were up checking on him the weekend before and when asked he said his favorite cake was Amaretto cake...

just so happens that Dawn Kelly had given me a wonderful recipe for Amaretto cake!  So I told him he was getting one for his birthday!

Trying to get everyone looking is harder than it seems :)

Oops, I'm guilty in this one, looking at another camera than everyone else...Bre's just ready to eat some cake before she falls asleep.  She almost always sleeps part of the trip home but for some reason that day she stayed awake the entire trip.

The weather that weekend turned a little cool in the morning and seemed like Fall.  GG had a bunch of leaves in her backyard, so she piled some up for BreBre.

She loved playing in them

 

Oh Mom, look at this one...

Being a good sport for a few more photo ops

Okay, I'm done

Relaxin' & Rockin'

Really getting into it, leaning up to make the chair rock a little bigger

LOVE this one! 

Now back to that cake...

Yummy!  It was a big hit with everyone!

Miss BreBre was no exception!

You've got a little bit of cake right here (motioning to entire face)  Good shot of her back molars.  Poor baby did not enjoy those coming in.

Fun, low key weekend celebrating with Poppy!

 

I didn't get any pictures but Bre did attend her first high school football game, Bauxite vs. Glen Rose.  And she had a great time!  She was dancing to the band and loved watching the cheerleaders.  Thomas did a great job during the halftime show!

Scotts Texas Weekend

Mike & DeDe and Matt, Sara, Lilly & Reid came down to Texas and we had a very fun weekend!  It was right after Mike's birthday, so we made him another cake :)

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Mike...Happy Birthday to you!

Getting a little help from Lilly & Reid to blow out his candles

Yummy cake!

Saturday was a little rainy, so we headed off to the Tyler Zoo.  Turned out to be perfect zoo weather because it was not the typical Texas July day.

So cute how Reid had his arms folded like Mike, while they waited on everyone to make a pit-stop at the bathroom.  We had just eaten a yummy breakfast at Cracker Barrel!

Watching the flamingos, who were mostly asleep

Love that pointed finger, "Look Daddy!"

Sweet cousins

The kids were in and out of the wagon, probably mostly out but that's okay

In the petting zoo area with the goats

Looking with Aunt Sara

We were feeding some of the biggest koi fish I've ever seen!

BreBre loves to push shopping carts and the wagon is no different!  Reid thought it was pretty funny!

Pushing really hard up the hill

This big guy looked big across the way but while we were looking in on him he jumped up and came right up by the glass.  And I was wrong, he was huge!

Feeding the birds...we had done this back around Spring Break but Bre was a little more skiddish of the birds this time for some reason.

Warming up a little bit to the idea

Snack time!

Not sure how my camera did this but like the little collage!

Probably my favorite part of the zoo!  I love the giraffes!  They have a really nice covered area with a snack bar so we stopped and had a little snack while we watched the giraffes.

At the very end, we came to the playground...

Going through the zebra tunnel

Hmmm, wonder if Reid needs help driving...

Love this sweet pic

Another collage, wish I knew how to do that :)

And she finally in the drivers seat!

She was having the best time steering

Really leaning into it!

My camera caught a little video!  Love it!  Fun times at the zoo!  And a great weekend with the fam!