Hudson Junction!

Hudson is officially TWO! I can not believe it!

We celebrated his birthday with Nana and Poppa on his official birthday. We also had a party Labor Day weekend with family and friends. He had a train party and it was perfect. We are so blessed with so many people that love our sweet boy!

He is becoming such a big boy. He is a very active two year old. He keeps mommy and daddy very busy! He loves trains, cars or pretty much anything that has wheels! He loves animals, especially horses. He LOVES to sing! And he can carry a tune much better than his mommy! His favorite songs to sing are the ABC's, Itsy Bitsy Spider and any song from Bible class. He loves going to Bible class and singing in church. We pray every night before bed and he prays for the sweetest things. We enjoy every second with our sweet boy! We love watching you grow and we know God has amazing things in store for you!

Hudson's delicious cake from Dumplin's

Hudson with Aunt Cece!

Hudson opening his presents

Wow! More presents!

Mommy and Daddy helping Hudson blow out his candles.

Jackson pushing Hudson on his new train.

Anniversary Weekend!

Todd and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary on July 21! The following weekend we left Hudson with my parents and went to Nashville for the night. It was so nice just to get away. We enjoyed dinner at Cheesecake Factory in Greenhills. It is one of our favorite places to go and we try going there to celebrate everything. The closest one is in Nashville but it is so worth the drive for us to go there. Then on Sunday, we attended church in Brentwood at the church I attended when I was living in Nashville. It was nice seeing old faces but it was so weird not having Hudson with us. Then we headed back home. We had to make one stop along the way....

The Loveless Cafe. Amazing!!

We are already planning our next trip to this famous Nashville cafe!

Ella Kate turns 3!

In July, we celebrated our sweet nieces third birthday! I can not believe this sweet girl is already three. It seems like yesterday we were all at the hospital waiting for her early arrival. We all prayed over her as she spend the first thirteen days of her precious life in the NICU! It was such a scary time for all of us, especially my brother and his wife. We thanked God that both Ella Kate and her mommy were finally able to go home. Thank you God for blessing us with the beautiful girl!

Ella Kate turns 3!

Riding her new four wheeler from her mommy and daddy!

Wish I knew what these two were up to....

Aunt B loves her Ella Kate!

Dallas!

In July, we went to Dallas to celebrate our sweet nephews first birthday. We enjoyed getting to spend time with Todd's brother and his family. Todd's parents also flew in from St. Louis for the big bash! We had a great time. Here are lots of pictures from our trip:

No trip to Dallas is complete without a trip to Southfork! Byron and Jennifer live just a few miles from this famous ranch. So while they were both at work on Thursday we did a little sight seeing.

Hudson and I at Southfork Ranch

Hudson showing off his fire hat from Firehouse subs. If you have ever been to Firehouse you know the subs are amazing!

Hudson and Jackson loved taking turns pushing each other. It was so fun to see the boys playing and interacting with one another. They also enjoyed getting baths together every night! We got very spoiled having them together for almost a whole week. We made lots of memories!

Happy Birthday, Jackson!

Another fun thing that we did was Downtown Dallas. We went to the Dallas Children's Hospital to see the train exhibit. It was very neat. Hudson loved looking at the trains going all around the track. It is a free exhibit inside the hospital for the kids to go look at and get their mind off of their illness.

Hudson's first trip to the Grassy Knoll. Todd and I both took turns running and getting our pictures made standing on the "X" where President Kennedy was shot.

Last stop was the Dallas Children's Museum. We had a lot of fun. Hudson loved getting to run around all over the place!

One of our many attempts to get a picture of PePaw and Mimi with the boys. This is the closest thing we got! We had a great time in Dallas and are so glad we got to spend so much time with all of the family. We are looking forward to our next trip!

Trip to St. Louis

In June, we went to St. Louis to visit Todd's family for a few days. We don't get to go there as much as we would like. We always enjoy our visits there. This trip was no different.

Hudson was so excited about going to see Mimi and Pepaw!

No trip to St. Louis is complete without a stop at Lambert's. Hudson loved watching Todd catch the rolls and he LOVED getting to eat them.

We also attended the retirement party of the teacher that I worked with when we lived in St. Louis. I loved getting to see my old co-workers. I miss them all so much!

We took Hudson to ride the carousel at Faust park. He wasn't so sure about it at first but once he did it he had so much fun! I think we will be visiting the carousel a lot in the future!

Hudson doing a sticker book with his MiMi! He loves getting to spend time with them!

Busy Busy!

I realize I have neglected the blog a lot lately. We had a very busy summer. Lots of short trips to visit family and friends. I started back to school last spring and took lots of classes over the summer. High school football season is officially underway and that keeps us busy busy! I am staying very occupied with all my kids that I keep during the day. God has blessed me with so many opportunites and I am so so thankful! I am hoping I can find the time to update a little more reguarly. Hudson is growing every day and is always saying and doing something hilarious! So I feel like I need to share all these new things with you.

So lets back up to Father's Day!

Hudson helping Daddy open his presents.

I made Todd a picture frame with a poem and Hudson's hand prints.

We Love you daddy!

Weekend at Lake Guntersvile

Every summer we take a trip to Lake Guntersville for the weekend. It is a gorgeous lake in Alabama and we can always have lots of fun when we are there. We spend all day on the lake and then enjoy dinner at one of the yummy restaurants in town. We had great weather and got lots of sun while we were there. Hudson loves the water and jumping off the boat. He is starting to become a little fish!

One of the gorgeous houses on Lake Guntersville

Ella Kate

Zack getting ready to jump at goat island

Zack jumping the little cliff. Todd jumped the bigger one. (By bigger, I mean the 70 foot one!) Cherith and I decided we needed to be the responsible ones and stayed in the boat with the kids!

Love my family!