Summary of the birthday

For Parker's birthday he asked to take friends to the lake to camp. His idea included three of his best buddies fishing, tubing, and camping. However, the rain that has occurred nearly every day for weeks had other plans. With his baseball tournament getting canceled last minute we decided to take one of his friends to pole position for indoor racing. Hey... it's spur of the moment, I couldn't round up all three friends. Plus it was raining cats and dogs. We had a good time. We raced, we shopped for the new shoes he wanted, we even ate at one of his favorite restaurants. In my mind this was his birthday party but in Parker's mind it was just passing time while it rained. The next weekend we were suppose to be baseball-less so he wanted to camp with his buddies. The boy had camping on the brain! Once again the weather didn't cooperate. It rained most of the morning then turned out to be a decent day Saturday afternoon. We grabbed two friends and headed to frontier city. What fun! I rode two roller coasters with my double digit son and enjoyed every minute with him. I'm taking advantage of every minute with both my boys before I'm replaced with girlfriends, dates, and proms.

Mother's Day Picture

In the first grade one of the teachers has every kid dress up in grown up clothes, hold a flower, and she takes a picture for each student's mom as a mothers day gift. Both my boys had the same first grade teacher (whom I absolutely adore... she's the best!) so I was able to compare their pictures. I L-O-V-E my pictures and found the similarites between the boys to be amazing! Check them out for yourself.

My double digit son

Today is the 10 year anniversary of the horrible Oklahoma May 3rd tornado's. It's also the tenth birthday of my oldest son. I can't believe ten years has gone by so fast! I remember looking down at this baby boy born WEEKS early during such a violent storm thinking "I sure hope your temperament doesn't match the weather!" Parker was a great baby. He slept perfectly through the night in his crib by week 3! Looking back, I wish he still slept that good :-) If I were a natural writer I would be able to describe Parker quickly - in just minutes. I have been thinking about words to describe him for hours and still stumble to find the perfect words. So here's the best I can come up with....

P - Persistent

A - Athletic

R - Rebellious

K - Kind Hearted

E - Eager

R - Rare