Happy Birthday Jason!

Happy Birthday, Jason! I hope you have a great day! You are a great uncle, and I love the fact that Cole and Kate think the world of you. Cole adores you, and Kate is fascinated by you. You are also a wonderful dad. Kyler is blessed to have you for his father. I know we do not always see eye to eye, but I always love you!

Happy Belated Birthday Jill!

Just wishing my precious sister-in-law a happy belated birthday! I am beyond blessed to have you in my life. If it were not for you, I would have never met my wonderful husband. You now get sole credit for the introduction, since we don't see the other guys anymore :) I am grateful not only to be your sister-in-law but also your friend. Hoping you had a wonderful day and hoping for an even better year! We are praying that great things will happen this year!

School Days.....

Wow! Where does time go. Yesterday, I sent my baby off to "big" school. Cole has started K4. We could not walk him to his room, so Ryan and I just dropped him off in the carpool line. Cole was so excited and just hopped out of the car without turning around to say goodbye. I was yelling, "Have a good day", and the sweet, old lady who helped him out of the car said, "You too, hun". It's not that I wanted him to cry and not want to go to school, but he could have acted like he might miss me a little :) He came home with a thank you note for a little gift we sent his teacher (no, I am not bribing the teacher yet). In her note, the teacher wrote that she and Cole "talked about about obedience being one of the only ways to honor God". Cole insists that she talked about this with everyone, not just with him. Lets hope and pray so! She also said that he is precious! With that, I will agree!

Fun at the Camp

I should call this the delayed 4th of July update, but I guess all of my blog posting title's would have to start with "delayed"..... One day I will be on top of things!! We went up to the lake for the 4th of July week. We had a wonderful time with family and friends. We had a family reunion with my mom's side of the family and my dad's side of the family. Cole and Kate loved playing with their cousins! We fished, boated, tubed, swam, and ATE. We were even able to celebrate my godson's 2nd birthday while we were at the lake. We had a wonderful time together and topped off our week with a 40 minute fireworks display overlooking the lake! As we finish one vacation with my family and look forward to our trip next month with Ryan's family, Ryan and I are truly grateful to be blessed by God with a such wonderful family and extended family that love one another and actually enjoy being around one another!

The Bathing Beauty

Ryan and Cole tubing

Cole, Kate, and Cousins

The Birthday Boy

Delayed Destin Update

Due to Vacation Bible School, I am a little late posting about our trip to Destin. Thanks to Ryan's Uncle Tom and Aunt Pat, the entire Metz family (excluding a missed Granny, Jill, Demian, and Jonathan) had a wonderful time at the beach. Cole was more excited about the swimming pool than the beach. That might be due in part to Ryan letting him ride a wave to shore in a boat that flipped over or the four sharks we saw while we were there! Kate's schedule never worked fully to enjoy all of the beach time, so Ryan was kind enough (and didn't care enough about the sand and sun) to watch Cole and Kate while I enjoyed some reading, resting, and visiting with my main beach buddy, Julie. The girls also had a fabulous shopping trip to the outlet mall. For someone who was hesitating going shopping, I sure did my share of damage. Having a little girl and the Hartstrings outlet can be dangerous. We had a wonderful time and were sad to go, so we thought we would make the drive home fun....... BAD IDEA!!!! Now I know why we try to make record time when we go on trips! We decided to visit the USS Alabama in Mobile. Cole LOVES boats, airplanes, helicopters, and submarines. After paying almost $30, guess what we saw..... the top deck of the USS Alabama and nothing else..... He would not even look at the camera to take a picture. So much for trying to be fun parents!

USS Alabama and it's many levels

Fun at the Beach!!!

Cousins

Kate and Cousins (Lauren, Jane, Anne)

Cole and Cousins (Lauren, Austin, Jane)

Thanks, Michelle!

I wanted to officially thank Michelle at cutesycloths.com for the great dress! You are so talented! Kate looks just adorable in it! I cannot wait for you to officially start selling them. I am ready to order more! Any time you need another model, we will be glad to help you!

I Thought This Would Be Easier

I thought updating a blog would be easier than updating a picture album. Nothing is easy when you stay so busy. Life in the Metz household had been in fast forward. I cannot believe that it is already June. We have been busy with Speech, Memorial Day at Lake Bruin,

Swimming Lessons,

Tee Ball,

and John and Erica's wedding in Baton Rouge.

We leave for Florida today with the Metz family. We are going to celebrate Dick and Jackay's 60th birthday in Destin with Dick's family. I am looking forward to some quiet time on the beach with a good book (wishful thinking).