Fireworks, bacon, Homer, blue teeth and more swimming

We spent the 4^th of July over at the Feeback’s for a cookout. After the cookout (and about an hour of Caster wrestling their bulldog, Winston) we headed over to watch fireworks. We thought we’d outsmart everyone and watch from a parking lot across from UCO. We’ll the joke was on us, it took us 40 minutes to get out of the parking lot. The boys didn’t make it too far without falling asleep while we were trying to get out of the parking lot.

Walkers out.

Ryan taught Max how to make bacon and eggs…a very important skill for being a Walker boy. Max did a great job making his first bacon and egg breakfast.

The dogs were waiting patiently for some bacon to fall on the floor.

We've had a Chia Homer in a box for a long time (I am not sure why we have it)...well, he finaly made it out of the box. We'll keep you updated of how he's growing.

We weren’t sure how well the boys were really brushing their teeth. We found this mouthwash that turns their teeth blue and you brush it off…great invention, now we know they’ve really got clean teeth.

And more swimming...

“Someone” found the book of temporary tattoos

So after the "marriage" was over, the cousins found the temporary tattoo book, so all the kids had tattoos for the reception. Caster went all out and this is what he looked like. Note the sword tattoo on his forehead.

Then I caught him on Max's bed adding a few more... And this (as of now) is the final product. I assume at some point he'll add a few more.

This was the conversation that took place at Bob and Cindy’s pool that afternoon:

Scott: “Caster, you look like Regan.”

Caster: “You know Regan, how do you know him?”

Scott: “Uh yeah…he’s a legend.”

Caster: “A tattoo legend?”

Scott: “Ha, um, sure.”

The “Marriage” of Eric and Jessica

Eric and Jess got married…but don’t call it a wedding, they’d rather refer to it as the “marriage.” After years of dating they got married on June 28^th, their three year anniversary, in our backyard. Ryan got ordained in Oklahoma (he performed Leo’s wedding in Texas a few years ago) so that he could perform the ceremony. We were glad that we were able to be so involved with the marriage and the preparation. On Saturday, we made 180 cupcakes to make up the wedding cupcake cakes and there was a lot of yard work to be done. On Sunday morning we got up early, Ryan finished the backyard, Sara started cleaning, Jess finished icing her giant cupcake, Eric made the playlist for the reception and Carolyn got all the food ready. Shiloh, Autumn and Fallen set up at the Jazz Lab so that it was ready for the reception. It was a beautiful ceremony, Rev Ry did a great job and most importantly….the cupcakes were delicious!

Thanks Autumn for most of the pics...

Yard Work

Our yard was in terrible shape. The dogs had destroyed it, and we didn’t do much to make it any better. When Eric and Jess decided they were going to get married, and that our backyard would be the perfect place, we said of course…..and then panic set in. They clearly hadn’t seen our backyard in a while! So the work began. When we moved in, there was a dirt mound in the backyard that grass had begun to grow over, so that had to be leveled and then there were weeds galore and trampled flowerbeds. Keith came over one weekend and he and Ryan rototilled the mound. That left a huge dirt pit in the backyard, and we knew as soon as it rained that would equal a mud pit for the dogs to play in. We had to put up a lovely orange construction fence to keep the dogs out of the dirt while we planted seeds and gave the grass time to grow. The following pictures are some before and after shots of the transformation. Of course…Ryan finished up the yard at 7:30am the day of the wedding….nothing like procrastination.

The "mound" beforeFun with the rototiller

The fence...the dogs were not excited about half of their yard being taken away from them
After
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After

Before...this is where the "marriage" would take place

After Before

After

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After

At the wedding the yard looked great…now we just have to keep it that way!

Father's Day

Opening gifts













Max, Caster and Silas making Father's Day cards

The sweet shirt Max and Caster picked out for Dad...and Pops in the
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Chris, Rick, Sara and Scott

The Boys are Here!

Max and Caster flew in last week to spend eight weeks with us this summer. They’ve grown so much since we saw them in November, Max is now 5’2” and Caster is 4’! It is so much fun having them in town. They’ve adjusted much better to the 6 hour time zone change this time (last year they were waking up at 4:30 am for the first week). We’ve already done a lot of swimming. Bob gets excited to buy fun toys for them and got them the best pool rafts! Eric and Jessica joined us this weekend, they are in town for “the marriage,” and the boys love having their cousin Silas here to play with.

Dog pile on uncle Scott!

Max, Silas and Caster and the DS

Baby Isaiah Stone was born on Monday, June 15th. Congrats Lee Anne and Renzi, he is so cute!

June = Friends Having Weddings and Babies

Ryan and I go to a lot of weddings; lucky for us we always have fun at them! We missed Evie's wedding while we were in Cabo, but heard it was great. We made it back just in time to go to my high school friend Lynsey's wedding. She and Matt had a beautiful outdoor wedding...and a photo booth with props. Last weekend we went to Christina and Mat’s wedding, also outside and fantastic.

My co-worker Adrianne had sweet baby Ethan last Thursday. Our friends Amanda and Ryan had baby Chloe on Monday of this week. As you can tell she’s already very stylish, just like her mom. Lee Anne and Renzi are set to have Isaiah on Monday morning; we can’t wait to meet him.

Chloe Ryan

Evie, Chad, and us at Christina and Mat's wedding (photo courtesy of Lindsay)

Max and Caster get here this weekend to spend 8 weeks with us for the summer, we can't wait! Eric and Jessica get married in two weeks...we'd better get back to the yardwork so it looks great for their wedding.

Cabo!

Things have been a little crazy, so I haven’t been able to update in a while. When the Downs got married, they went to Cabo for their honeymoon. The end of their honeymoon fell over Memorial Day weekend and they invited a group of friends to join them. Ryan and I had talked about taking a trip to celebrate his graduation so we decided to stay a few days after the group left to relax. It was a much needed vacation for the both of us and it was so much fun to take a trip with friends!

Sara, Ryan, Kathy and the giant chess set at our hotel
Our "Goonies" picture

At Cabo Wabo, shots from Cindy

Walla, Ryan and Downs

Jena, Layni, Sara and Kristin