Finishing out September!

Reid made a knight costume complete with pizza boxes, a plastic bowl, saran wrap and lots of tape!

 Having fun with snapchat

 Connor had a project to construct, which was to create an island and write a paper about it.  Not to be outdone, Reid had to make an island as well! He'll be prepared when it's his turn in 2 years!

 Drew is such a climber.  

 And tumbles back down!

 Look at me Mom!

 So proud of himself!

 Drew-bug; such a cool dude!

 The breathtaking sunset at the ranch in Kenedy

 My friend, Jenifer and I went to Round Top

 Jenifer's girls with my boys.  They have so much fun together

At our school's spirit night at Chick-fil-A

 These kids helped me work the spinning wheel

 Reid with his buddy, Colton

 Where's the bus??

 Mommy's little taste tester!

 Fun in a box!

 Connor went to a boot camp with me and was awesome!

 An app called faceswap.  The boys switched faces!  It's creepy and crazy!!

 Reid the dog

 It's no secret, we love Blue Bell!!

 One morning I came out to some sweet messages written on my car! :) "I love you.  Thank you for being my mom." Reid

 Climbing at CFA

 I took his car seat out to clean it and he had fun playing in it

 Connor with his friend, Bryson

Drew gets into his snacks and brings them to me (he has since learned how to sign "please") He gets so excited when I start opening the applesauce.  He marches in place, then walks away enjoying his snack!

Pine Cove

For one weekend in September, Reid and I attended a Mother-Son retreat and LOVED it!  I had taken Connor to one last spring in Tyler, and now it was Reid's turn for one in Columbus.  

The first night, we were grouped with other campers and had to construct a pirate ship to race in the swimming pool.

My best friend from high school, Shannon, has a son who is just 8 months older than Reid.  These boys got to know one another at Camp Cho-Yeh and immediately formed a friendship.  So we invited them to come with us for the weekend.  The boys had so much fun together.

After the timer went off to build the pirate ships, these two ran out into the grass jumping around and embracing.  Shannon and I were laughing so hard!

The next morning at breakfast.

The fun swimming pool

One of the first events was called Mother-Son California Kickball.  The moms and boys were connected together by the ankles.  

Shannon and Brennan

I caught the ball in the outfield!

Enjoying sno-cones after our big Win!

Brennan and Reid

Reid with the announcers.  These guys were hilarious!!

Reid loves playing checkers, and he legitimately beat me!!

Getting ready to ride the big swing

Next it was time for a canoe ride

Then archery and b.b. guns

It was such a hot day so jumping in the pool felt oh, so good!

After pool time, it was time to zip line.  I love that my boys will try out all the adventures!

Enjoying the tire swing

Another fun swing that goes in all directions

Getting ready for the late night mother-son scavenger hunt

The counselors were SO good!  

One of Shannon's friends stayed with us as well

I'm so blessed to have had this one on one time with each of my boys!

While we were at our retreat, Connor & the rest of the 3rd graders, were given a Bible on stage at church.

What a great weekend!!