Fun Summer

Gavin turned 3 in June! He really wanted a 'rocket ship Mater' for his birthday so he was a happy kid. We also made chocolate cupcakes just like he wanted. 

One of our latest projects was making wooden airplanes. 

I love how Spencer's plane turned out- he always makes sure to follow the instructions exactly and wanted his plane to look just like the one on the box. 

Gavin's plane shows his personality too.

Working some play-do magic.

Thanks Grandpa Rich and Grandma Pam for the Brazil shirts you brought back! 

One of my favorite things about Gavin's current stage is how much he loves to 'hide'. He still thinks if he can't see me then I can't see him. He just giggles while I ask 'Where's Gavin?' and then pops his head up to surprise me. 

We have a year pass to the Children's Museum in College Station. It's a pretty tiny museum, but the boys have fun.  

I tried to turn the faucet on a couple of weeks ago and no water came out. I went outside to investigate and noticed water pouring up out of the water line going to our house. Awesome. I called the city to  turn the water off (I tried to, but couldn't find the shut off valve since the water was muddy), but Brant came home early from work and beat them to it. He and our neighbor tried to repair the broken pipe. It didn't hold and it would have been a couple of days before a plumber could come out. Luckily, we know a plumber and he was nice enough to come help us after he got off of work. Our water was back on by 10 that night- thank goodness for helpful plumbers!

We have a crawler on our hands! Tyler mostly just scoots around rather than crawling on his hands and knees, but it's working for him. He is making sure to get into all of his older brothers' toys. 

We spent a hot and humid day at the Houston Zoo. The giraffes are my favorite, oh, and the boys in front of the giraffes. 

They had an exhibit full of lego animals. The boys kept running to the next animal- they were more excited about the lego ones than the real ones. 

The first Tuesday of the month is $1 day at the Natural History Museum in College Station. You can pretty much see all of the museum in this picture because it is super tiny, but it's a fun little outing when it's so hot in the summer. 

College Station is home to the George Bush Presidential Library which is an awesome museum. We spent a few hours there on the fourth of July since admission is free. 

Tyler is such a happy little guy and so content to just chill in his stroller. 

This was our last Family Home Evening activity. The boys are practicing being reverent (something we need to work on in Sacrament Meeting). They had to sit still with their arms folded for a whole minute. You can tell Spencer is trying so hard not to laugh. This was the practice round- Gavin failed miserably- but the second round they both did a great job. It helped that the reward was a cookie.