I'm Too Cool...

...for my peaches!

Summer fun

We're loving the summer weather!

Good Morning!

Delish

Green Beans with Goat Cheese, Tomatoes, and Roasted Almonds

The other evening for dinner, I tried a new vegetable recipe, that turned out to be the hit of the meal. It was so fabulously good, and easy, that I wanted to share. It is a perfect summer vegetable dish. My mouth is drooling just thinking about it! I hope you try it...it's that good.

Here's a link to this delightfully yummy recipe:

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1990017

The Happiest Baby on the Block

Logan, from day one, has proven to us that he truly is the "Happiest Baby on the Block". Logan has a happy demeanor, pleasant personality, easy-going nature, and loving spirit. And today, his big personality shined during our first "Mommy and Me" swim class. He loved every minute! He was all smiles from the time we opened the doors to the pool, to the time we were getting out. The other mommies in the class kept saying, "he is just the happiest baby! He can't stop smiling!". He laughed, splashed, and danced in the pool. He tried blowing bubbles, floated on his back, and had so much fun sliding down the slide independently! Logan is noticeably the oldest in the class (I think the youngest is 10 months old.); so while most of the babies were clinging to their mommy's sides like little koala bears, Logan was trying to propel himself away from me! He didn't want me to hold him! He would jump off me and lunge for whatever he saw as interesting! He made me laugh and smile so much during our class. I took these same swim classes with Ben when he was a baby, and Ben enjoyed them too---but there was always an underlying illness present in his sweet body that prevented him from being truly happy. Today, in swim class, Logan was the definition of happiness. And I am so thankful for having the "Happiest Baby on the Block".

**(When I am able to have someone come to class with us, I will get him/her to take some pictures so I can show you in a future post!)

Trip to the Coast

Over Memorial Day weekend, we were in Port O'Connor, at my parent's home.

Here are my boys: fishing buddies. My parent's home doesn't have a tub, only a stall shower. So when our babies out-grew the kitchen sink for their bath times, they graduated to the big blue bucket (on the porch) for a bath. And this visit, Ben (who has been taking showers for awhile!) decided he wanted to bathe in the blue bucket too. He loved it!

We took the boys to the beach after dinner Sunday evening. Logan has been to the beach before--- (remember this post? http://randykristenbenhood.blogspot.com/2009/06/galveston-bound.html) ---but he doesn't remember it. So this, was his first real "taste and feel" of a beach. He really had fun; running, splashing, and falling into the water.

And Ben, yes, he has always loved the beach too. :-)

My "Water Babies".

The beautiful boys in my life.