The Slavik's 50th wedding anniversary party

My college roomie invited me to see her new house (yes, it's already 4 years old and I'm just now seeing it) in Liberty Hill to a party celebrating her parents' (Fred and Ann's) 50th wedding anniversary.  Congrats!

This may be Brooke's first road trip??  Laura, your home is gorgeous!

Chad's 43rd

Dinner at Babe's with sweet babes.

After party with chocolate cheesecake.  I asked Lane what kind of cake we should make for Daddy and he said it should have cheese and chocoloate :)!

New Art

Lane has apparently graduated from what he calls 'scribble scrabble', below, which is what all his art used to look like, to his new style, above.  Bottom left is the sun, water on the bottom, and a birds nest on the top right.  Mama loves all the 'connecting' lines.  Very cool!

Rock Star Lane

Time for the Garden

Last weekend Chad prepped the garden for planting and Lane and Chad went plant shopping.

Brooke had a front row seat to all the action and seems to love being outdoors.

... most of the time :)!

Papa, Jan and Wendy came over for dinner last weekend.  Chad made yummy beer can chicken, cornbread, corn and kale.  Chad's such a good cook, kale even tastes good!

Jan and Wendy

Brooke with Gramma and Papa.

Monday mom took care of Lane and after work, Brooke, Lane and I had dinner at Grandma Bobbie and Harvey's house.  We tried out a new pizza place and I really liked it.

Thursday we went to the Heard Museum.  We got a late start, but after being sick in the early part of the week, I was elated to get feel like getting out of bed and out of the house.  Unfortunately, Lane got sick on the way home from the Heard Museum.

I decided to leave the picnic table when the chicken jumped up on the bench next to me.  Startled me!

We checked out the 'Bugs' exhibit at the Heard.

Lane made a match.

Lane really likes doing 'activities'.

Lane and Chad have been working on a step stool with two steps.  Tonight was 'primer' night.  They picked out paint today.  Lane decided it should be blue!

Perfect Weather, The Neighborhood is Emerging from Hibernation!

Sweet Brooke got her newborn hearing screening today.  She got an A+!

Last night, after Chad got off work, he and Lane worked on a two-step step stool project in the garage.  Our back door neighbors are really nice.  They came out and Lane got to play with their little girl who is six months younger than Lane.  Thank you, Rolin, for the girl clothes for Brooke! 

At Brooke's hearing screening today, Dr. Michelle got out this puppet when Lane asked, "what is that purple thing in the corner?"  Lane had great manners for the entire hour we were there.

Tonight, when Daddy got home, we went to eat at Ghengis Grill.  Fun and pretty good food!  Nice for something different, but not as good as Fuzzy's Tacos (have you HAD their queso??).  After dinner, Lane and Daddy played t-ball while Mom and Brooke enjoyed the absolutely perfect weather on a blanket under the tree.  I think Brooke really loves the change of scenery when we head outside.

Instead of Story Time

I got the time wrong for story time this week, but we found some other neat activities to do instead.  They offer games you can play on the wall.  This one featured Tommy Triangle.  Lane had to find the pictures of things that started with the letter T and put them on Tommy Triangle.  They have a lot of other types of games you can play on the same wall.  Brooke enjoyed her time there, too.  She was on her tummy, practicing holding her hed up and we coo'ed back and forth to one another :)!