Happy Daddy Day!

What a great day.

I gave Tim his father's day gifts last night. This canvas photo:

I love this picture because we took it at the Armed forces bowl last December and this is the winning moment of the game. Tim also got a new BYU jumper (sweater not jumpsuit LOL) and a preseason college football magazine.

Today was really great, we played all day then had bbq for dinner with good friends and played on the trampoline outside for a while. I really wanted Father's day to be special for Tim this year, he's such a great dad. Anyone that knows him or see's him with the boys can instantly tell how amazing he is. I couldn't have asked for a more involved, helpful, and caring husband. As I am typing this I can hear him putting the kids to bed and ready them a story, lovely.

Tim and his boys

Oh also, today while we were outside Oli ran up to me and said: "I found a creature with spikes." So I ran over to see and this little guy was there! Tim informed us all he's a horned frog but is technically a lizard. I think he was munching on the ants (thanks buddy!) Tim also informed us not to touch him because he squirts blood from his eyes when he's mad, nice....

Besties

I've been holding off doing this blog post because it's too sad and it means our friends are really gone. We said goodbye to our lovely friends the Iversons last week, they're done with Lubbock and are moving on. We've known them since we got here 2 years ago and it's been awesome. They're the kind of friends you call at one in the morning because you need to go to the emergency room, the kind of friends who will drop what they're doing anytime to help you out, the kind of friends you share a hotel room with (LOL), the kind of friends you can joke around with, be honest with, and really be yourself with. Not only will Tim and I miss Wade and Lindsay TONS but our boys have lost some really great friends too. Here's some pics (I had so many I just chose the best ones):

Oli, Brooklyn & Weston, Halloween 2011

Riding the train, Easter 2011

 In Rosa's

 Chillin in Spoonful

 Bahama Bucks, a few days before leaving :(

 LOL

 

Lovely ladies who threw me a baby shower

 

 Riverwalk in San Antonio last summer

 Weston & JJ, playing in the tent

 Lindsay's birthday dinner

 All the kiddo's

 Best Buddies

 More best buddies

Brooklyn, our favourite babysitter

Adorable-ness!

When can we come to Arizona???!!!

Recent fun

I always say to Tim "there's nothing to do in Lubbock." Here's some recent pics that prove me wrong!

 Sometimes we take JJ to lunch when Oli is at school

Yummy firehouse subs

Dressing Eli up like a superhero

 Cute JJ shopping at the Science Spectrum 

(our local kids museum)

More shopping

Being afraid of the big T-rex

 Again at the museum

Oli being my little biologist

 I forgot to post these before.

JJ did this jumper on his birthday!

So brave

Swimming with the cousins! 

Makayla, JJ & Porter

 JJ is a serious water baby

 Cute Myra

 Mr Lawson

Porty Pie, or as he likes to call himself "Ports"

 Us!

 Love this pool, we've had so much fun there already this summer

Bros (and Oli's tush)

Eli's special day

We blessed Eli on Sunday (kind of like a Christening). It was really sweet and I just had a happy feeling all day. I feel really blessed that I have these three boys.

 Family Pic outside our church in Lubbock.

I still can't believe this is my family. I'm so lucky.

Tyson & Sara and their kids came from Dallas for the blessing. 

Here's some cute cousins eating dinner!

Dallas getaway

Tim recently finished school for a few weeks so we decided we'd better take a break while we can! Just being out of Lubbock for a few days was really nice. Here's some highlights from our trip:

On our way! 5 hour drive

We spent the first two days at the Great Wolf Lodge. It's a big resort with an indoor water park. Oli's favourite part was the lazy river, he just kept wanting to swim around and around it. JJ liked the wave pool, he found it hilarious every time a wave hit him. They both loved the slides and the kiddy pool. I think we underestimated how tiring it would be with 3 kids in a place like this, but it was worth it!

 We're here!

Oli loved it!

 JJ is a happy boy in the pool

Eli snuggled and slept most of the time

 Tim's favourite part!

 Oli is a brave boy

Me and my boys

All four Oblad boys

We were also really excited to go to Dallas because there's some places to eat that we don't have in Lubbock. We ate at Red Robin, Steak n Shake, and Costa Vida (a poor man's version of Cafe Rio, but hey it hits the spot), and Rainforest Cafe, a really fun restaurant that looks like a rainforest inside and has tons of life-size animals.

 Some dinner at Steak n Shake

Oli is such a good sport

At Rainforest Cafe, the boys loved this crocodile

We also spent a few days in North Dallas staying with Tyson & Sara (Tim's older brother and their family). We always have a lot of fun together. It's pretty crazy with 7 kids getting in each others hair, but it's worth it. We spent a day at the zoo with them.

A day at Dallas Zoo!

This kid is going to be a biologist

A week of no naps took it's toll on JJ!

This Gorilla stared us down for a while

 Cute brothers checking out the penguins

Cousin love! Oli & Myra

Eli & Makayla

Makayla, Lawson, JJ & Porter

This was probably our only getaway of the summer so I'm glad we did it while we could. Tim has a busy summer. He is proposing his thesis in a few weeks (a meta-analysis on cyber bullying) and will hopefully be defending it in August. Then you can all call him "Master Tim"!