4th of July Week

We had a wonderful 4th of July week. We headed to Lake Texoma on July 1st & returned on July 6th. Patrick's parents joined us for our camping trip while Starla, Norman, & the boys came out for 2 days. Here is the week in pictures:

Zane is quite the little swimmer! He LOVES the water! This is nothing new this summer, as he has always been fond of the water. Swim lessons are over & he is swimming everywhere. "Without floaties," he will add. He jumps into the deep end of our pool & swims to the side steps. He does anything that Little Norman does or encourages him to do! :) Check out his dive below!

Zane swimming to the steps after jumping off the side of the pool.
The dive he copied from Little Norman!
Fun with Little Norman & Nolan in the pool!
Tubing with Daddy on Lake Texoma!
Swimming in Lake Texoma with Mommy!

Let me just tell you, as you will see below, our little Zayner Bug is a true boy! He loves to hunt & fish! He went out EARLY every morning with Patrick & Papa to fish. They got up about 5:00am & Zane was right there with them. When he got tired on the boat, he took him a little nap, but he was surely not missing out on any fishing time! He is truly his father's son, a hunter & a fisher!

Kissing the fish for good luck! YUCK!
Looks like kissing the fish worked! Look at the fish Patrick, Zane & Papa caught!
Zane will KILL me in about 10 years, but this picture was too cute not to post! Boys will be boys! I love his tan little booty!
Little Norman had been "skipping" rocks, so guess what Zane is trying to do?! Rather than skipping, he is throwing! His hair has gotten so blonde that it looks as if he doesn't have any in this picture. But check out his baby blues!

Berkley had her 2 month, get this a WELL BABY visit! She weighed in at 10 pounds 4 ounces which put her at 35% and 23 inches long which put her at 75%. Looks like Berkley is going to to make quite the little athlete of some kind, being tall & skinny (unless things change, which could happen in the blink of an eye. Look at her mommy & daddy, not tall nor skinny). We were given a clean bill of health. This all occurred on Tuesday & low & behold on Thursday I had to take Berkley to an Acute Care Clinic for thrush mouth. Perfect timing - Thursday evening, following day was July 4th, our doctor was not going to be open, so an emergency visit it was going to be. We came home to a few calls from the health department wanting us to be the spokes family for a Channel 8 special for Pertussis (whopping cough). Whoops, missed that!!! Berkley is doing much better now. She is sleeping all night long for most nights! Whoo whooo! Zane didn't do this until after I got pregnant with Princess Berkley! She LOVED the fireworks! I know she can't see very far, but she sure seemed to be staring at the fireworks show. She was silent throughout the show, just sitting back & sucking on her two fingers. Sucking her two fingers is a new little habit of hers! Cute now, but rather hard to break later!

Zane & Berkley waiting for the fireworks show to begin.

Our little family of four sporting our Old Navy tees!

Berkley watching the fireworks & sucking her fingers! How cute is this?!

Daddy & Zane watching the fireworks show at Thousand Trails!

Mom had her next to last chemo on July 2nd. Praise God that she is almost done with this chemo stuff! I just keep praying that all her scans come back clear & she can move on to radiation. She did miss the fireworks show due to feeling sick & being tired, but she was at work yesterday. Again, I have said it a dozen times, but it rings so very true & only due to God's grace, My mom is a Champ! Keep the prayers coming, please. Pray she is able to move forward with radiation & can get this all behind her soon enough.

I hope you all had a wonderful and safe 4th of July! I have seen others post what they call "Favorite Photo Friday's". That is my goal, to at least post every Friday with a couple of Favorite Photos of the kids.

Love to all ~ Patsi