Chris' Graduation

I was trying to decide what events to talk about on this blog to get caught up for the past few months since I have not been blogging. I decided that I absolutely HAD to start with Chris's graduation from the University of Oklahoma. This was a huge moment in our lives, and he has been working so hard to reach this goal for the past four years. I am so proud of Chris, and I appreciate him so much for making the commitment to go back to school so that he could get a great job and support our family and so that I could stay home with Jayden. Here are a ton of pictures from May 13 & 14, 2011!

Chris in front of the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium-where the Commencement Ceremony took place.

Chris and I before Commencement. It was SO cold!

Grana and Chris

Chris and Jayden. Jayden was so excited to be inside of the stadium!

Such a cute picture of Jayden and Riley!

Yea! We have been looking forward to this for four years!

Chris walking into the Commencement Ceremony.

The stage. (I feel like all pictures need a caption!)

Jayden holding his glow stick at the end of the ceremony. An OU tradition-graduates hold red ones, and guests hold white ones. (Oh, and he has earplugs in his ears because the fireworks were about to start!)

Fireworks at the end of the ceremony. Still gives me goosebumps just remembering it!

Jayden and Nonni. Guess the earplugs didn't work well enough for him!

Chris and Jamie (Our fav waitress) at Sooner Legends for Chris' graduation lunch on May 14, 2011.

The three of us before Chris' graduation ceremony!

Chris and his parents before graduation.

Chris and his sister, Katie, before graduation.

Jayden and Chris. He was so excited that Daddy was about to graduate...and that he was going to Disney World the next day!

He totally deserved a kiss after all of his hard work. ;)

Yea! The moment that we have been waiting for!

Chris in line to get his degree.

Chris getting his degree.

So proud of him!

My graduate...I love this man so much! :)

Appetizers at Chris' graduation party at my parent's house after the ceremony!

More appetizers...

The cake table...

Mmmmm.....Crimson and Cream cake from Sooner Legends! The best cake ever!

I think Jayden enjoyed the cake! (It's red velvet in case you can't tell!)

The kids loved rolling down a hill in my parent's yard!

Some of our sweet friends who came to the party. Miss them so much!

And finally...I got to hold my sister's baby!

Great Grandma Lee

What a special treat it was for Jayden to get to see his Great Grandma Lee this past weekend! He has only met her once before, so they were both very happy to see each other again!

One of my Favorite Pictures

I took this picture of Jayden over the weekend. It's one of my favorites of him!

Jayden's 4th Birthday Party

Jayden turned four years old on December 1! I cannot believe that my little boy is getting so big! We are going to Disney World in May, so he wanted a Mickey Mouse party this year. Here are a few pictures from the day! (You can't tell by these pictures, but there were 20 people in our little house!)

Jayden all ready for his party to begin. He loved his Mickey ears!

The Mickey Mouse cake that I made.

Mickey Mouse ear cupcakes that I made.

We had pigs-in-a-blanket ("hot dogs" because Mickey does the Hot Dog Dance), cheese (because mice eat cheese), cake, and cupcakes!

Jayden loved the food!

My mom bought me this super-cute apron, so that I could look like Minnie Mouse!

Jayden getting ready to blow out his candles.

Jayden's present from me and Chris was a "big boy" bed. We converted his toddler bed into a full size bed. He loved it!

It's Been Three Months...

...since my last blog post, and I'm sorry. Life has been even more crazy than usual over the last three months, and my time has been wrapped up in my family.

What have we been doing the last three months? Well....let's see. Chris and I are another year older, as is my dad. Jayden has still been going to gymnastics and is loving it. We saw my sister for the first time in a year. Chris taught his first adult class at church-it was a singing class and was wonderful! Chris also finished his semester at OU, and made all A's and B's....something he id not think was possible. (I am SO proud of him!) Tornadoes hit my Nana's neighborhood/house and my parents house. They both got new roofs. Chris got Lasik on his eyes and is doing great and can see great! Chris has been working in Arkansas as a roughneck on a drilling rig. He works seven days on and seven days off. He works a total of 88 hours in seven days. This has left Jayden and I by ourselves for much of the summer...we are surviving though! I have a bottle tan and have become a bottle redhead, and my hair is getting long. I have also lost 28 pounds! My parents have lost almost 50 pounds each!!! Chris and I celebrated his birthday and our 5th anniversary in Dallas. We went to see Wicked while there. Jayden and I went with Nonni to Arkansas to see Chris and Papa John at the Lee's new house. We were there for four days and then went on to Sikeston, Missouri to see the rest of Chris' family. We had a wonderful vacation and Jayden got to meet a part of his family that he had never met before. There is a ton more that we have done, but these were the high points!

Enjoy some pictures from our last three months! I'm going to try to post more frequently again, but ya know...life happens, so I can't promise anything!

The house across from my Nana's house after the tornadoes.

Mmmmm...the yummy Crimson and Cream cake from Sooner Legends for me and my dad's bday!

The patio set that I used my bday money on! I love it!!!

Nonni and Papa John's new house in Arkansas.

The drilling rig that Chris is working on this summer.

Jayden, Chris, and I at a lake in Arkansas.

Chris and his Great-Grandma Lee. This is the first time that they had met!

The four sisters. Ruthann, Phyllis, Carolyn, and Tammy. (I do apologize if I have misspelled a name!)

I love this picture! Jayden holding a frog!

Jayden and Papa John riding the mule. He LOVED this and the four-wheeler!

Chris performed for us at a family lunch.

Chris, Jayden, Papa John, and Grandma Lee

Kirstie, Taylor, Montana, Chris, Hunter, Jake, Tristan, Addie, and Jayden (Again...I'm sorry if I spelled any of your names wrong!)