Houston Shell Open- Jack's 3rd Birthday!!

Ok so while all of Houston was really fun, the highlight was definitely my Jackers turning 3!! We had such a fun day with him for his birthday. We started the day off with a shopping trip and then lunch at... where else... Chick-fil-a. Danny came home from the course early and took him golfing just the two of them and I'm pretty sure Jack would have been completely satisfied with just that. 5 hours before they were going to leave Jack went out into the bay and was getting his clubs ready and had them set out by the front door. However Danny got PING to send us a little set of clubs including the cutest mini bag that even has a little kickstand and Jack got to open them before their golfing outing. Jack was on cloud 9 getting to golf like a big boy golf cart and all. By the end he had even memorized Daddy's pre-shot routine and had made it his own. My goodness I can't even stand how cute he is.

That night when they got home we had a little party set up for him in front of the motor home. We had the basketball hoop out, ladder golf and we even got our bounce house out for the kids to play on. The best part by far though was that Jack's cousins were there!!! Danny's sister Mary and her husband Mike and their four kids live in Houston and came up for Jack's birthday. They had so much fun playing together as did the adults:) We had pizza, cake and ice cream and even got to completely destroy a Lightning McQueen pinata. Good times!! We also had the Bertch family over. They are some of our friends out here who also have a motor home. It was also their little girl Brianna's birthday so we made it a bit of a double birthday party. It's times like this I'm particularly grateful to have the motor home. It would have been significantly more difficult as well as boring to have a party in a hotel room.
Other highlights of the week mainly revolve around the Diehl family. We piled in the car one day and took all 6 kids to the zoo. We had a memorable time even if we didn't get to see a ton of animals:) In addition to losing one of Joshua's shoes in the sea lion tank Patton fell off a chair and got the biggest goose bump on his head I'm pretty sure I've ever seen. Poor kid had a 3rd eye. And as for the shoe, we decided that even after the 3 hour intensive disinfecting that the zoo felt necessary to do on the shoe, we would leave it there as a memento to our day. It just goes to show that it is much more important who you're with than what you do because we still had a blast:)

Mary, Mike and the kids even came out to watch a little golf. Margaret made it a whole 9 holes while the boys seemed content with 1/2 hole:) They were all troopers though.
Although for Danny the week meant another missed cut, we again made the most of it. We ended up being able to listen to alot more of General Conference (a conference held every 6 months for our church via satellite)than if he had been playing on the weekend (well as much as any other parents of a 3 and 1 year old get to listen to). We even got to participate in conference bingo with the Diehls (ok lets be honest we were just tanking back on the marshmallows) and got to hear Dad Summerhays' name read over the pulpit as he was sustained as an area authority. So excited for him in his new calling and for mom because we know who keeps everything running:) So for the weekend we ended up moving the motor home back down closer to Mary and Mike's house and had a fun weekend with them.

Now for my quick Jack update for his birthday. Oh how I love my Jack!!! He is such a smart little whip and just continues to learn more every day. He loves anything with a ball and is pretty darn good at about anything he tries. He is super social and loves people. He'll often just stick his head out of the motor home window and start yelling/talking to whoever happens to be parked next to us that week. I am so grateful he has the ability to make friends anywhere he goes since he seems to be doomed/blessed with a life of constant change. He is such a fun and sweet big brother and is completely adored by his little bro. Patton can't go to sleep at night unless Jack is in there with him and most mornings the first thing out of his mouth is "Jack". He is so full of life and spunk and anyone who meets him loves him. I am constantly amazed at the things that come out of his mouth. He is my little buddy!!! Happy Birthday Little Man!!!!