MEET TAYLOR COLE THOMAS!

Our latest news!!!! Taylor "Cole" Thomas was born yesterday to Katie and Ed and Big Brother Lewis! Our new nephew weighed 7lb 6 oz and was 19.5 in long and was born at 9:55 am on June 29th! We are such proud Aunt/Uncle and SO PROUD of their new cousin are Airey and Campbell! He will make the 6th grandson with our two families combined so we almost have a football team! He looks like Ed so far...but we will see! Congrats Katie,Ed and Lewis! We love you!

Happy Fathers Day!

Roger fishing in front of our dock

Airey and his Gator =)

Cool shot at 7am! A Little "boggy" as Airey says, lol

Roger and Matt w/ his first catch of the day

We headed out Friday after Airey's final swim graduation to the new house in Heber Springs to celebrate Fathers Day with Roger's Mom and Dad and the boys. It was a HOTTT one but we still had time to take the boys to the playground, Airey to ride the Gator and Roger and his Dad got in some father/son fishing time. Matt Millner, a trout fly fishing guide, took the boys out early Sunday and man oh man did they catch fish! 70 to be exact. Pops even caught two at one time! Wow, they had the magic touch =o). We enjoyed eating out and cooking out and basically a lot of eating and I cooked the Fathers a big breakfast to celebrate and surprised Roger with a plate with the boys foot prints on it that said "following in daddy's footsteps" it was toooo cute! Roger and I snuck in a movie and mexican this past Wednesday and I must say if you haven't seen the "Hangover" you MUST! Kinda frat boy vulgar in parts, but what did you expect??? its called the Hangover .....haha, Defiantly good for a laugh! 

As for the boys, Campbell is finally army crawling at least considering he is 10 months now :) He has 7 teeth and is just sweet as pie. He loves his Mommy and loves to follow every thing brother does. He is starting to eat real food. He gobbled up 2 nuggets and 4 fries at Chick Fil A yesterday while Airey played at the playground and came back to discover his food was gone....Campbell didn't care, he liked it! I took the boys to their 1st movie today and Airey LOVED it, Campbell got hungry but im impressed how well they did. The movie was cute too, Tales of Desperado, a story of a mouse :) Airey is into everything, we think he has hit the terrible 2's. He is just rough and tough all the time and a ball of energy. He hears everything I say and pays attention to it all. No slip up's around here, lol! He tells me "im mad" "leave me alone". I am constantly telling him stop, no, don't, quiet, or something. This Mommy thing is a real full time job NOW! No going back, haha.....i love it, and am enjoying the boy he is becoming! I cant wait for what tomorrow brings!

A packed weekend!

The Three Musketeers! Airey, Gray and Lewis on piano! 

Sweetest Pic I have ever taken.......awwwww

The Gals enjoying the Golf!

A rare family shot!

Mr. Keith Urban.....GREAT!

Enjoying the concert

Airey SWIMMING with his face under water! WOW! So proud!

All Airey's swim class lined up and ready to show off what they have learned this week (parents are not allowed except on Friday Graduation Days)

Were do i start this week....its been crazy fun and busy! Airey started swimming lessons this past week with the ever famous Swim Nazi, Miss Donna....but dont let the name fool ya.....she is AMAZING! She had a mid-way graduation on Friday morning so the kids could show off what they had learned so far. Airey has learned to swim with this face underwater and jump off the side of the pool. He is still scared to jump off but Miss Donna and our assurance helped him. He has started kicking better this week and has requested goggles b/c he likes to open his eyes underwater and look at all the cool toys Miss Donna has on the bottom! We are so proud and we know by his big graduation this friday he will take on the diving board jump, yikes!

Wednesday we kicked off the big St. Jude Classic golf tourney at Pops house with Graham (Loren Roberts Caddy) cooking us yummy lamb chops and a fabulous dinner. We came out all weekend and watched golf and got to hang out with great friends and consume way to many margaritas and cold beers. We actually got on SportsCenter a couple times too! One, we saw Camillio Vegegeas (sp?) hit one from the fairway at Big Rogers into the HOLE!!!! It was over 200 yard shot and it made the #2 play of the day on SportsCenter (the best shot i have ever seen in real life!) and we went to watch Phil Mickelson on #12 and made it on TV again! The celebrity is really starting to go to our heads....i just knew people were going to start asking for our autographs....haha. We had a LARGE time with the boys and our friends all in one place and had most of our cousins and family there too! It was exhausting but a lot of fun and now its time to re-coop!

Friday night Roger and I went to the Keith Urban/ Sugarland Concert at the Forum and whooooo hoooo......it was unbelievable! They put on a show and we were soaking wet with sweat from dancing and thats when you know you have had a good time....we had planned on a romantic date beforehand, but mother nature vetoed that with tornadoes hitting everywhere, WOW.....so we settled in for a little take out McAlisters....(the club is so underated!) We enjoyed getting our "Country On"  and loved the time together!

 

Hope you all have a great week and Happy Early Fathers Day to all!

Love, The Coles

Date NIght and Birthday Fun!

The BIRTHDAY boy! Happy 2nd bday Lewis!

campbell enjoying swing time

airey of course in the jumper pit

My sweet sweet campbell.....trying to stand up!

Well Roger got an early Fathers Day gift (that was suppose to be a surprise...long story...a lot of pouting on Rog's part so it was spoiled!) of tickets to Cross Canadian Ragweed. This Texas band that he LOVES! So we had an amazing dinner at Itta Bena before and let me just say that place is AMAZING....you have to try it! Its above BB Kings on the corner of Beale....oh how fabulous everything was..even have Le Crema Pinot Noir by the glass....yummy.  We headed to the concert and had fun dancing and being a newlywed couple all over again! Its so fun to date your spouse, almost more fun than in the beginning because the love has grown so much deeper and you appreciate so much more the little moments you get to spend with just each other...I love you Roger! 

Saturday was Lewis' 2nd birthday party. It was all Thomas the Train. My nephew had a ball! Lots of friends and family to share the big day with and the last birthday with just him...since his new little brother Cole will be here this month! Happy Birthday LEWIS! All the kids had a blast and we got to cook steaks out with the whole family including Ed's sister, hubby and their kiddos Mary Robinson and Thomas....Airey is IN LOVE with Mary Robinson and hasn't quit talking about her since. Sunday the boys Roger, Ed and Pops geared everything up for this weeks St. Jude Golf Tourney. Please let us know if you want to come out! We would love to have you...the more the Merrier and its Phil Mickelson's return since wife Amy was diagnosed with breast cancer, so we can be there to cheer him on! There is a great field of players this year with some big time names. I cant wait for all the fun and golf!  We have it all set up on #17. We have plenty of passes and parking .....and FOOD! Until next time! -Fore!

Redbirds and Sprinkler Fun!

Airey at the Collierville Sprinkler Park!

Campbell and Mommy soaking up the Rays!

Airey on the Big kid ride!

Airey with Hat and baseball in hand!

Airey got to meet Rocky Redbird and even prays for him at night, haha!

the Cole Patrol

Hello! The Coles have had a busy week. I have been trying to keep the boys busy so we hit the sprinkler park three times this week and it has been a blast! I got to meet up with a great friend from high school and her two kiddos, and then Rog took us on Sunday. Friday Night we went to the Polos and Pearls MS Charity fundraiser and it was great to hear the testimonials and help out a great cause by bidding on the Silent auction. We won a Larry Bird autographed basketball, Roger was flipping out over it! We also got a couple of great gift certificates for fun date nights too. After the MS party we met up with friends and cousins at Mi Pueblo for a margarita- Fun night! Saturday was the big anticipated Redbirds game. Airey and Campbell's 1st live baseball game. Airey was mesmerized by it all! Uncle Terry got him a ball and we got him the cap and he would let go of them to save his life. He got to ride this totally cool ride that was meant for 6 years and up , but our brave one didnt back down! He obviously isnt going to have his mothers fear of heights..hehe. Campbell loved all the action too and hanging out with Stephanie, Miss Whitney and of course Aunt Paige :) We had so much fun taking the boys to do that- It was incredible to see the look on their faces at how much they truly were in heaven (its what parenting and having kids is all about)! Sunday we hit the sprinkler park with Dada for more outdoor fun and Last night we cooked out with the in-laws and Aunt Katie, Uncle Ed, and Lewis to catch up with the family. We are such a blessed and lucky family and I am reminded of that in the little things every day! 

As for the boys- Campbell has decided that crawling is for the birds and he literally rolls everywhere he wants to go. I mean he will roll from room to room. Its hysterical! Its like the peditrician says there is "only 1 Campbell Cole" you can throw out everything the 1st baby taught you and start over! They are so completely different! Campbell is a Mommy's boy, which I LOVE! Airey was always a Daddy's boy. He is babbling seriously----Airey covers his ears its so loud...babababababadadadada--gagagagag in a high pitch squealing voice....i have to say its cute but loud. He wont be in Church anytime soon, haha! He got three more teeth this week so that made for a foul last couple of days, but he is all good now. He is eating so much more baby food down to 3 bottles now and loves Goldfish, Crunchies, even chocolate chip cookies (thanks Aunt Edna). Airey is talking so much....complete sentences with even the right tense and person used...like "I am" doing etc...."Me too" ....Starting to ask "Why" a lot....not annoying yet, but he is just inquisitive???? It's wild to have a conversation with him b/c he completely gets everything I am saying! We are so blessed to have these two healthy boys and I couldnt be any prouder of them... or my life.....Until next time.....