Look Who Came for a Visit

Last week Zane's Favorite Person in the Whole World came to see us. He was so excited. He said, "Momma, I'm going to build a castle for my little princess, Laney Bug."

I hate that these pics didn't go in order, but this was our Bug after spending a few hours with us!
Here is our Bug as soon as she got here. Zane was soooo excited. She is sitting up now and even......

Crawling. She turns for a pose though. Is this a Little Princess or WHAT!!
Ms. Kendra even brought Snogit for us. Jolyon and Zane had a great time playing with each other. Zane misses seeing them everyday!
Zane was worried that Laney would get hurt crawling around and pulling up on his chair.
Playing in Zane's room. We are so glad you came over and played. Zane did ask Kendra if she was leaving and she said no. Zane said well, I think you should and leave Laney Bug with us!
Hopefully one day soon dear Zane you will have a sister of your own and she will never leave even when you want her too, but we can only hope she is as happy and beautiful as your precious Laney Bug!!!!

COWBOY UP!!!!!

Ok, I have no cowboyness (is that a word) in me. Lance on the other hand is a man with lots of aches and pains due to his earlier cowboy days. He rode bulls and bareback horses so I guess this is where Zane gets it and it leads to this...
I told Zane to go get dressed because we were going to church and minutes later he comes out with this......

I died laughing and he asks, "Can I wear this Please, to church?"
How could I deny it. Shorts, John Deer boots, cowboys belt with holster and gun, baseball shirt, and cowboy hat. SO ridiculous but cute. He then says he is going to be in rodeos like Daddy was. I have not decided to break is little heart yet by telling him that the only thing he will be doing in rodeos is riding the stick horse races or the man in the truck picking up the barrels. After all the aches and pains that his Daddy has, I'm sure he would agree!
Look at him though, what a natural little cowboy. Oh, and so charmful with that smile tipping his hat to the Ladies. Oh, my we are in for it!!!!!

Summer... Summer..... Summer.... Time

Our summer has been full of fun but very relaxing! No running here and there and everywhere. AND thank the good lord above NO SOCCER!!! Here is a little of what we have been up to or things that I have seen that just captured my heart!

Gary Gilbert...What a great tree to climb right above his mom and throw leaves in her hair. I love watching boys be boys!

Look at these two! Always laughing it up and being silly. Just wait until I put them doing the worm together one night at Acacia....Priceless!
Jen Taylor...what you can't see is her name tag that one of her boys made her that says I LUV My Mom. She had it on all day and wore it into Buck and Ozzy's! Proud Momma!
Angela Gilbert's Mom and Dad. YES, they put up with ALL of us and our kids. WE love them!
Somehow most of the kids from Acacia all seemed to be able to have a spot on the Gator! Be careful Logan, you just ran into Gary and now he is on your hood!
Zane can swing ALL BY MYSELF, MOM!!
Showing his rear...that is what he does best
He loves the tire swing
We FINALLY had a little rain. Ethan Heare had a ball playing in the rain at church. It was such a joy to watch him discover this. The excitement on his face and the desire for more and more of what he had just discovered.
Thank you, Jesus for the rain so I could see this!

Lots of swimming.

BIG ARMS!! BIG ARMS!!!
Being a Ham
Look Miss Lizzy, I'm going under!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Happy summer to all and we only have 2 more weeks of summer fun left......I guess it will be welcome back to reality.....dinner at 5:30, bed time AGAIN, School Again and boooo Soccer Again!!

PUPPY LOVE

On July 3oth I took Zane and Lawton to the last day of the summer reading program. There was a storyteller there and he was AMAZING!!! Lawton was even in one of his stories. When leaving we were stopped by some nice ladies there with FREE kittens. They were so cute and Lawton, Zane and I wanted to take one home especially since we just had a snake in our garage. I thought that would be the PERFECT excuse to give Lance when asking if we could have one, but no such luck. We were all sad when Daddy said no to the kitten, even though we expected that to be his answer. After a few hours Lance then said he was throwing up the idea of getting a dog. WHAT! I thought! I better jump at this chance now. So, I went to look up dogs in shelters on the Internet. There were a few that I found and called about all that same day. Thursday came along and then I came across this adorable pic......

After seeing this precious face I fell in love. I immediately thought her name should be Sugar after the name of the dog in Lance's made up story he tells Zane. I showed it to Lance when he got home and he said that dog's name should be Sugar. I thought the same thing I told him. We all went to Canyon Lake animal Shelter to take a look at the pup. Her story was that she was dropped off a puppy herself with a litter of pups. Two later died, one was adopted out and one was still there when we went to look at this one. The shelter had name her Puppy. After seeing how Zane would relate to her since he hates dogs; we knew she was a fit for the Klein family. She was so sweet. It was Puppy love for all of us or should I say Sugar love. We signed the papers and took her to her new home.
She was very sad at first and lonely. This is where she went to hide and didn't come out for a long time! We were concerned she didn't like us!
She came out a little. She liked running around outside but getting cool inside! Zane loved giving her treats every 2 hours. We found out she doesn't bark and she is fully house trained. It is amazing. This is WAY better than having to deal with a puppy. Oh, Zane loves her b/c she doesn't jump or isn't hyper. She is the Perfect first dog for him. She fits right in to our family and we LOVE her!! I'm FINALLY not the only blond chick in the house now!!!
See how comfy she is now. She finally feels at home on her own little dog pillow. Too sweet. Oh, and Lance even likes her being inside. Now that is a miracle!!

What we were up to in July

I am so sorry I haven't posted in like FOREVER!!!!! We have been very busy. July is our month to have Lawton for the summer and it was fun even though he got aggravated with Zane a lot but hey; that is what siblings do.... right? Since my last post we went to Dallas to see Lance's brother and on our way home we took a detour to Stephenville to visit Lance's college, Tarleton State University. Lance wanted to show me around and show it to the boys. Lawton wasn't that impressed, but what 13 year old is. Zane thought it was cool that his Dad went to college without his mom and dad. I asked tons of questions that really had no answers to them. I'm so used to everything on a college campus having a story behind it...Gig'em Aggies! It was neat to see that part of my husbands life. I will post pics of Dallas later, but for now here is Tarleton!

This cannon had a story!!

Same CANNON!!!!
I thought this Sign was Cute!
NO Story!!
Mr. Tarleton, Lance and Zane

A Terrified MOM and a Happy little BOY

After waiting FOREVER to take Zane to the dentist, I decided to go ahead and be a "good" parent and do what was right even though I SO DID NOT WANT TO. Let me just start by saying I HATE the dentist. I would much rather go see my OB/GYN than go to a dentist. Getting the point? I have not been to a dentist in 5 years. My teeth are horrible and I'm okay with that b/c anyone who wants to stick a needle in my gums is just pure evil. Oh, and the smell and sound of them drilling with those tools is just awful and is like death to my ears and nose! BUT being the "responsible" parent I decided to suck it up and try to make it a fun experience for Zane. I talked it up! The dentist is going to make your teeth look pretty like the lady who cuts your hair makes your hair look pretty. He fell for it hook line and sinker! He was stoked about going to get his teeth looking pretty. Wednesday morning he had his 1st dentist appointment at 10:00. I was so nervous that I had an upset stomach and the shakes....I know so ridiculous..but true. Zane was excited.

As we arrived, I walked into a place like out of a story book. This was the coolest dentist office that I have ever seen. I might like going to the dentist if I had one like this growing up or heck even now! There was a theme for everything. Zane was a little overwhelmed and asked for me to hold him. As I held him while filling out the papers, I wondered if he could feel my sense of nervousness for him. I put it all aside and tried to act like the obnoxious 1st time mom who was so excited about his 1st visit even though it was killing me inside. I got out my camera, started acting like a tourist and playing with all the toys in the place. Zane then started having a great time. Our 1st station was X-Rays. He did great and he loved that the room looked like space. He got 2 stickers and we were off to the next station. Cleaning was totally cool. He chose a tooth brush. He told the hygienist that the cleaning felt good to him. He got another prize. Now we waited for the Dr. I thought we were in the clear by this point but no such luck. She came to "count" his teeth to tell me that he had a cavity. What!!!!! I totally did not expect this. We were having such a great time until now. Lady you can go back to where you came from. Of course all of this was running through my mind. Not my baby, I thought again. She then explained all the NEW RULES to me. I have failed as a parent and my baby has a bobo on his tooth. He got his last prize, we sat up the next appointment to have it filled and I walked out of there with the new anxiety that our next visit wouldn't be so much fun and cost a lot more!

What did I learn? Zane will not have hard candy, gummy things, lemonade or sugar gum from his precious Oma. I got in the car and Zane said, "that was fun lets do it again!" I explained to him that the dentist saw a bobo on his tooth and that he couldn't have the things that I had mentioned above. Poor Zane all the fun junk as a kid is gone!! Oh, but wait, there is always cookies, ice-cream and snow cones!! He still can't wait to go back. So thank you Stone Oak Pediatric Dentistry for a positive and happy environment so my child won't be like me!

Futures looking Bright....Got to Wear Shades!
These protected him from the bright light

It is all smiles before the Dr. arrives

Warming up to the place


Oh, he found something that he could drive
Opening wide to see those pretty teeth
A new tooth brush..totally cool
Chillaxin..after the cleaning

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

Our 4th was not very eventful but it was fun and relaxing. My sister, Jamie, and nephew, Noah, came in to see our new home. My mom and dad came down too. It is always nice to have my family around since I don't get to spend that much time with them anymore. I'm sure our visits will be even more fewer and far between because of the price of gas.
During the day we hung out at the house and down by the river for a little while. The kids had fun and the adults relaxed. Later that evening we headed to Boerne for the Fireworks. They were great and it was a long show. I could not believe how many people were on the streets and along side of the road for the show. It was a fun and safe 4th!

Me and the boys being silly

My sister Jamie and her son Noah
Me and Zane watching the fireworks
The boys just being stupid
Waiting for the show to begin
The teens just chillin
My mom and dad with Zane
My mom watching Zane be a dork
Me and my hot hubby

Zane at the river trying to catch a frog

Lance was thirsty. He decided to take a big drink right after Zane just peed.

Just Kidding!!!!
My daddy watching his grandkids have fun..Oh and Lance too
Zane took this pic
My mom and dad again with their youngest grandkid