Warm Weather -- YESS!!!!

We got to go to the rodeo (thanks JimDad and Sherry), fly kites, and play in the sprinkler the last few days! During this time, Dash endured and recovered from a stomach bug that was not cool! Seems to be doing much better though, so all is well at the Dockrey house (especially since we can play outside finally!!).



A cool head shot of the Boss Man

Brothers playin' in the water -- it took Dash a while to warm up to water splashing on him from all directions

Let me at it...

Muscle Man

Cheese, sort of

I'm gonna play with the balls for a while

Riding the scooter through the sprinkler

funny pic

full of wonder

climbing up the play place at the park

weeeeee

brother climbs up like this, why can't i make it to the top?

cheese again

flying kites with dad

not a lotta wind, so we had to run a little to keep the kites in the air

sliding

more wonder

so funny

our champion mutton' buster!!! (a champion in our hearts anyway -- he actually fell off in about 2 seconds - ha)

chillin' indoors at the rodeo

We have pictures, people!

All pics are courtesy of lance's iphone, which means they aren't the best quality, but they could be worse! Our camera just doesn't seem to be working much lately, which stinks because it's only a couple of years old, but what can ya do?!

So, we will begin with the Joint Birthday Party we had this last weekend! All year long (literally) Boston has been asking for a moonwalk jump castle for his birthday party, so that is what he got! He picked a Clifford the Big Red Dog one and we had an instant party theme! We celebrated both the boys birthday at the same time and had a blast!


Miss Madison

Dash chowing down on his cake - he loved it

Dash after the pinata candy fell

Julian got a sucker!

A mad dash for the candy

Dash's turn to swing the bat - he's a natural!

This is boston swinging on the rope through the bubbles!

The coloring table

Brinley having a blast bouncing

Dash loved jumping in Clifford

Brothers at their party!






Now, just some random pictures from the last few months:

Check out Dash's hair -- it's really getting long and he is really eating well!

self explanatory I think

My boys hanging out on the dock

Trying on Mr Kent's glasses - He's so intellectual

Boston with his fake stache

This is my tongue

A result of Boston dressing himself one day -- very color coordinated and SUPER cool!

This was around Christmastime, but I just like the pic












And drumroll please...... the only pic we have from the Austin Marathon! This was Lance's view from the start line (yes, he ran with his iphone). I started about 10 minutes behind him - ha! And we both finished in decent times (lance's a bit more decent than mine). He finished the full marathon (26.2 miles) in 3 hours and 55 minutes while I finished the half-marathon (13.1 miles) in 2 hours and 43 minutes. It was pretty cool and yes, we plan to do it again!

FREEDOM!!!

As I was writing that title, I was picturing Mel Gibson with his face painted blue running into battle - but that's not necessarily the direction I was hoping to go with this post.
So, we were in church yesterday singing. I could attempt to guess at the name of the song that we were singing, but I would most likely be wrong and that's got to be some sort of cardinal sin as the worship pastors wife, so I'll just leave it at -"we were singing." Has it ever happened to you where you're listening to scripture read that you've heard a million times or singing a song that you've sung/heard tons of times and something new just jumps out at you? It's the coolest thing - I love it when that happens. I know that it is the Holy Spirit at work, which is one of the reason's it's so cool when it happens. So, that happened to me yesterday while singing aforementioned song. The line was: Jesus, come make us a free generation spreading salvation, freedom is ours, we take it up... Here's what hit me: we're asking Jesus to come make us a free generation, and then the very next line is 'spreading salvation.' This is totally elementary, I realize, but that's why we're free -- in order to spread the good news. We're not free so we can just praise God that we're not going to hell. We're not free so that we won't be bound to sin anymore. We're not free so we can live at peace. We're free to speak up for him, live for him, love for him!!
So then when I got home, I looked up the definiton of freedom: the condition of being free, the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints! PRAISE GOD! That's why I plead with Jesus to make us a free generation. That's why freedom is ours and I proclaim that I'm gonna take it up!!! It's all about Him!!!

Dear Boston

Dear Boston,
Thank you so much for being the best big brother in the world.
You share you string cheese with me even when mom doesn't ask you to.
You let me watch Praise Baby before your DVD of choice everyday.
You're constantly telling me how much you love me and smiling at me and chatting with me.
Thank you for teaching me how to play cars with you - I love it!
Thanks for handing me stuff in the car that mom hands to you to hand to me so I'll be happy.
Basically, thanks for trying to make me happy all day long. You really are the best.
I'm sorry that sometimes I get in your way when you're playing MarioKart. I'm sorry that sometimes mom and dad are so tired from taking care of me that they don't play with you as much as they used to. I'm sorry that I poke you in the eye sometimes - I really don't mean to. Oh, and sorry for breaking your cool lego creations.
I love you,
Dash

I'm pretty sure that's what Dash would say to Boston if he knew how. Boston truly is a super big brother to Dash. I'm incredibly blessed, I know. Boston tells me daily how much he loves his baby brother!

I was trying to withhold on posting until I had some pictures to include, but God laid this on my heart tonight and I just wanted to write it down so I wouldn't forget it! (when I say "write it down," I really mean type it on my blog for the world to view)