Grandpa Cross

While we were in Kansas over Labor Day, Grandpa Cross passed away. He was 84 years old and had been battling parkinson's for about 10 years now. We were able to be there and see him before he passed away. I ended up just changing my flight and staying in Kansas for the week, but Logan came home and worked a few days and then headed back up on Friday for the funeral. The funeral and burial were on Saturday. The service was in El Dorado were he had lived and worked the family oil buisness for many years. The burial was in Virgil, Kansas. I didn't really get to know him very much since he has been up in Kansas and unable to travel very much, so the funeral was so neat to me to hear about his life and the man that he was. He was described as a man of integrity.....honest and as one who always did the right thing. It was really neat to hear all of those things and to be able to tell Weston about him one day. Grandpa Cross is who Weston is named after. He was Charles Vernon Cross and Weston is Weston Charles Cross. We drove out to Virgil where he grew up. I had never been out there before so it was so neat to see everything. Grandpa Cross has a huge farm out there with many acres. It was beautiful to see. In the cemetry where he was buried were lots of other family members. It was so neat to see our heritage and learn about the Cross side of the family. I know you probably aren't supposed to take pictures of the headstones but I did because I want to remember all of them.

This is Grandpa Cross and his first wife, Mavis Cross. This is Logan's dad's mom and dad.

This is Grandpa Cross's mom and dad.

This is Grandpa's brother.

This is Grandpa's sister.

This is Logan's great grandma's parents. It's who Logan's dad was named after.

My Little Ham

Little Mikey

We had our small group from church in the park the other night. Weston had so much fun playing with the boys and the football. So I went and bought a mini football yesterday for him to play with. We went back to the park last night.....but he could have cared less about the football....instead guess what was he more interested in??? The Electrical Boxes! I think we've got a little Mikey on our hands.....For those of you that don't know my dad's name is Mike and he is an electrician. I think Weston is taking after him.....he loved opening up those boxes and pushing all the reset buttons and even turning the breakers on and off :) So here's your new little helper Pops!

My Silly Boy

The title of this post is the best way to describe him these days.....silly! He's just so fun. He constantly is keeping us entertained by all the funny things he does. Here's some pictures from the last few days.
When Logan was little I've been told he did this smile a lot....they called him "China boy"....well Weston does it ALL the time.


Back to Emerald Rainbow on Saturday....we love that place!

We made cookies the other day and I put down a bite in front of him and he just stared at it. Then he finally tried it and of course wanted more and more and more :)

His dad outlined him in his sidewalk chalk the other night. Looks a little skinny don't you think???

On Saturday night we went out to a place that we'd both heard about. It was called Alamo Springs. It's out past Comfort towards Fredricksburg somewhere in the middle of nowhere! They are really famous for their burgers....actually voted #3 burger in Texas. So we went and ate a BIG burger. Do you like the look on Logan's face....that was after the burger :) Weston's too :) It was yummy and then we headed over to the bat cave. There is a place where all these bats (supposedly 2 million) come out each night. We waited for awhile on them and they finally started coming out right before dark. Weston had a blast pointing at them and looking at them up in the sky. It was a late night but the weather was actually so nice that it was a lot of fun being outside.





We went on a "date" yesterday to Schlitterbahn. Scott and Catherine kept Weston for our trade-off date for the month. Brittany got us 2 free tickets and it was SO much fun! We picked a great day to go....no one was hardly there! We never even had to wait in line. It was great! We rode tons of rides and had so much fun with our pals. Thanks for the tickets and for going with us!

For the first time last night he blew bubbles! Before when we've tried he would just wave the wand around or suck in. But last night he did it! He was sure proud of himself.

I promise we don't have bugs crawling around our house. This one got on Weston while he was outside and came inside with him. He had a lot of fun playing with it. He tried to smash it, step on it, kill it, and smother it with his burp cloth but nothing seemed to work. It's pretty cute to watch him with it. I'm sure there will be plenty more bugs in our future!

We are Starting....FINALLY!!!

It seems like it's taken forever to get everything ready to start....but finally it's time! We've got the plans, closed with the bank, and now are ready to go. Now comes the fun part....or stressful part :) They started clearing the lot last weekend so I got a few first pictures. Weston had a blast helping his dad measure off where the house is going to be. He found lots of fun sticks to play with and of course lots of dirt!

My Nieces

My nieces are the cutest! They both had their first day of preschool yesterday so my sister took their picture. My sister is actually teaching at it too!!! It does make me smile a bit just because I didn't ever think she'd be in the education world....but I'm sure she is doing amazing....like she does at everything she tries!! Anyways...just had to share a picture of my girls. I love them to pieces!!

Grams & Pops and Thad & Sarah

Grams and Pops came down on Wednesday to see us. We had a great visit with them. We went to the Dollar Tree one morning and Grams bought Weston some fun toys. One of which was this blue recorder. I didn't know if he would be able to figure it out.....well he did and boy was he proud of himself! He played it a lot for us and would just grin.

We all went to Emerald Rainbow on Friday. I really love that place and Weston has such a great time at it. I actually bought him a season pass to it while we were there. I wanted my parents to see it and experience it with him. They loved it. They climbed up the big slides with him and got in all the bouncy castles with him. He loved doing it with both of them! It was really fun to watch them together and to have them here with him. Here's some pictures from the day.....

This was one of my favorite parts....watching mom and dad crawl in the bouncy castles!!!



Weston and Pops had a great time with the trains. Weston didn't want to leave the trains.....I think this is a definite favorite of his these days.

Friday night we went to eat some Mexican food (of course) and then went out to the plaza on Main St. and walked around. We had such a great time with Grams & Pops....thanks so much for coming down to see us! We love you lots and lots!

Thad is one of Logan's old college roommates and really close friend. They came into town on Saturday. We had a great time with them and Weston, as you can see, had a great time with them too. We went to Fralo's and had some pizza and just played at the house. We had a mattress down in the living room to sleep on and before they left on Sunday Thad and Logan had some fun rolling Weston around....he LOVED it. Here's a video of it. Thanks for coming to see us!!