Father's Day Pics...Finally

Another quick blog since I should be working not blogging. :)
A quick note that Simon's team won the city championship for machine pitch. Way to go Rangers! We are proud of you Simon!
Without further ado pictures from father's day and Simon's Baseball game.

I turned 30...

Ok so I haven't posted anything yet about turning 30. Mainly because I was not excited about it. My friend Josh Bonjour can take any situation in life and relate it to a Sienfeld episode. I can't do that with Seinfeld, but I can with Friend's. So anytime I thought about turning 30 I felt like Joey in the clip below.

WARNING~this is a Friend's episode so there is a bubbie reference and mild language





However, it has not been "all that bad". So thanks to all of you who sent me birthday wishes!

Marriage Retreat

Not a lot of time to post today due to major wreckage in my office (part me, part Jacob being in the office Friday). I will post Fathers day pics and updates in a few days, but wanted to make a short post about the marriage retreat last weekend. AMAZING. I learned new principles for marriage that I had never heard before despite growing up in church. We used the Andy Stanley series imarriage. I strongly recommend it. The first session was about how we go into marriage with "dreams and desires" of our spouse or how we think things should work and those things get turned into "expectations or demands". When our spouse does not fulfill what has become an expectation we get dissapointed/pissy or when they do there is no gratitude because it what they are "suppose to do". Anywho good stuff. Darrell, Matt Mandy and I made a video to visual show some of the dreams turned into expectations that can happen.
*** Disclaimer-Matt and Mandy are NOT dating nor engaged nor married.
(Mandy looked so pretty in my wedding dress....sigh....insert girl moment.)

Marriage Retreat Video from Darrell Bonjour on Vimeo.

My longest post yet

I have wanted to blog so many times this past week, but haven't had the time. Some day the Lyons house will have a good computer at home and I will produce more blogs than imaginable. Ok, well maybe not that many, but definitely more than once a week.

Thursday night, June 4, 2009 was Jacob's last night to have a bottle. He had not had any during the day for awhile only at night. On Friday I just decided not to give him one and see how he did. Not having a bottle didn't phase him. He has always liked his sippy cups so the transition was smooth. However, my blogs at the end of the summer when we say "sayonara" to the paci may not be so upbeat. It is a little sad for him to be off the bottle and to know I no longer have a baby but a Toddler....AHHHHHH!

Last Saturday we went to the park for Roselyn's yearly work picnic. Can we say free BBQ? Not only can I say it I can eat it. After we ate we walked to the zoo with PawPaw and cousin Saige to see the animals. It was HOT! Most of the animals were snoozing in the shade. One of the female lions must be high strung like myself, because she was not resting like the others, but ready to pounce on cousin Drake's group of middle school friends. Jacob had a good time and crashed as soon as we got in the car.

PawPaw, Saige, Brancent and Jacob and a very sunny day

"Whoa look at the big lion"

"Whoa look at the little Lyon"

Partyed out

One of the girls that occasionally attended the deaf church passed away Wednesday. She would have been 20 on June 29th. She had health challenges her whole life and recently got cancer in her mouth and then her lungs. When she was born the doctors told her parents she would only live until she was 6 or 7. She is the oldest person to live with the syndrome she was born with. (I can't remember what it's called-Read the Tankersley's blog for more info) Her funeral is tomorrow so please be in prayer for her family. Her name is Breezy O'Dell Parents Mark and Cindy and big brother Shane and wife Stephanie.

One of the fun moments of my week, work wise, was our Summer Blast children's program at the deaf church. It will be every Tuesday during June and July. For the first one we had 16 kids which is a lot for us. It was a blast (hence the name)! So if you see me on a Tuesday evening and I look a little worn, you'll know why.

I have to brag on my nephew Super Simon Swopes. His baseball team has made it into the city tournament and they had there first game last night. The Rangers won 11-6 and Simon got the game ball for hitting a triple! YAY! Good job Simon! We are proud of you!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Then and Now

At my parents house each grandkid has a room. Simon's room has Jared's old waterbed which Simon sleeps on along with some of his toys. Jacob's room holds his crib and changing table and Katie's room is where she occasionally naps and watches TV. In Simon's room there is a very old wooden stove and sink. It was yours truly many years ago. It was given to us by some neighbors when we lived in Hereford, TX. I have cooked many imaginary masterpieces on that tiny stove. Jacob loves being in Simon's room and has recently discovered how to get the doors open on the stove and sink. The sink is actually a plastic bowl that can be removed. He has a blast playing with the tiny Tupperware set in it's 70's colors, harvest gold, olive green, burnt orange and brown. He was playing with them again Sunday after lunch. I went to check on him and yelled for the camera....


It somehow seemed so familiar.....



Great minds think alike! (as to us both being shirtless-total coincident)

Train up a child...

"Train up a child in the way he should go and when he gets old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

"Train up a husband.....and life gets a little merrier. :D

Riding Big Boy Style

This past Sunday we purchased Jacob a new front facing car seat for my car. Brancent has had one in his car for awhile. We wanted one for my car that was more comfy for trips and that would grow with Jacob. Thanks to Apryl for the tip on this car seat, we won't ever need to buy him another one! Mom and I had a garage sale last Saturday and I made enough money to pay cash for the car seat and pay the youth camp deposit for Katie and I. So exciting, plus feels free to be rid of so much clutter! Of course had to snap a picture this morning of Jacob and his new seat.