It's the Bowen Crew...Clint, Kristie, Baylor and Banks!

This is a chance for you to try to keep up with us on our journey in life! With Baylor and Banks leading the way, I wish you luck as they are fast....crazy....and just hard to keep up with!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Funny things Bowen boys say....

I wish that anyone that needed a laugh would be able to hear Banks repeat lines from the Chimpmunks movie! I laugh out loud everytime he says, "boom chicka mou mou!"

Once again today Banks said as we drove by the cemetary in a whispering voice to Baylor, "don't go there because that's where you die!"

Monday, June 28, 2010

Disney Trip!!

Buzz and Woody were exciting, and they had the best ride!!!

So happy together....

The boys' favorite! The Blue Power Ranger!


The Must Have Picture!!




Sunday, June 13, 2010

Boys' first Football Camp!









Fishing at Gma and Gpa's!

Our first trip to KS went wonderfully!!! Oh, how we miss Lawrence! The boys love to go to grandma and grandpa's, but expecially now since they have become professional fishermen. Two excessively stocked ponds where fish just leap for their hooks. They are catching huge fish, that I can't even get off the hooks! I am a girl, so yes, it's not my favorite thing to pull off the fish. Or bait the hook with worms, yuck! But a mom has got to do what a mom has got to do, right!?!?! Luckily Clint got me these little crappie pellets that are much less "messy" for a girl! Thanks Clint!
The 10 hour drive there and the 10 hour drive back was managable, thank goodness for the DS and the dvd player....

Fishing at Gma and Gpa's!






















Thursday, May 27, 2010

Summer....YEA!....Uh....when does school start?!?!

Yesterday was the boys' last day of school! So exciting, right? For a mom, it's bitter sweet isn't it. The fun begins, but it brings with it fights, back talk and time outs. Lots of time outs!
Starting today I can tell you what we will be doing everyday for the rest of summer, thanks to living the life of a football coach's schedule! Every vacation is booked, every camp is signed up for and the days there is nothing...I will be enjoying a margarita by the pool at the club. Usually I would talk about how spoiled rotten the boys are...which they are...but today it seems...so are Clint and I. I am super excited about Disney World, Destin, FL, and the lake over the 4th! All fun for the whole family! Let the summer begin!
As school came to a close yesterday a few funny things happened. Baylor has an official crush first of all, and brace yourself....had his first kiss! Well, sort of. Peyton kissed him on this hand and he is just giddy about it! I don't remember this beginning so early for me, but I keep reminding myself...like father like son! LOL!
We also had to go buy "Sillybands" yesterday, which is my 1980's verson of freindship bracelets. All the kids have them at school and trade them and such. The boys are crazy over them. I feel it is the first trendy thing Baylor has gotten into, and just "Had to have!"
In the car, I had to giggle because he is growing up so fast! First grade next year, and seems so "big" compared to a year ago. It got me a little choked up!
Banks also finished school, but didn't really care. He is still just along for the ride. Except that he has been saying the funniest things. We were driving by a cemetary and the looked out and said, "Mom, that's were you go and die."
He is also very into the saying, "It's just you and me, mom!" It's the cutest thing ever!
I am off for more fishing and sprinkler fun! Gotta love summer!
School starts in just 8 weeks!

Monday, May 17, 2010

Going...Going...Gone!

Baylor had a t-ball game tonight. He has had several now and we are getting into the "swing" of things...so I thought.
First of all, we were late because "mom" thought the game was at 6:15 and it was actually at 5:15. When we pull up Baylor arrives just in time to put on his helmet and grab a bat, as he is up next. He steps up to home plate and smacks the ball right out to center field...I haven't even sat down yet. I watch him round 1st, I set my purse down. As he rounds 2nd I am taking a breath, saying, "Whew, we made it!" As he rounds 3rd, I start laughing and thinking..."we should be late more often!" As he crosses home plate, I think..."darn it, I forget my camera! Ugh!"
Baylor is grinning from ear to ear, trying not to look at me in the stands and seem cool to his players. Again I think, "What mom forgets her camera when your kid hits a home run??!!"
I sighed again after the game when Baylor was awarded the "Game Ball" and I still didn't have my camera!!! He was so proud and as we walked in the house, he grabbed his ball and darted upstairs to place it on his headboard in the spotlight!
Tonight I am a proud mama!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

2010 Kentucky Derby Experience!

A group of us piled in a limo and headed to the Derby! It was so much fun, bidding, drinking julips and taking in the races! The rain was a bummer, but luckily it cleared up for the actual "Derby" race and we actually saw the sun. We were all winners for the day, even if it wasn't in monetary value...the day was great with friends! Here are a few of the fun photos!





















Friday, May 14, 2010

Sprinkler Fun!

Yesterday the boys had a freind over to play and as I was watering our thirsty yard...they asked to run through the sprinkler. Being the fun mom I am...I said, "Just once." As you can see they listened well! I figured...these are the moments that one day I will miss as a mom right?!? They had so much fun running, playing and laughing! Some things never change...turn on a sprinkler and kid is going to get wet!

Sprinkler Fun!
















Thursday, May 6, 2010

It's starting!

Clint has been on the road all this week, and usually the boys seem to be a handful the first week he is gone. So I was prepared for the worst! Something unusual happened...Baylor turned into this sweet, well-manored, polite little boy, making me wonder where on earth my son has gone! He has been saying his please and thank you's and being nice to Banks. He has been happy everyday after school and telling me all about his days events. I have loved every minute! Today he tells me on the way to school, I think you should drop me off at the front doors instead of walking me in. OMG!!!! Do you know what this means??!?!!? I can take Baylor to school some mornings in my pjs!!!!! LOL!
Seriously....my little boy is growing up!
And then it happened! After school he starts telling me about his day, after giving me all my mother's day gifts he made at school. So sweet! He starts talking about how he, Patrick and Dakota are the "coolest" boys in the class. At recess everyone wants to play with them, whether it's baseball or chasing other kids around. Let me clarify...chasing girls around!!!! Yes, it's started! He explains that Ava, Peyton and another girl are the cutest girls in the class and so we chase them around. So, I guess all I can say is this....my son is his father's son!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Thankful!

Today I have been counting my blessings! As I drove Jacque, Sean and Brie to the Nashville airport Sunday morning after the big Derby weekend, it was raining so hard I could barely see a few car links in front of me. It had rained for a few days, but the thought never crossed my mind that it would flood. I mean does flooding ever really cross your mind...it rains all the time. But what I saw on Sunday was unreal....highways with water raging across, exits closed with water running under the overpass like it was a river not a road underneath and cars in water up to the top of the windows. Things you only see on the news, until now. Returning from the airport was a maze as I don't know where I am going without following the direct route and having to detour around flooded highways. I drive through the parking lot of the Opry Mills Mall and the famous Opry Land where the water keeps rising around us. I called Clint telling him I might go sit the storm out in the mall....
Today I hear that the mall had water throughout and the Opry Hotel had water up to the first balcony levels. So as I look back at myself sitting in the line of traffic waiting about 30 minutes to get through the detour I think, "Thank goodness I didn't go into that mall!" Someone above was looking out for me!
I have seen homes here in Bowling Green sitting in 4-5 feet of water, a newly constructed church in even deeper water and I think of how truly lucky the "Bowen Crew" is today! Our little pond rose into our back yard enough to make the boys think it was a "lake" and they kept saying how they hoped it stayed that way! They ran through the water, fished in it and chased the turtles around on the banks. All the while, none of us knowing the devistation taking place a few miles away.
Today I am counting my blessings! We are safe, heatlhy and happy. I am keeping flood victoms in my thoughts!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Boys!

Banks says in the car, "look mom an airplane!" the plane is low enough you can see the exhaust. He says, "that water shoots out in the sky but never comes down!"

Baylor hit is first home run tonight! Came running into home with his hands in the air and smiling big!

I love these two! Never a dull moment!

Hump Day!

Half way through the busiest week yet in Bowling Green! Weather is still predicting rain for the Derby, which is a problem for the 9 of us that will be standing in it for hours! Let's pray those Mint Juleps make us happier!

Baylor's first field trip is Friday, and I can't wait! I am more excited than him I think. I can remember how much fun field trips were when I was young at Dillon Nature Center and the Kansas Cosmosphere! Memories!

This morning Clint rode with us to school in the very back of the car with the boys reading Baylor's library book, Scorpions. So cute! What a great dad he is. As usual he got out of the car telling me he was sick from my driving, some things never change!

Happy Hump Day!

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Catch up photos!
















Catch up photos!







Why is it that you get so much done when you know friends and family are coming to your house??? HMMMMMM....

Went through the boys' closet today, and all I can say is...Clint is so lucky we didn't have a girl! Thank goodness for hand me downs, Banks has a closet even I envy. And, I can't seem to get rid of a few baby things that take me back into the past when these two lil' monsters we cute lil' chunks of baby rolls and drool. Really? What will I ever do with baby Jayhawk baseball hats and 12 month Nike and Adidas tennis shoes for both boys? They look like cabbage patch clothes!

Saturday, April 24, 2010

The bowen crew survived their first coaching move to Western Kentucky University!
Baylor is doing great in Kindergarden, although he is still extremely upset that it's all day here. Mornings are really fun too, since we have to leave the house around 7:15am. Clint was right, when he used to say that I was a spoiled west lawrence mom where school didn't start until 8:45! You will be proud to know that Baylor is reading and writing now. I am still getting used to this, but I am a proud mama!! Baylor is playing baseball now and he loves it. We are still working on the catching part, which seems to be pretty important!

Banks is doing great in preschool, going three mornings a week. The rest of the day he plays trains in the playroom, digs in the sandbox or practices riding his bike with NO training wheels! He is my lil' lawyer, as he always argues when I tell him to do something. Almost like he is just making sure I know what I am talking about. Sometimes he wins...especially when he flashes that big smile!

Clint is the DC here and enjoying it so far. I mean really, no pressure, we have until August right?!

I am still unpacking. Almost done, almost. I miss the store and know that my partner is carrying all the weight since I am gone. I am still working on more networking for JNKS, now on Facebook and Twitter, but it's not the same. Less stressful? Yes! But...not the same. I am thinking of trunk shows for the fall here in KY. Why I just can't do the laundry is beyond me?

I am looking forward to keeping everyone updated on the Bowen Crew!