Uh Oh, BoBo!

Gran got the boys new bikes and they love them! Caleb figured out how to stand up on it and toppled over on the tile!

We went to Tera's house to play before work and the boys fell in love with Corbin's piano. So of course, Tera loads it up in the minivan and sends it home with us. Thanks, Tera!

Birthday Update

We definitely had one heck of a birthday weekend around here. The problem is though that we really haven't done a great job of carrying the camera around with us. I think it is me subconsciously refusing to take pictures because I want a new camera. The weekend started with a trip to our favorite, albeit expensive, breakfast restaurant Rise n Dine! The boys did really great, but they definitely took their sweet time getting us our food.





You may ask what you do when you have two toddlers strapped in to high chairs with food on the way?

Give them jelly to eat, OF COURSE!

We used to be able to hand them the jelly packets and they would just hold them until they lost interest. They have officially figured out how to open the jelly which resulted in approximately 4 packets each being eaten as shown above.

More JELLY PLEASE!

I just wanted to throw this one in there to show the boys got ice cream again this weekend!

The boys sent Mommy flowers for her birthday. They did chores for Gran to pay for them! You can't turn around without them climbing up the table to try and smell them!We had some time before church Saturday night so we decided to make a pizza. The boys enjoyed until they realized they didn't ge tto eat it right away. They ate so much of the uncooked topping they weren't that hungry at dinner. We had to have a little snacker before bed! Finally, a big THANK YOU to all the ladies that came out for my Birthday Dinner at Uni!! We had so much fun!! Thanks you Lauren, Purvey, Laura, Emily W., Pregnant Kelley, Emily O., Tera, Andrea, Misty, Root, and A-maw!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Today marks the anniversary of my wonderful and amazing wife's birth. Twenty seven years ago today she was born and today I thank her for being a great wife and caring mother! I love you Shorty and hope you have an amazing day. You deserve it!

"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother" Abraham Lincoln

Mommy's Caving . . .

There have obviously been numerous goings on in the Seely household over the past few month. So much so that we just haven't had the time to make sure seelyfam.com had the appropriate amount of attention paid to it. We are very sorry for the absence and promise to try a little harder to keep the updates coming.

The big event from last week was an impromptu trip to Downtown Children's Museum and then dinner with Uncle Mike. The museum was amazing and the boys had a great time. Dinner was a little more adventorous. At one point I thought Uncle Mike's head was going to explode!


It might be a while before Uncle Mike agrees to join us for a public dinner. They really weren't that bad, but there was a little wait so we had to get a little creative with the entertainment. It is a good thing they don't charge for sugar and sweet and low. We ruined quite a few of those pink and white packets.

Mommy, you are CAVING! You will notice in this picture that Cooper has an ICE CREAM SANDWICH. You should have seen the light in this child's eyes when he bit in to the chocolate and vanilla goodness for the first time!

Actually, it looked something like this! What a happy little boy. Thank you Mommy!

Noah's Mugs

Our Young Life leader from high school is helping his son start his own business and it’s SO COOL! http://www.noahsmugs.com/ By purchasing a mug, you are giving a child in Africa clean water for their lifetime–crazy, huh?

This is the cute story on his FB about how it started:

When Noah was 6 years old he heard that there were kids all over the world who had to walk miles to get some drinking water that then made them sick. After asking his dad some probing questions about what he’d heard and giving it some thought Noah started a conversation with his Dad that started this whole Mug thing.

The conversation went like this…“Dad, we have to do something about this!”

Mike, Noah’s Dad, said, “Well, what do you suppose we should do?”

Noah, who had been thinking this over replied, “We should sell coffee mugs because when people drink out of them, they think about drinking and when you think about drinking stuff, you’ll think about water. Then all of the money we make can go to help kids get water that doesn’t make them sick.”

“Well, what is going to make your mug different then every other mug out there?”

“Dad, our mugs are going to help people get clean water…and I’m going to make some really cool themes and drawings.”

“Really?”

“Yea, I already thought of it. Castles, Wild Bears, and Flowers – cause girls like flowers.”

“Noah, can you draw a wild bear?”

“Yeah, I’m a real good drawer. So can we do it, Dad?”

“Sure, I’d love to go into business with a 6 year old!”

As Noah’s Dad was teaching Noah how to put together a business plan, they realized that they could give someone clean drinking water for the rest of their life off of the profits of just one mug! And so that’s how Noah’s Mugs began. Noah and his dad…and the whole family now print and press mugs and ship them all over North America. And for every mug sold – another person gets clean drinking water.

Hard To Believe . . .

That almost two year ago, to the minute, Cooper and Caleb came in to our lives! The past two years have been quite possibly the most rewarding (and challenging) of our lives. We could ask for two more sweet, special and awesome children!

Cooper and Caleb, your mommy and I would like to wish you the happiest of birthdays! We are so blessed to have you and look forward to watching you grow for decades to come!

Happy Birthday Cooper, Caleb and Great Granddaddy!

Hey there sports fans! Let me tell you about the weekend we just had. As you know, 7/17 is the boys birthday! What you may have not know is that Great Granddaddy's birthday is 7/12. When we were planning our celebrations it only made sense to have 2 parties on the same day. Obviously this means that the boys got cake not once, but twice in the same day. You will be glad to know that Mommy is recovering nicely from the shock of cake twice in a day!

Mommy and her boys getting the BUBBLES ready for the boys party on Saturday morning!




Caleb and Gran taking a little break from the all of the festivities.

The slip and slide was a huge hit. You will notice that it came with it's own set of sprinklers. The boys didn't quite know how to slide, but running through the water provided plenty of entertainment.

Hey, guess what? If you tie the balloon to a toddlers pant loop you don't have to waste multiple balloons figuring out they can't manage to keep hold of one. There were many balloons harmed in the filming of this birthday party!

Mema was gracious enough to host this year's party! Bubbles, pool, and slip and slide were the main activities. That was plenty as the boys took 3 hour naps following the party.

Papa loved getting to watch the boys play in the yard!

K-maw, where were you? A-maw made it, but you didn't. I don't understand.

Caleb's first cake adventure of the day!

I am guessing it took each of the boys less than 2 mintues to finish an entire cupcake! They definitely realized what they have been missing out on.

Hey, Uncle Mike, we just turned two this year. We may need to grow up just a little bit before we get full use of this years gift.

Ummmm . . . Look at this little prince patiently waiting on Gran to finish eating so she can play with him!

Great Granddaddy's party was held in the evening @ El Chico in Lufkin. Everyone at the party commented how well the boys did. One of my cousins even said he thought they ate the entire time they sat in thier high chairs. They really love mexican food and they especially love cake!

Round 2 of Cake for the day!

More Please!

The weekend was amazing. Thanks are needed to all of our family for coming to visit with us on our birthday and for all the great presents. Cooper and Caleb both mentioned they are ready to head back to Lufkin very soon. I haven't told them that next time we visit it won't be for their birthday, however, with Mema and Gran there, the lines sometimes get blurred.