Pictures from Vacation!!!

Vacation

Ok, so I have been really horrible lately about updating our blog. We have just been so busy lately. Our vacation was wonderful. On Sunday, we went to Fiesta Texas and had a blast!!! It was very hot but overly crowded so that was nice. No long lines, everything moved very smoothly. Brody did great for his firs trip to an amusement park. He loved the Swing & the pool balls.

On Monday, we walked the river walk, went to a 3-D movie, toured the Alamo & went to the market. It was a nice relaxing day.

We headed home on Tuesday. We decided to stay the night in Gateville because we just weren't ready to come home. It was nice to just hang out with mom & dad.

On Wednesday we came home and got caught up around the house. We decided we were going to head out again on Thursday morning. We got up Thursday, packed the car and headed to the Hill Country. This is our favorite place to go and relax. This was the first time we had taken Brody and he had lots of fun. Bill told Brody this is mom's vacation time. We hit every winery around and really enjoyed ourselves.

We came home on Saturday to catch up on laundry and get ready to go back to work.

We had a great vacation and I was very thankful that I was able to take an entire week off!!! Now we can not wait until vacation next year!!!

The New Addition to the Family!!!!

Isn't he cute!!!

My new best friend!!!

Buck & I, life long pals!!!

Our Vacation

We had a great vacation this year. Nana and papaw joined us and we were so happy they accepted Brody's invite. We left Friday night and decided to stay in Austin. We got up early Saturday morning and headed to San Antonio. At this point, I think Brody finally believed all of us that we were on vacation.

We arrived in San Antonio fairly early and our room was not ready yet but they let us go ahead and park and unload the car. Brody wanted his first stop to be the Hall of Horns (The Buckhorn Museum). He loves this place for some reason. We walked around for a couple of hours then headed down the river walk to find the Rain Forest Cafe. This was the first time I had ever been and it was lots of fun. Brody was a little scared at first but soon realized everything was "just pretend". We went back to the hotel for Happy Hour and then went for a swim in the pool. We called it a night around 10:00 to get ready for the next day!!!

We are on VACATION!!!!!

Well, today marked the first day of our vacation. Bill, Brody, nana, papaw, and I are headed to San Antonio for 4 - 5 days!!!! We headed out around 6:00 this afternoon and have stopped in Austin for the night. Brody is so excited he is bouncing off the walls. He thought we were just driving around until we got our suitcases out of the back of the car!!!!

We will head to San Antonio tomorrow morning. We have lots of plans I just do not know how we are going to fit it all in. Sunday we are going to Fiesta Texas.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and I will try to post a couple of pictures if I can find the time.

Where does he come up with this stuff???

So we are eating dinner tonight discussing our upcoming vacation to San Antonio and Six Flags. Bill is asking Brody what rides he wants to ride and so on. Brody has this to say?

Well, you know mom and dad that back in the 80's they had a vacuum cleaner ride that would suck your hair off.

Where in the world does he come up with this stuff - back in the 80's???????

I am also trying to teach him the value of a dollar, ok, maybe a 4 year old doesn't understand the total concept but I am trying. I usually stop and get him a treat after school but this week I told him mommy didn't have any money because we were saving for vacation. I told him the money that we would normally spend we will put in an envelope and he can use that on vacation for whatever he wants. He thought that was an OK idea but he really wants his ICEE. So, this is what he came up with:

OK mom, if you don't have the money I bet Nana and Papaw will. They always have money. Problem solved, now can I have my ICEE????

I have not given in this week and the change is going in an envelope for vacation.

Where has the summer gone????

Where has the summer gone. It seems like just yesterday we were starting t-ball practice, having opening day and all the games. T-ball was super fun and lots of work this year. Bill and I decided when we signed Brody up we were going to just sit back and watch from the sidelines this year - next year we would get a little more involved. That did not work out so well. Bill was recruited as a coach and I became team mom. We stayed so busy. We had practice at least 2 or 3 times a week before the season started. Once games started, we had 2 and sometimes 4 games a week, practice, concession stand and board meetings. During this time we still had to work and keep up with the house. Of course, Bill was busy with other things that have been going on.

T-ball now is not how I remember t-ball. From what I remember, all you brought to a game was your glove and yourself. Everything else was furnished. Not now, we all had bat bags, a couple of bats and balls and all the kids had matching uniforms - shirts, belt, hat, pants and socks (at our own expense). It is very expensive to play t-ball. I can not even imagine what we still have to look forward to.....

Our kids did great this year. Brody could care less about playing in the field, he just wants to bat. He does have a good arm on him but his base running needs LOTS of practice. He would jog to the bases not run. He is a switch hitter but does do better with his left swing but he throws right handed.

At the end of the season we volunteered to have the party at our house. What were we thinking??????? Actually the kids had a great time and so did the adults. We set up a couple of swimming pools and that kept them busy all afternoon.

We were sad that the season was over but relieved that we could actually stay at home and enjoy a nice relaxing evening!!!!