Vacation Bible School

Here I am still trying to catch up on weeks past. The week of June 8th-12th (the whole time we were in Houston) Jimmy and Addy attended Bible School in the evenings. They loved it! It was at the same little church were they went last summer too. They learned some new songs, made fun crafts, and just had a real good time. On Friday night the families were invited to come and watch the kids sing and see what they did all week. Here Jimmy is showing Papa his classroom. The next picture is Addy with one of her teachers. He gave her the class flag to keep. The theme was Boomerang Express and they were the Kangaroos.

We finished off the night with a yummy dinner at Wendy's. That night I packed up and came in prep for coming home on Saturday. We had a great week in Houston, thanks Mom & Dad! A side note about Jimmy, a few days after Bible school ended he informed me that when he grew up he wanted to be a Jesus song writer as one fof his jobs (he has A LOT picked out that he wants to do) and teach kids Jesus songs at Bible school. I thought that was pretty cute.

Saturday we came home, and had house guests a few hours later. We were lucky to have cousins come and spend a few days with us...but more about that in the next post.

Here's a video of Addy's class singing a song for the families. I have one of Jimmy's class, but it was a much longer song and was taking FOREVER to load...

Moody Gardens

On Thursday Dad took us down to Galveston for a visit to Moody Gardens. Another first for us. The cool thing I found out about this place is that they have a lot to see and do which is what the pass is for. But if you don't have the time or energy or attention span to do it all at once, you can go to specific exhibits. So I definately think we will go back on future trips to Mom & Dad's to see more. The kids, Addy especially are really into dinosaurs right now. So we went to see Dinosaurs Alive! it was an animitronic display of all sorts of dinos. Click here to see more info.

http://moodygardens.com/attractions/dinosaurs_alive/

If you will be in the Galveston area this summer I definately recommend it.

At the end they had a dino with controls for you to try controling.

There was also a sand pit with brushes and things for the kids to "find" dino bones.

Very entertaining.

Dad told Addy he was going to feed her to the T-rex.

We finished up our day with a viewing of UP in 3D, cute show.

Don't they look cool in those glasses???

Thanks for another FUN day Dad WE LOVE YOU!

Time with Mom

Wednesday we spent time with Mom, doing errands and things around the house. We also took the kids to Chuck E Cheese for a little fun. The picture of Timmy in red boots, is extra funny to me. Mom had these boots up on a shelf as a decoration, they were my sisters that she got from a friend when she was 3 and she would wear them ALL the time with EVERYTHING. It used to bug me so much that Mom let her wear them even when they didn't match, like when she would wear them with her pink little mermaid dress (another favorite) or her church dress. But now as Timmy marched around the house in them saying "my boot" and I thought of my sister and her days of not matching I got it. Timmy has a pair of bright green crocs that hardly match anything, but they are his "green shoes", and to me at this point in life it is not worth the battle. Therefore he wears them with everything just like my sister used to wear these red boots. So next time you see Timmy in Sunday clothes and green crocs, know that yes I do have church shoes for him, but it's not worth it. Thanks for a great day Mom, you are a great example, a great friend,

and just fun to be around. PS sorry I always whined so much about Laura not matching...

Nasa Space Center

On Tuesday June 9th, my Dad took me and the kids to Nasa. It was very cool. We had never been before. Plus in addition to all the neat Nasa stuff they had a special George Lucas exhibit with all sorts of stuff from his movies. They even had Darth Vader and a storm trooper walking around for photos. Addy was scared of the storm trooper but held Darth Vader's hand. Kind of funny, Jimmy was nervous about Darth Vader though and told Addy he was a bad guy. The kids also got a kick out of the space place play set, it was like 3 stories tall with all sorts of activities. We went on the tram tour and saw historic mission control and some other neat things. All and all a very fun day! THANKS DAD!

Galveston

After wedding number 2 I went to my parents house.

My sister Laura and her boyfriend Doug came down for 2 days to see us there. On Monday we went to the beach at Galveston and had lots of FUN!

We buried Addy in the sand and drew her a mermaid tail. She thought that was really cool.I don't know what Jimmy is doing here, but it's the only solo picture I got of him.

Timmy had fun playing in the "puddle" we dug a BIG hole and filled it with water.

Thanks for coming with us Laura and Doug we really enjoyed spending time with you guys!

Wedding Number 2

Larissa & Cody

(Don't they look so happy together?)

The second wedding we went to was in Bastrop. A very good friend, former roommate, and co-worker got married. This was a fun 2 day event for me. I was a bridesmaid and so I went up on Friday for the rehearsal and dinner, and bacherlorette party. Then went to my sisters for the night, and went back on Saturday for the big event. Dave and the kids met me there that evening. The ceremony was very nice, followed by a fun reception. The kids had a blast dancing. Check out Jimmy's moves (HAHAHA):

I bet you never saw anyone dance like that to boot scootin' boogie before! Why Addy started off on the floor, I will never know. I love my silly kiddos!

When it was time to throw the bouquet Addy was out there with ALL the single girls wanting to catch the pretty flowers, BUT she didn't, there were a lot of girls out there. Next they called for ALL the single guys so Jimmy ran out and joined the 2 guys. Not knowing what they were going to throw, only wanting to be a part of this "party game." He made a face when he saw Cody take the garter of her leg, but stood there still watching. Well the garter came right to him, right at his feet (see the white thing on the ground next to his foot?), and the other 2 MEN were not diving or fighting for it. Jimmy stood there a long minute just staring at it, wondering "WHAT THE HECK!" I'm sure. Finally the room of people burst out laughing, it really was a funny site. But my sensitive little man got embarrassed, Addy ran out and picked it up trying to give it to him. He said he didn't want it and for her to have and went to the table and cried. Sad, but very funny too.

Purpose of the Deck

Memorial day weekend, we built a deck. The reason was to have a mostly level surface to set up our pool on. After 3 failed attmepts last year of setting up the pool on our uneven yard we thought we would give it a try. So far so good. The kids love it! They want to swim everyday. It's not perfect, but it works well enough to serve it's purpose. We figure in the fall it will make a gathering/sitting area for the fire pit. Here is a picture of the kids having fun as it filled.