Bowling

So once again it's been awhile. We've been in and out of town a few times, and I've also started wasting time on facebook so this poor blog has been neglected. Anyways, on to the post...

In July I found this site: www.kidsbowlfree.com anyways, it's free to sign up all your kids ages 15 and under. Choose your location, for local people it's bandera bowl, and the program runs from May 1st - Oct 31st. Anyways, you get emailed vouchers every Sunday good for 2 games of bowling per kid each day. Only cost is shoe rental, or you can bring your own if you have them. At the end of signing up your kids it gives you the opportunity to purchase a family pass for the adults and any children over 15, this pass is only $24 and covers up to 4 named "adults" doesn't even have to be a relative, could be babysitter, or friends, or whoever. So if you buy the family pass then you get those vouchers added to your email too, same as the kids 2 games per person per day. So not that we go everyday, in fact we've only been once so far. But it is a fun family outing and this program really helps with the cost. So I'd recommend it. The family pass pays for itself after 1 visit with 4 adults, or 2 visits if you are like us and only have you and your hubby signed up. Oh and thats another great thing, you can add the other named adults at any time. SO right now, ours only say Dave and Liz, but we still have 2 slots we can add whenever. The only thing is once you add the names they can't be changed. Ok enough babbling about the deal, check it out if your interested, and have FUN! We sure did!!!

Happy Birthday Dave!

Dave's birthday was on Sunday so we didn't do much besides go to church and have cake at home...but it was still a fun day! He picked out a cake he wanted and I set out to make it. It's not as pretty as it was in the magazine, but it sure tasted yummy and fruity!

For his gift Dave wanted boots...so last weekend we went boot shopping and he picked some out. The reason for boots you may wonder, to go dancing in. He says nothing slides like boots on a dance floor. So here's to many nights of dancing to come!

Hope you had a Happy Birthday sweetie!!! We Love You!

Cow Day 2009

Thanks to the McNeil fam, Davidson fam, Dewitt fam, and Parker fam for joining us on cow day! We had tons of fun and hope you guys did too!!!

I wish I would have gotten a group shot of all of us.

Cow Day

Cow Day 2008 (above)

It's that time of year again...COW DAY! For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, go here: http://www.chick-fil-a.com/#home and click on the cow to learn more about cow appreciation day. Basically you dress like a cow and get a free combo or kids meal. Our family has participated in this silly day for 3 years now and had a blast. The one thing we have learned though is that it is more FUN to be embarrassed in a group than alone. So here is an open invite to anyone in the area who wishes to join us for a goofy evening! We are planning on meeting up at the Chick-fil-a at Alamo Ranch (1604 & Culebra) at 6:30 pm on Friday. We can all be cows together as we enjoy or free dinner. We'll follow it up with desserts and games at our house, just bring a treat to share. Just drop me a comment if you are coming, so we know to look for you!!! Oh and there are costume ideas on the Chick-fil-a website. Last year we taped black construction paper to us, and wore signs printed from the site. Our only problem was the kids pulling their spots off, so this year we are dyeing some plain white t's with black spots. If you want to join in that let me know we'll have extra dye I'm sure. Factory 2 U on Marbach has plain white t's for 99 cents, in the little boy section, and the mens section. Anyways we will be dyeing tomorrow so just give me a call or come by. Hope to see lots of people on Friday!!!

Fun with Cousins

Sorry...still backtracking. When we got home from Houston on Saturday the 13th, we had cousins arrive a few hours later. We were lucky to have them around for 5 days of fun! Some of the highlights were an all day trip to the zoo including a ride on the zoo train. My kids have been waiting to ride that all year long, so they were very excited. We also played in the pool a bunch. The kids really enjoyed Ryan giving them rides. We did water balloons one day and that was fun. But have you ever noticed how it takes so long to fill and tie the balloons only for them to last a few minutes? It's a bummer really. We went on a lunch time outing to Chuck E Cheese which of course the kids loved. The best part for us is that it was indoors and Air Conditioned. It has been so HOT this summer. We also went to the movies and saw Race to Witch Mountain, which was good. One evening Dave & Ryan took all the kids and went fishing, but they didn't get any pictures. Heather & I enjoyed the kid free time and went shopping for the evening. All & all a very fun 5 days! Thanks for coming to see us guys! We enjoyed it!

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!