July Madness!!!

July has been jam packed already with fun and excitement. This past weekend I went on a Girl's Trip to Wimberley to stay at Chessa's parents cabin. There were 5 of us that went and we met up with a couple more girls during the day as well. It was such a wonderful, relaxing and enjoyable trip. I laughed so much with my girlfriends and can't wait to go again.

Here I am relaxing in the Blanco river

The view from my chair...beautiful! Check out my blue toes... Me, Chessa and Michelle about to catch some rays at the river

Blanco river

Game Night! We played Taboo and laughed like crazy.

Chessa and Lori playing Taboo outside on the patio before the monstrous bugs attacked us.
Saturday Night dinner in San Marcos. This is the courtyard at Palmer's restaurant.

All the girls at Palmer's looking beautiful! Lori, me Chessa, Michelle and Audra.
My wine purchase following our wine tasting. It is a Pomegranate wine from Saledo. Delish!

Wine Tasting time at Hill Country Wine Shoppe.
Mommas ready for some wine!!!

Shopping in Wimberley. They have such cute stores there.
I bought some turquoise jewelry at a great price. I love it!
Chessa makes a purchase...look at that smile. Girls love shopping!

Audra taught me how to use the auto timer on my camera so we took many pictures playing around like this. HA!!!

The Pose Pic

The Cabin we stayed in was perfect! I really can't wait to go back and do this all over again.

The Twin's 6th birthday party was a BLAST!!!! Literally is was a blast because it was a Space Ship themed party. We had their party at Westwood Gymnastics in Katy and the kids all had a great time...and parents too! Who doesn't love trampolines, balance beams and foam pits??? Here are a few pictures of my sweet boys. The cool space ship cookie cake! YUM. I made matching cupcakes too and JoJo made the famous Big Red ice cream.
Birthday cuties. Can't you just feel the love?

End of the party with all the hot sweaty kids, the silly pose picture is the best!
Ryan is the only one sitting there all cute. HA!

On their actual birthday, we took a family trip to NASA Space Center of Houston! It was so much fun for us all even though the weather outside was quite scary that day. First stop was McDonald's by the Space Center. It was cool to go there since I remember doing this when I was a kid.The family photo at NASA. Aren't we cute?Jayson and Justin at the controls...Blast off in 3...2...1!

Ice Cream break...

Awesome space ship! It looked like their birthday cake.

This was a real space ship we got to tour

We spent hours there, especially on the giant floor to ceiling play area. They had so much fun! After NASA Uncle J and Lauren cake over with a homemade birthday cake. The video won't upload for some reason but they put trick candles on top of the cake. It was hilarious to watch their faces as the candles kept coming back to life!

We went to Pecan Grove to watch fireworks on the 4th of July. The kids were all sick so it was quite an adventure. Here they are playing before the fireworks started.
They look so cute even when sick!

My camera battery died shortly after this picture so no exciting fireworks photos. Just imagine...

Well the summer is calming down for us now so I assume we will spend more time at the pool and laying around. My mom bought me tickets to see Wicked, so this Saturday I will go see that with Jonathan and Lauren. I can't wait! July is half way over already and the boys start Kindergarten next month. I can't wait to take them school supply shopping! Is that weird?

Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible school at Grand Lakes Presbyterian Church was a blast last week. I volunteered in the Preschool room and wow...I was exhausted! It was a lot of fun for the kids so here is a few pictures of the excitement.

Jayson and Justin soaking wet from water games outside!

The stage and band jamming some of the super hero songs. The music and decorations were fantastic! We still play the songs everyday at home.

The twins with Ryan. He would go find them

in the crowd so he could sit by them and sing. Ryan cuteness. That dimple is going to get him in trouble...

Mrs. Fia! The Preschool teacher. She was great with the kids and such a sweetheart to work with.

Justin and Ryan dancing

Jayson and Ryan dancing

The super cool tunnel entrance into the sanctuary.

Soaking wet kids singing

Jayson just sang on the microphone and he is very excited

Chillin Ryan

another picture mom??? CHEESE

Justin was always standing up front to sing with the leaders. He got to sing in the microphone several times too. Jayson was more shy about going up front.

They wanted their hair spiked even though they really needed a haircut...Oh well.

Love this one. They had such a good time! Bye VBS...until next week when they go to JoJo's church and do it again. They are having a Rainforest theme in Waco. Sounds fun!

Here is a cute/messy Ryan photo of him eating smores for the first time. He LOVED it!

What? Is there something on my face?

We went straight to the tub after that! The twins are in Waco now and Ryan sure does miss his bubbas. He cried like crazy went they drove off in my mom's car and kept saying "Bubbas" over and over. Then at home he pointed to their pictures and had a rough night of crying and not sleeping. By the time he gets used to them being gone, they will be back! I love how much he loves them. We call them everyday and he gets to say hi to them and his sweet face just lights up when he hears their voice. When they return Friday he will be sooooooo excited. Then we have their birthday party on Saturday. I can't believe my boys will be 6!!! Where have the years gone? More to come with party pics.

Summer Fun!

Trains, pools, and birthdays OH MY!!! Summer is off to a busy start but so much fun already! Here is what we have been up to. Ryan has become somewhat obsessed with his big brothers train set. So much so that we don't even put it away at night when we clean up. We just push it to the side. He plays for hours!!! Then when I put him to bed, the first thing he says when he wakes up...Train! So this is what Ryan looks like most days...well he usually has clothes on but he has just finished some messy watermelon in the below pictures.

Then of course we are hanging by the pool a lot. We pack snacks and make a fun time of it. Jayson and Justin are little fish this summer! They can do it all...diving boards, slides, and jumping in all by themselves and swimming back to the side. It's AWESOME!

Here are my cuties taking a snack break.

Catching some rays...

Ryan finishes his snack just before it's time to go back in

Jayson jumps in without a momma in the pool!

Justin jumps in by himself too!

My fish...

Jayson

Justin after going down the slide

Jayson cuteness

Ryan waiting for all the hunnies to notice him...

BUCKETS!!!!

I love these guys...

Uncle J and Lauren came for a visit this weekend

and they made me this...YUMMY!!!

My 31st birthday was the best! Everyone was so sweet and made me feel so special. Here is me eating my fabulous cake made by Melody.

THE CAKE! It was 6 layers of fruity goodness. Strawberry, Orange, Lemon, Kiwi, Blueberry and Grape. The whip cream topped it off perfectly! Delightful!

The Baker Ms. Melody Martin

After work we met up at Chuy's of course for a birthday rita or two and the creamy jalapeno! I also have become very fond of the grilled fish and shrimp tacos. (trying to contain my drool now)

Here is PaPa and the boys

Uncle J and Lauren

Sweet Ryan

Lori, Chessa and me

Michelle and Dereck

Steph and Kai and his green gum too!

Here are my roses from Sheila! Perfect day!

Now it's 2 weeks straight of vacation Bible school. Busy times ahead! Can't wait! I love summer...