Birthday hair

Alli says to me today:

"For your birthday, can you not wear a ponytail? Just so you'll look nice."

I guess maybe but only for my birthday.

A Visit with the Westinghouse Family

The kids and I got to go stay with the Westinghouse family a couple weeks back while daddy was visiting his brothers having a guy weekend. We had such a great time and the kids played so well together.

At the park for a picnic lunch and some playtime.

These rocks made for some great photo ops and the girls were all over it!


TJ doing his best to fit in.

Have a mentioned that this girl likes to pose?

Autumn's not too bad at it either!

That's a lot of sweet in one pic. They enjoyed wearing each others clothes- such girls!

At the sea center. More posing!

Having fun jumping off the bench. I'm sure that's whey the people at the sea center have it there!
I love Autumn in this one.

Steph and Shelby

Checking out the views from the boardwalk. It was super hot so we hit the snow cone stand after this. I haven't had a good snow cone since I left Pearland-they were yummy!

Oh and then there were the frogs. The kids found 3 of them in the backyard and held them hostage for the evening. TJ walked in the house with one saying "Look what I found, mom!" I freaked a little. "Get that thing outside."

Shelby was obsessed! She loved them and would get this look in her eye when she was playing with them. It was that "I will love them and hug them and squeeze them" look if you know what I mean. She was cracking me up!

We had to force the kids to release them when they started playing dead. We felt a little sorry for them.

We had so much fun just hanging out for a few days. And I haven't laughed that hard in a long time- the skirt incident, the frogs, TJ the photographer, facebook investigating...

Thanks Steph and Corry for letting us invade your house and thanks for a super fun time. We really need to do that more often.

For more pics and stories, visit Steph's blog.

Played Out!

"But I'm not tired, mom!"

At least that's what he told me when I informed him it was rest time. He said he wasn't going to sleep. He would just stay up and play. Looks like he played until he couldn't play any more.

Our Beach Trip

We took a trip to Corpus Christi a few weeks back...

The nighttime view of the USS Lexington from our hotel balcony. Staying in a hotel is new for us- we usually rent a house, but this was a nice change. Free morning beverage delivery and someone coming in daily to clean up- you really can't beat that! The kids loved the pool too! They think staying in a hotel is awesome.

The kids received complimentary backpacks with all kinds of little toys when we got there. TJ carried that thing around all weekend. It became a little bit of a problem 'cause if he couldn't have it, he freaked.

Enjoying her morning juice in a very fancy glass!

Took a drive out to Port Aransas to play at the beach. The kids are at the perfect age- no fears and very little complaints- definitely a first at the beach.

Hard at work and looking so cute.

Our friends and their little boy were staying the weekend out there too, so they met us at the beach and the kids loved having a friend to play with.

The seaweed was out of control which was a little annoying for me, but the kids didn't mind at all and even found a way to make it fun...

A carnival was in town and we love carnivals!

Shrimporee!!

Lots of rides, games and prizes (that's why we love carnivals)!

I love that they always want to sit together instead of having their own.

We took a morning tour of the USS Lexington on the last day.

Those are some massive bullets.

I thought that was really cool.

And TJ was impressed by the size of that chain they are sitting on. That really caught his attention.

TJ at the controls- a scary thought.

A little more playtime at the beach before heading home.

This time at the Corpus Christi bay- no seaweed!

She loves to strike a pose!

Jumping the waves with Daddy!

We really had a lot of fun.

TJ keeps asking when we're going back. And he says that next time he wants to stay 5 nights instead of just 2 nights. Unfortunately that's not in the budget, but he doesn't seem to understand that.

Puppy Love

Alli has been giving Chili some extra special attention lately...

Today he wasn't feeling good after getting shots at the vet yesterday. I gave him some medicine, a bath, put him on the couch and told the kids to be nice to him. When I came back in the room, Alli informed me she had made him warm...
I'd say so! Not sure if he's cozy and comfortable or sweating like a pig under there.