ShoutOut…

 

Just have to give a shout out to the ‘rents – Gram and Pawpaw

Pretty much every weekend they get Erin and spend some time with her.  We usually take her on Saturday evening and she spends the night and all day Sunday with them. 

At first it felt like we were somehow pushing her off onto them but they do not feel that way.  I asked Daddy the other day and he told me that they get upset and feel like they’re missing something when she doesn’t go over there on a Saturday night.  He told me that they know that one day she will not want to go over there because it will be too uncool and she’ll have friends and activities and things to do.  He told me they are making the most of the time they have while she’s little and still wants to spend time with them.

That makes me happy and sad at the same time.  I hate that they feel that way.  I can honestly say Amy and I loved going to our grandparent’s house to spend the night.  Of course it wasn’t every weekend, but we still loved going.  I can remember going to Grandpa and Grandma May’s house.  I got to indulge my Dr. Pepper fix and she always made us chocolate chip cookies.  We played Aggravation and cards and got to stay up late.  It was great!

My hope is that Erin will have all the great memories I have. 

Artsy Fartsy Beach Pics…

 

I played around a little with a couple of the shots that I liked the best.

 

 

 

 

Galveston 2015…

 

Here are some of the pictures we took.  Matthew got a couple of good ones with his phone.  Very impressive…

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Spring Break Fun…

 

Aunt Mimi and Uncle Matt rented a Beach House on Galveston this weekend.  Erin and I went up on Saturday and she is staying for the rest of the time up there.  Tommy is gone to a class in Florida for State Farm.  Right now I have the house all to myself and I am enjoying the silence, but I miss them a lot!

The water at the beach was cold but it didn’t stop the kids.  It’s just like always in situations like these, it’s a cold shock when you first get in but then you get used to it.  The worst part is getting out.  Then you’re really cold.

We spent all day Saturday down at the beach.  I shot a couple of videos and they’re pretty cute.  I caught Erin dancing when she didn’t know I was filming.  She heard me laughing and really started hamming it up. 

The other video is of the kids playing in the surf.  They would run in, jump some waves and run back out to me.  I high fived them as they told me “I Swimmed”.  This started something so for the next 30 minutes we did this in 2 minute intervals.  HIgh five and the announcement that I Swimmed.

Here are the videos:

Let’s Rodeo…

 

It’s the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo time of year.  Yay!  We loaded up Erin and William (I loaded up Gram and Pawpaw too!) and we took off.  We met Amy and Aunt Lolo at the train station with William.  The kids love the Park and Ride for the train.  They get to ride it for one stop, but they love it.

This year they’re too big for strollers so I packed the collapsible wagon.  Good call.  They climbed in it before we even left the parking lot.  They look so cute all loaded up.

We rode ponies and camels.  They were a little unsure of the camel but got to ride together so all was good.  I think William was excited because the camel was named Matthew. 

The baby animals and rabbits were a big hit in the exhibit hall.  There was a big display of eggs and there were chicks hatching while they got to watch.  Beside it there was an display of the new born chicks.  It was very cute.  They were thrilled.  Next to that was a chicken coop.  Erin ran up to it in front of all these strangers and started yelling “Hi chickens, I hope to see you again soon!”.  She got quite a few laughs.  It’s hard to remind an excited 4 year old that she needs to wait in line.

Here are some pics from the day.  The only thing we forgot to do was the Petting Zoo.  They were so tired by 3:00 that we called it a day.  Erin fell asleep on the way home.