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.

 

 

 

 

 

Silly Time…

 

Tommy went to the Rockets game last night so Erin and I had some girl time.

We started it off with cheeseburgers and fries and finished it with a movie in her bed.  Yes, I confess.  I didn’t want to cook so we had the burgers, but the movie was impromptu but great.

I had recorded Disney’s Mulan a while back and we decided to watch it last night.  We snuggled down in her bed, turned out the lights and watched it for about an hour before I put a wet blanket on the whole thing.  It was getting late and the movie wasn’t over yet.  Erin only put up a small fight.  (This is progress for the two of us!)

Here are some silly pictures we took while we were laying there.  Erin loves to have silly pictures taken and really, really loves to see them when I’m done.