Catching Up

I'm so behind! It seems like we have been going nonstop all summer, which is not far from the truth. To catch up I'm just going to have to just post some of my favorite pics from all summer.

The first week that school was out for the summer was VBS. We all had such a good time. The first two pics are from two mornings before VBS started in my classroom. I was actually Eli's teacher, and I loved my class. They were the cutest and so fun.

During that week, Michael, Eli, and I also went to the Gladewater Rodeo with Abi, Poppy, and Henry.

One day, after Eli had gotten a hair cut, he wanted me to spike his hair. Then he took several silly pics for me.

I was so glad that Stephani came over one evening with Noah. I had such a good time visiting with her, and I think the boys had fun playing. Ethan and Noah were making a good team.

The morning after that we left for Houston. Soooo many Houston pics to come...I promise.

The Friday after school was out, Mom, Eli, Ethan, and I made a flying trip to Austin for my cousin Kelsey's graduation. Dad couldn't go, because he had to be here for Harmony's graduation. Poor Ethan really did pretty well for riding straight there, and Eli was just so ready to see Grandmama, Grandaddy, Uncle Jay, Aunt Lisa, Kelsey, and Clay. As soon as we got there, Ethan crawled around for a while. Eli went outside to see the deer with Grandmama, and then to play football with Clay. Clay ended up sending the football that they played with home with him, and he is so proud of it! It was really good to see and visit with our family, and Kelsey had a very nice graduation ceremony.

Eli & Ethan during graduation.

We were looking for Kelsey. Eli was taking advantage of the fact that Clay would carry him around.

You can see in all the pics that Ethan is ready for some sleep.

Grandmama and Grandaddy's GRANDkids minus Zack. :)

Our trip home took many more hours than it should have. We got to stop several places and visit with Mimi and John for a bit. As soon as we got home we had to get to work on VBS. The rest of our weekend was spent preparing for Monday morning, and things have not stopped since then.

We had pics taken with Brandy at Hugs & Hissyfits. I can't put the actual pictures on my blog, but here's the link if anyone is interested in looking at them. Let me know if you want one too.

http://www.hugsandhissyfitsphotography.com/proofs/

The four of us went swimming together at Mom and Dad's for the first time yesterday. Eli has been with Grandaddy, but it was the first time for Mommy, Daddy, & Ethan. Ethan loved the water. He's going to be just like his big brother.

We can't wait to spend more time in the water this summer.

Eli played on a slip n' slide for the first time last week at Maddie's house. He has decided that he loves it, and we have to get one (which also excites his daddy).

When he first started he was tip-toeing down the slide.

Then he started running faster...

and decided that it was so much fun that he had to sprint!

After leaving Great Wolf Lodge, we all met at the Rainforest Cafe. Eli has been to one other one, and was terrified the whole time. He screamed until we left when he saw the frog mascot. You can notice in these pics that he can't take his eyes off of his suroundings long enough to take a good picture. Ethan, on the other hand, loved it and loved eating Maddies corn.

After leaving Rainforest Cafe, we had some time to waste in the mall before leaving for the Ranger's game. Tiffany and I had already shopped our way all the way around the mall before the men and kids got there, so we took the kids to play at a Thomas the Train play place. They got to ride the train a couple of times and play in the other play areas.

As you can tell, Maddie loved the train ride.

Ethan was in his stroller, but still enjoyed himself. Look at that molar. He's had it for a while.

There were other, bigger slides, but Eli likes this little one best. It must have been fun. It threw him on his face every single time that he slid down it. We got some laughs.

The Ranger's game was pretty warm, but we all had a good time. Eli even liked the fire work show afterwards.

We had a wonderful mini vacation and can't wait to go by to Great Wolf Lodge. I'm so glad that we got to go with Tiffany, Patrick, and Maddie. We had a lot of fun with you guys.

I know that I am so behind on this blogging thing. Sorry that I haven't updated in so long.

Last Thursday we went to Grapevine to stay at Great Wolf Lodge with some great friends, Tiffany, Patrick, and Maddie. It was so much fun. We spent all day Thursday at the hotel, and then the next morning after breakfast Eli and Michael stayed at the waterpark and played with Patrick and Maddie while Tiffany and I took Ethan and did what we do best. Shopping. :) Eli and Ethan both loved the water park. The place was perfect for them.

Eli's favorite part was shooting water from one of these "wave runners".

Eli was a little scared at first, but after he warmed up he loved the slides. The green one is one of the biggest ones he did. This was the last time I saw him go down it, because he came down head first on his back and got a little too much water.

There are my three boys shooting at eat other.

Ethan was so tired after playing in the water park for several hours. He may not look like it, but he really did have a good time. He even took a good nap in all of that noise.

Eli was not so sure about story time. He's still not to fond of moving talking animals. Ethan spent story time eating and then crawling all over the place.

After everyone left story time we tried to get some cute pics of the kids.