Monday, July 25, 2011
Cousins!
Our cousins came out to visit us this past weekend!
Uncle Matt entertaining the whole bunch!
The RC Cars were a huge hit with the boys
Clara being adorable in the playhouse
Isabel loved to read to Benji
Wyatt being his typical cute self
James and Ben
Snack time!
Uncle JL reading to the gang
Slumber Party! The kids all bunked together. The first night it was all the boys in James/Wyatt's room. The last night it was James, Ben and Isabel in her room. (She was feeling a bit left out that the boys were getting to have all the fun!)
Of course, she slept on the bed! The floor is for the boys!
What a change from just a year ago!
Such a good looking bunch!
Little Helpers
My sweet 5 yr old actually asked if he could vacuum out my van the other day. He did a FANTASTIC job! I was so impressed, I gave him 50 cents. He's been wanting to buy a bouncy ball from the little reward machine that is at the exit of our grocery store. It amazes me sometimes what he is capable of doing. I guess I still think of him as my baby. But he's a boy now. A really, really good boy.
The other two played "drive Wyatt around" while James was hard at work!
Fathers Day
I told you it has been a long time since I uploaded from my camera ;-)
JL opening his fathers day card from the two boys (it played music)
Daddy got a lounger for the deck, some bbq seasonings, and a corn griller
And of course, Eckerd - The Fathers' Day Rooster
Isabel and I made Daddy some Key Lime Bars for his special desert.
Ketchup
It's been a while since I uploaded the photos from my camera. My phone is hogging the spotlight lately. But I found these cuties on my camera this morning and thought I'd share.
Beauty is WAY too tolerant!
She will only take this humiliation from Isabel. Somehow I guess she knows she belongs to E
I can't keep the dog, Isabel, or Wyatt out of the water!
Clean! With new jammies!
Isabel at her first dentist apt. She did GREAT!
We ended up on the Berm the other day at the baseball game. The kids loved it because they could run around pretty much the whole time!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
A Field Trip
I enjoy a good road trip. I love being out on the road, tunes playing, scenery changing. There's just something about it. Thankfully, my kids enjoy it too. Or at least, they are good travelers and don't complain about it. (I think it comes from dragging them around since they were babies while we searched for our ranch land!)
So I decided to take everyone on a field trip! Somewhere I've wanted to go for a long time, but never had. Somewhere that seemed perfect for a hot summer day with 3 kids. Somewhere that Mom would enjoy, that isn't too far away. I've got it - the Blue Bell Ice Cream Factory!!
We invited our friends to join us (I knew they'd been wanting to go for a while too!) and we set off. It was a bit of a drive, but the kids did great. They looked at books and sang Disney songs as the miles passed us by.
When we arrived, 3 very excited children spilled out of my van. I put Wyatt in the stroller and James happily pushed him as we made our way to the entrance. Along the way were beautiful trees and lush gardens. The humidity slapped me in the face as soon as we started walking, but it's been so long since we've had moisture of any kind, I happily overlooked it. We stopped along the way to admire the statues and a cool old ice cream truck!
Inside, we were able to walk right in. The tour only cost me $5 (kids 5 and under were free!) and there was no line for tickets. They gave us our own ice cream hat (which my kids only wore for about 2 seconds) and a ton of brochures on the history of the area/factory. We only had about a 2 minute wait until our tour time, so I took a few pictures of the adorable waiting room.
The guided tour only lasted about 30 minutes. (There was no photography allowed.) I would have liked to have seen more of the factory, but it was just the perfect amount of "history" for the kids. And at the end - a huge cafeteria room with every flavor imaginable for us to gobble up! Naturally, this was the kids favorite part!
Afterwards, we decided to try to find a city park for lunch. I felt bad to sugar up the kids and then force them to get back in the van for a long drive home. Plus, we had packed lunches, so a picnic felt necessary.
Wyatt loves the slides! He goes down all by himself now. No matter how high!
We all decided that the factory was so fun, we'd like to go again sometime. And for some strange reason, I have this huge need to rush right out and buy some Blue Bell!
So I decided to take everyone on a field trip! Somewhere I've wanted to go for a long time, but never had. Somewhere that seemed perfect for a hot summer day with 3 kids. Somewhere that Mom would enjoy, that isn't too far away. I've got it - the Blue Bell Ice Cream Factory!!
We invited our friends to join us (I knew they'd been wanting to go for a while too!) and we set off. It was a bit of a drive, but the kids did great. They looked at books and sang Disney songs as the miles passed us by.
When we arrived, 3 very excited children spilled out of my van. I put Wyatt in the stroller and James happily pushed him as we made our way to the entrance. Along the way were beautiful trees and lush gardens. The humidity slapped me in the face as soon as we started walking, but it's been so long since we've had moisture of any kind, I happily overlooked it. We stopped along the way to admire the statues and a cool old ice cream truck!
Inside, we were able to walk right in. The tour only cost me $5 (kids 5 and under were free!) and there was no line for tickets. They gave us our own ice cream hat (which my kids only wore for about 2 seconds) and a ton of brochures on the history of the area/factory. We only had about a 2 minute wait until our tour time, so I took a few pictures of the adorable waiting room.
The guided tour only lasted about 30 minutes. (There was no photography allowed.) I would have liked to have seen more of the factory, but it was just the perfect amount of "history" for the kids. And at the end - a huge cafeteria room with every flavor imaginable for us to gobble up! Naturally, this was the kids favorite part!
Afterwards, we decided to try to find a city park for lunch. I felt bad to sugar up the kids and then force them to get back in the van for a long drive home. Plus, we had packed lunches, so a picnic felt necessary.
We all decided that the factory was so fun, we'd like to go again sometime. And for some strange reason, I have this huge need to rush right out and buy some Blue Bell!
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