Texas!!

We went to the great state of Texas for a quick visit just before the kids went back to school.  We had to go see the family and get our fill of Mexican Food!!

 We were SO excited to see this sign!!!

 We were torn by this sign; excited to see the speed limit, sad to see how many more miles we still had to go!!!  Well, maybe not all of those miles were driven :) to get to Granddad & Nanny, Uncle Scott, Aunt Natalie, Cousin Carter & the rest!!  But we did drive 2200 miles to get there & back!

 Austin had to show Ansley "his" town

 SERIOUSLY!!????!!!!

 This looks cooler in the actual size, but it was too big for the blog

 Hanging out on one of our Aunt Net & Uncle Roy's tractors

A pretty cool picture Eric took of one of Aunt Net & Uncle Roy's silos; the kids were fascinated by them!

Mondays

I am trying to make a point of playing catch up on Mondays....we will see how this goes :)

 They are there, I promise.....just to the right of the mast in the middle of the picture.

We went to Perdido Key, Florida several weeks ago and got to go see the Blue Angels practice their performances....albeit, not our exact plan for where to see them.  We did not go on base as it was just easier for us with our car packed full of stuff, so we found a marina close by (ergo the boats in the picture) which allowed us to camp out and see the practice.  If you are ever down there it is really a sight to see.  They were LOUD, but the kids really enjoyed the show.

Uncle Bunny's Wedding

Uncle Bunny got married this past weekend and it was such a quaint wedding & setting!!  Tons of fun!

 This was the WHOLE group, all family on both sides; Bride is Lauren......Uncle Bunny is Eric's older brother.

 A&A look way enthused in this picture I know....but it was their rehearsal.....needless to say, the actual event was WAY worse than this picture, so let's just go with this one :).....but because this is my "baby book" I will have to tell the story!!

Long story short, there was not a rehearsal dinner so the kids did this one walk through and were told they would be walking towards Eric in the front of the church where he would be standing beside the groom.....when it came time for them to walk down, the groom & groomsmen had not yet come out, and Austin is a little (a LOT) shy in large groups of people, so he got worried and DRUG his sister down the aisle instead of walking slowly.  In turn, the whole church erupted into laughter which made him even more worried!!!  In the end, they made it to where I was sitting and all was well....nothing a little ice cream cannot fix :)

 Our attempt at a Christmas card photo.....needless to say Ansley forgot to smile!

 The groomsmen and the bride - the other groomsman is Eric' younger brother, Patrick who got married two years ago.

The new B family!!! Patrick, Heather, Brian, Ansley, Lauren, Austin, Eric & I

1st Day of School

The long awaited first day of 1st grade and 3rd grade has arrived!!!  Not really that long awaited, as this summer has been the fastest on record. I have to warn you, Eric had to go to work this morning and could not stick around for the send off, thus I was the picture taker and this is not my strong suit!!  So the pictures are not so great, but the memories are!!

"Oh come on Mom!"

 An is already taking off her full backpack!! Austin is staring at our neighbors starting their trek to the bus stop...."Mom, we need to go"

This was the best group shot I got, but there were about 7 other kids who walked up moments later.....blurry pictures on my end :(  Austin is standing by two 5th grade girls, which is why he looks so little!!  But then Ansley is standing by one of her buddies who is about a foot taller than her and in the same grade!!  These kids got their Grandma's genes!!

Happy End of Summer!!!