Spring Break

Finally, I'm finding (making) time to blog. Here are the very delayed pictures of spring break. We traveled to my sister's in Magnolia. We had a ball swinging, playing, crafting, playing the Wii, and having pizza delivered. (My kids were fascinated with the pizza delivery, seeing as we never get it delivered around here--not because I'm mean like that, just because, well, no one delivers to us here.)

The pictures are in no particular order. Cody and the kids did a bit of gardening and found a frog. Jake finally let it go. We roasted marshmallows and had s'mores two nights. Jennifer and I even put up a tent ALL BY OURSELVES--and the girls slept in it one night. It served as a fun play place the rest of the week. (We didn't make Sadie mow; she chose to.)

A good time was had by all.

Spring Break: Day 4 (and 5-6)

The snow is all gone here, except for a small drift here and there, so back to spring break. On Thursday Jennifer took the girls back to the golf course for a photo shoot. Then we all loaded up and went to the Magnolia Depot to try to get some pictures of T.S. on the caboose. They have an outdoor stage there, so the kids treated us to a little show before lunch. The kids talked us into swimsuits, water guns and sprinklers that afternoon.

Later that afternoon, the adults traveled to College Station for "42" at The Chicken, burritos from Free Birds and dancing at the Texas Hall of Fame. The fabulous Amy stayed home with our kids and treated them to manicures and pedicures and pizza. Sadie couldn't believe you could order on line and watch the progress of your order.

We enjoyed our trip down memory lane in Aggieland.

Friday was a day of resting. You are probably wondering about the cake balls--well, the cake was good, but we ran out of time to actually make the balls. Maybe next time.

Saturday we left Magnolia, ate at Babe's in Burleson and then went on to Aledo for a brief visit with Robby's folks. We made it home that night. All in all, it was a fun, relaxing week. We're looking forward to our next visit to the Spivey Resort.

My sister posted some of the pictures here. She is very talented. I am proud of her and I envy her camera.

Spring Break: Day 3

Today was a fun day because Robby volunteered to stay home with the kids while Jen and I went shopping. He even took pictures of the kids playing on the "hills" behind the houses.

After supper the kids and I made cakes for our cake ball project. I didn't get any pictures of the girls making theirs. (sorry girls)

I'm not sure what day the next pictures are from; we enjoyed playing the Wii every day. (Even though Josie said my Mii was "freaky.") T.S. really liked golf and boxing.

Spring Break: Day 2

On Tuesday of spring break, we had big plans: tour the Blue Bell Creamery and take pictures in the bluebonnets. We drove to Brenham, had lunch, then headed to the Creamery. The line snaked out the door and down a sidewalk. They had even erected portable shades for the people in line--not a good sign. Since my sister and I are so very smart, we decided to ask some questions before unloading the kids. We found out that even if we got in line, we might not get a tour.

So, we took the kids to the picnic area at Washington on the Brazos (the birthplace of Texas) and played for a while. We didn't attempt the historic part of it (we know our limits), but did point out the Brazos River--chocolate milk according to T.S.

After surviving the gravel-throwing-unattended kids at the playground, we set off to take pictures in the bluebonnets. Sadie was promptly bitten by fire ants.

(Part 2 of Day 2 to follow--it ended up being quite an adventure-filled day)

Bluebonnets

To continue with our "crazy week theme" I thought I'd share these pictures that T.S. and Jake took at our very memorable bluebonnet photo shoot. My sister got a few good ones of the boys and posted them here.


You are welcome (again) for not posting all of the identical pictures of the field of flowers. And, no comments on how haggard we look--remember 4 kids +1 car+no tour+mean playground kids (not sure what it equals, but I think Jen and I handled it well--we are smiling after all and we did get home with all 4 kids.)

Spring Break, Day 1

We travelled to Magnolia, Texas to visit my sister and her family. We spent Monday hanging out and enjoying life in a sub-division. We were even brave and went to Wal Mart (I know, what were we thinking??) Robby played golf at High Meadow Ranch Golf Club (a must if you are in the area). Jen and I took the kids there for lunch--yummy!

I took the following pictures Tuesday, but I just wanted to give you an idea of what we were dealing with all week--4 cousins and all I wanted was 1 good picture. This series kind of summed up the week for me--lots of fun and kind of crazy. Notice the footwear or lack thereof--this will be a recurring theme the rest of the week. You can click on the pictures to make them larger and get a better view of the facial expressions.

Please note: I chose not to show you about half of this photo shoot--you can thank me later.