Christmas

Here are a few pictures from our visit with the Richmonds.. always good to see them!!

 

Our next Christmas was with Grandmaw, DziaDzia, Aunt Deb, Uncle Jon & Avery.  We all met at church and then came to our house for so Rudy's BBQ and presents!!

 

 

 

After they left it was time to put out the cookies and get ready for SANTA!!!!  We woke up early to see what he brought us.  Zach was pretty excited about his new bike and all the other things he got.  Brenden I think was excited to get money.. what more would a college kid want.. right.. Macy was excited to play with the wrapping paper.  We all also got new Sam Houston "Sammy" Tervis cups. 

 

 

 

Brenden left after we opened presents and Zach & I went to my aunt's house to celebrate with my dad's family.  We had a great time getting to see all of them.

Spring Break - Day two..batting cages

So the next day Sherry and I decided to take the kids to the batting cages in Palestine.  This was Zach's first time at the batting cages so it took a little bit for him to get used to but I think once he got the hang of it he loved it.  It is at an arcade which you know that means we also had to play some games. 

How sweet.. Zach loves Rylan...

They were playing Deal or No Deal.. these kids were good they should have been on the show.. they won 200 tickets (top prize) twice!

So glad we were able to hang out with them it was so much fun!

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Spring Break - day one fishing

Can you believe week befor last was Spring Break???  Where has this school year gone?  Zach ended up going to daycare Monday through Wednesday then Tim was able to take off Thursday and Friday so he was with him.  I had a project at work so I didn't get to get off until Friday but it worked out well.   Thursday Brenden came to the house and stay with us until Sunday.. Tim and I wanted to get a way but we weren't sure where to go we looked at Austin, San Antonio and Dallas but decided to go and hang out with our friends in Palestine.  We woke up early Friday morning and set out for our trip.  We got there early we went by our friend's house and all decided we were going to go fishing with the kids.  So the guys went first so they could catch some perch so we would be set when we came fishing.  The kids had a good time playing out by the pond and of coarse doing a little fishing.. Alan was the only one lucky enough to get anything.. oh well it was good to hang out with them!

Zach with his Godfather

I hate that Kara is not in focus but I love this picture with her smiling and Hannah and Rylan's expressions..

One last vacation before school starts.. Part 2

Alan, Sherry, Hannah, Kara and Rylan came Friday afternoon and we had to take them to the beach!

Hannah and Carlie

Zach and Rylan

Rylan with his juice box

Carlie

Hannah

Our little mermaid, Ms. Kara

All of the kids!

  Saturday Morning it was back to the beach of coarse!

We got home around lunch time from the beach.  Us women went to Wally World to get a few things for lunch and supper. When we came back we ate lunch then it was time for some horse shoes!

Even I got into playing.. I would throw and Zach would scream trying to mess me up.. what a sweet boy!

my handsome hubby..

Rylan knew that this little faucet had water.. we used it to clean our feet before went into the house but he thought it was better to play in..I might have turned the water for him a few times.. it was too cute just to watch him play!

Saturday afternoon as it got cooler (still HOT but better) we decided to take the kids back to the beach.  We had a great time again playing in the water and because Zach is not the best swimmer I tried to stay out there with him so that if I wave went over him I could catch him and just watch him.  Well we would take little breaks from the water in one of our breaks we were walking back and as I was walking I step on something that I knew wasn't quite right.. it was slimey and MAD that I was on top of it the next thing I know it is wiggling and I feel it swing around and hit me.. I was in pain and I knew exactly what it was it was a stingray! I got Zach and ran to the shore where Tim, Thomas and Sherry were at and I could finally see my foot it had a little bit of blood but I was in PAIN!  So we walked over to where the sandbags were and I leaned against them to try and take a look at it better.  I had my cell phone down there so Sherry looked up what to do on WebMd.  Tim wanted to know if I wanted to go to the hospital and I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do.. So we walked back to the house and I sat in a chair on the porch.. luckily there was a cop down the road so Thomas walked down there to see what he thought when he came back he told us that he said to put a hot pad on it or put in hot water and go to the hospital because they can leave their barb in you and they are posionous.. so on to the hospital in Lake Jackson we went. We got there and put my name in and the guy goes you aren't the first we had today.. That made me feel better.. NOT.. so they took me back got my blood pressure and everything else and told me that I was going to have to wait in the waiting room but they said they were going to give me something to help the pain.. so me and my bowl of hot water went and waited.. Tim got me registered and a few minutes later (all together about 30-45 minutes had past) I was going back to the room.  Which was great because by the time I was going back the water was luke warm and as soon as the water wasn't hot it was back to PAIN!  So we got in and the nurse got me some more water and we waited.  The doctor came in and said well you are the 11th one today and we had a bunch last weekend too.. would have like to have known that before we put the kids in the water.  So she asked when was the last time I had a tetnus shot and I couldn't remember so she goes so today.. I said yes.. then she told me that they were going to give me some pain meds and an antibotic.  She felt around the wound to see if she could feel the barb and gratefully she didn't but she said she wanted to take some x-rays of my foot to comfire that it didn't go deep in my foot.  So we got every and waited for the results.. about 30mins later NO BARB!  Thank goodness.. if there would have been a barb I would have had to got to surgery to get it out!  So we made our way back to the beach house.  I told everyone that I had the memorable moment of the vacation and they could thank me!  I woke up Sunday and had a little paid but my arm where I got the shot actually was the worst and still is!  We clean the house up and then it was back home!

It was a great trip and I'm so happy that our family came with us and was able to share all of this with us.  I hated that I got hurt but was thankful it wasn't any worse!

Back to the real world...

Oh the stories and pictures I have to share.. I will try to get them on here this week along with some really cute photos!  Hope you had a great weekend!

Zach's 7th birthday party!

We had Zachary 7th birthday party today at the AMF Bowling Alley in The Woodlands.  We had just a few of his friends (which they are all more like family) come and enjoy a afternoon of bowling.  We got to play 2 games and we all had a blast trying to make a strike! 

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Zachary and Nolan

The whole gang..

Eric, Zachary and Nolan

A great time was had by all.  I just can't believe my baby is going to turn 7 this week!  He is growing up to fast!

 

Rylan's 1st birthday!

I got the chance to do some pictures for Rylan's 1st birthday and I got to do what I have been wanting to do for a while that I had seen on another blog... check them out..

He LOVED the cake it was so fun to watch him just get it to it! 

Happy 1st birthday Rylan!