Colorado Trip

At the end of July we traveled up to Colorado for a week. Stephen's parents met us up there in their camper. It was a great trip with lots of wonderful memories.....here are a few of my
favorites below.........


Our stop for a picnic lunch in the Cascades while on the Durango/Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.....we enjoyed the beautiful scenery as well as climbing around the rocks along the water.

Horseback riding in the mountains....one of my favorite things we did! I was actually REALLY nervous about doing this.....I've always had a slight fear of horses......however, I felt very relaxed and did fine. Our guide was also really great which helped alot!

Logan was too small to go along on the trail ride, so he got to do a small ride of his own. He was a little nervous about it which really surprised me since nothing ever scares him.

This was taken during our first day of riding through the mountains on the 4-wheeler and the jeep. There was a beautiful waterfall behind us........perfect picture taking spot!

It was so much fun to stop along the trails and find a neat spot to have a picnic lunch. The kids got a kick out of watching the chipmunks run around. Logan even tried to chase a few of them but they would outrun him every time.

The kiddos were ready to go 4-wheelin' in the mountains!

This was right before we left to board the train.

We took a break from riding to put our feet in a creek that we found. The creek is mostly snow run-off so needless to say it was extremely cold. Grandad challenged us all to see who could keep their feet in the water at least one minute. Nanny was the only one who could do it! I barely lasted 5 seconds....no joke! Waaaaayyyyy colder than the Frio River!

Our white water rafting trip.....our guide Connor was amazing! I would LOVE to do this again one day. Logan wasn't able to go......he had to at least be 3 years old......so he stayed back at the camper with Grandad and they had a fun time together.

We took this the first day we were there. We actually passed up the sign and had to turn around to stop and get pictures. Right across from this sign was the "Welcome to New Mexico" sign so we did pictures there as well. There happened to be two other families taking pictures while we were and they were both from College Station.....small world, right? We ran into lots of Texans throughout the week.....one family was from Spring too.

There are so many more pictures and it would take me forever to post and write about them all. We are just so thankful for the chance to have been able to go on two great trips this summer. In the 11 years I have known Stephen, this is the FIRST summer he has ever been able to do a vacation and so for that I am so grateful......just one more reason I love his new job!

Beach Vacation to Florida

I'm finally getting our pictures from our trip to Destin put together on the blog. We had such a wonderful time and created some great memories! I hope we will be able to visit again soon!

Guess it's about time I finally updated my blog!

I am such a slacker!!! I was doing so good about updating my blog and totally fell off the wagon the last month. I can't imagine why......it's not like being a full time working mom of three is that time consuming or anything......the girls made swim team (go Seals!) in May and they practice EVERY single day and that has just about killed me! It has been soooooo good for them and the swim meets are so much fun so I'm really glad they have done it this year.

The girls had a great first grade year.....the end came fast and furious......I was able to attend all of their end of year awards ceremonies to see them get all of their hard earned awards - I am so proud of them both!


Here they are with one of the awards certificates they received......



The girls with their teacher, Mrs *J*



Mrs. J invited the parents back to the room for the students to showcase all the things they learned this year......Lauren was chosen to be one of the special song leader helpers......I wonder where she gets that from? :)



Family shot.......Leah looks thrilled, doesn't she?




The end of year carnival at school was a blast as well........I am totally rockin' it with my neon yellow hair!


Soooooo, summer is finally here and the girls are still doing swim team. Their last meet is this Saturday. Then, next week they are attending Vacation Bible School for 4 days and then we leave for Destin on Friday! We're hoping and praying that the oil doesn't ruin our trip. We've got some options for backup plans in case it does. My parents and my brother and his family are going with us so wherever we end up, we'll make the most of it and have a blast! At the end of July, we're going to Colorado with Stephen's parents......talk about from one extreme to the other! From the hot beaches in Florida to the cold mountains in Colorado......I'm looking forward to a great time and thankful that Stephen's new job is allowing him to take these trips. He has NEVER been able to have time off in the summer since we've been married so it will be nice! I know he is really looking forward to it. God is good and He is faithful for sure!

Well, that's all I can think of for now......I'm hoping to be better about updating this summer......I love to go back and read old posts from summer's past.....the kids change so much in a year's time. TTFN!

Happy 7th birthday Leah and Lauren!!!

Last Saturday was the girl's 7th birthday party at SK8 Town. Stephen has been gone on business all this week so I am just now getting some pictures posted....

Here's their roller skate cake all lit up!

Logan was really interested in talking

to "Roller Roo"!

Both girls got a spin on the birthday wheel......Leah won a free t-shirt and Lauren won a free skate pass!

SK8 Town gave us TONS of tokens

so the girls had fun playing games with

their friends when they needed a break from skating.

Enjoying pizza - yum!

Here's some of their friends at the party.......

My brother and I reliving our days at the skating rink in Huntsville.......we had many birthday parties there growing up.

There they go..........whizzing around the rink!

Mr. Wyndell and Jeff being silly

and goofing around........as usual!



Happy 7th birthday to my

sweet girls!

Twi-Tour

Last Friday my good friend, Allison, and I went to the 2010 Twilight Convention at the Galleria in Houston. We discovered a while back that we both love the Twilight series and are both "Team Edward" fans. So, it just seemed natural for us to go to the convention when we found out it was coming to Houston. It was actually all weekend long, however, we mainly wanted to see Peter Facinelli, aka Dr. Cullen. They even offered "Breakfast with the Wolf Pack" on Sunday morning, but we were all about seeing the vampires - we figured it was the closest to Edward we would ever get in real life. LOL!

Stephen tagged along with us and we actually had a blast! I was so giddy and starstruck, it wasn't even funny!


Here we are checking in at the
Westin Galleria Hotel.



We decided to leave a few questions
for "Carlisle" to hopefully answer for
us while he was on stage.



We made it!



MUCH love for the vampires!!!



NO love for the werewolves!!!



I got called on stage to play a Twilight Trivia game.....the questions were really hard so I didn't do very well...........Yet another reason I need to reread the series this summer.........



Here's a few close up shots of Peter..............*sigh*
I loved how he walked around in the crowd and didn't just sit on stage the whole time. He was very interactive with the audience and we loved every minute of it!



My autographed picture of Dr. Carlisle Cullen......he looked sooooooo different in person.



My encounter with Carlisle was great......very nice guy! A moment I'll never forget!

Easter 2010