Project 365 Week 23

Another week...another late post! So much has happened since we got home from Texas, so things have been crazy. More about that in the next week's post!

We finished up our week in Texas, leaving Riesel and going to Austin for Ed's national tournament for Flames of War.

Sunday: This is Emmalyn and her Aunt Emily, my brother's wife. 

And I'm bummed that this is the only picture I got of E and her cousin, Jax, Cody and Emily's son.
I have the best video of Jax dancing. If I can get it transferred, I will post it.

Seriously...how cute is this girl? She grew so much while we were gone!

 Monday: Bath time in the "Texas Tub", aka, Mimi's sink!

Tuesday: We went into Waco and had lunch with my Aunt Nita. While we were in town, we went by the cupcake shop and got these yummies!

That night, we went to Tanner's game. I thought I had pictures of Tanner actually playing, but maybe they're on my other camera.

Wednesday: We went to the Mayborn Museum. It is so much fun! They were having a special exhibit called "Goosebumps!" You got to participate in experiments that measured fear. It was pretty cool.

In this experiment, you were listening to certain sounds, and then suddenly a scary sound loudly played. It would record your reaction. This was Cayson.

And here was mine and Brynley's reaction.

And here is E tootin' around in a cop car.

And her tea party with Brynley.

Logan is always fascinated with the bubbles. He loves entertaining the other kids.

Tyler was the only kid who could get this to work!

Then he gave the body bubble a go.

Even Ed took part in the fun!

This was after we got home. My dad was making his evening rounds in his garden. E was about to go to bed.

Thursday: I think this kid could get used to this! And we bought her some of those letters when we got home. She loved them!

And here is some of the clan at Peter Piper Pizza. From the left it is Tyler, Cayson, Katie, Dad, Michael, Tracy, and Brynley.

And this cutie was waving to her fans!

When we left on Thursday, we headed to our hotel in Austin. Not too shabby!

Friday: While Ed started his tournament, the kids and I and Ed's mom and stepdad (who drove from Georgia) drove to San Antonio to see Ed's daughter, Steffani, and go to Sea World. This was Steffani's first time to see her baby sister!

We saw the Shamu show, the boys rode the Steel Eel, and then we saw this great penguin exhibit.
And then it poured down rain for like the next 2 hours. We left. Oh well!

Saturday: After the bust at Sea World, we decided to go to Inner Space Caverns in Georgetown. I had never been before. It was really cool! However, I could not believe the humidity! It was only 72 degrees in the cave, but I was sweating! They said 95% of the cave is still growing. The boys really liked it, and Tyler got to be a Junior Explorer Guide.

After Ed's tournament was over, the whole family went to The Salt Lick. YUM-O! They had us come behind the counter to the pit to take a family picture. From the left it is: Doug (Ed's stepdad), Liz (Ed's mom), Logan, E, Tyler, Ed, Rob (Steffani's husband), and Steffani. I wish this picture was scratch-and-sniff.

I promised the boys a night of swimming back at the hotel. They crack me up!

As we were walking back to our room, we noticed Tyler doing this. He told us he was "reading morse code." Ha! That's Braille, buddy!

Sunday: It was time to head back to Colorado. But, Ed promised me we would stop at Lolita's in Waco. I can't get enough of these tacos!

And neither can these two! Although they prefer breakfast tacos.

And, of course, this cutie got herself a tortilla. 

Sorry it was so long! We've done a lot! See you soon with this past week's pictures!

Project 365 Week 22

We have embarked on the first of 2 big summer trips-the first being to see my family in Texas. It's kind of two-fold: we get to see my family and Ed is competing in the national Flames of War tournament in Austin.  Ed's mom and stepdad are driving into Austin from Atlanta for a couple of days, and we also get to see Ed's daughter and her husband who live in San Antonio. As I type this, I am lounging poolside with Ed and E while the boys are splashing around in the pool. Heaven! Have I mentioned how much I love summer break???

Here was our past week...

Sunday: No picture. Hmmmmm...

Monday: No picture again. But, I did post this to Facebook.

Tuesday: We started our annual pilgrimage to Texas. We take our time, turning a 12-13 hour drive into 2 days. But, it's always a relief to see this sign on the first day.

Some antics with Mom...

E is positioned just in a way that when I turn around, this is what I see! So sweet!

Kid's going to go deaf with those headphones!

Wednesday: We were driving into a storm, but Ed and I decided that this storm cloud looked strikingly like North America. Can you see it?

Brynley was none to happy to have her Mimi holding E. She pouted in Aunt Katie's lap. 

Thursday: Anytime we go to Waco in the summer, I can't wait to get some Bahama Bucks! They have the best shaved ice. E liked it, too!

Tyler and Cayson goofing around.

Brynley posing for a picture.

I was really surprised with how much Tyler played with Brynley. Let's hope that he's still interested when E is her age.

Friday: My mom and I went to Canton for the day. Here are our 2 little tagalongs. They did great! I found lots of cute things for E.

When we got home, Tyler helped Mimi pull potatoes. He was completely fascinated!

Tyler with his harvest.

Saturday: E got to swim in Brynley's pool. The picture is deceiving...she actually loved it!

Hope everyone is having a great summer!

Project 365 Week 21

Since I'm late getting this up, I will get straight to the pictures!

Sunday: Apparently, no picture!

Monday: I found this on my phone. I'll count it!

Tuesday: I think this is the correct day for this picture. We had guest readers come and read to the kids in conjunction with a program our school is taking part in this summer. I've mentioned Laura on here before. She used to teach first grade at my school, but now she works in the district office. She came and read to the kids. It was fun because a lot of my second graders were her first graders last year, and they were SO excited to see her. I love her expressions as she reads to them.

Wednesday: I had a picture, but evidently I did not save it correctly. It was of Shari as the school mascot, the Puma! As soon as I find it, I will definitely add it!

Thursday: Last day of school for me!!! Woo hoo! I should've taken a picture of myself gleefully celebrating my freedom, but alas, I did not. However, our classes did celebrate Shari earning her Master's Degree!

That night, I did go with Tyler to the Sky Sox game. They are the AAA team for the Colorado Rockies. His music class was singing the National Anthem before the game. Logan was sick, so Ed stayed home with him and E. We had a lot of fun. The best part was the fireworks!

Warming up...

Tyler with Sox the Fox! A little excited, ya think???

The amazing fireworks!

Friday: We had a workday, so I was able to get my room cleaned up. It's always strange to see it so empty.

Shari and I went to lunch at Noodles & Company. I about died at Shari's glee with the soda machine. She took sooooooo long that the darn thing would reset. And a line formed. Sheesh. Can't take that girl anywhere.

Saturday: Since our summer travels are taking us to Texas and Georgia, the entire family was in need of new apparel. So, I braved the outlet mall and Park Meadow Mall alone with the 3 kids. It was rather uneventful. Phew. E was copying Tyler sticking out his tongue at her.

A quick pic in the elevator. Love these 3.

Not too exciting of a week, but happy to be heading into summer!