Kylee's 9th bday party

I don't know what Trish will do next year for Kylee's birthday, because I can't imagine a blow up water slide bigger than this one!! We all had a great time sliding down the slide...i little baby oil definitely made you go faster!! The boys were exhausted the next day...Cody vegged on the couch until almost 11! It was a blast.

4th of July at the Lakehouse

We spent the 4th as we have the past few years, out at the lakehouse on Lake Limestone. The fireworks show that some of the residents put on is just awesome. We go out on the boat and watch it from the water. Can't beat that. Here's a few pics from the firework show, and then just hanging out at the house!

More from Mexico...

Here is Tadd cliff jumping at Xel Ha! Unfortunately my file is too big, but if I can figure out how to edit it, I'll post it too!

At Xel Ha we were able to try out cliff jumping! The cliff was 15 ft high, and the water below was 10 ft deep. We actually did it twice each. The first time we didn't have the camera, but I couldn't cliff jump and not have proof! The first time I screamed like a crazy person going down... I managed a little restraint second time around! There's no convincing yourself to do this...gotta just do it!

Mommy and Daddy go to Mexico!!

Tadd and I took a trip to the Riviera Maya at the end of June. We had an absolutely fantastic time. It was gorgeous, and the hotel was great. We went parasailing, visited Xel Ha, cliff jumped, and of course, drank lots of cerveza!! Here are a few pics. The boys stayed with Nandy and Papaw, and then my mom,...and I don't think they missed us a bit!!

Summer fun!

We have a great new water park near our house. It's got a cool kids' area, plus lots of slides and a wave pool. Literally five minutes from home! Can't beat that. Here are a few pics of us from the neighborhood pool and the water park with our friend Drew.

Family comes to town!

Uncle Ryan and Aunt Bran come to visit last week, along with Aunt Jessica and Uncle BJ. The boys had lots of fun with Cecelia, and we can't wait to meet the new baby due in September. We all had lots of fun. Ryan's best bud from high school came down (they live in Plano) with his wife and kids and we all hung out and had lots of laughs. Here are a few pics from the long weekend.

Uncle Tadd and Cec playing with bubbles

Cody feeding the birds

At the zoo

All the kids playing with the jeep

Cody getting beat up by Cecelia

Kiddos playing on the slin n slide in the backyard

Trip to Ft Worth Zoo with Mimi

April 19

Mimi bought the boys memberships to the zoo since she is only about 10 minutes away. They really enjoy going and took a lot of pictures themselves this time!! Thanks Mimi for showing the boys a great time and giving Mom and Dad a break!

Holy Hail-storm Batman!

Last week North Texas was hit with a nasty storm, and Mansfield definitely wasn't spared. This was definitely the worst storm I have ever seen next to a hurricane. The winds were between 60-80 mph, and so many trees were just sideways. The hail was crazy!!! It looked like it had snowed in our yard. And you can't really tell from the pictures, but we had a raging river in our street. It was unbelievable. Thankfully the boys slept through it all.

Last of San Antonio pictures

Here's the last of the pics. We actually went to Riverwalk the first day, so those are backwards. We rode a boat down the river and the boys waved at everyone walking around. We visited my college roommate Leslie and her family on our last night--it was great to see them again. All in all, a great vacation!!!

More San Antonio Pics

Sea World has definitely changed since I went as a kid. There are a bunch of big roller coaster rides there now, and some water rides too. There is also a water park but it wasn't open. Blake loved the Shamu roller coaster ride and rode it 3 or 4 times with Daddy. Cody and I got soaked on the river ride, but it was still fun.

Trip to San Antonio

We took a trip to San Antonio with the boys in early April. It was our first "family vacation" where we weren't traveling to see family. We spent 3 days there and had a great time. The weather was fantastic the whole time. We walked around on the Riverwalk, saw the Alamo, saw a 3-D Dinosaur movie (Cody wasn't too keen on that, Blakey tried to touch them the whole time), and of course we went to Sea World!! The boys loved staying in the hotel, and we ALL had a great time at Sea World. Cody says his favorite was the dolphins, and Blake liked Shamu (or Shampu). Definitely somewhere we will go again!!