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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Pizza with Cousins!

Yesterday Amy spent the day with Grams and they headed to The Woodlands for some more cousin time before Jill and the boys headed back to the islands...They took all seven kids to play at the water fountains and then I met them after work to head to Aunt Velma's for pizza!!! Amy loves being with all her little cousins!!! So fun!

Sorry the pictures are not the best, all I had was my phone camera!

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Happy 6th Anniversary...

Matt and I celebrated our 6th anniversary last weekend...I still can't believe we have been married 6 years or are getting so old...wow...time really does fly! We decided last minute that we would go to Schlitterbahn on Saturday, Gruene Hall Saturday night, and then to Bastrop to the Lost Pines Resort on Sunday...however, the Honda had different plans...

Matt greeting the tow truck in Schulenburg...super fun to drive an hour, then get to ride a tow truck back to Katy...
Luckily Amy and Grams came to pick us up...Glad one of them is watching the road...

So, after a detour home, we cancelled Schlitterbahn and Gruene and went straight to Bastrop...in the Ford, much more reliable...(and yes, Galyn, the air conditioner still works!)
This is the coolest resort we have been to in awhile...complete with lazy river, waterfall, butterfly garden and nightly smores!
Riding my cruiser...
Matt by the Colorado River, we took a raft down it the first night, very pretty and so quiet...
The main courtyard area
Part of the pool, seriously, the pool was awesome...
Sunday was our anniversary, so we headed to the "barbeque mecca of Texas" - Lockhart...
We chose this fancy little place...it was the cheapest Anniversary dinner we have ever had and one of the best! They had lone star long necks and sweet tea...what more could you ask for?
A lovely self portrait!
A little sweet tea in the truck...a little tricky, apparently Lockhart doesn't believe in lids or repaving their two lane roads...it was interesting to say the least... Luckily we made it back in time to roast smores!!! And yes, we were the oldest people out there...but smores are great no matter how old you are!
Delicious!
Grams watched Amy while we were gone and we picked her up on our way home in Bryan...We took her to the bookstore to get some new Aggie gear since she has outgrown all of hers...cruising the MSC...
She wanted a stuffed animal until she came upon the giant foam hands...Mr. Jeremy turned her on to gloves at our office one day and it apparently continues to fascinate her!
I must say she was pretty cute cruising campus with her gigem hand :)

As for the Honda...once we got home, it was a $40 part...fabulous, luckily Matt was able to fix it himself...
Oh well, we had a fabulous anniversary!!!

Family Parties got a little more exciting!

Last Friday we had a family birthday party and wow...it was the first time all of Amy's little buddies have been together since they have become mobile...Amy is the youngest of 6 babies born in one year! They were so cute together and I can't wait to watch them all grow up!!! It definitely made the party exciting!

Aunt Meredith came down early to play and to make cobblers! And Amy had so much fun!!!

Coloring with Aunt Meredith...
Cobbler time...

On to the party...Aunt Sally turned 60 so we had a little special welcome for her...a little Mustang Sally!!! Awesome!
Amy and Grams waiting....
Amy is not too sure of the hat...I think she is a little young for the red hat society...
Aunt Sally and Emily...also not too sure of the hat!
Hattie...so silly :)
Wes filling up the pool...with lots of supervision!!!
Showtime...5 of the 6...let's just say, hard to get a picture of them all together!
Amy navigating the sea of little ones...
Yikes...want to go back to my pool where I am the only one in it!
Here they all are...
And the bigger kids joined in...wow...lots of fun!!!
Plenty of supervision!
We finished off the night with ice cream cones, but sadly our battery had died...very cute...Amy gave her left overs to Heidi, the boxer...they were good friends after that!

A messy, messy dinner...

Amy is very independent and likes to feed herself...sometimes it gets a little crazy...see below:





29 and no...not again...

A couple of weeks ago, I had a fabulous birthday...in spite of being asked several times if I was turning 29 again...and for the record, nope, this is the first time...Mimi and Amy made me a delicious cake and Daddy took us to Taste of Texas...delicious!!!

Amy mixing up my cake!
Taste testing the frosting...her favorite part of cooking!

Amy and Mommy with the masterpiece...she put the candles on herself! so big!
She wanted me to sit in her wagon...so we shared our cake in it...a little tight!

Monday, July 6, 2009

Happy 4th of July!!!

Flash securing a spot in puppy dog heaven...such a good boy :) he will let her climb all over him for hours!!!

On Saturday, Amy was in the 4th of July bicycle parade in our neighborhood...so cute :)

A firetruck leading the way! Amy in her decked out wagon! Next year, I am going to convince Daddy to let me ride in the other seat...

The Cat in the Hat and Cookie Monster rode with us too!!! Cookie monster even had a 4th of July bandana that he borrowed from Roxy!

Amy also got her first popsicle and she is a fan!!!
So sweet...
Such a cutie!!! But she looks so big...yikes, time flies!
Daddy helping a little...
Stopping for a sip from Opa...
Amy and I with the firemen...she liked them much better last year....not so sure now...
A group shot...
Oma, Opa, Mimi, Grandpa and Grams, thanks so much for coming to the parade...We loved having you all here!!!