Lakeside

Well, the lake was pretty low this year but it actually worked in our favor.  Most people couldn't get their boats out so there were days when we pretty much had the lake to ourselves.  The kids had a blast (who am I kidding, the adults did too) swimming, jet skiing, tubing and even knee boarding. 

We're loving that Grammy and Grandpa live on the lake!  We get to see them so much more and they have really fun toys too! 

Little Ladybug

Hard to believe Rylan is two already!  She's by far been the easiest of the three and I often joke about how she got the best of both Reese and Tucker's traits.   She's got Tucker's out-going, friendliness and Reese's silly side.  She quite the talker but we're not sure she speaks English.  The girl speaks in paragraphs but we are lucky to catch one or two of her words.  Sometimes the kids can translate for her but most of the time we just nod and say "really" or "I know" when she talks.  Love this little lady bug and had a fun picnic at the park to celebrate...

 

 All her family and friends came out to play and celebrate her big day...

 

Amber made the yummy cake again this year... turned out so cute!  I'm pretty sure it's bigger than her! 

 

 She had so much fun opening all her presents.  Reese was right there to assist.

 

 They both have the best "excited"  I love how little it takes to get them excited... too bad it all changes as they get older.  Limited are the days that they get excited over dollar store toys. 

 

Girls Weekend (Plus Tucker)

I had to go to the softball state championship in Austin so we decided to make a girls weekend of it.  Tucker never wants to miss anything so we let him tag along too.  Unfortunately, the Ladycats lost, but we got to have a little fun in Austin.  The kids loved feeding the gazillion turtles at County Line Barbecue and we had a blast at Zilker Park.  I finally found a place in Austin worth going.  Ha!

 

Snow cones, train rides, balloon animals... and lots of just being silly.  I guess Austin's not so bad after all. 

Beach Bums

Who needs to spend hundreds of dollars on a vacation to the beach when you can go to Granbury, TX?  When you have little ones, it's all the same right?!  It is to them...

A friend of theirs had the cutest birthday party at the beach, complete with pirate and buried treasure...

 

Reese spent almost the entire party digging for buried treasure. I'm pretty sure you ended up taking home most of the gold!  Love that she can sit and do things for hours without getting bored.

 

 Rylan got to come too... she had fun digging, getting messy and then washing it off in the water!

 

 

This was the start of a great summer!  Much of which was spent in the water!

A Day in the Big Leagues

Every year there is a baseball clinic held at Ranger Stadium, and this year Tucker got an invitation to attend.  Since Caden is a big baseball stud, we invited him to go too.  The boys had fun pretending they were in the big leagues, while mom sat in the stands terribly afraid that Tucker would drop his pants and go to the bathroom in the middle of Ranger Field (this is currently an issue we're having... Gotta go? Go wherever).  Luckily, they were prepared for the little guys and had lots of potty breaks.  The boys had a blast....

 

 The bat may have been a tad big for Tucker... of course he didn't care.  Notice that the boys are wearing socks?  We totally didn't get the memo that they wouldn't be allowed to wear their cleats on the field so they had to play in their socks.  Won't make that mistake again next year!

They gave the boys a goodie bag including a Ranger hat, t-shirt, baseball cards, a foam finger, etc.  Plus they fed them some famous Ranger dollar dogs for lunch and they got to go through the dugout and get autographs.

He keeps asking when we can go to a Ranger game... guess we'll have to start taking an annual trip to the ballpark! 

Fun Friday

Reese is enjoying gymnastics this year.  It's totally improving her coordination and she's making friends.  Plus we go on the same night as Emma so it's fun to get to watch her tumble too.  Tucker is dying to do it too, but of course dad says it's just for girls.  Every once in a while, we go to "Friday Night Fun" and Tucker gets to play too.

Rylan thinks she's big stuff when she gets to go.  She jumps right in there with all the big kids. She is the most flexible kid ever!  When Elasti-girl is old enough, she'll definitely be joining Reese in the gymnastics world. 

 

Our kids (well, at least Reese and Tucker) are complete opposites, but Fun Friday is something that they all enjoy.  It's nice when we can finally get them to agree on something.