Down in Waco

Okay, I know it is taking forever for me to get these posted, so I thought I would just do one long post about the 3 days we spent with Kyle's family.
Thursday: we got there really late at night because we picked up Jim & Candace from the airport in Dallas and their plane was really late.

Friday: we hung out at the house and played with cousins. we also celebrated Emma's first birthday (Kyle's youngest brother's first baby).

Here is Emma and her mommy Andrea.


Here is Mindi (Kyle's sister) and her new baby David.

Here is Kyle's grandmother with baby David.

Emma wasn't sure about her birthday cake.

But she finally got into it.

Here are the cousins sitting in the backyard eating hotdogs for the party.

Saturday: we all went to Lake Whitney to go tubing, swimming and cliff jumping. The water was low, so they couldn't do much cliff jumping.

Baby Emma lookin cute in her beach hat.

Doug in his boat out on the water. We took turns going out in it and in the tube.

Kyle carrying the tube for tubing. He and the boys went out this time. I just rode in the boat.
Kaleb loves the water and the boat.

Sunday: we went to church with Kyle's dad and then hung out around the house the rest of the day.

Cole loves the scooter.
Keaton was great with the boys. He played with them most of the time. Here he is pushing Landon in the car.

Kaleb, Becca and Cailyn playing together. What's wrong Cailyn, too hot?

The adults came out to watch the kids play red rover. The adults played at first, but it was kinda dangerous because the kids wouldn't let go when the adults ran through.

Here are Jessica, Maycie, Cailyn and Kaleb playing Red Rover. They had a blast eventhough it was hot out there.

So, I finally finished the pics from the trip to Texas. We had a great time but were glad to get home and back to cooler temperatures.

While in Dallas, Grandpa and Ann took us to the circus at the American Airlines Center.

I hadn't been to the circus since I was little and I knew the boys would enjoy it.
My pictures came out horrible. My favorite part was the elephants.

We ate cotton candy, which the kids quickly found out they didn't like. Their favorite part was the motorcylces and tigers.

The whole thing was amazing and exciting.

An elephant painting a picture. What will they come up with next?

Off to Grandpa & Ann's house we go!

We spent 3 days at Grandpa & Ann's house. We brought our Wii games because Grandpa has a Wii at his house.





We went to a pool down the street so the we could beat the heat one afternoon.The boys love to swim!

It also wears them out so they sleep better at night. It was so hot that they couldn't just play outside for very long like they can at home.

We also went to the new spray park in town. They loved playing in the water and keeping cool.

It was wonderful! We went here 2 times during this visit.

In the same park they have a new regular playground as well.

They would go play over there and then when they got hot they would go back to the water.
It was awesome!

Here is grandpa and the boys on the morning we left:

We had a great time on our visit. I wish we lived closer so we could see each other more than once or twice a year.

Visit with Mamaw and Papaw

We went to visit Mamaw and Papaw (my grandparents) on Monday after leaving Mimi's house.

We ate a wonderful lunch that Mamaw prepared and then sat around and played games. The kids love playing games with Mamaw and Papaw. Here Kaleb and Mamaw are playing Chinese Checkers.

Kaleb was determined to beat Papaw at checkers, but after a couple of games he got mad and gave up. I used to sit and play checkers with Papaw when I was younger and he never let me win either.

Landon likes to play with the old toys they have there. I used to play with this little house and it's pieces when I was little.
Here is Landon and Papaw with their dog Birdie. Birdie is good with the boys and gets excited when they play with her.

Here are Mamaw and Papaw and the boys. They love visiting their great grandparents. I'm glad we were able to go this year.

Visit with Mimi Bennett

Our first stop in the Texas tour was to my mother's (Mimi Bennett) house in Bonham.

She has a farm with goats, dogs and lots of stuff to get into.

The boys liked checking out the goats. We couldn't play outside too much because it was just so hot!

We went to visit Grandaddy and Dolores in Dallas. We hadn't seen them since I was pregnant with Landon (who was grumpy and didn't want in the picture), so I am glad we got to visit this trip.

The rest of the time the boys just played around the farm and watched movies inside to stay cool.

We had a good visit. Next year maybe we'll be able to come when it isn't so hot!

We're back in Texas!

When you see these signs in a rest area, you know you are back in Texas. We stopped overnight in Amarillo on our way to see family in Texas. Since it was just me and the boys, we couldn't drive through all the way in one day.

In Amarillo we stopped at a park for the boys to get out of the car and play for awhile.

We all needed the break. I miss Amarillo. It was a great place to live.

What a great start to our trip!

I give up!

I haven't written on here in 2 months because life keeps going, I keep taking pictures and I keep getting more and more behind on this blog. So I decided to stop obsessing and just start over from here. So let me just tell you what we have been doing this summer and then start with pictures from now.
We have. . .
been going to the pool atleast once a week.
celebrated Landon's 4th birthday.
been keeping up with the garden.
playing Wii and board games.

We went. . .
to Boise for Grandma Gropp's funeral.
camping in the rain.
to Scout Camp (us for one night and Kyle for the whole week).
camping in Durango and by the Dolores River.
to Provo, Ut for the fourth of July.
to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house in South Jordan, UT.

and this past week we were in Texas visiting family. That is where I will start the pictures again. I am going to try to get better at this again. It will be easier when school starts at the end of the month.

We have had a great summer and now that it is winding down we are ready for school to start again.