Jackson's Birthday

The end of the summer around our house means birthdays.  First Jack's, then Jordan's.  This year Jackson has been all about Skylanders, so he had a small Skylanders party at our house.  It was just a small group of his friends and they played Skylander the whole time!!!  He came up for air when it was time for cake, but then they went back to playing.  I would say it's a successful party when you have to send home the cake in take-home boxes!

Also in August, we spent a few weekends watching Brandon play baseball for the Brazos Valley Bombers.  For one game, Jackson got to be the bat boy.  He was in heaven and absolutely LOVED it!

Summer Vacation

We spent the week of July 4th down at Matagorda beach.  No, it's not the prettiest beach, but it's close to home and quiet and had everything we needed.  The kids loved it and it was nice being away without having to travel too far.  Aunt Dana, Uncle Ryan, Clay and Reed came and visited for a few days too.  We had fun at the beach and kayaked and cooked out and had a great time!

Graduations!!!

Jackson and Jordan both had graduations of some sort this past year.  Jackson was graduating from Kindergarten moving on to the "big" campus at his school.  To conclude the school year, the Kindergarten classes had an end of year celebration.

Jordan had a ceremony as well.  She graduated from the Pre-K program at daycare.  Even though her birthday is on the cutoff date, Jordan was always with the "older" kids.  Especially since she's taller than most of them. :-)

Easter

We had the traditional Easter this year.  We spent Good Friday at Aunt Edie and Uncle Norbert's and had the traditional Easter Egg Hunt. Then we spent Saturday at Nana and Papa's.


Easter Sunday, we went to Church, then went to Grandma and Popo's for lunch.

Spring Break

We had a great Spring Break.  Kenny and I were able to take some time off late in the week with the kids and head to the Blue Bell Creamery in Brenham.  We had a great time as some good freinds were able to join us.

After our visit to Brenham, we headed to College Station for a weekend of Aggie Baseball.  Jackson enjoyed running on the field with Brandon for every game that weekend.

On Saturday, we had lunch at the Dixie Chicken.  Kenny and I spent more than our fair share of time there as students, so we wanted to share it with the kids.  As he was eating his burger, Jackson proclaimed, "I LOVE this place!"  I was one proud Momma!  The kids also liked looking at the snake.  We also spent some time in Bottle Cap Alley.

Most weekends, we don't get to explore our old haunts, so this was a special day for us.  The kids still ask to go back to the Chicken.  We'll have to do that again this spring.

Spring Sports

Both kids were involved in sports during the spring.  Jackson played Flag Football while Jordan had fun playing soccer.  Kenny did a great job coaching both teams.

Got that flag!!!

Better Late than Never

So, I'm back... at least for now.  Life's been pretty busy, but everyone is busy, so I really don't have an excuse.  So hopefully I can catch up and make up for the last 8 months.  Yikes!  8 months!!!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and is looking forward to a great New Year!  For selfish reasons, I'll be trying to add some 2012 posts so that I have a decent snapshot of our year.  So, here we go!

My lapse started in mid-April when I went to The Hague, The Netherlands for my work.  It was my first time in Europe, and it was great.  I'd be lying to say I wasn't nervous about the long flight and being away from my family for so long.  But, it was great for my career.  I was there for a full week, and really only saw the inside of the Shell offices and my hotel with a few restaraunts along the way. 

On our last full day, we were able to sneak away mid-afternoon and visit a famous tulip farm called Keukenhopf.  We were there at the peak of tulip season and it was just breathtaking.  These pictures don't do it justice, but I had to share my favorites.

This first pic was taken on our way to the farm.  These were tulip fields that I can only relate to rice/cotton/milo fields from home.