Friday, June 25, 2010

Adventures in Latch Land

Well, I've abandoned the concept of playing blog catchup! Forget that nonsense, I don't even have time to stay current much less backtrack 6 months! The girls & I have been doing a lil' traveling to take our mind off Daddy being gone. We've had a good time, & although I miss Dave so very much, it's been nice to get to spend girl time with my cousins and best friend Kristi.

The last week of May we hit up San Antonio. Kristi & I have been besties for 10 years and since she moved away after her & Brian got hitched 7 years ago, we haven't been able to spend much time together. They have twin 2 year old girls so a for a full week poor Brian was gravely out numbered! lol Kris, me, my 2 girls, their 2 girls, and poor poor Brian! We had a blast catching up & letting the girls play or irritate each other rather! They didn't play real well together which was so strange because Taylor plays so well with everyone. However a few days before we headed out all 3 of us had strep throat so I'm sure Taylor was still feeling a bit unlike herself. We did some shopping and hit up Sea World. Dave & I got season passes last year and I figured I would use them again before they expired. Kinda nice, I managed to walk away from that place only spending $15! Payton begged to feed the dolphins but chickened out when she saw their teeth. That was just fine with me because I got to feed them & pet them instead! Oh, I wanted to bring one home to live in my bathtub! They're such amazing creatures. The only downfall to the day was that me alone w/2 kids was a tad trying & there was nobody there to take pictures of me & the dolphins! haha


It also happened to be the twins' birthday so we took them all to minitown & then out to eat some yummy bbq. They all had a blast!






Before we left, we took the girls out to the park in attempts to snap a few family photos of Kris, Brian, & the girls. But between my children running around and their children running around we weren't real successful! Next time!




A few weeks later, I loaded up the girls again and headed toward Wylie for my friend Christi's baby shower. Little Trenton will be here soon! I can't believe it! It was lovely catching up with her, Aaron, & the rest of their wonderful family. After the shower, we headed to Fort Worth to spend some time with my cousin Becky & her kiddos. We had a great time as always! We took the kids to the Science museum and oh, I coulda spent all day there! So much to do!



Later that evening we took the trip up to Fort Hood to visit another cousin Stephanie (Becky's sister). Her hubby Rob is a Chaplin for the U.S. Army and was off doing some training so it was just us girls. Poor little Seth was the only male around for miles! Araceli & Taylor are only about 6 months apart and played so well together! Payton, Sam, and Sesi had a blast playing dress up and barbies! We had a great time and did some long overdue catching up. I definitely plan to spend more time there while Dave & Rob are in Iraq. We drove the kids to a nearby little town to swim in the creek. It was nice and shallow so Celi & Tay could splash around without someone hanging on to them at all times! The kids all had a blast!




Phew just writing about all that driving made me exhausted! Can't wait to see my wonderful cousin's again!