Weekend in San Antonio

We lucked out this past weekend and got a free hotel stay in San Antonio with Jeff for the ASSE (American Society of Saftey Engineers)Conference. Sounds like a ton of fun doesn't it? He he, so says the auditor. :) Jeff had to be down there on Saturday morning for them to set up the booth and work a couple of hours on Sunday, so after Madalyn danced at the Showcase on we headed to SAT for some weekend fun. I never cease to be amazed how much fun hotels are for kids. Seriously, I think it was better than some of the stuff we did- which included swimming, eating at Rain Forest Cafe and Casa Rio on the Riverwalk, watching Transformers 2, and hanging out at River Center Mall. The kids loved jumping on the beds and getting to fight over whose turn it was to push the elevator button, use the room key, or get ice. It was a nice chance to get away even it was just for a little bit. Thanks BST!

Dance Unlimited at the Austin Toros Game

These were some pics that the Austin Toros posted on their website. The girls are so cute! Madalyn is on the bottom left in pink.

Beck Sleeping

this is totally random and I took it on my cell phone at my parent's house. This was Beck sleeping in the middle of the night. No wonder the poor thing is tired when he wakes up!

Birthday Parties Galore!

This is what a party foul looks like
Kids at Hernandez kids B-day
Alyssa, Shayna, AJ & Adam Hernandez
Beck and Bristol at Chris' party

Last weekend we had three birthday parties, so we left the house early and didn't make it back until LATE. We celebrated with one of Beck's favorite teammates from the t-ball team, Chris at the park in Kyle. Then we headed up to Round Rock to Adrian and Melissa's house to party with the Hernandez kids in their new backyard pool and slip and slides. The air hockey game won out in the end. I have to remember to get one of these instead of the pool tables I always thought I needed in a game room. We got each of Adrian's kids a Webkinz, LOL! I know that some of you out there will also think that this is the funniest thing ever. Madalyn has been sucked into these things for a couple of years now, so I was glad to pass that joy along to another family. :) In my defense, they are educational and they are still talking to me, so I think we're good. And last but not least, was an evening party at Juli Phillip's Ranch House in Creedmoor. It was adults only, and crazy fun as you can tell by the biggest party foul ever. Juli, Jessie, and myself were on this 24' inflatable slide when we collpased it. Ouch, but pretty freakin' hilarious.

Girl Scout Camp

Kids in the truck, Yr 2
Beck trying to stay sane
while we waited in this line


Madalyn attended Camp Texlake Girl Scout Camp for the second year in a row this year. The theme of her camp was 'Sport and Splash' which focused on sports and water activities. (Couldn't have guessed that, huh?) She had a great time and already wants to go back next year. We were very proud of her because she earned $175 from selling cookies to go toward camp and she saved $100 of her own money to pay for the difference. She's an industrious girl that one.

Zach Graduated!

Jeff's nephew, Zach, graduated from high school on June 9th. This is extremely hard to believe since Zach and Jake were Madalyn's age when I first met them. Here are a couple of pics from the party weekend. Jeff was in Nashville, so we didn't get to attend the ceremony, but Madalyn did and took pics for us. We worked the weekend trip to be the start of the annual 'all about Maddy week' with Tara. You have to love that he's still enough of a kid to let me push him in the shopping cart. Zach will attend Tarleton State in the fall.

Break-in :(

Most of you have probably seen this on facebook (yes, I finally signed up for that and it is taking all of my blogging time. that's why it's been more than a month since I posted pics!) our house got broken into on June 2nd. They took mostly electronics, but also our weedeater and my comforter. For whatever reason, that was more unsettling than the other items. We've just gotten the final updated police report and are sending off all of the information to the insurance company. I'm quite certain that we're going to get screwed on this.

Benjamin's Quilt

My mom made this quilt for one of my cousin's in South Carolina. Mom had previously made her son, Benjamin, a baby blanket last year. She made the quilts using John's shirts, who unexpectedly passed away when Benjamin was only 9 months old. I thought it was a very touching way for them to remember him.

Boxer Puppies

My parent's boxers (Angel and Demo) had a litter puppies about 7 weeks ago. It's sad that they are now old enough to go to new homes, but here are some cute pics of the kids playing with them. My parents are keeping one of them to continue to have one of Hammer's lineage. For those of you who are newer friends, we had an AMAZING boxer named Hammer back when I was in high school who Cody and I called our hairy little brother. He was awesome and I'm glad my parents are keeping a yet unnamed puppy. :)