Brown Eyed Bunch: 2010

Monday, September 13, 2010

Garner 2010

Another year come and gone. It is crazy how much we look forward to this tradition with the Flores family. This was our 7th year going. We book these reservations practically a year in advance just to make sure we get our spots! The kids love Garner State Park so much; it really has turned into a great tradition for them. This year we had 27 adults and 11 or so kids. We get 5 campsites and set up shop. We only got rained on once this year so we lucked out. The water in the Frio River was still too low to float but we always find a good hang out spot and have a blast. This year my kids climbed the BIG tree and went half way up…of course they wanted to go back the next day and make it to the top but I told them maybe next year. We had a deer named Jackie sit at our campsites all day one day, it was ridiculous, and he even came under our canopy for shade. He let the kids pet and feed him as well. Once the park started to get packed Jackie headed for cover. The kids look forward to the dance every year too. Jonathan danced with like 7 girls…all older! Bry danced with a cute little boy this year too and Kaela she danced but mostly hung out. It’s always fun to see how excited they get and how they try to dress up a little while camping just to go to the dance. One morning we hiked up to Crystal Cave and Painted Rock. It was hard but the kids did really well, I was worried but I think I was breathing harder than they were! We can’t wait until next year!

Garner...it makes me smile

it is so beautiful and I miss it already!

Kaela and her warrior paint with her flashlight!

Enjoying the afternoon until...

the hammock broke!

Me and my bestie

The kids ready to float the river but there was not enough water!

Rainy night, everyone huddled under the tent!

Playing Uno

Me and Diana

Kaela, Philip and Myranda

Mason and Bry

Lots of kids at the dance

Kaela and Philip

our pet deer

I made it to the top

Cousins

Carlos enjoying the Frio River

The guys sitting around building a damn in our little sitting area

My girl

Uncle Jeremy and Uncle Chuck being silly boys

Jonathan climbing the tree

and away he goes

Bry climbing the tree

and away she goes

Monday, July 19, 2010

82

This weekend was Carlos’ grandfathers 82nd birthday so they had a big bash for him. He has been pretty sick lately so they were very glad to be able to get together for him and celebrate. He said when the mariachi band showed up his heart started racing so fast, he was very excited! I had told the kids before we left there would be a lot of family they had never met. When we were on our way home yesterday one of them said, ALL of those people were related to us? YUP – there must have been over 20 kids alone, HUGE familia! Jonathan was in heaven, there were so many boys to play with, I barely saw him the entire day. Even though it was hot as heck we had a great time.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Wild Oak Ranch 2010

We just got back from our summer vacation, it was weeklong bliss! Most days we sat out by the pool and ordered margaritas and shirley temples! We were at the Hyatt Wild Oak Ranch in San Antonio. We really lucked out on weather the entire week. We had a few bumps on the road though during our week, flooded the master room the first night, all was dried out by the time we check out yesterday, Carlos’ truck was broken into on Tuesday, only his phone was taken so it could have been worse. Then on our way home Carlos asks where his wallet is…no one knows! We finally got a call around 4pm last night that the hotel did find it in our sheets!