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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.

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!


This is where we spent most of our days, they have a great pool!


Jonathan sipping on some Wine aka Coke!


Carlos on the waterslides, no one is ever too old for waterslides! Parents are even expected to get wristbands!


Bryanna sipping on her shirley temple


I had to get in the pictures somewhere...of course taken by me!


Kaela and Sara on the lazy river


Jonathan and Teddy enjoying my birthday dessert!


Carlos and Kaela


Bry's turn on the waterslide


The girls didnt listen to the rules and went down together, sometimes breaking the rules is fun!


The group - minus me!


Me and my love at my birthday dinner


Making s'mores one night


I actually ordered a margarita but shared it with Carlos!


Kaela and Sara on the lazy river again


Jonathan on the lazy river too!


They boys playing a game


My boys, so sweet!


Bry on the lazy river.

It was sad to say goodbye but reality was calling us back to Houston!

Last day of school

Well we are one month into summer and I am just getting around to downloading my pictures! The last day of school was great for all 3, they were more then ready for summer! I was up at school with Jonathan and Bry for their parties. Here are a few pictures:









Most of the pictures are of Jonathan and his friends. Bryanna was not interested in taking pictures with her friends, typical!

Happy 2nd Birthday Lennon!

Today this little girl turns 2! She is a doll with attitude! Her curls make me smile. Her NO's make me laugh. Her cheeks make me want another child. Her sassy ways make me glad I am not having any more children. I love being her Aunt!



Happy Birthday Leni Bean!

Clippers

Our life has been consumed of baseball and softball and next week we take on one more sport, swimming! Swim team officially starts next week! Jonathan and Bryanna are the only ones doing it this summer. Kaela said she was burned out last year and decided not to do it. They are very excited though to start but I think they are just more excited to actually be in a pool again!

Jonathan is on the Clippers this year. He is loving it. He started off at short stop where he played last year and loved it. He wanted to try out first base and actually got his wish. They ended up moving him to first base after the second game and he has done so well and really enjoys it. He is trying hard to hit a homerun this year. He has hit two in-the-park home runs but nothing over the fence…yet?! (We are keeping our fingers crossed for him) He has only two games left of the season and at this point they are moving on to the play-offs, we just are not sure if they will be in the gold or silver level yet. Either way he is excited and so are we. His games are SO fun and I have really enjoyed this season tremendously.











Softball update is next.

Blowfish

Have you ever bought a pair of shoes you immediately fell in love with and you wanted to go out and buy another pair just like them to have so when the others get old and worn out you still have a new pair just like it? (boy was that the longest sentence ever?) I am going through this dilemma right now. I feel like I need to make the decision pronto or else they may get sold out. These are the sandals I am in LOVE with right now and thinking I need a second pair…you know just in case:



They are made by Blowfish which I had never heard of until now. They are the most comfortable shoe I have had so far except well my daily flip flop! I was worried about blisters but that has not been a problem. They were only $39 too which these days it seems super cheap for a major department store sandal. I mean Mr. Donald J. Pliner charges $200 for his sandals!

Dilemma’s dilemmas…should I or shouldn’t I?!

Life...

Our life has been hectic. Having two children playing ball this season has been nonstop. Luckily nothing has overlapped until today. Today is our first day that we have two games in one day; one at 6 and one at 8. We will get home about 930 which means we will be in bed way after 10pm which is past MY bedtime! I am SO glad at this point I said NO to Bryanna about wanting to play softball as well. It will all work out though because frankly I love baseball/softball season. The weather is great and the games are entertaining. Carlos is pitching on Jonathan’s team and is the first base coach on Kaela’s team so he is a little more active them I am. I am lucky, I get to sit on the bleachers and just yell, no pressure. I finally started taking pictures the last game so maybe one day I can upload them but until then you will just have to use your imagination. GO CLIPPERS and RENEGADES!