Camping with Papa and Daddy

For the 3rd year in a row, Dave and Dad have taken Bryce & Dylan on a camping trip to Colorado Bend State Park with some other Dads and their boys. They look forward to it every year! I don't know who enjoys it the most, the younger boys or the 'older' boys! Cayden will get to go next year, but Mom & I kept him busy and I think he had fun with us! I know Mom and I enjoyed our time together- working in the yard and all kinds of shopping!


Dylan


Dad with his hat 'Great Dads Get Promoted To Grandpa'. How true! We had the best parents and now they are the best grandparents to our kids!!


This is a shot of their campsite.




The whole gang!

Easter Weekend

We had a wonderful Easter weekend at Papa and Nana's. They always make it so much fun for the boys and Dave & I love being 'out in the country'!


Hunting Easter eggs- of course the ones they really liked are the ones that Papa & Nana put money in! :)


The boys and Dave went with Papa to the cow auction on Saturday morning. They had so much fun looking at all of the animals and were pretty impressed when Papa 'bid' on cows! Mom & I had a long day of shopping and loved it!!


It's not going to Papa and Nana's unless you fish a little! The boys had a ball pulling in about 30 fish Saturday afternoon. They would cast their line out and immediately have a fish on it- very exciting for them and Papa and Daddy !! We brought frozen fish home with us and had a fish fry on Monday night!


I think Papa loves fishing with his grandsons just as much as they love fishing with him!!


I believe this was the first time Cayden really 'got into' fishing! He'd say "I got one, I got one" and instead of reeling his line in, he'd start walking backwards to pull it in!

Spring Flowers

I have to admit that I am a flower fanatic this time of year! My hubby knows that the outside of our house will look beautiful but I don't promise anything about the inside! We have only been in our house about a year and a half, but the azaleas are looking are so beautiful! We are in the process of remuching all of the beds and it looks so good!


Dylan has a wonderful teacher this year in Mother's Day Out. These are the 2 most recent things he's done and I think they are so cute. The azaleas in the background are in our front flower beds. They are beautiful right now!


When my grandparents moved from their house in Texas, they let us bring some 'memories' with us- some of their beautiful bulbs. I love the purple and yellow iris that are blooming and the red amorillis (not sure how to spell that one!) I just planted yellow marigolds in the bed with them and it looks so pretty! Pictures don't do it justice!

Time With My Hubby !

Dave and I had a fun 2 days together in Phoenix, AZ last week. One of the Hilton hotels that they built there, had the grand opening and he invited me to go with him to it! It was so nice to have some time together! He treated me so nice with yummy meals and a shopping trip there! My Mom came and kept the boys and I think they all had a wonderful time together also- Thanks, Mom!! The hotel is a full service Hilton and it is beautiful! Of course, we got home to 'real life' with Cayden and a stomack virus and both boys with early Sat. morn. COLD soccer games!

Spring Break in San Antonio

We had a really fun time this year on the boys Spring Break. We went to San Antonio- a favorite of mine! I still remember family trips there when I was still at home.




Here we are on the Riverwalk after we ate a yummy mexican lunch at Casa Rio- got a table right on the Riverwalk!



This is from one of the River boats that we rode. The colorful umbrellas are at Casa Rio.



Now, we are at the Alamo. Our sweet little guy, Cayden!



Bryce and Dylan sitting on one of the cannons.

Sea World

We had a wonderful day at Sea World! Everyone loved the shows and the park is just beautiful with all the flowers!


The boys got to cool off a little at the kids splash area, then enjoyed the jungle gym, sand area, etc...



SHAMU!! One of our favorite shows!!




Mommy with her boys!

Swimming

The Embassy Suites we stayed in had a nice pool area- which the boys LOVE!!! Bryce & Dylan are little fish when it comes to water. Cayden loves it also, so hopefully swim lessons this summer will put him swimming!



Bryce loves it- can you tell by the smile on his face??



Our sweet Dylan!!



Daddy and Cayden had fun together playing and chasing the other 2 boys! Mommy got in the first evening, then I decided I would stay on land and enjoy watching them play! I'll have my turn this summer in the water with them- we seem to get a few days at the pool every week when it turns warm enough!