Beach House 2011

We had so much fun at the Galveston beach house my parents rented this year! And we got to celebrate Grandpa's 65th birthday while we were there! :)

Here are the cousins playing with Uncle Chris in the evening.

Here is Tanner and Brady at the Railroad museum. We got to climb on all kinds of trains and we had fun riding a train!

Here are the cousins taking a break on the strand.

Uncle Chris building a sandcastle with Kyler and Brianna.

Brady loved pushing this truck in the sand.

We went on the paddleboat at Moody Gardens (that's where Jeremy and I got engaged :)

And the Moody Gardens aquarium!

See the penquins!

See the dinosaurs! Brady was nervous about those!

See the monkey behind us in the rainforest!

Our kids first movie in a theater! We saw Dora 4D, they loved it!

First family camping trip!

We went on our first camping trip with the kids to Lake Waco at airport park! The kids loved running around the campsite, going for walks, fishing, and having smores at the campfire! It was a lot of fun. And they eventually did fall asleep in the tent even though it took awhile and they woke up a few times but we all managed to sleep some so we considered our first family camping trip a success! :)

Brianna is not afraid of the worm for her fishing pole!

Happy Mother's Day

We had a great mother's day! I just feel so blessed to have my two precious children! We didn't take any pictures on mother's day so this is a cute one from Brady's party. :) So on mother's day Brianna picked out some flowers for me and a card that plays music and she danced for me- it was so cute! Then we went to Mother Neff state park and had a picnic there which was a lot of fun. Brady loved hiking there, he was almost running down the trail, but Brianna, our girly girl, wasn't as interested, she prefered to ride on Daddy's shoulders. It was a great day!

Brady is 2 Years Old!

Happy Birthday Brady! He had a fun Thomas the train party at the gazebo in Poage Park! He had lots of little friends come!

Here are the cousins on the frog!

He liked opening the presents!

And he liked the cupcakes too!

He is doing very well. Very happy and smart! He sleeps well all night in his crib and takes a 2 hour nap during the day. He is always excited to see Brianna and he calls for her and says 'Brnana come here', he likes to hold her hand to take her to play. He loves to watch Dora and Diego. He likes to eat most things except veggies. He loves to play with trains, cars, balls. He loves to go outside and take a ride in the wagon and go down the slide. He loves to read books. He colors some. He likes going to his mothers day out class and walks right in with no crying. He loves to ride in Daddy's truck. And he gives the best hugs! :)

Height: 36 1/2 in. 95%

Weight: 31 lbs. 80%

Head: 49 1/2 cm. 70%

And they say you can double their height at this age to see how tall he might be so that would be 6 feet tall! :)

Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter Weekend here. The kids got to have Easter egg hunts at Mother's Day Out and we took them to the mall to see the Easter Bunny. They enjoyed that! They also loved their Easter baskets full of all kinds of candy and we hid some eggs for them to find in the living room on Easter morning. Here they are dressed up for church. :)

Brianna's egg hunt.

Brianna and her little friend Audrey.

She's looking under the couch for eggs!

Here's Brianna's class.

Here's Brady's class.

Brady had fun doing his egg hunt. He figured out what to do right away. :)

Life in Waco

We have just finished unpacking and things are getting back to normal! We have been in our new home for about a month now and we've been in Waco for over 6 months now. We are really enjoying it here! We love the weather, the smaller town, no traffic, the country feel. We have found a good church and joined a lifegroup. I am also loving being a stay-at-home mom! The kids and I have a lot of fun playing at home and in the backyard, going for walks, doing crafts. We have also kept busy going to a women's Bible study, mother's day out, and MOPS this year. We also love playdates and seeing our cousins! Sometimes the kids like to get in our bed in the morning and watch Dora. Brianna has her baby doll and Brady has his train.

Brady loves playing with trains. He asks for them everyday!

Brianna likes to play dress up.

Brady has started using a spoon!

Here they are getting ready for Easter- playing with Easter eggs and Daddy. The kids are so excited when Daddy gets home from work. :)

And we have enjoyed the bluebonnets out this year!

Moving into our new home

We moved into our new home the beginning of March, but we have been so busy unpacking I'm just now putting this on the blog. Moving went well, but the unpacking is a slow difficult process. Here is Brianna helping Daddy load the Uhaul. Grandpa and Uncle Chris helped too- thanks so much!

Here are some of the boxes piled up in the rent house. We have soo many boxes!

Here's the kitchen on the new house. You can see the new tile work, new counter top, and new paint!

Here's the new kitchen tile with the neat border we found at lowes up to the old living room tile.

New carpet!

Brianna and Brady like the new home!

Here's the back porch and the huge back yard that we love!

More pics of the backyard.

Here's the front of our new home! More pics of the inside once we get it unpacked and decorated which will not be for a loooong time.