Lost Pines

On Monday morning, the four of us piled in the car and headed to Bastop for a stay at the Lost Pines Resort. We only stayed one night because Jeremy had to be back at work on Wednesday. However, I think we could've stayed a week and not run out of fun things to do and see!! I'm telling you, this place has it ALL! Fun for the kids as well as the adults. We pretty much spent all of our time at the water park. There are several pools as well as a super fun slide, lazy river, splash pad, beach, and the list goes on and on! They also have activities planned all day long. While we were there we let Collin rent a bike to ride, and we also played a game of water balloon toss and had the kids' faces painted. Then in the evening they light up the fire pits outside and set up a "s'mores bar." SO MUCH FUN!!! I couldn't even list here all the things this place has to do and see. And I think it's one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.

I'm going to post some pictures here from our trip. I still have an entire water camera full of pictures to be developed, so when I get them, I'll post them too.

Roasting marshmallows in the firepit

Coming back up from checking out the Colorado River

Ainsley's holding a turtle that Collin found

Isn't this the tiniest turtle you've ever seen?!

Collin was so exhausted from all the fun we had, that he fell asleep just like this!!

And as promised, here are our "water" pictures!

Children's Museum

This morning I took Collin and Ainsley to The Children's Museum of the Brazos Valley. The kids always love going there, and it's so hard to pry them away from the place!! They painted, colored, grocery shopped, played dress-up, played with trains, etc., etc., etc.!!! We spent a good two hours there! And today was the perfect day to go with the dreary, wet weather we're getting. Here's a few pictures.

Today an entemologist came to talk about bugs. Ainsley was VERY interested!!!

Pretty, pretty princess!!!

Collin's absolute favorite spot in the whole museum - the train tables!

I didn't think I would ever get him out of this costume...

I Dream of Maui

In less than two months Jeremy and I will be taking a much needed, no kids included, vacation. We'll be going back to the beautiful island of Maui for our 5 year wedding anniversary. While I'm ready to go relax in one of the most beautiful places in the world, I'm also sad and anxious about leaving the kids for so long, and so far away!! Anyway, I've been browsing through pictures from our honeymoon in Hawaii and thought I'd share a few here. No laughing at how young and goofy we looked back then! Of course, I would be happy to have that pre-baby, 20 lbs lighter body back anyday!!

Goodbye Cleo...

My sweet cat, Cleo died on Friday morning. I found her as a stray several years ago, so we were never really sure of her true age. I would suspect that she was around 9-10 years old. She was the sweetest thing, but stayed hidden most of the time because she was scared of the dogs. She had leukemia and it never bothered her, until about 2 weeks ago. Anyway, she was a real sweetie, and we miss her so much. The kids don't know, and we have no plans to even tell them unless they start asking questions. So, if you see my kiddos, please don't mention it! Thanks!

Long Time, No Post!

Wow, it has been quite a while since I posted last! I guess there really hasn't been much excitement to share. Just for the sake of posting something fresh, here are a few pictures taken over the last few weeks. Enjoy!

The following pictures were taking out at Jeremy's grandparents' house. Ainsley and Collin really enjoyed the time they spent visiting their great-grandparents, Grandma and Ta-Ta. Collin got to go feed the cows with his Uncle Timmy, and he felt like a true cowboy! He still talks about that and how much fun it was. He'll say, "Uncle Timmy said I'm his little cowboy." How cute!!!

One day Jeremy let the kids help him make some vanilla pudding...

And here's a cute picture of Ainsley hanging out on the back porch with her Mimi.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Sweet Ainsley!

It is so hard to believe that today my baby girl turned two years old. As I type this, she is saying, "I lub ooo Coddins!" Translation: I love you Collin. Isn't that the sweetest?! And it was done with absolutely no prompting! I'm sure at any minute it will turn into screaming, hitting, and throwing toys at her brother, but for now I'll enjoy the moment! Yep, there she goes! Anyway, Ainsley is still a sweet angel baby underneath all the "terrible two's" stuff she's going through. It's crazy that it's already been two years since she joined our family. Where does the time go??

We celebrated Ainsley's birthday on Saturday with a party here at our house. She had a great time and got TONS of new toys! Time for a garage sale...

Here are a few pictures from her party.

And for old time's sake, here's a picture from Ainsley's first birthday...

And another as a "baby"...

Vacation Bible School

This was Collin's first year to go to Vacation Bible School. The first day was rough. The church was very loud from all the excitement and first day hustle and bustle. Collin cried and clung to me and told me he wanted to go home. He kept covering his ears and saying it was too loud. After staying with him for about 45 minutes, I went ahead and left although he was still crying. I knew he'd be fine because he had lots of friends there. Sure enough, when I arrived to pick him up he was having a blast and couldn't wait to go back the next day! They had their music program on Thursday night, and I was so excited to hear him sing! The whole family came, cameras in hand. Well, apparently Collin had different plans. He hadn't had a nap that day, which is not good. At first he went and sat with his group, but as soon as the program started, he came to us crying, and refused to participate. Once again, it was too loud for him. Oh well, maybe next year! Here's the one and only decent picture I have of him that night. Of course there seems to be a look of uncertainty in his eyes!

On the other hand, Ainsley had a GREAT time! She played dress up in her Memaw's beads and clip-on earrings!