4th of July festivites (early) & a visit from friends

Hudson's favorite...tattoos!
Drew...the whole fireworks show (with Brian's dad)

Hudson...part of the fireworks show

Brian and mom Paula (Mawmaw)

Beautiful finale

Kate

The boys and Josiah

Our friends, The Smiths, who used to live here, came to visit this weekend. They have two boys and a little girl so of course our kids love when they come. We had a cookout Saturday night and our other mutual friends came, The Souzas. Their little boy, Josiah, is in the picture on the dirt pile with the boys. We had a blast catching up and watching the kids play on the slip and slide.

Our church has an annual "Happy Birthday USA" celebration on Sunday. They have inflatables for the kids and cheap food. The whole community comes and it's a lot of fun. I love that it's on the weekend before the 4th so I get to celebrate twice!!

Carlsbad & San Diego CA

DAY ONE: San Diego Zoo

Sunny & Drew riding on the zoo tour bus

Riding the SkyFari

DAY TWO: Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, CA

Freezing on the beach

My sweet Drew, Drew

Drew

Hudson loved running from waves

Rare appearance on the blog by my brother, Lake

Lake and wife Sharon

Zonked out after a day at the beach and dinner

DAY THREE: Legoland

Almost everything was made of Legos

Shouldn't have done this...I got soaked

MiniLand...it was amazing

The Capital...the Inauguration of Obama

Hudson got to drive and loved it

Sunny & Papa rode too!

Facinated with the luggage thingy

Right before we left the Dallas airport for MP...smoltering HOT!

We went to Carlsbad, CA to visit my brother and sister in law last weekend. The weather was a little chillier than I had expected. After all...this is Southern California. It was approx. 67-70 degrees the whole time we were there. Overcast, except the last day. We had a great time anyway.

FYI: I haven't talked much about my bro on the blog b/c he doesn't live in Mt. P. He is 2 yrs older than I am and has not lived in MP since he graduated...somewhat of a "city boy" I think. Anyway,they have a home in Austin but have been in CA while my bro was getting his Gemologist degree. He is a "diamond broker" and wanted the credentials to go along with his several years experience in the field. They will hopefully return to Austin in Sept. or Oct.

We had wonderful time but I was glad to get back home. The boys can only take so many days of hotel, you know? I would highly recommend planning a trip to the San Diego area, next time you get the chance.

Outside Bubble Bath

Think we are getting a little big for the sandbox/pool?
My very animated boys

Why do kids eat bubbles?

My soon-to-be middle son...precious

High school friends at Sarah's baby shower on Saturday. It felt like old times...everyone is Exactly the same!! Lot of fun.

Summer days

Ready to start swimming lessons

Getting in the freezing water for a lesson

Playing with our new flag football set
Looks like a quarterback to me!

The boys had swimming lessons all week. I don't know which they more excited about...swim lessons or missing half a day of preschool! Hudson is doing well swimming and absolutely loves the water. Drew likes the water too but is NOT about to put his face in the water for long. He's so cute trying to swim but his little 3 1/2 yr old body just can't quite get the hang of it yet.

We just recently bought a flag football set for us play this summer. Hudson is signed up to play this fall so we thought we'd get a head start. We set out our soccer cones for goals and played in the front yard so there would be some boundaries. They both loved it and Mama and Daddy played too. Of course, sometimes I just "couldn't" get that flag off of them and they would score. I let the boys pick our team names and this is what they came up with: The Stinkies and The Coyotes....crack me up!! We kept score on the concrete with chalk. Sometimes I would catch Hudson erasing the other teams' points...guess we need to learn about Good Sportsmanship next.

Weekend Fun

I went to visit Drew at his "Fun Day" at preschool
Yeah for Cheetos!

A bounce house and some fishing...good times

Last Day of Preschool...together (tear)

Hud's first time under the hood with Daddy

Got a new kitty at Mer's house

Sweet Drew

Saw baby birds at Papa's

Ran thru sprinklers

Played in the lake

Needing to "refuel"

Great weekend!