Houston vacation

We took a wonderful Mother's Day weekend trip to Houston compliments of The Pampered Chef. I earned a free stay in '05, and since it was expiring the following week, we decided we better use it!!!! Most of our time was spent at the Kemah Boardwalk, which is like a small amusement park. What a great place to take the kids. Tucker had a great time, and the food was fabulous! We also found a neat little place with putt-putt and bumper boats. It just happened to be National Miniature Golf Day, so we got to play for free. Who knew there was such a day?! We also went shopping for an inflatable water slide for the yard. We had to end up ordering it, and we're looking forward to it getting here next week. It's so hot here in the summer, and the post pool doesn't allow swim diapers, so taking the boys to the pool is pretty much out of the question. So, we'll be the cool family on the street with the giant waterslide! Look for pics after next week!!! Anyways, here are some pics from Houston.......believe it or not, Tucker really liked the ferris wheel!

Fishing

Daddy took Tucker fishing for the first time this morning. It was an early morning out of bed and off to the brand new Huddle House on post for breakfast. Then to Catfish Cove, the children's fishing pond on post, and a great morning of father-son time. Tucker was very proud to show off the first of his many catches!

7 months old!

Ty was 7 months old yesterday, I can hardly believe it! Look closely and you can see his first tooth that came through last week!

How do I get out of this predicament?

Ty managed to get himself tucked under the footstool. Tucker thought it hilarious and wanted to join him. He really thought it was funny when I told him he used to do the same thing!

All jumped out!

Looks comfortable, huh? He was still trying to jump as I pulled him out to put him in bed. Never even opened his eyes!

Cowboys

We recently went to a PBR rodeo, which Tucker was, of course, thrilled about. This pic is him in front of the bucking shoots. He told me he couldn't wait to be "ridin' them bulls someday". He was also super excited to meet announcer Donny Gay that night. For those of you that know bull riding-Wow! So neat for Tucker to get a high five from him. For those of you not so familiar, think football's Al Michaels or Frank Gifford. We saw a sign from Ty that he will follow in his brother's footsteps of loving all things rodeo. He took hold of Tucker's stickhorse and did not want to give it up. Big brother wasn't quite sure what he should (or could) do about that one!!

EASTER

The boys had a great time on Easter morning. Tucker is really getting into searching for the eggs, but as you can see from the picture, he's just not always sure where to check next! Ty loved his new Easter duckie and couldn't wait to get it in his mouth! Thanks Grammy!

Riding Lessons

A few days after we got home, we had a wonderful visit with Grammy. Tucker was so excited, but slightly irritated that Grandpa didn't come too. We assured him that he'll come soon. While she was here, Grammy got to see Tucker at his riding lesson. He's doing awesome, and I couldn't be more proud. After missing two weeks, he didn't forget a thing! My little cowboy.....

Almost done...........

Just a couple more of our trip. I think the one of Mike and Ty is one of my favorites. The one of Tucker and Ty sleeping is our last full day, after Mike had taken Caitlyn and Colton to the airport. The little ones and I had played on the beach one last time, and we finally had to wake Tucker up at 8pm to go to dinner. Ty never did wake up until we returned from dinner and started getting him into his pj's. They were beat, to say the least!! A very fun, but very long week for the babies!!

Fun days

We spent one day at Sea World, which was very cool. Mike and I neither one have ever been to any of the cool parks in Orlando, so we were thrilled to make it there!! Tucker was tall enough to ride one of the water rides, which actually a pretty good roller coaster. He had hilarious looks on his face going down the hills, but loved it and was ready to ride again!!The pic is on a roller coaster in the kiddieland part of Sea World. Ty was wide eyed even at the end of the night!!

The next day, we headed out to the Daytona International Speedway for a tour. We got on the track, into Victory Lane, and got to go up in the Nextel Tower. Mike was in redneck heaven!!!! Even Caitlyn, who was NOT thrilled with the thought of going to a Nascar track, told me she thought it was really neat to see. I don't think we've converted her to a full fledged fan yet though!!

And more.........

Don't get bored, but we have hundreds of pics, so I have to share a few!!

More kid pics

Here's several more pics of our beautiful kids!!

Spring Break

We went to Daytona Beach for Spring Break with all four kids. We had such a wonderful time. These pics are the first day on the beach and the view from our room.

New pics

Here's some pics of the boys at home. We've got Tucker practicing his bull riding technique on Daddy, the boys posing, Ty playing in his crib, and the result of too much tummy time!