Parent Rap

Summer Fun Pictures

I know the summer break is over, but I'm trying to play catch up here on the blog. Summer flew by! We spent most of the summer at the YMCA pool. It was a fun summer, although there were hard days when the boys were bored and I was at my wits' end trying to deal with three loud, energetic boys all day, every day!

Here are some pictures from the end of our summer break:

Beach Trip

In late July/early August, we went to the beach in Port Aransas with Grandpa and Gramma Ninny, Aunt Brynn, and cousins Grayson and Garrett. Grandpa and Gramma Ninny rented a nice little beach house for all of us to stay in, which was just a short walk over the boardwalk to the beach. It was perfect!

We had a great time except for the little incident when Garrett got stung by a sting ray! He was in a lot of pain and we weren't sure if the barb was in his foot, so we ended up calling the ambulance to come check out his foot. There was no barb, and we found out that to treat a sting ray sting, all you do is soak it in very hot water for about 45 minutes and then treat it with iodine and bandage it up. As soon as Garrett put his foot in the hot water, the stinging went away, and we was walking on it a couple hours later. Eli liked seeing the ambulance in action, and thankfully everything turned out to be okay.

The day we left, John and I took they boys to the Texas Aquarium in Corpus Christi. What a cool place! We saw many different kinds of sea life as well as a dolphin show. The USS Lexington ship is right next to the aquarium, so we stopped there. The boys loved checking out the ship. It's huge!

So, it was a fun vacation all around. I love driving only 3 and 1/2 hours for a beach vacation!

14th anniversary

July 18th, John and I celebrated our 14th anniversary! For our anniversary date, we went on an afternoon date to the greenbelt for a little hike and dip in the cool springs. It was perfect! I love that Austin has several hidden gems in the greenbelt that are within 10 minutes from our house.

Stranger Danger?

Last time we were in Dallas in July, we went out to eat with Grandpa and Gramma Ninny to their favorite Mexican restaurant. They go there every Friday night and know everyone who works there. However, Max was not a fan of our server for some reason. Every time he came to our table Max would start to panic. Since then, Max has gotten better with waiters, but if we have a male server, Max gets worried.  Not sure what it is, but it is pretty funny. Poor Max is scared and we're all laughing at him!