Weekend Away

We squeezed in a little vacation and headed down to DC this past weekend.  Pretty soon the girls will go back to school and Pete will be commuting between here and Dallas. So our family time is precious and we are trying to get in as much as we can.

Feeding the ducks in the reflecting pool

The Washington Monument

Alli and Carson in front of the Lincoln Memorial

An amazing sight- it is such a neat place

This is the World War II Memorial. It is beautiful.

 

 

It was a great day! I was so proud of the girls because they did so much walking and so little complaining! I love DC. I think it is an amazing place. We hope to visit there again when the girls are a little older and can appreciate the history.

The night before going to see some sites, Pete and I went out with our great friends Pete and Jami. Our family time is precious, but so is our mommy and daddy time! We went to the Kenny Chesney concert and had a lot of fun hanging out with our friends. We will sure miss hanging out with them when we move....whenever that is!

Tailgating before the concert

Pete grilling some great chicken....with his wrench.

  Jami and Tara

The bean bag toss

Pete and Jason

The girls had a fun time with the babysitter!

Beach Vacation 2009

The whole family went to Port A for a big family vacation- sisters, brothers, cousins, aunts and uncles. It was great to all be together!

A little game of Texas Hold'em. Notice I am the only female playing- and I was the big winner!

Alli's BFF was able to join us. Alli's BFF, Paige, just happens to be the daughter of my BFF, Amber, from high school!

 

We love the beach!

Celebrating Katie's birthday at the beach!

Katie got some Ariel beach supplies to go with her Ariel bathing suit.

She was sad that I did not get her a birthday hat so Uncle Goombah made her one.

My baby girl is three!

Happy Birthday Katie!!

We're Back!

We had a great (and very long) vacation in Texas. The girls and I were gone for a whole month. It feels so good to be home! We did have a wonderful time, but I'm so glad to be back in our own home.

We survived another long road trip! And this time we had two dogs with us.

The girls looked like this on and off throughout the day.

It was a little tight for Maddie and Dixie, but they were able to get comfortable enough to sleep most of the way.

We spent a lot of time just hanging out with friends and family. We had a great beach vacation in Port Aransas where we celebrated Katie's third birthday, did a whole lot of swimming in San Antonio and made a quick road trip up to Dallas (our future home!) to visit friends.

We are still unsure when and exactly where we are moving. Nothing can happen until we sell our home here......and who knows when that is going to happen. I am staying positive and know that it will happen. Pete will start his new position in September. Luckily, his schedule will allow for him to work from home right here with us for a few weeks!

I have tons of pictures from the trip that I will post soon!