Family Fun

We've seen a lot of my family recently! A couple of weeks ago I took the kids to Six Flags using some free passes they won by reading for school. My parents were in Texas for a wedding, and they surprised the kids by showing up! We had a great time, until Avery got sick so she and I went home early and Aidan stayed to do some more rides with Papi and Grammy. My kids are like me and are not very adventurous when it comes to rides. But Aidan did the Mini Mine Train, the Log Flume, and the Mexican Hat (my favorite when I was a kid!)

My dad stayed one night, and my mom stayed for the week. She and I took the kids to Hawaiian Falls, and this year we decided to try a new one out in Roanoke. It was really neat, but I think we'll stick to our local one from now on :)

The kids and I met my cousins for lunch and we got to meet Baby Gwen! She is so precious and of course we had a ton of fun with the Jolly gang...so much fun, we had to FaceTime the family members who weren't there, then made them "chat" with each other:

My sweet cousin Meredith offered to come out and help Avery with her cartwheels. Avery wasn't exactly a serious student so I think she has a couple more years to go...but it was so fun to see Meredith! We treated her to dinner at Frankie's, and then she came back and watched Frozen with us. She had never seen it and Avery couldn't believe it!

Surfside

We traveled to Surfside (near Galveston) for a beach vacay with Cookie, Jeff, Gigi, Cody, Amy, Sage, Logan, Ellie, Jason, and Lindsay! Cookie and Jeff own a vacation home that they rent out, and we all used it for a few days of family fun! We got brave and decided to take Griffin. He's a great car traveler and after about a day of adjusting to his surroundings at the house, he had a great time. He loved the beach, and so did the kids of course! They paddle boarded, boogie boarded, looked for shells, and made sand castles. We walked along a long jetty one day which was neat. The weather was great and the water felt amazing! We also went to the Sea Life Aquarium one day which worked out great because that was the day it rained most of the day. Daniel's Uncle David and Aunt Phyllis came the last two nights so it was fun to see them.

Summer Catch-Up

We just finished a week of VBS at our church. I helped teach 4th graders and loved it! I was so busy that I only got this one picture of my kids. The theme was Agency D3 (secret agents) and it was so fun!

Aidan had basketball camp at his school last week. He loved seeing his friends!

Avery had her friend Haylee over to play. Haylee's brother is Aidan's friend, and she'll be in Avery's class next year!

Our 4th of July wasn't very exciting. We had planned to all go swim at the Nardos', Daniel's friend from work. But I came down with a bad stomach bug the night before so I sent the three of them without me while I recovered. They even made this cute fruit tray and cupcakes on their own! We thought about going to watch some fireworks that night, but I still wasn't up to it...but we were able to see some fireworks from the backyard!