July Happenings...

So far this July has been pretty busy.  Last week my friend Erin (from One Sweet Day) came to visit.  We stayed very busy and I was worn out!  Wednesday was the fourth so she brought cookies and krispy treats.  Aren't those cookies gorgeous??  They tasted great too, I would know...I ate like ten just to make sure! We shopped, ate, baked, ate, swam, ate, and then ate some more.  She showed me how to frost sugar cookies, and we also made brown butter rice krispies.  Those were awesome!  

The kids frosted cookies with Ms. Erin, they loved it! 

 Don't quit your day job Sam!!  Can you tell he decorated an "S"?

 I would love to say that I decorated all of the colorful cookies, but it was mostly Erin.  I did a couple of them.  It is hard work!

Saturday we headed to Galveston to the Aquarium.  This is Sam at the shark tank! Not sure why he is making that face.  It might be because we told him we would feed him to the sharks if he didn't behave.
 Just Kidding :)

 The kids loved it and we can't wait to go back.  The weather didn't really cooperate so we didn't do as much exploring as we had hoped.  This is Anna with her shark passport.

My handsome guys.

Daddy tried to feed Sam to the shark, I guess he wasn't behaving!

Then we tried to lock the kids in a cage.  See why this was such a fun place? :)

Beach Trip 2012

We went to the beach!  We LOVE our annual family trip to the beach.  The kids cry when we leave, and ask us all year if we are going back soon.  We spent our days at the pool mostly with a few short trips down to the beach.  Most of our sand time happened at night!

 Best Buds!

 Airplanes

Sand Angel!

Sam is a fish and swam all over the pool like a pro!  He also turned a major potty training corner while we were on our vacay, he started going with out having to be asked.  By the time he left the beach he was a potty trained little boy.  We are so proud!

My beautiful girl!

 Anna got a hold of Matt's underwater camera and took a hundred pics of our condo, including a few of herself in the mirror wall!

 Aunt Jessie and Matt took the kayak out a couple of times.

 Me and Lil Sis

This sweet little girl had a blast playing in the sand and waves this year.  This was a surprise because she usually does not like to get dirty or sandy(don't know where she gets that?), and is still very wary of the water!  For some reason the waves did not scare her and she jumped right in!