SURPRISE!

It's our 9 year anniversary today, and to celebrate, we decided to throw Ashlee's good friend Wendy, a surprise party! Actually, it was her 30th birthday and we'll be celebrating our anniversary this Saturday. And we all know Ashlee loves a good party!

LBJ Library and Museum

Last weekend it was kind of windy and rainy, so we had to find something fun to do...indoors. In downtown Austin is the LBJ Library and Museum. We decided to check it out. It was a neat museum and huge library; however, probably not best suited for kids our age. There weren't many interactive items and explaining historic events to little kids is a challenge. Though Mason did find some events interested.

Standing in front of LBJ's limo.

A replica of the oval office as it was during LBJ's presidency.

Tori...being cute.

The grounds outside....that little dot under the sign is Mason.

Picnic at 5 Mile Dam

The weather was nice this weekend and we wanted something fun and different to do, so we decided to head down to 5 mile dam for a picnic! It's a dam/park about 10 miles from our house. We enjoyed swimming, swingin from a rope tied to a tree, and playing in the overflow on the dam. It was a lot of fun and we were so tired at the end. Everyone piled on daddy and rested at the end.


Sitting on the dam.

So tired!

Mason found a rock in the water!

Swimming with daddy!

Tori getting brave! She was a little nervous in the water and wouldn't let us let her go, but she got brave and would float against the inside of the damn and let the force of the water push her up on top of it.

The dam.

Even Aryah had a fun time!

Getting ready to eat! We had a perfect grassy ledge that overlooked the water.

The park.

Poor Tori

Poor Tori is having a hard time staying on her new bed. She keeps falling off while she sleeps!

Victoria gets a bed!

Victoria keeps trying to climb out of her crib, and then gets her chubby little legs stuck in between the slats. After she had bruises from it around her knee we decided it was time for the toddler bed. Can I just tell you that I HATE the transition to toddler bed??? However, she has done pretty well considering! The first night it took about an hour to get her to go to sleep, but she slept all night... even though she rolled off at some point and spent the rest of the night on the floor!

Her first time laying in it!

What did YOU pick today?

I picked 3 zucchini's, 2 peaches, several pea pods and LOTS of green beans!!! from my garden!

Birthday

Michelle and Tori
Mason

Tori

Michelle

For my birthday and Mothers day we went out to dinner, and then came home for ice cream dessert! Daddy got all kinds of toppings and we let the kids put whatever they wanted on there ice cream. They came up with some interesting combos!!! I just had ice cream with fudge... kind of plain, but it was yummy!