June and July

Wow, how the summer months have zoomed by. It seems like every weekend has been packed full of fun. Here are some of those events that happened in June & July as well as little tidbits on the girls:

I started to sneeze and August said to me "God Bless you mama".Something else that August likes to do is act like she is sleeping and snoring. So, she'll lay there and squeezes her eyes tights and then you hear her go into her loud snorring sound. She must of learned that snoring sound from her dad.

I wish I could also capture August's look when she glares at you out of the corner of her eyes with a big smirk. She is quite the little character. She has mastered going to the bathroom on the toilet. We still put her in a diaper at bedtime, but for the most part she is dry when she wakes up(this is more for mom and dad so they don't have to clean sheets).  For the longest time getting her to wear panties has been a chore, but lately she will wear them with pride. She makes sure when she is gong potty to tell you to shut the door and leave. She hollars at you to come in and wipe, although she is very independant and will do this a lot of the times. When she uses number 2, the whole world knows. She'll run through the house telling us to come look cause she "pooohed". We go and look and tell her what a great job she did.

Kennedy had her year end graduation. She was so proper when she walked the line around the center of the kids. She will remain in the same classroom for next year, since the ages are 3-5 and will go to the lower elemenary room when she turns 6. Her school is out for the month of July, then resumes in August. I'm glad we are keeping her at the school. I can't wait to see what she learns this year.

Last day of swim we can go watch what the girls have learned. Once, again I had to miss due to work, but Trey took photos and filmed for me. Here are photos of Kennedy and Eric swimming. Guess, Trey didn't take any still photos of August swiming, just videos.

I did it!

Before swimming one day, August put this hat on and was ready to go....

This is a little German outfit, Sherry had given Kennedy to wear that Sherry had held onto since her kids were young.

Mom was going to watch the girls for me while I worked, that meant leaving the night before work to stay her house. Trey had to return to work the next day so he stayed at home. When he got to work I talked to him and he said how he had awful sleep. He said the house was to quiet so he tossed and turned a lot. I told him that is exactly how I feel when he takes the girls overnight. It’s amazing how just having their bodies in their beds can provide some form of comfort to you as a parent. It’s times like these that I always wonder what in the world did I do before kids?

For Father’s Day, Trey and I meet Dad, Robin, and Papaw at the Stagecoach Inn for lunch. We had a nice visit, despite me dropping my phone and shattering the screen. We walked down to the river near the restaurant and stuck our feet in. It felt so refreshing after dealing with the high temperatures. Here are some pictures from the visit:

We went to the Putska's after Salado. The girls had fun riding on their golf cart.

This is a photo of Mel and Kennedy one day when Mel took Kennedy and August to watch butterflies.

On Sunday-actual Father’s Day, the girls and I made Trey and pancake breakfast. We also let him sleep until he woke up on his own. The girls enjoyed giving him their presents of a new bird feeder and a shirt with their handprints. Trey wanted to go try out the San Marcos River in Martindale. Despite the swift current the girls had fun. Kennedy did well with her lifevest trying to float the rapids. Trey was teaching her how to put your feet down and move your body when your floating.



My friend, Rhonda, did this project with her daughter where you paste the crayons on a canvas and then run a blow dryer over it. This is the before shot.

Kennedy and Trey floating down the rapids

August tries out floating

This is August's silly face she likes to make

Kennedy was riding in the Chisolm Trail Roundup parade with her school. Dad, Robin, and the boys came down to cheer Kennedy on. Despite stepping in dog pooh along the route, we had a nice time.

Her she is practicing her wave

We went to Schliterbahn and stayed the night. Laura and her family go annually so we met up with them. Trey's sister Aimee and her family also were there. Mimi and Kirk came for the day. The girls had a great time splashing in the water. We went to the other side of the park on Sunday and enjoyed the lazy river. I'm looking forward to when we can ride some of the bigger rides. Here is the girls with Trey outside of the park.

You can't see him, but Trey is a speck uptop of this ride.

Emma smiling pretty

John jumps from the turtle

Emma and john

Kylie and August come down the net

Watch out August, here comes Kennedy!

Here are a few shots of the kiddo's playing in the water cooling off. Joseph came and stayed while mom watched the girls for us.

August loves to paint fingernails. Here she is painting mom's nails. I think when mom left she had several layers of paint on her toe nails and fingernails. I told her she could wash them off, but she said she thought it was cute and didn't want to hurt August's feelings.

Kennedy tracing money.

We met Laura and Kenneth in Utopia to go swimming in the Sabinal River. We really had a great time despite the storm that came. Such a small world, we ran into our friend Mandy Adams from Lockhart their. Her dad owns a place on the river and they were having a family reunion.

Girls having fun and jumping on their daddy's.

We went and visited Papawa at the Assisted living. Kennedy picked a flower outside and gave it to him. The girls had a good time playing, especially hiding in the bedroom closet.

Papawa hands out some Chocolate


We went to the Ellison's place they were renting in Rockport on the 4th. Here we are swimming.

Tinker Bell, ready for Emma's upcoming Princess birthday party.

August is going to be Repunzil for the birthday party.


We went to the Knussman's to hang out with them. Auugst had found this frog. Of course, the boys kept telling her to bring it to me. When I acted not so excited about it, she started to tear up, which made me feel awful. I told her it was o.k. to show all the kids. The child will pick up anything. I love that in her, the no fear, I sure don't want her to lose that free spirti

We made it to the Birthday party. Aunt Melanie did Kennedy's hair and makeup...

Laura, Kendal, and I went to the Advocare Success School. This is event was very motivational. I am looking forward to February when Trey goes with me. It wasn't just about learning about the products you take/sale but helping others while doing it. So far, I've lost 10 lbs....looking to hit 20lbs by the end of August. Trey has been using the performance elite workout stuff, his muscles are becoming more defined!

Mom watched the girls for me while I worked. She brought Landry along to play.

August went and picked up all of these bettle skeltons off the fence and brought them to me.

I thought August looked so sweet in this little dance outfit.

I took Connor, Kennedy, and August to the Children's Musuem in New Braunfels.

Trey recruited his dad to help him build a lean two off of our shed.Here are the hard working men!

Kylie turned 4 years old!Kenneth and Laura had her birthday party at Peter Piper. The kids all had a great t

Who is this place for, kids or adults?

We went and played tennis with the girls. August picked flowers and Kennedy hit the ball to Trey.

We meet Kirk, Sherry, Honey, and Papa at Red Lobster's before we checked into our hotel. August was licking my tea like a dog...her sister had to join in....

The girls were flower girls in Valerie and Justin's wedding(Trey's cousin). At rehearsal, August wouldn't walk down the isle. At the wedding all the girls did so great walking down the isle and throwing their flowers. August ended up coming down from the top of the stage during the wedding, but they all did so great! The reception we all had a great time dancing. Payton hung onto Trey for most of the night. He was able to dance with all of the kiddo's. Everyone was exhausted at the end of the evening. August told us, I want to go home.

On Sunday, we went back to Mathis and enjoyed some sun. Jeanna, Dave, Cody, and Jake came over to try to catch some fish. Kennedy and August had fun making a sand hole.