Some Pics from this Summer

During Gamma and Gumps visit, I came upstairs to the gameroom to find my bra suspended between the 2 gameroom doors. When I asked Julianne, "What is that?" she very calmly replied, "it's your bra mom. the one for your bobbies." I had to chuckle.

Great visit w/ the grandparents from VA~! Much fun was had playing with Gamma's new curlers - note there is one in each person's hair in this pic.

A play date with my cousin Lana and her 2 precious Kiddos - Ethan and Alyssa.

Great pic of Jules and Papa

Julianne and Jack at Safari Stop.

Major Birthday Party Event

Ethan Shapiro had his 4th birthday party at the Houston Zoo and it was quite an event! As you can see Jules got to have her face painted with anything she wanted. She chose a butterfly which may have something to do with the fact that her "Big Girl" Room (newly painted pink) is a butterfly and flowers theme. The kids got to meet a few animals up close and personal - one being a huge garden snake that had teeth, but no poison. Gamma and Gumps joined us at the party as they were in town for a few days and a great time was had by all. It's all about giving our kids experiences, right? Well, this was a great one. Thanks Robyn and Rob!

The Birthday Boy, Rob, and Jules

Let's get one more picture of that butterfly! She kept feeling her face for it long after we washed it off.



The snake talk

Mom, it feels "Oooookey!"

Observations

I just read on my friend Kacy's blog that one of her girls thought she saw Jesus (well, it was a Middle Eastern person dressed in traditional garb). This cracked me up beyond belief and reminded me of a few observations Ms. Julianne has made lately:

*"Mom, you have a big, fat belly" (which she does kiss often)
*When she sees overweight people she asks me, "Is that man full?" or "Does that lady have a baby in HER belly too?"
*"God made us all different colors, mom! I am white and pink!"
*"Why does that boy have on earrings?"
*"I like that boy, he is so cute." Justin loves these comments!

Like I Said, San Antonio Summer

Over the 4th of July Weekend we had our first and last family trip (meaning just our immediate family of 3) to San Antonio or more specifically the Westin La Canterra in the Hills of San Antonio. It was a great resort complete with multiple pools, restaurants, and activities for the kiddos. They did smores in a firepit every night for the kids as well as face painting and firewords for the 4th of July. We really enjoyed just being together and hanging out at the pool. We ventured to Sea World one day which Julianne loved of course. Justin had up his sleeve to stop at the Shiner Bock Brewery which we did as well.

So this brewery only employes 65 people and they produce like 150,000 bottles of beer a day. Huge 18 Wheelers were standing by to cart the beer all over TX and beyond.

The hotel pool that we still miss!

View of the Adult pool

Ok, so most mornings we ate dry cereal that we brought with us, but this morning we splurged for Julianne and got her a TX shaped Belgian Waffle - yummmm.

Lunching by the pool

Sea World Sea Lions

1st Roller Coaster Ride - Jules and were in the first pair of whales. After it stopped she screamed, "AGAIN!" like 50 times.

Shamu was awesome

Lots to take in for a 3 year old. She talked about it for days. Great trip, family of 3 and soon to be 4!