Turks and Caicos

This past week we took a fabulous family vacation with Marcus’ parents and brother.  We headed to the Beaches Turks and Caicos.  I knew as we were landing the water was going to be nothing short of amazing!!!  It was an awesome vacation with lots of fun in the sun!  The weather was wonderful, the resort was AWESOME (would totally recommend for families) and the kids had a blast.  They loved playing in the pool with DD and Daddio, building sand castles and collecting sea shells, and the absolutely loved the water park on the resort grounds.  I think Madelyn loved all the yummy sweets she consumed!  Thank you so much for such a wonderful vacation!

How do you pass time in the Miami airport……(our first flight left at 6:00am and the kids were up since 3:45….but they did AMAZING…slept on both flights :)

Look who was there to greet us at the resort: BERT! Madelyn not so sure…

The Room…it was 2 steps away from the pool :) very convenient

One room had bunk beds and yes…Mason slept up top one night!  I wasn’t sure he would stay all night up there, but the last night he did and loved it!!!

Day 1: Swim, EAT, Play…playing on our patio before we suited up for the day

  

We had a cabana at the pool and beach reserved for us everyday that way the littles could get out of the heat and in the shade.  It was fully stocked with all the drinks and food we needed.  That is what is nice about an all inclusive resort :)

 

Water Park FUN!!!

At the water park there was EVERYTHING you could imagine for the kids…restaurant with sesame street characters, popsicles, a smoothie bar, ice cream, pirate ship splash park, slides, surf simulator, lazy river, and much more!  We would hit the water park every day…sometimes just with Mason when Madelyn was asleep since he wanted to do slides and she was much happier just swimming in the baby pool. 

The Pool: we spent the majority of time here swimming in the morning, eating lunch and just hanging out!  It was nice that when we put sister down for a nap we would just take the video monitor with us to our cabana and swim and we would be just steps away! Mason was starting swim lessons the day we returned from the Turks, but while we were there we worked on swimming…he eventually started to love to go under and remembered everything he was taught last year from lessons!! I am so glad….I just hope sister loves it as much…she starts lessons in just 1 month!!!

The Beach: This was by far the most beautiful beach and water I have seen!  Mason loved building and destroying sandcastles while Madelyn was not sure about the sand in her toes! 

The Fam:

 

 

We had a great time, thanks DD and Daddio!

First Swim in the new pool

I was dying to get the kids in…so we suited up and headed to play in the pool for the first time!  They loved it… we swam for over an hour before we had to get suited up for Mason’s tee-ball practice.

 

Pics of the Pool

After 3 LONG months of waiting…our POOL is finished.  It has been finished for about a month and we LOVE LOVE LOVE having it!  The kids are in swim lessons and excited to swim every day! We have a big step that they play on with a fountain and Mason loves to get in the hot tub…it is like a mini kid pool when it is not heated :)  I can’t wait to swim all summer long and even into fall with our Houston weather!!

 

Hot tub, fountain                                 Wet edge…Hot Tub

Infinity edge to lake                                   Fire strip

      Path to boat                            Pool at night

the fountains shoot really high :)        more night pics

Hometown Team: Astros

This spring Mason is playing T-ball and he LOVES it.  He gets to play with some of his friends which makes it even more fun!!!  His team is the Astros and they had their first game this past weekend.  Despite the RAIN, THUNDER, and LIGHTENING (which in  my personal opinion they should have called the game) Mason had a blast.  He had 2 hits, rounded the bases and played short stop next to one of his friends.  They seemed to chit chat the whole time :)  He is finally getting the hang of running to first base after he hits the ball...instead of running after the ball he just hit!  I love watching all the lil ones playing…they are sooo cute especially in their uniforms :)  Here are a few pics of Mason and his first Astros outing!

3 in 1

Easter

We had many fun festivities leading up to Easter day.  3 egg hunts, an Easter Extravaganza in our neighborhood and Mason’s class Easter party.  We went to visit the Easter Bunny at the mall…much to my surprise Madelyn didn’t scream just a little sad face…Mason by now is a pro at telling them what he wants!!!  We woke up early and headed to the 8am service and when we returned Mason and Madelyn were excited to see what the Easter Bunny had brought them then we headed out to the front yard to hunt the eggs the bunny had left.  Madelyn was more interested in playing in the mud with no shoes on than finding the eggs.  Sweet Mason did help her out until he realized Madelyn was throwing the eggs out of her basket as fast as he was putting them in….then he decided to keep all the eggs in his basket :)

T-Ball

Mason has started playing T-ball with 2 of his friends.  He is enjoying playing ball…I will have to say he seems to like it more than soccer.  His first game is tomorrow…one thing we really need to work on is after he hits the ball he runs after the ball instead of running to 1st!  It is so cute to watch all the little guys and gals playing. 

Pool

We are seeing the light at the end of a VERY VERY long tunnel.  After a total renovation of our back yard…adding a pool, outdoor kitchen, and bathroom we are finally about to be FINISHED…just in time for SUMMER :)  We had the landscaping done last week and they plaster the pool next week and then FILL er’ UP!!!  I am so ready to get things back in order.  The front yard is still a mess.  Along with the backyard renovation we have been doing some other little projects around the house that have kept us busy busy busy!