We love you so much and can’t wait to celebrate your birthday this Saturday!
Friday, July 09, 2010
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Water Babies
Every chance we get we spend splashing in our new pool. Mason has become such a great swimmer…swimming across the pool, diving for sticks while Madelyn loves to hang out on our big top step or cruise around the steps in the hot tub. We had a fun Father’s day pool side. We also spent the 4th with my sister’s two soaking up the rays with all the kiddos! We also enjoy cooking out in our new kitchen…the kids love to sit in the barstools and watch a lil t.v. We have enjoyed our summer and can’t believe it is half way over ;(
4th: My sister, Jenny, came to Houston to visit for a few days. We spent our awake time poolside. After we put the kids down we even had a great spot by the pool to watch some fireworks! It was a fast and furious visit, but we had a great time…now off to Austin this weekend for Madden’s 1st birthday!!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
I NEED TO GET BETTER AT THIS!!!
BUT…I don’t foresee that happening. We do many fun things, I take tons of pics, but I fail at the follow through! This summer is flying by fast and furious. I was prepared with tons of activities for us to do which has made all the difference. Here are a few pics of what we have been up to…Lots of our time has been spent in our backyard paradise, but I have yet to upload all the pictures…that is next post!
Hide and Seek: Mason showed Madelyn where to hide then he FOUND her!! He still loves to tell people where to find him!
Splash Park Fun: Ok we don’t have THAT in our backyard, but we met up with some friends and had a BLAST!!!
BEP Concert at the RODED…whish was a WHILE ago, but WAS AWESOME from the Action Seats!!!
Mason’s T-Ball Party: They had a blast shooting the water guns, playing on the Swing Set (SHHH….but that is what we are getting Mason for his birthday :) and bouncing on the bounce house!
A trip to Austin to visit my parents and dinner with my 2 cousins: 
Me and Marcus’ trip to Jamaica with friends….THE ONLY PIC I TOOK :( out our room door straight to the beach :)
Daddy’s big Soccer and Football Game with his company. Marcus WAS the halftime show!! He bet he could catch a pass against a former college football player. He was given 7 tries…HE DID IT on the 3rd try :) Mason and Madelyn loved watching Daddy in action! Marcus scored in soccer and football…MVP!!!!
Many boat rides around the neighborhood: We love to take the boat around feeding the fish and ducks…the kids love driving with daddy!
Surprise Party for Daddy: Marcus turned 31 and I threw him a surprise party and he was surprised!!! We did not do much for his 30th so I wanted to do something FUN FUN for this year. I GOT HIM GOOD! It was so much fun planning his Casino themed party!!! I had it at our clubhouse. I rented a casino company to come and have black jack, craps, and poker tables there. I had Mexican food for dinner and we partied all night! We had a great turnout…even his two brokers from Connecticut and Kentucky were there!!!
The Cake Let the games begin
Guests Mr. Bartender
Arriving… Singing happy birthday SHOCKED
Playing black jack Serious Poker game going
At the end of the night….Melanie was the BIG winner. I gave a prize to the person who WON the most “money” and Melanie hit the big jackpot!!!
More to come as we stay busy busy busy this summer….
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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!
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