Each year one of my best friends Whitney and I take a little vacay just us girls. We have been to NYC, Vegas, but this year Cancun!! My friend Sheri came along too and we had a blast. We had 4 relaxing days soaking up the rays, swimming, jet skiing, playing water volleyball, shopping and hanging out! The water was awesome, the resort, Le Blanc, was amazing, and I can’t wait till next year :) It is awesome how we hardly get to see each other, but when we do it is like we never skip a beat!
Morning swimming is always refreshing! Our backyard pool area is shaded until around 11ish. We love to take a quick dip in the pool, burn some energy, eat lunch and hopefully take great naps :)
Madelyn has now had a month of swim lessons and she is quite the lil fish! She can roll to her back and flip back over and swim to the edge of the pool or to the closest person she sees! I am so proud of my two swimmers.
We love you so much and can’t wait to celebrate your birthday this Saturday!
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!!
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….
