Trip to Rockwall

 

We had a fun visit with Grandanny and Nana in Rockwall.  We got to do lots of swimming, and jeep riding and even got to visit with Stephanie, Juli, and Granny on the way in!  I’m not as good as I used to be with taking pictures, but here are a few I managed to get!!!

Granny let  Brady ride her tractor~~  definitely a highlight of the trip!!

cruising in the jeep!!  He was so much better at driving it this time!

bye bye

Helping daddy put together Grandanny’s  smoker.  Helping consisted of putting screwdrivers into all the open holes!

Here try this one daddy

Daddy, which one of these do you think we should use?

I know, no pool pics…..I don’t know what my problem is!!  I pledge to do a better job in the future!!!  Stay tuned, the big birthday party is right around the corner!

Play Castle

A mall near my sisters house has this awesome play castle and carousel.  Brady and I decided to head up that way this morning and enjoy a little cousin play time!!  The kids had fun as usual and the mommies enjoyed talking!  Didn’t take a lot of pictures, but here are a few.  Thanks for a great time Cole Clan!

The boys!

NO WAY….all three looking at the camera AND smiling???

doing a little climbing!

spinning in the tea cup on the carousel!    

We’re headed to Dallas this week for a little Nana and Grandanny time!  Fun posts to come I’m quite sure!

The Greatest Show On Earth

That’s right, we went to the circus!!  We met up with Trenton and Cooper and the boys had a blast!  We were a little worried that Brady might be too young and we might have jumped the gun, but he sat back, took it all in and clapped after every segment!  As we were leaving, walking through the parking lot, Brady looked back at Reliant Stadium and waved with this sweet little face saying “bye bye circus”.  SO cute, I’m so glad we went!!!

Mommy and Brady waiting to get in the gates

Let’s go to the circus mom!

They have a really cool deal an hour before the circus.  You can go in the back, look at all the animals and then go onto the actual floor of the circus and see the props and some of the clowns and other circus stars. 

A big ol motorcycle!

Clapping for the clowns!

We couldn’t ride real horses, but they had a pretty fun pretend one!

Brady wasn’t as fired up about being so close to the clown….I don’t know about you guys, but clowns didn’t look like this the last time I went to the circus!

Clowns are much more fun to watch from back here!

gotta love going to the circus and getting to eat nacho’s for dinner!         

trying some cotton candy….he didn’t like it….this cannot be my kid! 

Hey Coop…check out those tigers!

taking it all in…how cute is that!

Two of our favorite “acts”! 

Tigers

and elephants!

Bye Bye circus!

CAUTION…..

This video may cause extreme dizziness!

don’t call CPS on us!  He loves it! and admit it, it’s hilarious to watch him walk like a drunk man!!!  Mom and Dad have to have a little fun!!!

trains, hats, and water

We met the Pillow’s and Flores’ at the Kemah boardwalk for a little fun in the H-O-T  summer sun!  Brady, in case I haven’t mentioned, is very in to anything trains!  SO a chance to ride the train on the boardwalk was very exciting.  After riding the train and carousel a couple times we had dinner at a mexican restaurant (with air conditioning!!) , and then Trenton and Brady ran around on the splash pad.   We had a great time even though it felt like it was 111 degrees outside!

Look!  a train!

CHOO-CHOO

This was Brady’s face the entire time on the train….so mesmerized with everything going by!  (excuse the drool on our chin…we getting some molars!)

Brady sporting his balloon hat at dinner!

The water!  The boys were hilarious running through the water.  They were so hot and wasted no time getting as wet as possible!

ahhh……this feels good!

water, water everywhere

if I put my finger in here does it stop the water?

 

It didn’t work….run run run!

Two very wet babies!  Who am I kidding, they’re so not babies anymore……so sad

I love this picture!

picture this

The 7th was Nana’s birthday, and for her birthday she wanted a picture off all her grandchildren together.  Well, things didn’t work out quite the way we had planned (they never do when you’re working with a 3 year old, 2 – 2 year olds, and a 3month old I guess!)  HOWEVER,  I was again suckered into buying pictures of my son!  I just can’t resist!  So here are a few of B’s 2 year pictures a month early!!!

 

I can’t believe this little guy is almost 2!

God Bless the USA

Happy 4th of July!  We had a great day.  Grandanny and Nana are in town and the Cole’s came over for a day of playing and BBQ.  The kids had a blast and the adults enjoyed the ribs, chicken and sides!!  We also had a special cake decorated like a flag for Nana’s birthday!  Happy Birthday Nana…a little early!!

My little firecracker!

Sweet sisters!

The boys….up to something I’m quite sure!

swimming in Brady’s new pool!

Jacob catching a few rays!

bubbles with Grandanny

Group[ picture time!

Love those coordinating outfits!

sweet kisses for baby Elizabeth….doesn’t she look excited about it?!?!

Whose child is that screwing up this group pic????   

You know you take too may pictures when you bring out the camera and without being asked your child lays down and poses…..not kidding…he did this all on his own….STINKER!