Daddy and Kiley having fun on the slide

Kiley very excited to hold the snake...

with the Count...

with the skiers after the show

impressive acrobatics while skiing

Shamu flipping during the show...

We are defiantly enjoying our summer and the freedom that comes along with it.  This past weekend we head to San Antonio and had a great time at Sea World.  They have opened up a new water park within the park and the kids loved it.  It was a perfect day and the crowds were light which was great.  No matter how many times I see it I am always amazed by the killer whales and dolphins, we also got to interact with stingray this time which was fun and Kiley was thrilled to get to hold a snake (sorry Gina I had to include the pic b/c she was so excited...)

Water park fun

Kiley and Zoe

fun on the little roller coaster

Kiley touching the stingrays - Eli did
too but I was not able to get a picture...

Sorry for the turned pictures and crazy layout it was not cooperating today...

This morning the kids and I headed to a local farm (actually a little over and hour away) to pick berries and dig potatoes.  Rain was in the forecast but not until afternoon.  Luckily we arrived early and did get a container of strawberries, and some blackberries before we were stormed out. 

The kids had fun and we ate a lunch out on the way home which was a special treat.

I also got some peaches off a friends tree -
all kinds of yummy goodness...

Wow, it has been awhile and it took me a minute to figure out how to even post (not sure when they switched everything...)

Exciting news of the week - I have two more nephews  - Matthew and Benjamin -  My sister in law Camile and Brian's brother Bob had twin boys.
And more exciting news...school is officially out for the summer.  Eli and Kiley were very excited when I told them they did not have to do any school work for a whole week ( I love the fact that is still exciting...)  We are really not going to do full school days through the summer just a little each day.  Eli had a great year and despite my apprehension about the home schooling part it went great.  I am defiantly sold on the university model.  We will be at Providence next year too.  Eli will be in second grade, I am going to start Kiley a little early in K, and I am going to be teaching one of the first grade classes.  It should be a busy and fun year.

Here are a few pictures from the last couple weeks...

Fun on the tramp with the sprinkler...

Eli watering our 'garden' it looks a lot different now after a
couple of bug eaten plants and a couple weeks of growth...

The kids wanted 'war' paint the other day so...

I melted some strawberries and they had fun

A couple of weeks ago Brian got the kids this
little boat and oars...

I am not sure who had more fun the kids or daddy - he tied them around his waist
and swam the lake - it was rather funny to watch but the were all loving life

last weekend we headed out the the central TX
airshow.  It was a first for everyone and we had fun...

Kiley was loving life because Daddy
bought her a lemonade...

 We enjoyed it until we could not take the heat any longer and we headed to happy hour at Sonic to rehydrate...