Schlitterbahn pictures, volume 2

Here are a few more from the day.

Everyone in the lazy river in Surfenburg.


Jayna in the lazy river.


Gino going down the slides in Surfenburg.


James going down the slides in Surfenburg.


James passed out before we hit IH-35 to drive back to Austin.

Schlitterbahn pictures, volume 1

As promised, here are the pictures from our trip to Schlitterbahn.

Waiting in line for our first tube ride.


James LOVED the tube chute!!


All four of us before our second tube ride.


James going down the slide at the wave pool in Wavefest.


James and Gino at the Kiddie Park in Surfenburg.

More fun with the Wii

We've been having a lot of fun with our Wii lately. Now that Kristen's kids are back, we've set it up so we can play each other online. Granted, they are much better at Mario Kart that I am but we still have a great time. James is getting better and better at bowling and really enjoys playing Mario and Sonic at the Olympics. He likes the swimming and running events. Here are some photos of the boys playing.

James lining up his shot


James got a STRIKE!!


John pretending to play too.

Backyardigans LIVE!!

Yesterday we took the boys to see Backyardigans LIVE at the Hobby Center in downtown Houston. James got really into the story asking lots of questions and answering the characters every time they asked the audience a question. John sat on Brian's lap completely mesmerized by the songs and dancing. He would clap and laugh at the end of each song. They had such a wonderful time. Thanks MawMaw for the tickets!! Here are just a couple of photos. They didn't want people taking pictures during the show.

The stage


Before the show started


John mesmerized by the show

Officially retired!

This past Friday was my last day at work for at least the next few years. I'm really looking forward to spending lots of quality time with the boys before they head off to school in the coming years. I've got lots of fun activities planned for us and I can't wait to get started!!

My 29th Birthday and trip to Schlitterbahn

Man, I feel so old. We celebrated my 29th birthday this past weekend. We left town around noon on Friday and drove up to Georgetown to hang out with Judy and Steve. We went to dinner and then sat on the patio eating ice-cream. I put the boys to bed before Brian took me down to the Barnes and Noble in Round Rock for the Breaking Dawn release party. My sister and I had a blast getting coffee and browsing the bookstore before picking up our books at midnight. I ended up staying up until 4 am reading.

Just a few short hours later Brian and James came to pick us up and we all headed down to Schlitterbahn. James had an absolute blast at the park. We took him on two of the big tube chute rides and he LOVED them. We spent some time at the kiddie areas of the park as well. After lunch my cousin, her husband and three kids arrived and we all went to the new sections of the park. We rode around on the lazy river and Torrent. I took James on the body slides on the huge pirate ship at Blastenhoff. We headed back to the old park and tried to ride a tube chute but the line was way too long. We ended up walking back along the river and stopping to do a ride whose line wasn't quite as long. We ate funnel cake and then got dressed and headed home. James crashed before we made it to the highway. We met my mom at Joe's Crabshack for dinner (super yum!!!) and then headed back to Georgetown. I stayed up late reading again.

Saturday night we all slept well. Man were we beat. We got all packed up and headed home mid morning. I read almost the whole way home (man that book is long). We got home, unpacked and put the boys down for a nap. After they woke up, we headed down to Kristen's for pizza and more birthday celebrations (her niece Aly was turned 7 on Sunday). We're so glad to have the kids back in town. It's been an awful quiet summer. The boys were so happy to have their friends back. We left when it was bedtime and I continued reading until midnight. The book was so great!!

I took a waterproof camera to Schlitterbahn and will post pictures as soon as I get them developed.