New Jersey, Wedding, Birthday, and Baptisms!!

The LIMO Ride w/ the Bride!!!

I decided I better hold true to my word and get this post out on the blog. The kids and I are currently in Corpus for Gammy/Sea Camp week. We have had a great time and I will have to do another blog next week to post all the good things about Gammy Camp! Let me back up first to our trip to New Jersey.

We were in New Jersey a few weeks ago for Johanna's wedding (Scott's cousin). We had a great time and the weather was unbelievable. For those of us from Texas, anytime we can escape the 100 plus temperatures it's a welcome relief. We walked the boardwalk along the Jersey Shore, this is where Uncle Charles lives, took the kids to the midway for lots of rides, went shell hunting along the cold east coast beach, stayed at a B&B for the wedding weekend, ate lots of great seafood, and enjoyed lots of family time together. I took a lot of pictures so I had to post some of them to share. The kids got to ride in the limo on the way from the B&B to the church. They saw it pull up in front and were so excited just to look at it. They didn't know they would actually get to ride in it at this point. When everyone was outside and Johanna said they got to ride with her to the church, they couldn't believe it. Thanks Johanna! Let me just say that they still like to talk about the famous ride in the limo. This is a big deal to a ten and seven year old.

The Bride's Family

The kids with Gammy & Pops

Uncle Charles, Pops, Scott and Carson

We got back from Jersey on Tuesday and next up was celebrating Stephanie's 40th birthday in Austin and celebrating Austin and Braden's Baptisms. We left on Saturday and headed to Temple for the Hagler family reunion. This is Brenda's side of the family. After the reunion we went to Austin and got ready to go eat at ZTejas for Stephs celebration dinner. We had a great time celebrating and the kids enjoyed playing with their cousins. Sunday morning was the big day for the boys. They were baptized together at church and we were all there to support the family. Here is a picture of all the kids together after church and Steph with her birthday wine glass.


Well since I wanted to add so many pictures this blog post has taken longer than expected, over an hour. There should be a faster way to insert pictures and move them where you want them. Needless to say we have had a busy summer and lots of travel this year. We have had a great time and this week has been a much needed relaxing one for me at least. The kids will be wiped out after camp. We have done lots of fun things this week so next blog will be about Gammy/Sea Camp!

July 2009

Jersey Shore (75 degrees)

Here I am once again, months behind. I figure if I can get something on the blog, occasionally, then I’m not doing half bad. At least this way there is usually lots to update on versus just giving little tidbits. Currently, we are in New Jersey for Scott’s cousin’s wedding. This was the first time the kids flew another airline besides Southwest. It was a 3 ½ hour flight and they were thrilled that a little screen pops down and we got to watch the movie “17 Again”. They did really well, or at least I was told they did really well. We flew with Gammy and Pops on Continental and we had five seats together and one separate. I’ll take that solo seat please! The kids each got to sit with a grandparent and enjoyed the flight. I enjoyed watching the movie and some rare reading time. In case you want to know I am reading Tori Spellings, Stori Telling. It’s really been a great book, hello 90210! I must confess that I really enjoy her reality series too. If you don’t watch it, well you should. It’s hysterical and lots of fun to watch, especially if you are from the 90210 generation.

Okay, so back to what’s going on with us. Carson is just finishing baseball and I must say he really has not enjoyed the season at all. Its machine pitch and he has had a hard time hitting the ball, he gets very frustrated. He finally hit the ball for the first time last week and of course we left for vacation and he hasn’t had another chance yet. Hopefully he’ll start to enjoy it again once he realizes it’s not as hard as he thinks.

We’ve been to Corpus a few times already and have had a great time. Scott went on his annual Father’s Day fishing tournament with all his buddies from San Antonio. He had a great time and I’ll try and find a picture to post. I believe I need to start a Mother’s Day trip of some kind, anybody else interested? Let me know. The beach has been great this year and the water is beautiful. Here are a few great pictures of the kids.

Both of the kids have had birthdays, Carson is now seven and Kynlee is ten. She has officially reached the ‘tween’ years. She’s growing up so fast. She went to church camp by herself for the first time this year. She had a blast and really grew spiritually during that week. What a blessing, God is great. Carson wanted to go, but I think he’ll have to wait until he’s ten. I think that will be our age for camp. Kynlee graduated from 4th grade and here is a picture of her on that special day with two of her best friends. It seems there is a graduation for everything now. What happened to only high school and college graduations?

I started this update while in New Jersey and will add another one as soon as I can. I have some really great pictures from our trip and the wedding so stay tuned.... I know what you're thinking..... not going to happen anytime soon!!! I might surprise you. Enjoy the summer!!