Friday, June 24, 2011

Mini Summer Vacation!!

Luis and I decided to use our Groupon for a night in Kemah at the South Shore Harbor Resort to take the kids on a little mini vacation. We decided on Wednesday we would head down to Galveston so Trae could experience the beach during the summer for the first time and then after we were worn out we could drive up to the Hotel in Kemah to get cleaned up and head over to the boardwalk for some dinner and fun.

Well wouldn't you know that in our record drought summer it poured on Wednesday (believe me I wasn't complaining). So we got all the way down to Galveston and tried to wait the rain out a little for a clear patch of weather, so first we tried going to the Train Museum, but with a lot of the exhibits closed we decided not to spend the money. Our next attempt to pass time by was going to eat lunch. We asked Jace where he wanted to go and he said "the turtle place" which means Tortuga, we had one in The Woodlands but closed recently. So we ran in from the car to try and stay a little dry for lunch. After a nice lunch we decided, who cares if it is raining, you get wet on the beach anyway right? Well that idea worked out for Trae and I for about 10 minutes tops, I guess I should have taken into account the high speed wind and the sun not being out because I had the biggest goose bumps I have ever seen. Pretty gross actually. Luis and Jace played for a while in the ocean (which actually felt like bath water since it was so cold outside) until it started to lightening. So they ran up to the car where Trae and I had been hanging out. I guess we will have to try again for Trae to really experience the beach!!

We checked into the hotel and actually had some clear weather so we went swimming for a bit before getting ready to head out for dinner. We went to dinner at Joe's Crab Shack on the Kemah Boardwalk and after dinner took the train ride.

The next morning after breakfast we headed back over to the boardwalk so Jace & Trae could ride the rides and play in the fountains. We may have had a rough start but our trip ended on a great note!!


Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Eye of the Tiger!!!

Jace had to test at Tae Kwon Do on Wednesday night for graduation to become an official Tiger, which means he now has his orange head band to go along with his orange belt. Now he has to practice to work on getting his yellow belt and head band to become a Cheetah. Here is Jace doing the "One Step" during part of his test.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Fall Family Pictures

Here are some of the family pictures we got taken this fall by the talented Amber Wilson!!







Saturday, September 25, 2010

Go Hook's!!!

Jace's first K-ball Game was today. In the fall (the off season) all of the teams are Astros farm teams so our team was the Corpus Christi Hooks. Watching the boys play is quite entertaining to say the least. Of course all of the boys no matter where they are on the field all go for the ball and create dog piles. We are really enjoying it and so is Jace. Here are a few pictures!


Jace heading to get a grounder!


Waiting to run Home!


These are the signs I made for all of the players on the team to hang up during the games!

Monday, September 20, 2010

Baylor BFF Sally Visits!!

Sally is one of my best friends from Baylor, we were in a sorority together (AXO), and she and her twin sister Katy were in our wedding!! I am so sad that I don't get to see her as much as I would like but whenever we do talk or see each other we don't skip a beat!!

Sunday, September 19, 2010

NALTA Conference

The NALTA (National Association of Lease and Title Analysts) Conference was supposed to be held in Nashville this year - which I was super excited about - had to get changed last minute because our hotel was flooded up to the second floor. To my delight it was moved to New Orleans so Luis was able to fly out on Thursday night to join me. The conference was wonderful as usual, I learned a lot and realized I have a lot more to learn too. Here are some pictures!!


Me in front of Paddle Boat for the dinner cruise we took on the Mississippi River.



Our good friends Coy & Tiffany



A group picture of Tiffany, Coy, Marsha, RJ, Me and Tena (Luis was taking the picture)

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Trae is on the MOVE!!!

Here is a video of Trae crawling & bouncing. Enjoy!!!