Happy Birthday Paxton!

Our super cutie friend in Lubbock turned 5 last week and we made the trip to be there for his birthday celebration! 

Handsome Pax and Mason (being silly of course)

On Friday we played at the mall and at the science spectrum! It was a jam packed day and the kids loved it.

 

Riding the train at the mall!

Enjoying some dippin dots!

Always has fun at the water table!

Little animal doctors working at the vet clinic! So cute!

All the monkeys after several hours in the museum!

Saturday we went for breakfast and play time at McDonalds.

This boy ate 3 pancakes! What will his teenage appetite be like?!

It's very hard to get a picture of all 5 of them!

Saturday evening was Pax's big party at the jumping place. He was so excited and ran up to me when it was time to go jump and said "I cannot believe this!" It brought me to tears seeing him so excited about his party!

All the kiddos at the party.

Pizza with the birthday boy.

It was another fun filled weekend and we loved getting to spend time with our special friends that we do not get to see near enough!

Happy Birthday Pax! We love you!

T-Ball Days

We are enjoying our t-ball season and having a great time with our families and friends cheering on our Cowboys. We are in our final two weeks and I am getting sad, but also looking forward to the slow down of summer!

Mason is doing really well at his games. He can hit the ball and has gotten better at running fast to first base. He was having a hard time understanding that he needs to run FAST and would basically walk. But we have made some progress! He had a great time playing "pitcher" last week and did really well getting the ball to first base. He has basically played all the positions and I would say that was his favorite because it's definitely the most active!

In the dugout ready to play ball.

Warming up with Papaw!

Playing pitcher with Daddys help!

And Bubba's cheerleader!

Post game dinner! (He asked me to take a picture of him and his Daddy! Sweet boy.)

Mommies Need Breaks Too

I am a firm believer in Mommy time. I am a firm believer in having friends who you can run away with and just be yourself apart from your families. I am a firm believer in utilizing whatever support system you have built to allow you to rejuvinate and be accountable to just yourself, even if only for a short time. So often as Moms we dedicate every part of ourselves to our husbands, kids, and all the responsibilities of the home and family.

Literally weeks after we found out we were pregnant and just days before we found out it was twins, I went on a girls trip with my sweet friends Amanda and Toya. Unfortunately I was hit with bouts of morning sickness and a slight scare while on that trip so spent much more time in the hotel room than I had planned. So last year we decided to have a do-over! We stayed on the Riverwalk and had a great time. We quickly decided that we must make this an annual event and we spent last weekend in Houston doing what we do best! We stayed at the Westin Galleria and it was perfect. We ate seafood, enjoyed some yummy drinks and lots of laughs, and shopped, literally til we dropped!

It was a blessing to my soul. I love being home with my kids. I love my "job" in the home but like anyone I can get burnt out and need to let it all go for a few days. 

I am more thankful for these ladies than they even know. We all three lead very different lives yet, we are so much the same. We only get time together a few times a year but we speak and laugh like we are neighbors. I am thankful for them, and a special few other ladies like this in my life. And very thankful for feeling refreshed!

(A special thanks to my sweet husband for sacrificing his weekend to play Daddy day care so I could enjoy this special time!)

Weekend at Great Wolf

D has been working like crazy since the beginning of the year and things have been so busy for the kids and me that we decided a few weeks ago that we just needed to get AWAY from it all! Slow down and enjoy some time with our sweet babies.

And boy did we. There literally was not enough time in this weekend! But we packed it full of fun and memories and the kids cried when we had to leave. We all could have stayed forever!

We left Friday morning and headed to Great Wolf Lodge!

Picture with the wolf upon arriving!

We settled into our room and went straight to the waterpark for some fun. They have slides, water guns, and tons of equipment to play on. They also have a lazy river with tubes and a wave pool!

After a couple hours of water fun we were ready for dinner and headed to the grill for some food.

Mason was eating some celery and bit the crud out of his finger so he sat with me for dinner. Poor guy. At least we still got some smiles out of him.

As we were leaving dinner they were starting story time in the lobby. Mason was obsessed with this mechanical character show! All weekend he would say I want to go to the clock show Mom!

After story time we headed down to the arcade to play some games and get some dessert to take to our room.

The next morning we woke up to two happy and excited kiddos!

We enjoyed a yummy buffet breakfast and then headed to the waterpark for more fun!

(Flat booty problems! Hehe!)

The kids also enjoyed riding the big slides. I didn't get any pics on my phone camera because it's near impossible to walk around with a phone and not get it wet! But D got some video on his go pro. The slides were pretty fast but they both loved them. They also enjoyed jumping over the waves at the wave pool.

At lunch we grabbed a pizza and went up to our room to eat and watch a little TV. Then we decided we better attempt naps of we had any chance of making it through the whole baseball game for fireworks that night. Luckily, we were all worn out and everyone took a 2 hour nap! We got up, got ready and headed out to the Rangers game!

 

The game was great and we liked the all you can eat seats. Mason really enjoyed the hot dogs and nachos. Mallory loved the nachos and really loved that Mommy shared her dr pepper! But, the kids favorite part was definitely the fireworks show. Mallory kept saying "oh wow" and "this is so fun"! As we left Mason said, "Mason loved those fireworks!"

We got back to our room and settled in bed just after midnight. The next morning we slept late, woke up and packed up, and went downstairs to finish winning more tickets and picking out prizes at the arcade. Mallory got a unicorn stuffed animal and a bouncy ball. Mason got a big pack of cars and motorcycles and a glow mini soccer ball. They were excited about their winnings!

We definitely could have used another trip to the waterpark, some time in the outside pools, a visit to the little girls spa, a trip to the souvenir shop, and another clock show, but time FLEW by and we had to head back home! I've already decided that we WILL be going back this fall. It was just too much fun.

This adorable picture was snapped right before the kids realized we were leaving and got so upset. Broke my heart. 

But, I am so thankful that we have the opportunity to do these things with the kids. I love watching them experience magic and excitement and just enjoy being kids! I will not ever take this part of parenting for granted.

Until next time Great Wolf Lodge!