Vacation, vacation, and another vacation!

This post will be an update...as usual! We are coming off the end of a couple of vacations since school has been out. But, before we took our trips, we celebrated Memorial Day with a trip to the zoo, and a BBQ with friends. Here's the whole crew at the zoo.

Checkin' out the new gator exhibit.

Whoa. He's a lot bigger than he looks in this picture.

Jon, Shaylin, Emmie, and Addie (Can you believe we got a one year old, two year old and two three year olds together and smiling, all at the same time...in front of the lion exhibit? Impressive, I know.)

A miniature crocodile. Yikes. The zookeeper told us that he is very fast and very aggressive. SO PUT HIM BACK IN HIS CAGE! AAAGGH!

The wives really liked this pix since all the husbands were holding the wrong children. Such sweet men we snagged!


Andy was quite the popular fella during play time in our backyard!




Sweet Emmie!


And the war wounds on our sweet baby who is TERRIBLY allergic to mosquito bites. We didn't even see any of the nasty little bugs in our yard. But, they were there, and to them, Addie tastes like candy. Here Addie's saying "bug bites, bug bites, red, ouchie."


Here is the side view of her right arm that swelled to twice it's size, got really hard, and ran a fever. Yikes! It is still purple where those three bites were.


And the clean-up...

No, diaper, no diaper!


Then, a couple of weekends ago we went to visit my sister and her family in the Metroplex. We had such a fun time! Here are a few of the highlights!
Dancing with Declan and Kiera!





Declan's last soccer game of the season. That's him...number 7. Great game, Declan!



Wearing our sunglasses at Declan's HOT soccer game. Yes, that glisten is LOTS of sunscreen!


Cooling off on the slip 'n slide. (Anyone know if it is Slip 'n Slide or Slippin' Slide?)





And now for our most recent trip, our 6th Anniversary. We decided to save some money and go to Austin for our anniversary trip. It was my first time to be away from Addison for the night, but she had so much fun with Mama Dee and Papa, I'm not sure that she even noticed that we were gone! We got a fancy hotel room at the Hilton, overlooking downtown Austin. We were on the 23rd floor and it was so nice! The view was amazing!


Check out the view!

After we arrived at our hotel, we immediately went swimming in the rooftop pool. Then we got cleaned up and made it to our reservation at Carmelo's where we had our rehearsal dinner. It is an upscale Italian restaurant with amazing food and incredible service. They even made us a special anniversary cheescake. You haven't lived until you've had Hazelnut Creme Broulee (sp?) Cheescake. Yum. Then, off we went to see Night at the Museum at the Bob Bullock Museum IMAX Theatre. So fun! That night we stayed up really late and watched late night TV that I haven't seen in years. Sounds silly, but it was very enjoyable.

In the morning, we were off for our Hilton breakfast (all the best breakfast foods you can imagine). After breakfast, we went down to rent a kayak to head down the river (AKA Town Lake).




We kayaked all the way to the Congress Ave. bridge because I wanted to see the bats. Of course, you can't see the bats from under the bridge, but you can hear them. They sound like millions of squeaking mice. Wow. So cool! Here's a picture anyway...

Some Town Lake turtles enjoying the warm sun.

After kayaking, we swam in Barton Springs, ate at Amy's ice cream on 6th, and bought a bunch of used CDs at Waterloo Records. Then, we headed to the Texas State History Museum where we camped out for the rest of the afternoon. It was very impressive. Even the bathroom stalls were made of granite. Cool. Here we are outside. The fella we asked to take our pix took us literally when we said we wanted the "whole" star in the pix. That's why we look so tiny.

Hey, who's that hot guy? Oh, that's my husband!

Isn't he cute!?

I can honestly say I love him more with each passing day. He is an incredible man, husband, and father. The last six years have been the best of my life, and I can't wait to see what our future holds! And, to my hubby, if you are reading this...get off the internet and back to work! (Just kidding:) Love you, and happy 6!