Kindergarten here I come...

On Thursday Mia received a postcard from her new Kindergarten Teacher, Mrs. Jones. Friday night we all headed to Pflugerville Elementary School for Kindergarten Orientation. Mia got to meet the Principal, PE, Music, & Art Teachers. She also got to check out her new classroom, drop off supplies, and meet some of her new classmates. There are 21 kiddos in the class. Mrs. Jones is so excited to have Mia in her class. She has been teaching for 33 years, but you would never know it with all of her enthusiasm!

Thanks to mommy working at the school we got to get an early peek at the gym. Mia thought it was really cool that she would have her own "happy dot" to sit on during P.E. Mia was ready to run and play in the gym!

Say lots of prayers Tuesday! Mia will have her first day and Daddy and I hope to be strong. We will drop Mia off to her classroom the first day and afterwards the PTO is having a Boo Hoo breakfast for the parents in the library. We thought that was pretty cool! Remember to say lots of prayers!!! More pictures to come...

California Trip-Part II

California Trip-Part II- We headed up to Grammy & Papa's house in Walnut Creek, on Tuesday, for the second part of our trip. We had a fun time visiting with Grammy, Papa, Auntie Lisa, Uncle Christian, Uncle David, Gee Gee, Auntie Kate, and Nancy H.

While we were there the kids enjoyed playing outside with Papa's electric trains, feeding the fish, and playing at the park. Mia had fun going to Build-A-Bear with Grammy to make her very own bear, while Mommy and Auntie Lisa went to get pampered. Mommy and Daddy even squeezed in a "date night" while we were there and saw the new Harry Potter movie.

Every morning when the kids would wake up they loved to go feed Papa's fish in the ponds. When Papa would get home they would greet him by saying, "Papa can we feed the fish?" Uncle David was great turning on the trains for the kids too!

Thank you Nancy for letting the kids swim at your pool! They had a great time! Auntie Lisa's friend Lea also invited the kids to her pool too. The weather was perfect, warm during the day, in the 8O's, and nice and cool in the evening. We were able to be outside almost the whole time, except for sleeping! It was so nice to be able to eat dinner outside! Grammy and Mia had fun making corn bread for dinner and it was delicious!

We had a wonderful vacation to California visiting everyone and we miss y'all already! We are gearing up for Mia's first day of Kindergarten on August 25th. We promise to take lots of pictures and post them ASAP!!!

Carmel Beach

One of our stops while we were in California was of course the beach! We headed out to Carmel Beach on Sunday afternoon of our trip with buckets, shovels, towels, and a dump truck. Jack had a fun time pushing the truck all the way from the parking lot to our spot on the beach. It was too cute!

While we were there, Daddy taught Mia and Jack how to make the perfect sandcastle. It took a few tries, but they were successful! Jack had fun knocking the castles down, don't think Mia appreciated it, but they had fun.

Mia is getting really good taking pictures for us. She took the one of Daddy and Mommy. Mia said the sand was hurting her hands and feet, and Jack thought the ocean was "too loud". That was our cue to head out to feed the ducks at the park!

California Trip-Part I

California Trip- Part I- We left on Thursday, after Daddy finished work, and headed for the airport. We spent the night at Grammy and Papa's house, and left early Friday morning to head down to Grandma and Grandpa's new house in Soledad. We were so happy to celebrate Grandma's birthday. Grandpa grilled some yummy pork chops and steak! We also got to see Uncle Ed, Tia Anna, Eddie, & Daniel.

While we were there the kids enjoyed playing outside on the bikes, swimming in the pool, jumping on the trampoline, and Grandma & Grandpa treated us to a trip to Chuck E Cheese. The kids had so much fun hanging out together!

We had a great time visiting everyone! It was so nice to have cool weather. A welcome escape from the hot Texas summer. On Tuesday we said goodbye, and headed up to Grammy & Papa's for a few days. Thank you Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Ed, & Tia Anna for everything!

Our little fish

Mia has been taking swimming lessons for the past four weeks. She has improved so much! She has gotten really good at free style, and does really well swimming backstroke. Hope you enjoy the videos at the end of her swimming!

Today is her last day. The teachers will give each kiddo a report card to let them know what they are doing well, and what they need to continue to work on. Mia enjoys getting her report card. Last session, she also got a home made brownie too!

Sea World-We Believe!

Sara & I took the girls to Sea World yesterday and it was amazing! We had so much fun going to shows, feeding sea lions, swimming in the pool, and going down water slides! The girls even went on a roller coaster all by themselves!

We had quite an adventure trying to leave Sea World amongst a huge thunderstorm. Sara and I were both running through park with the girls on our backs. It was pouring down rain, lighting, and thundering!!! The whole place was flooded. Quite a site! Once we got to the entrance, the storm finally passed. On the way to the car, Mia saw a beautiful rainbow. At that point we knew everything was OK!!!

4th of July

We started out the day taking a few pictures. Mia and Jack were both in good spirits as you can see! They played outside for a little while until the hot came, and then we all took a rest. Mia also wanted to sing a song for y'all in honor of the 4th of July! Enjoy!!!

Later on we headed up to the Manglona's for a BBQ. The kids had a blast playing on the trampoline, in the pool and water table. We hope that y'all had a safe and Happy 4th too! God Bless America!!!