Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Punta Cana!

Now that it's been nearly a month since we went to Punta Cana, I'm finally blogging about it! Apparently I get overwhelmed with, and therefore, put off posting TONS of pictures. This is just a fraction of what I took, and I'm kind of bummed I didn't take my big camera because my point and shoot kind of sucks, honestly. Oh well, I'm going to let the pictures do most of the talking anyway!

We went to Punta Cana with some of our very best buds, Jerrod and Julie! They live in Abilene, so we don't get to see them as often as we'd like, but we always have the best time together. We've been trying to do a couples trip for a few summers now, and we finally made it happen this year! It didn't disappoint, we had an absolute blast together!
day one: thrilled to finally be there!
of course we had to make coconut drinks happen!
julie paparazzi-ed us ;)
the boys were popular with some local kids, julie & i pigged out at the sports bar ;)
and paid for it the next day, unfortunately. gag!
livin' the beach bum life
jerrod & i always have to play "speed" when we're together! ha! #mature
my honey
obviously we should have been princesses
it's a rough life on vacation...you have to choose between the beach & the pool. #thestruggle
dinner at the hibachi on our last night
our trip BFF's...all of which were literally 3x our age & canadian :)
apparently rob was a longhorn fan 
As you can likely tell, we basically bummed around our whole trip! We laid on the beach, laid by the pool, read, napped, ate, drank, laughed, went to shows, and had TONS OF FUN together. We didn't do a single excursion or "extra" because we were all there with rest, relaxation, and rejuvenation on our agendas. Thanks so much for a great time, Carroll's! Cannot wait until the next bestie vacay!

Thursday, April 25, 2013

this week's randomness

Things have been pretty low key for us this week, but that's kind of been the norm lately which is nice but can be monotonous as well. I know there will be a time when we have older kids that we'll be go-go-going, so I try to keep that in mind when I'm "bored." There's always something to be done around the house, but that's not exciting!

Moving along...

Jaqs has decided that she can feed herself this week which is both great and frustrating. She has been self-feeding with her hands for awhile, but now she's interested in the spoon/fork when one is necessary. Usually this is only at breakfast when yogurt is involved which ends up in a BIG MESS. If I put the bite on the spoon & hand it to her, she always gets it to her mouth. The frustrating part is when she wants to dip it out herself...YIKES. When I give her a fork to use at dinner, she places the bite on the fork with her hands then puts it in her mouth. So adorable.
Oh, and let me not forget to add that J has had TWO teeth come in in the last week. When she starts up with teething, she goes all out! Her teeth have all come 2 at a time. I am so not looking forward to molars.

We've had another spurt of cool weather this week which has most of us Texans all kinds of riled up. We're used to sweating to death by this time of year, so it's sorta nice, but not so much for those of us with littles who like to be outside! It was still 60 yesterday, so we did get in some outdoor play once it warmed up from the THIRTY degrees that morning. Brr!
I got this little silverware caddy from Target to put on our kitchen table, and it's really making me quite happy! I love having necessities in one convenient place, plus I think it's pretty cute, too!
 I {big, puffy heart} love paper straws! Are they not just cheerful?! Love. I can hardly bear to use them because I like looking at them so much.
You'll be so pleased to know that Jaqsy's father is teaching her valuable life lessons. The girl has been sniffing her socks for some time thanks to him, but now she has taken this to a new level. When we take off her shoes, she holds them up to her nose, sniffs, then puts them in our faces so we'll say "EWWW, STINKY!" all while giggling like crazy. What a girl! She is quite the character, and I'm just so thankful her daddy is teaching her these things ;) God help her if she ever gets a hold of one of his shoes. She might pass out!
(sorry babe, you know it's true.)
 The girl has also discovered ketchup....SHE. LOVES. IT. Proof:
 Our vacation with our besties has officially been BOOKED! Julie & I text about it constantly and can hardly even contain our excitement! It will be a much-needed getaway for all of us, but I will SO miss my girl. I'm not going to go there yet though...too sad!

Who else is happy it's already Thursday?? It's our last weekend before Spring ball begins, so we are just planning on soaking up our time together this weekend! Seriously, is there anything better? 
I love being with my people.

Monday, July 2, 2012

hill country vacation!

Vacationing with my family is quite tricky...Spring is my dad's busy season, Summer is my brother's busy season, and Fall is certainly out for my hubby. Add a tiny baby into that mix, and we decided that simple was going to best for this year! My parents rented a house on the river in New Braunfels, and we all 'camped' out there for a few days :)
We lazed around the house, floated the river, spent most of one day at Schlitterbaun while Grammie baby-sat, and just enjoyed some time with one another. It was great!

I only got one day's worth of pictures because water and cameras don't exactly mix, but luckily I got some decent photos to capture the memory!

TL: Grammie & G-Pop brought a pool for J-baby, so of course I had to test it out.
TR: These are the shoes mom brought...HA!
BL: Jaqsy girl just chillin on the deck.
BR: Momma and me!
My fabulous parents!
Jaqs had her first swim on her first vacation! She looked SO cute in her Ruffle Butts suit!
She was pretty indifferent about the pool. We tried several different ways to get her situated, but I think it'll be easier if we get in with her in the future! 
Maybe this week we'll try an actual pool! I'll report back ;)
Oh this girl melts my heart. Pure sugar!
Love my hunky hubby!
Of course, Jaqs got lots of loving from her Grammie & G-Pop and Uncle KB & Aunt Cole!
The men in my life. Love 'em.

Thanks mom and dad for a great little getaway! 
Y'all are so good to us, and we love you bunches :)
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