Beach, Birthday and School

I will keep my blog entry short since I posted SO many pics!  For Parker's 3rd birthday we went to Galveston with our bff's The Rentfro's and The Knott's.  We had such a good time.  The kids all played so great together.  It has been quite a while since we have all hung out together. They made sand castles, played in the waves and hunted crabs.  This is our 3rd year to go to Galveston together as families.  The first time we went together the younger 3 kids didn't even exist ;) 

Rylee & Addi near Surf Side beach.

In Uncle Joe's kayak!

My sweet boy loved the beach!

He had NO fear!!!

Rylee preferred playing in the sand over the waves ;)

JP and dad flying a kite.

So much fun with The Rentfro's and The Knott's. 

We had a spiderman birthday party (his new obsession).  He even blew out his candle on queue!



Birthday boy.  Can't believe he is THREE already.



Parker loved all of his spiderman gifts.

Not sure what this face is but it is pretty funny.

Rylee started 1st grade Monday.  She was so excited!  She even convinced me to let her ride the bus home.  What a brave girl she has become.  She said "1st grade is so awesome.  I can do so much more than when I was in Kindergarten".

Rylee's first day of 1st grade.

Parker really wanted to go to Madeley Ranch also.

She did great the 1st two days on the bus but the 2nd two I had to yell at the bus driver to not drive off because SOMEBODY wasn't paying attention to her stop! ;)

Ready for the day.  Her teacher's name is Ms. Gary. 

JP's 1st day of Pre-school.

June/July

Well Summer has almost come and gone in the blink of an eye.  Hard to believe school will be starting in 3 weeks!  I am actually REALLY looking forward to it.  I am not going to lie, the kids have been sleeping in for the most part and it has been fantastic!!!  I definitely think we are ready to get back into a routine though. The kids need it and mommy needs it! 


Here is a little recap of what we have been up to this summer...

-Rylee has attended 2 VBS camps and had a blast at both.
-We have attended tons of birthday parties in July!  I swear we went to at least 7 between family and friends.
-JP is fully potty trained!!!  Even has been sleeping in underwear this past week! YEAH.
-Both kids have been swimming like crazy.  Parker is still in a floaty however I am convinced he would be able to swim on his own if we actually put in the effort. Rylee's swimming skills have improved and she is even jumping in off the edge and trying to dive which used to be unheard of.  JP has no fear and will jump in over and over if you let him.
-We have gone to Galveston, Kemah, San Marcos, Austin, Bastrop and are about to go to Galveston again and will be celebrating JP's THIRD birthday!!!

Kids having fun at the Astros game.

Aquarium at Moody Gardens

They love Casey dog.



Rylee at Wunderworld in San Marcos.




Being silly!




The Simmons Fam at the Lost Pines Hyatt Resort to celebrate John's 60th bday.





JP refused to be in this picture.



Smores and movie on the lawn.



Bubble gun that Nonnie bought.  He was obsessed!