Valero Texas Open

Last Wednesday, Scott and Tyler went out to the ProAm day at the Valero Texas Open.  Unfortunately, not too many big name players were here this year, but Tyler was able to meet several of the players and get autographs and pictures.  He met Kevin Chappell, the eventual winner this year, Brooks Koepka (2nd place), Tony Finau (Tied 3rd), Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar, Branden Grace and Stewart Cink.

 

 

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to you as we celebrate our risen Savior.

 

 

 

 

The Birthday Girl

Today is Molly's 6th birthday!  She was up before 6:00am ready to open gifts.  She was spoiled once again and is still expecting gifts in the mail for the next 3 days.  Her main gift was tickets for her and 3 friends to go see Disney on Ice today.  She's been asking to have friends over for her birthday and I kept telling her, no, we only have parties every other year.  So she was super excited to learn they were coming over for pizza and games before we headed to Disney on Ice.  Here are pictures from her little party with the girls and Disney on Ice.

 

 

From left to right the girls are Gabby, Sofia, Molly, Marley, Adelyn, and Kimmie.

 

 

 

Tonight after dinner, we had cupcakes and cookie cake that Molly picked out.

 

I can't believe she's already 6 years old.  Time sure does fly.  Molly is such a sweetie and full of life and spunk.  She's got a sense of humor and makes us laugh.  She can be sensitive, but also stubborn and moody at times.  She already rolls her eyes!  She gives us hugs everyday and tells us she loves us.  We can't imagine life without her. 

Horseshoe Bay Resort and State Parks

While my parents watched the kids, Scott and I went to Horseshoe Bay Resorts.  It's near Marble Falls, close to Austin.  It was a beautiful resort and we had a nice relaxing time. The first two pictures are the view from our balcony.  Monday evening, we had a New Orleans style dinner.  Scott was thrilled to have craw fish and my jambalaya was delicious.

 

 

The resort has a really cool mini-put course.  It's real grass, ruff, and bunkers.  It was so pretty too.  Scott won, of course.

 

 

Tuesday after sleeping in and lunch at the resort, I relaxed by the pool while Scott played a round of golf.  That evening, we went on a sunset boat ride on Lake LBJ.  It was only us two, so the captain kept us out for an extra half hour.  It was the middle of the week, so it was so nice and peaceful!  I love being out on the water.  The only working lighthouse is on this lake.  We also saw some pretty amazing houses-Matthew McConaughey's, Sandra Bullocks, Roger Staubach, and astronaut, Jim Lovell.

That is Matthew McConaughey's 28 million dollar house behind us.

 

 

This is astronaut, Jim Lovell's house.  Those circles on his house are the patches from each of his missions an at night, they light up.

Lake LBJ

We went to dinner that night at On the Rocks.  It overlooked the Dam below and was pretty with the sunset.

Wednesday we had an early lunch at Blue Bonnet Cafe.  I was told we had to get pie from here.  Lunch was DELICIOUS!!  But we were too full for pie.  We went to Inks State Park, hiked some, then stopped on the way back for pie.  It was AMAZING!
Inks State Park was really nice.  The trails were well marked, it's right on the water, there's kayaking, canoeing, fishing...I think we'll bring the kids back to go camping here.  You can bet we'll stop at Blue Bonnet cafe on the way there and back.

 

These are the falls everyone hikes to.  I thought they'd be a little bit bigger, but it was a nice hike anyway.

 

Back to the pie, we each got two pieces, so the second piece was our breakfast on Thursday.  Wednesday before dinner, we walked around the resort some and layed in the hammocks they had for about an hour.  It was so peaceful.

 

Thursday after check out, we headed home, but stopped at Pedernales Falls State Park.  I've heard great things about it, so I wanted to check it out.  We did one hike to the falls. I don't know that we'll camp here.  None of the sites are on the water; they're a good half mile hike to them.    

 

 

 

 

As we continued home after that, we drove by Blanco State Park and figured we might as well drive through it.  It's pretty small, only 31 camp sites, but they have a nice water area where kids like to play.

It was great to get away and have some time to ourselves kid-free. 

Parents Trip

Last week, my parents were here in TX with us.  They stayed with the kids Monday-Thursday while Scott and I got away.  I don't have too many pictures, but I know the kids had a blast with them.  Monday morning before Scott and I left, we went with my parents to take a tour of the Toyota Plant.  It's a huge plant and was interesting. 

The kids were spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa.  They had to make a HEB run to stock up on Cheetos, Mr. Freezes, and other junk food.  Tuesday, they took them out to dinner.  My Dad pushed Molly on the swing a ton and played with her, my Mom had crafts and projects for them to do, my Dad played basketball with Tyler, they had lunch at the school with the kids...they kept busy. 

We got home Thursday afternoon.  Friday, my Mom and I went shopping and out to lunch.  We found her dresses for the reception and wedding day for my brother's wedding next month. 

Saturday night, we went to Tejas Rodeo.  My Mom had been, but not my Dad.  It was extra special because Tyler's friend, Colby-his sisters were participating in the rodeo.  Ainsley did the mutton busting and Ayden was in the barrel racing.  It was fun to watch them and hang out.

Sunday after church, we went to lunch at Chuy's and then we celebrated Molly's bday early with Grandma and Grandpa.  She was so excited!

 

 

 

It was a great visit with them and we can't wait to see them in a month!