Enchanted Springs Ranch

Wednesday, we headed to Enchanted Springs Ranch in Boerne.  It's an old west town and it was a lot of fun.

 

 

 

 

 

The boys had fun putting each other in jail

 

 

We went on a covered wagon ride.  Molly and Kyla were looking for all the fish and turtles.  We also saw deer, long horns, and zebras.

 We saw Pistol Packin' Paula.  She's a World Champion Pistol twirler.  It was a fun show to watch.

 

 After the show, some people got arrested.  We had paid the $5 for my mom  to be arrested for snorin'.  It was so funny.  She thought we had signed up my dad, so she was shocked.  Her and the others that were arrested had to put on jail clothes.  They had to sing a song-I'm a little tea pot-to be released.  Singing in not my mom's forte, so it was hilarious to say the least.

 Next, we saw a cowboy stunt show.  Molly didn't like it since it had a bad guy and shooting, so her and I left to go for a horse ride.

 

 

The boys each bought a pistol.  This is them with Pistol Packin' Paula.

This is the kids town with a play area.

 

 

After we got home, the kids played out front with their cap guns. They played good and bad guys and had a war.  They were fun to watch.  Then after a quick dinner, we went to the pool.

The Fyling L

Last week my parents came down for a visit and brought my niece and nephew with.  Tyler and Molly could not wait for them to get here.  We had tons of fun and stayed pretty busy.  They arrived Monday around 3:00.  That day we just came home, got everyone settled, the kids played, and we cooked out for dinner.  Tuesday, we headed to the Flying L water park in Bandera. We were there for about 5 hours and everyone had a blast!

 

The Lazy River.  My Dad floated down that thing over and over saying-this is the life!

 

These two about to hit the wave pool!

 

 

 

 

 

ahh, two cousins and friends relaxing, talking, and having fun together!

We went to Two Step for dinner that night!  It's always delicious there!

Bug Camp

Tyler and his friend, Colby are always looking for and catching bugs.  I saw in the summer camp book a bug camp.  It sounded like something Tyler would really enjoy.  At first, he only wanted to do it with Colby, but Colby could not.  So he said he didn't want to go.  I continued to talk to him about it every now and then for a few weeks and he finally said he wanted to go even if it was by himself.  He had Bug Camp this past week Monday-Thursday from 9:00-12:30 and he loved it!!!  He had so much fun.  He got a net to catch bugs with, a kit with different viles to hold bugs and one with a solution to kill them.  They also made an aspiration to suck bugs up with.  They got a magnifying glass and tweezers to pick up the bugs with.

 During his time there, they always went out looking for bugs for while.  In class, they learned a little about insects and the different kinds.  They learned a lot about bees.  Molly, his teacher, brought in several insects to show them.  One day, a guy brought in snakes, tarantulas, lizards...Tyler loved it. This guy does birthday parties and Tyler wants that for his next birthday, but I say-NO!  The last day, they had a presentation and all the kids got their Jr. Entomologist Certificate and showed us some of the things they had done.

This is a beetle that is pulling a tray with pennies in it

They were able to pin all the bugs they collected.  Tyler is proud of his bug collection.  He's shown anyone willing to look at it. 

I'm so proud of Tyler for trying something new all by himself and am so glad he had a great experience with it.

We love Daddy

I'm a little late, but here is a picture of the kids with their awesome Daddy last Sunday on Father's Day.

Tyler and Molly are so blessed to have a great Daddy that loves them so much.  They love spending time with Scott and he's great with them!

Let Summer Begin

Last Friday for the first day of summer break, we headed to the zoo.  We haven't been in while, so we all really enjoyed it.  Lots of animals were out.  I think the kids favorite part was the butterfly house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the zoo, we made smoothie popsicles.
On Saturday we went to a Pooch Parade.  Once I saw that a park was doing this, I knew I had to take Molly.  There were several dogs dressed up and Molly loved petting them all.

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday evening we had movie night and watched "Open Season" and made trial mix. 
Sunday after church we went with our small group to Bigz.  It's a yummy hamburger place and has a huge area for the kids to play. It poured on us while driving there, but by the time we ordered, the rain had stopped.  It was fun.  That night we watched "Underdog."
Today, both Tyler and Molly's best friends were over all morning playing.  Now Tyler is at swim lessons and Molly is napping, much to her protest. 

We have lots more planned for our summer fun, so keep checking back for updates.

Finishing up First Grade

Today is Tyler's last day of school.  He is almost no longer a 1st grader.  He's growing up too fast.  The last few weeks they've done fun things.  He had field day.  It was drizzling out, so his grade level had to stay inside, which limited the activities for him.

 

These 3 are always together!!  Kyle gave him a letter yesterday that said: Dear Tyler, You are the best friend ever.  You will never not be it.  Love, Kyle.  Is that not the cutest thing ever!!!

They had their awards ceremony on Monday.  Tyler's was for the Pillars of Character that he received during the year.  His was for Fairness.

 Here he is this morning with Miss Lopez.  We've all really liked this year.

Busy Girl

Miss Molly has been busy this past week.  Last Tuesday she and her friend, Courtney went to the Painted Plate. Molly painted a ceramic dog for her room. 

 

 

On Wednesday, we went to Sea World with some friends.

 

 

 

On Saturday, Molly gymnastics class had a class performance.  She was so cute out there doing their floor routine, obstacle course, and trampoline routine.