Mud Day!

Today Molly had Mud Day at her school.  They brought in a huge pile of dirt, wet it down, and the kids could play in it as long as they wanted.  Molly enjoyed it!

Molly and Kaelyn

They had tables set up to pretend to cook/bake with the mud

 

 

Molly and Payton.  Payton did not play in the mud last year and this year said he wasn't going to, but ended up getting in and having fun.

This is the back of her. 

Once the mud weighed them down, they could take off their shorts and shirts and play in their swim suits. This picture was right before I left.  I imagine she stayed in a awhile longer.

This is the picture her school had on their facebook.  I don't know why it's so big.

Baby Shower

This past Saturday, Debbie, Morgan, and I hosted a baby shower for Rachel.  We had it here at our house and it turned out really nice. The colors were bright pink and gold.  Morgan made all the cute decorations; Debbie took care of food and games; and I was in charge of desserts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rachel is due June 28th and unfortunately, they'll have moved by then. We have our big family trip to TN in August and I'm pretty sure we're going to come home through Nashville. So we'll be able to see them and meet the new baby. 

Camping Trip

Two weeks ago we went camping in Garner Park, the same place we went last November.  We went with Rachel and her family again.  This time Debbie and her son, Jackson came too.  We had great weather and the kids were able to play in the water this time, which was nice.  Here are all the pictures.

Tyler getting the tent all set

 

 Heading to the water

 

 

 

 

Me and Rachel

Rachel, myself, and Debbie.  Two of my favorite ladies!

After swimming for awhile, we got snow cones, fished, and rented paddle boats and kayaks.

Molly and Scott caught 3 fish.  They were the only ones that did.

 

Here is crazy boy up front.  The kids had to keep life jackets on.  Tyler jumped off to swim around and when he did, the life jacket came off over his head.  About 20 seconds later, he realized, his glasses got thrown off.  The water is so clear, but we could not find them.  We searched for over an hour. 

After more playing in the water, we went back to our campsite to cook dinner.  The kids made hot dogs and the adults had hamburgers.  I also brought some mac & cheese to make on the grill-it was ok.

After dinner, it was time for s'mores.  I had bought peeps after Easter for the kids to make colorful s'mores.

After dinner and s'mores,  went went back down to the river to skip rocks and let the kids run around.  On the way back, I saw this little flash of light.  It was a lightning bug.  I have never seen them in TX.  The kids love catching them in IL.  As it got darker, they were everywhere.  The kids had a blast running after them and catching them.

 

 

Saturday morning we went for a short hike after breakfast and then headed home.  We did a lot on Friday and didn't feel the need to tire ourselves out even more on Saturday. 

Molly and Payton.  She really is smiling even though she looks to be in pain.

This is the best family picture we got.  It's Scott giving Molly bunny ears, not me.

Molly loved picking all the different flowers we passed.

Another camping trip over.  I know Debbie's husband was bummed he had to miss, so hopefully we do another one sometime this summer.  It'll be without Rachel and her family since they're moving in 3 weeks.  :(

Charlotte's Web

In home-preschool on Wednesdays, the kids just learned about putting on a play, set, costumes, lines....things like that.  They even did a play for the mom's last week.  Today, we went to see Charlotte's Web at the Magic Theater.  The kids loved it and had fun.  The actors did a great job.  We had watched the movie last week so Molly would know what it was about.  She keeps comparing how they were the same and different. 

Getting ready for the show to start

The whole group

Molly and Charlotte

Molly and Wilbur

Molly and Fern

Check the blog by the beginning of next week.  I hope to write about our camping trip almost 2 weeks ago and mine & Scott's Austin trip.

Valero Texas Open

A week and a half ago, San Antonio had the Valero Texas Open.  The last 3 years, Scott has taken Tyler on Wednesday to the Pro-Am.  This year, Molly and I also went with.  The Pro-Am is more relaxed and a lot of the players will sign autographs, take pictures, and chat a little bit.  We were out there for 4 hours and had a pretty good time.  By the end, the kids were hot and tired, but they were glad they went.  Molly got a flag for autographs and Tyler got a hat for autographs.  

This was right when we got there.  Notice the empty flag.  Wait till you see it at the end.

This is Bryson Dechambeau.  He was the low amateur at the Masters.  He went Pro the week after.  You'll be hearing lot of him in the future.  He's very good and was super nice to us.

This is Ryan Palmer.  He was also super nice and talked to the kids.  He placed 4th in the tournament.

Billy Horschel signing Tyler's hat

Brendon deJonge was the first to autograph Molly's flag

Chesson Hadley stopping for a quick picture

Hunter Mahan signing Tyler's hat

Matt Kuchar

Padraig Harrington signed Molly's flag and Tyler's hat.  Unfortunately he was on the phone the whole time.  We were hoping he'd hang up so we could tell him that Tyler was born the day he won the British Open.  It's on early because of the time difference, so Scott watched it while I was in labor.