Seattle

Kelly and my parents took Drew to Seattle at the end of July. These family trips without me are going to have to stop. Last year they went to Chicago. Next year they must include me, Brett and Becca. And I am thinking Hawaii!

Views from atop the Space Needle:

At the Fish Market:

watching the guys catch the fish

They said that the flowers around town were beautiful, especially all the hanging baskets

Last year, one of the things Kelly wanted to do was ride on a double decker bus (mainly for Drew) and they were not able to. So this year they were able to ride on the bus!

waiting to get on the double decker bus

They took a day trip to go see Mount Rainier:

They look ready to go to a Cardinals game (with all their red on)!

The travelers

Remember I am available for travel next year!!

First Day of Kindergarten

Cutest Kindergartner I've ever seen!

Showing off his Star Wars backpack and lunch box

In front of the school. We're getting closer.

Outside his classroom. Still smiling. He looks ready to go in!

Sitting in his seat

Glad Daddy came to wish him well

Brett was sweet and made Drew's favorite for breakfast... pancakes. You could tell Drew was nervous. He only ate 1 pancake. He usually eats 4! There were no tears, from me either. I am praying he has a great first day and has lots of fun! I am so looking forward to seeing him at 2:45! Drew, we are so proud of you!

Last Day of Summer...

Vacation that is. So on Friday, I decided to "splurge" and take them to Noah's Ark, it is a splash pad and pool. They had such a blast. Glad I did. I love to see those smiling faces having fun!

Carson's 10th Birthday

Our nephew, Carson, turns 10 in a few days. He celebrated his birthday on Saturday with a "Snake Party". While I knew Drew would love it, I wasn't sure about Becca. Well this party was such a hit with all the kids and the adult males at the party. None of the adult females were too excited about the reptiles. Happy Birthday to one of the sweetest boys!

Drew and Carson with the snake cake

Amanda and Drew I love this one!! And Rebecca loves Amanda!

"No fear Sevier"

The birthday boy

"Mom, Look what I found!"

MDO

Becca started Mother's Day Out this past Tuesday. She will go 2 times a week this year. She has Drew's previous teachers and they know her and she knows them. We love our MDO program.

My precious baby

All set with her princess lunchbox

Standing under her name in the Giraffe's Class

She walked right in, sat down, and started working the puzzle. No tears or sadness from this girl! Just ready for mom and Drew to leave.

Sea World

We took our first family of four vacation to Sea World in San Antonio two weeks ago. I think the word "experience" might be more accurate than a "vacation". There wasn't much resting or taking it easy. We braved the 100 degree temps to take the kids. They had a blast. The first day we spent a great deal of time at the water park section. Too bad, no pictures of me in a bathing suit. Then the second day we did the rides. We saw some of the animal shows and exhibits on both days.

Shamu

Becca and Drew

Smile, Mr. Shark!

Day 2

Becca's first roller coaster... it went around 2 times

Drew likes it!

At the top of a huge climbing thing

I HAD to take this picture. Drew is being so sweet and Becca... well, we get this a lot. She will love this picture one day when she is older. Ha! (that is why I kept her in the shot!)

This was a kid's splash pad. Not the water park we went to the first day.

We enjoyed the log ride. It took Brett and me back to our Astroworld days!
We also ran into our neighbors (we knew they would be there) and Drew and Becca loved seeing their girls.

Drew rode his first "real" roller coaster, the Steel Eel. He went with Brett first. Brett kept telling me how much Drew loved it and Brett loved seeing Drew have so much fun on it. So I thought that Drew could ride it again and this time I would go with him. Goodness, I haven't been on a roller coaster in years and I guess I am starting to get old so I wasn't jumping to go on it. But we went. I survived. But I never opened my eyes to see the thrill in my baby's eyes. I would definitely go back on it and maybe next time my eyes will open just a tad!

It was fun to take a trip with the four of us. We look forward to going back. Hopefully when it's cooler. With Texas weather that might be January!