Cozumel

I haven't given our little piece of the internet any love in A LONG TIME!  In fact, it has been almost a year since I have last blogged, but, graduate school is finished and I am ready to get back to the things I love most, and this blog is one of them!  I can't go back and recap an entire year, so I am going to start with the beginning of summer.

To kick off summer Matt and I went on a little vacation of our own to Cozumel!  We took a Carnival cruise out of Galveston and while we had a great time together, especially spending long hours in the sun sipping drinks and reading, I don't think that we will be doing another cruise.  We are more of "doers," even on vacation, and like to be able to explore the places we are visiting and a cruise doesn't really allow for that.  None the less though, we had a great time!

Busy, Busy

Wow!  This has definitely been the longest blogging break I have taken!  But, you didn't think I would actually quit this thing did you?!  No way!  But... things have been super busy around here and we are all definitely looking forward to the lazier days of summer.  I recently started my Master's degree a few months ago and it has been quite the juggling act getting into a groove of mommying, wifeing, teaching, and school but I think I am finally in the swing of things.  That being said, I have LOTS to catch up on!  So, I'll just go in order...

First up... finish recapping our trip to Louisiana for Thomas' Baptism.

I had the very crazy idea of trying to coordinate a family picture with all of the cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents in Lafayette and it was quite the adventure to say the least!  Trying to coordinate 8 kids is no easy task!  But, we did manage a few good ones.

And got LOTS of quality cousin time in!  These kids LOVED splashing at the splash pad!

Great Grandpa Papa Doc

I compiled these pictures together for Auntie Heather to create a scrap book for our favorite Great Grandpa Papa Doc, and I couldn't help but share them here as well.

There is nothing better than PD snuggles!  We love you Papa Doc!

Weekend Fun

We had a very active weekend exploring lots of new trails around town.

We even enjoyed playing in the rain for a bit! 

We didn't let the rain dampen our weekend spirits one bit!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Louisiana

Last weekend Benjamin and Matt headed to Louisiana and Thomas and I stayed home. We were sad to miss spending time with family, but as I've mentioned here before, Thomas isn't the greatest sleeper and he just started waking up only once at night and I just didn't want to disrupt his sleep and mess that up, so we stayed home. On Saturday Matt did his Dad's canoe race, Tour du Teche and then they spent the weekend at Elliott's new house. 

Benjamin pretty much thinks Bubba's house is the greatest place on Earth! I mean a playground, a "tractor" as Benjamin calls it and all the tomatoes you can possibly pick?! The best! Benjamin did bring home lots of tomatoes and limes for his Mama! A boy after my own heart! Margaritas and salsa here we come!  Meanwhile, back home Thomas and I pretty much just had a lazy weekend with lots of walks, the weather was gorgeous, and lots of playing! 

It was a great weekend all around!