Summer trip to Conroe

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We made a trip to Conroe this summer to see the fam!  This is a bad shot, but this is how we travel; 1 dvd player in the back (with Troy's custom stand), and 1 in the front.  It really cuts down on the fights, and it's great when they all wear headphones so I can listen to my own music!

We couldn't get a condo this time, so we did a staycation with Gigi at the LaToretta Resort.
We had a blast!  They had s'mores by the lake one night.


I was super fun and let them have 2 each!





We spent hours by the pools!  Lachlan loved this waterslide!  It was nice because 3 out of 4 could do their own thing!

She preferred the splash pad.

We splurged on the breakfast buffet both mornings.  The kids thought it was great to pick whatever they wanted in unlimited quantities!

The big kids splash pad.

The resort also had a kids' club that the kids went to one afternoon.  I lived wildly while they were gone and took a nap.
After our 2 days at LaToretta, we moved to Gigi and Mr. Don's house.
We had breakfast with Grandma one morning and then headed back to her house.  Reef got his first solitaire lesson, which brought back sweet memories of this woman teaching me to play at the beach!

Lachlan and Poppy crafted with stickers...

While Jonas painted his own frisbee.

These are out of order but I couldn't be bothered fixing it... The resort also had a putt putt course, which you know my kids couldn't pass up!

Of course we visited Mr. Jerry on our trip.

And played Kinect at Mr. Joe and Ms. Lisa's house.

These 2 would much rather swim than "play bideo games" as Poppy calls them.

We also got to have dinner with Taylor and her family right before leaving to come home.  It was a great trip to see the family!

4th of July Fun

For 4th of July this year we headed to the Goodmans' Ranch.  They guys needed to do some Survivor building, and us wives decided to tag along!

I was worried at first about it being too crowded, too hot, too much work... I really wasn't sure I wanted to go, but we ended up having a great time!

We drove the Polarises.

And Reef proved to be a pretty good driver!

We shot guns.

And found TONS of shell casings.

This girl was OBSESSED with the horses and the pigs.  She had no fear, and we had to keep a close eye on her!

At night we had s'mores.

 And witnessed a very fancy fireworks display.

 Can you see the pigs in this picture?  The kids had a blast chasing those poor baby pigs!

 Everyone was excited when Josh caught one for them to pet.

 My whole world is in this picture!  Love it!

 We hiked to the river for some wading.

 Lachlan "found" this turtle shell.

Then they practiced slingshots.

 After a failure with a slip n slide and water guns, we enlisted the men's help in filling water balloons.  A fun game of water balloon baseball followed.

 Until that got boring and a water balloon fight started!

 Our whole crew!  We missed the Hills and the Bennetts, our other Survivor families.

 Just the boys, because Poppy wasn't in the mood for more pictures...

 BFF's.

We had such a fun time and are thinking of making it a tradition!