Golfing...

This past weekend Clark took Huston out to play golf. This isn't the first time they have gone out to hit the sticks. Huston loves to golf and frequently asks Clark when they are going to go "golfing". Clark loves it! Huston enjoys himself out on the golf course... but of course he is three years old and gets bored after 3 holes.

Quick updates

1. Emery still has the front part of her crib in place. It won't be taken off again for quite some time.... even though my back hurts from laying her in the crib.
2. Arnold and Edwina (the fish) are still ALIVE!! They are happily thriving even through multiple overdose of food, paint spilled in their water and little hands dipped in their "tanks" to pet them.
Life is Good. :)

Breakfast of Champions!

Huston usually gets a do-nut before church on Sundays. This Sunday he did not behave before church and did not get one. BUT his teachers said that he did a great job in SS! As a treat we were going to get him a do-nut but they were all out. :( Do not worry! Krispy Kreme do-nut is around the corner! Here they are having do-nuts- Huston chose a basketball do-nut and we got Emery a glazed so she wouldn't get it on her dress.

Thank God for Ice Cream!

Since FT was a flop, we ended up getting some ice cream. Huston loves blue ice cream with sprinkles and Emery (according to Huston) likes pink ice cream with sprinkles. Huston has begun a phase that he does not like his photo to be taken. He says I take too many photos of him. So he seems to turn while I push the button. We compromised and I was able to take a pic of his ice cream. I had to be at a meeting downtown within an hour from our ice cream episode and I had to be professionally/ nice casual dressed for the evening. First of all, who in the world goes to Fiesta Texas for a quick hour in the heat and then takes kids to get ice cream? When I arrived at my meeting- I was in a coat of old sweat (from pushing a double jogger with swarms of people in 85 degrees), stains on my shirt from the sunblock pump that I couldn't get working at first and ended up spraying myself twice trying to fix the darn thing and then my makeup that wore off with the old sweat that was dripping down my face while pushing the "hot dog" cart around FT. Just another day in paradise...

Fiesta Texas.... flop

We decided to go to Fiesta Texas this past week (it wasn't Spring Break in San Antonio- ours was the previous week) and BIG mistake. It was packed- no make that JAMMED with people everywhere. I don't think FT prepared for it to be that busy- especially since we went on a Thursday. The kids and I were meeting up with Daphne and Ellie (and their friends, Amy & Royce) but I never caught up with them. The kids and I were there an hour (good thing for our season pass!) and we were able to ride the train. I am so grateful that I brought the double jogging stroller. Huston is "too big" (according to him, NOT me!) for any strollers and refuses to sit in them. Since I was by myself in this people-jammed place, I had to have him in the stroller for my peace of mind and safety. They ate lots of Veggie-Tale fruit chews for bribery. I had to be downtown for a JL meeting within two hours of us entering FT theme park. We didn't end riding anything but the train. The lines were horribly long. I overheard someone complain that they had been there since noon (we arrived at 3:15pm) and had only been able to ride one ride. Of course the kids didn't want to leave because they wanted to ride something else before they left. We even tried to get a drink and waited in the line for over 20 minutes. We were still 3 from the front- I left with two screaming kids. Going to the car and getting ice cream at a near-by ice cream shop was my saving grace. The pictures here are of us riding the train and then how they spent their hour at FT- in a stroller! BTW- we never did find Daphne & Co.

calculator nerd....

When we were out at dinner, Huston wanted to bring his calculator. He has been fascinated with calculators since he was months old. I think we have a numbers guy on our hands... no big surprise since family on both my side and Clark's are number guru's (I joke around saying Clark is my human calculator). He made some time admidst playing to eat - while safely storing his calculator in his back pocket. A couple of times he would forget that he left it back there and would come crying to us that he lost it. We had to remind him that he put it in his pocket. :)

Family in town

Daphne and Ellie came to town with friends from Dallas- Amy and her son Royce. We had dinner and drinks at Scenic Loop Cafe while the kids had the best time playing together. It was such a nice night and peaceful. Here are some random shots that I took while we were out there- remember how my camera likes to go B & W on me??