Bowling Trip:

When the kiddo's "Pappy" came to town recently, the CO and him took them all to one of the local bowling alleys. You see, the CO's father is a big bowler up in NYS and all of the kids in that clan learned to bowl as youths. Well, who am I to stop a long and storied history of "knocking the ole pins down".

AJ and CJ enjoyed the experience so much that yours truly, the faithful XO" decided to take the kiddos back out to a different alley up in Austin with Pappy and ANJ.

The results are presented below:

We hope you enjoy them as much as we did...

God Bless,

XO

The Gang without the CO:

All,

Hope everyone is doing well, things have been crazy around here in TX for the last 4-5 weeks.

Some of the highlights-

KJ seems to be feeling a bit better even though the pain and nausea do crop up from time to time. We are excited since the first trimester ends for KJ on Wednesday and we should hopefully find out whether the CO (it's a boy) or the XO (I am permanently blessed with daughters from here on out) are correct. More to follow...

AJ's ear has cleared-up but we still have a follow-up with a specialist to see if the ear drum is healing right.

CJ's got a fine set of glasses now and he has had his second visit to the ER in the last two months for stitches (fell of a teeter-totter at church).

ENJ is growing like the little spring flower that she is named after (middle name) and she now rolls over and back again when on the ground.

In other news- we have signed a contract to build another house this time in Buda near our church in a new subdivision. This house is bigger by almost a 1000 sq ft and sits on a quarter acre. We will probably be forever in debt but this is a great house and we really need the space. More to follow on the house and the builder (http://www.greenbuildersinc.com/tourOfHomes.html) (very ecofriendly builder).

Well see the most recent picture above- sorry that the CO is not in it but someone had to take this picture.

Take care and God Bless You All.....

XO

Fun in the Sun!

Don't you wish you could still get away with running through the fountains in your undies? Most of us would end up having a "conversation" with local law enforcement if we tried this!

I wanted to share some of the fun times we've been having around here lately, especially since my last blog was not exactly cheerful! The XO's parents were here earlier in the month and my "Pops" is here visiting this week, so we're enjoying some great time with the grandparents. I love when family comes to visit becasue we get to play tourist and see some of the local attractions that we somehow never get to (I won't tell you how long we lived near Austin before we made it to the Capitol!). We visited Enchanted Rock and the new Observation Hill and park near Lady Bird Lake while Nana and Poppa were here and had a blast.

Ready for an adventure hiking at Enchanted Rock!