Downtown Aquarium, Houston

The kids and I spent the morning at the Aquarium with our friends from the Hood.  We all had a great time!

The kids (siblings)

(Quinn, Riley) (Lily, Matt) (Kaitlyn, Dylan) Lala (Livy, and Ike)

This eel was so ugly!  Ike was pretty freaked out by it.

Livy was interested, but from a distance

Checking out the white tiger.  I'm not really sure why the aquarium has a random tiger, but he sure was pretty.

me and my crew

Ike would have a much better case for sitting here if he at least sat on the sign instead of right by it.  

I was surprised when Ike was happily touching the sting rays.

Birthday Party

In our family of four we knock out three birthdays in about 2 weeks.  We were in Colorado for Ike's and Olivia and I are not to far behind him so we just had one big birthday bash!

These boys have been there to celebrate all of Ike's birthdays

me and my buds

The kids attacking Denny with water balloons.  They thought it was awesome!

Colorado Vacation 2013

We enjoyed 10 days in Colorado with our family.  They days flew by and it is hard to believe that we are already back home.  Ike just loves his big cousin Krissy and thinks she is the coolest person ever!

 Nanna with her grandkids at the Farmer's Market

 Olivia was starting to walk before we went to Colorado and had been taking a few steps here or there for about a month, but once we got there she just took off and has wanted nothing to do with crawling since.

 Ike loved the tree swing.

Watching papa mow the lawn.

Ike was a bit unsure of Sam but Olivia was constantly loving on Nanna and Papa's sweet dog.

Sam and Ben

We were all so happy to spend some time with Sam and Ben.  Ike couldn't have been happier to see them and Olivia quickly fell in love with them too!

The first time the boys saw Ike.  So sweet!

 We went to the Dino Museum in Frutia.  Ike seems to have forgotten it because he was scared of all the dinosaurs.  He still had fun playing in the sand and water.

 Denny helping the boys catch a lizard

 Then playing with the bow and arrows

Ike is three!

One week ago Ike turned into a big three year old!  We were in Colorado visiting family so he was able to spend his special day with a lot of people that love him.  We took him to Chuck e Cheese for lunch, and of course the one thing he cared a lot about was the basketball hoops.

Part 2

I can't believe that we are a few days shy of three weeks in Wyoming. We have been able to spend a lot of time with family and that is why we came.  We will miss everyone very much!

Grammie with the grandkids

Enjoying the hammock

Uncle Ryan handles four little ones like a pro

Ike and Grammie playing tennis

Basin Parade

My parents neighbors have two little girls.  They let Ike drive their jeep, but he was such a bad driver that Paige had to help him out.

There is a hoop that the elementary school that was the right height for Ike.  It was a shock to no one that he LOVED IT.

Snack time at Basin pool