Fun with friends... swimming and movies

Austin started a 2 week session of swimming lessons at the Keller Natatorium!  I wasn't very impressed with the lessons (he made no progress whatsoever), but had fun with his friend, Addy!

Ava, Austin, and Addy before swimming lessons

We also had a good time swimming with our friends Meredith, Sydney, & Thomas at their neighborhood pool!  The kids played and then we had a picnic lunch.  It was a great way to beat the heat of a Texas summer day!

Austin & Sydney- sweet friends

Love this boy.  He's actually more like a little man these days... growing up way too fast.

And finally we went to go see the new movie "Brave" with friends after church on Sunday!  The movie was really cute with a great message- the kids and adults loved it!

Heading into church

Austin & Saylor- they are quite a pair!

Amber & I with the kids (Saylor, Austin, & Sadie)- Jefferson helped take the pictures!

I also had a chance to go have Starbucks with my friend, Janell, that evening.  Love this friendship that has lasted since the college days!

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Shane! 

This year we went to church and then went out for brunch!  Shane did some fishing that afternoon while Austin & I rested!  A nice and relaxing day together!

Ice Cream, Smores, & so much more

Two new loves this summer- ice cream and smores!  I know it seems odd that he's 4 & just now loving these things, but he was either unwilling to try them in the past or said he didn't like them... but he was wrong!  It's become pretty common place for mommy & Austin to go get some frozen yogurt during the day!  His favorites include orange or strawberry yogurt with sour gummy worms (on the side- which he eats first!)

Getting every last drop

 Messy face

Smores have become a special evening treat for having a good day (behavior.)  For the longest time he called them "smowes"- ha ha!  These are also quite messy & I have to make him deal with having dirty hands because he'd rather wipe his hands and face after each bite.  No idea where he gets this :)

Such a good helper

Yummy

In addition we spent time at the Grapevine Botanical Gardens with friends & took a few cute pics~

And then a birthday dinner for Josh with friends!  We went to Mi Concina & I tried a new yummy (and very strong) drink!

The girls~

And finally, just wanted to document the size of our front yard tree.  It was Shane's height when we moved in (almost 6 years ago!)  Can't believe we are moving in a month!

Memorial Day Weekend!

Our busy Memorial Day Weekend started off with a BOOM when we headed to Keller Fest on Friday night!  We had never been before, but several of our neighbors were going & so we decided to meet up with them!  After riding rides, checking out the petting zoo, checking out all the vendor tents, we got some food & sat down on a quilt to wait for the fireworks to start!  The wind delayed the fireworks until almost 10pm, so we left- but ended up watching them from the parking lot as we pulled out!  It was the first time I can remember Austin really enjoying fireworks- he's talked about them a lot since!

The old standby- the carousel

Hayden & Addy

Thinking they are SO big

Sporting a new lizard painting on his arm

Wanted some glitter like the girls :)

Lemonade & a funnel cake... the best part!

On Saturday we spent most of the day at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens- it was lovely!  Afterwards we decided to head over near the zoo & ride the Forest Park Miniature Train.  We've seen it and heard great things about it, but this was our first time..... now I'm wishing we'd done it before!  Austin LOVED it.  Thankfully it was about a 45 min ride!  We ended the fun day with dinner at our favorite mexican food place- La Hacienda Ranch, or course!

Learning about birds

My butterfly

Excited for the train ride

Watching the Grapevine Vintage train overhead- can't wait to do that!

Chips & queso- YUM!

Sunday was church, antique/boutique shopping in downtown Grapevine, ice cream,  and then a cookout at Mat & Shanna's house!  The kids had a fun time playing in the water, and we enjoyed trying an "Aussie burger"!  We also enjoyed meeting more of Mat & Shanna's friends!

Filling up the pool.... such a helper

Lamingtons- Aussie dessert (SO GOOD)

Shanna's new antique piece (which served as the dessert table!)

Menu

The Chef- Mat

 Monday we spend a majority of the day relaxing and just recovering from a busy weekend!  Too fun~