donuts - traditional camping breakfast
we played pool - kinda :)
rope swing!
something was funny!
Erica caught me watching everyone!
cool pose....
canoe wars!
she is a Texas fan!!
another mysterious pose....
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Labor Day Vacation - Day 1 at River
donuts - traditional camping breakfast
we played pool - kinda :)
rope swing!
something was funny!
Erica caught me watching everyone!
cool pose....
canoe wars!
she is a Texas fan!!
another mysterious pose....
Friday, August 20, 2010
Kayla's 1st Calf Show
arriving
exciting day for both of them.....
another bath??
all clean and blow dried :)
show time!
who looks better, the calf or Kayla?
the competition
getting some pointers
nice smile and fun day!
Kayla ventured out to her first calf show on Saturday, August 14th. We left our house at 6:25am! After loading the truck, loading Alec and preparing (NOT eating) breakfast. It was at Woodville, about 1 hour North at the fairgrounds. After we arrived, Kayla gave Alec another bath (Alec had been bathed everyday the previous 5 days!) Then it was on to blow drying. When she was finished, Alec was beautiful! She had just been shaved and trimed the day before. Kayla changed clothes in the bathroom with all the other girls before it was time to begin the heifer show. We waited impatiently in the stands! :)) Kayla and Alec both looked great - but I'm biased. She won 1st place in her division! Then reserve champion overall! We were all very elated! Enjoy the pictures.....
Next show coming up in mid-September.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
My favorite family picture!
This picture was taken by a very nice lady on the ferry to Galveston on our way to the island for our cruise! Lovely! :))
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Part 2 of Cruise!
Finally. Here is part dos. Sorry folks!
After we explored ancient Mayan ruins at Progreso, we got to go to the beach at Cozumel. Which means we got to swim in the Caribbean. :) It was absolutely gorgeous! We snorkeled and swam around, and tanned, and climbed an iceberg thingy, and it was sooooo much fun!! Then after our dream beach stop, and some shopping, we had one last day at sea, then home Thursday morning. Boy howdy, it was hard coming home after all that pampering! Haha
Mom, Kayla, and Claire in the beautiful water snorkeling. We saw a lionfish! Now granted, it was tiny, but still! We saw it. And lots of other little cute fish. And they weren't shy at all, but I shouldn't be surprised about that. When they saw me, fish #1 probably told fish #2: "Look, there's tourist number 1000. I win." Haha or something like that. And then fish #2 replied "Darn. I was at 986, and we weren't even allowed to use each other's tourists!" But this dialogue has absolutely no meaning. So I'm going to move on. :)
This is one of the best one I could get of the water, but it still doesn't really convey how pretty the water and the sand was.
This is the iceberg thingy I was talking about. It was super hard to climb up. Major ab work out. Haha and it was hard because I have none. Dad and Kayla, however, had a breeze climbing up. Of course.
This is the one I hoped to use to show y'all how blue the water was.
This is our waiter, Victorio. He served us every night for dinner. And he was awesome! Haha he was hilarious all the time, and we love him very much. :)
Grandma and grandkids. :) We took family pics the last night of the cruise.
The family pic. We grabbed some random waiter to take it, and he laughingly took it for us. He did pretty good. :)
Thanks for bearing with me through this. And I put up a new playlist. There are lots on it, so feel free to skip through some, and find other ones. Hopefully there's something on there that you'll like!
After we explored ancient Mayan ruins at Progreso, we got to go to the beach at Cozumel. Which means we got to swim in the Caribbean. :) It was absolutely gorgeous! We snorkeled and swam around, and tanned, and climbed an iceberg thingy, and it was sooooo much fun!! Then after our dream beach stop, and some shopping, we had one last day at sea, then home Thursday morning. Boy howdy, it was hard coming home after all that pampering! Haha
Mom, Kayla, and Claire in the beautiful water snorkeling. We saw a lionfish! Now granted, it was tiny, but still! We saw it. And lots of other little cute fish. And they weren't shy at all, but I shouldn't be surprised about that. When they saw me, fish #1 probably told fish #2: "Look, there's tourist number 1000. I win." Haha or something like that. And then fish #2 replied "Darn. I was at 986, and we weren't even allowed to use each other's tourists!" But this dialogue has absolutely no meaning. So I'm going to move on. :)
This is one of the best one I could get of the water, but it still doesn't really convey how pretty the water and the sand was.
This is the iceberg thingy I was talking about. It was super hard to climb up. Major ab work out. Haha and it was hard because I have none. Dad and Kayla, however, had a breeze climbing up. Of course.
This is the one I hoped to use to show y'all how blue the water was.
This is our waiter, Victorio. He served us every night for dinner. And he was awesome! Haha he was hilarious all the time, and we love him very much. :)
Grandma and grandkids. :) We took family pics the last night of the cruise.
The family pic. We grabbed some random waiter to take it, and he laughingly took it for us. He did pretty good. :)
Thanks for bearing with me through this. And I put up a new playlist. There are lots on it, so feel free to skip through some, and find other ones. Hopefully there's something on there that you'll like!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Cruise! Part 1... only of 2 though so don't worry. :)
For those of you who don't know, we went on a cruise last Saturday through last Thursday. :) It was amazing fun! The 5 of us joined Dad's side of the family, which included Grandma, and Dad's brother and sister and their families. If you still follow, that made 13 total.
Progreso and Cozumel were our two stops, and they were a blast! I'll show you pics of Progreso this post, and the next post will be pics of Cozumel. :)
This is the ship we were on for 5 days. :) It was absolutely huge, and was soooo much fun! I think one of the best parts was that the food there was free! AAhhhh! We all stuffed ourselves silly. Then we all had to jog after. Haha
Another fun thing was that every day, the dudes who cleaned our rooms (they were awesome guys! they could clean our messy rooms in like 15 min flat! and they were always so polite) made us little towel animals. :) They were always so cute! And there was a class on the boat that taught us how to make them, so Kayla is making us little animals all the time now. :)
This is my cousin Claire. :) We all had lots of fun together!
The water was absolutely beautiful! :) Crystal clear, and very very blue. It was a weird sensation to look all around you and see nothing but water.
We played lots of cards and dominoes. Cause that's just what we hags do. :) 42 and Mafia mostly though. Mafia was the bomb.com the whole time. :) It was a blast!
Progreso's main attraction were Mayan ruins. We went to one called Uxmal (obviously haha). It was really cool! It was huge! And the Mayans we really good at building these stuff. Goodness gracious. :) But in this pic is Grandma and all the grandkids.
This was the tallest building. I don't remember the name of it, but it was hugeeeeee. And even though it may look like those steps are steps, they really aren't. They're too narrow to support someone. Well, a normal person. :)
And this was the view when we climbed a different Mayan structure. The climb was really long, and the steps were steep, so I'm thinking the Mayans always stayed in pretty good shape! The one on the left were like 4 building all squared up (i don't know if that's described well...) so there was a big courtyard in the middle. It was pretty cool.
So that's the first half. Next time I'll post the family and Cozumel pics. We went to the beach there, and it was gorgeous! And we went shopping. :)
Progreso and Cozumel were our two stops, and they were a blast! I'll show you pics of Progreso this post, and the next post will be pics of Cozumel. :)
This is the ship we were on for 5 days. :) It was absolutely huge, and was soooo much fun! I think one of the best parts was that the food there was free! AAhhhh! We all stuffed ourselves silly. Then we all had to jog after. Haha
Another fun thing was that every day, the dudes who cleaned our rooms (they were awesome guys! they could clean our messy rooms in like 15 min flat! and they were always so polite) made us little towel animals. :) They were always so cute! And there was a class on the boat that taught us how to make them, so Kayla is making us little animals all the time now. :)
This is my cousin Claire. :) We all had lots of fun together!
The water was absolutely beautiful! :) Crystal clear, and very very blue. It was a weird sensation to look all around you and see nothing but water.
We played lots of cards and dominoes. Cause that's just what we hags do. :) 42 and Mafia mostly though. Mafia was the bomb.com the whole time. :) It was a blast!
Progreso's main attraction were Mayan ruins. We went to one called Uxmal (obviously haha). It was really cool! It was huge! And the Mayans we really good at building these stuff. Goodness gracious. :) But in this pic is Grandma and all the grandkids.
This was the tallest building. I don't remember the name of it, but it was hugeeeeee. And even though it may look like those steps are steps, they really aren't. They're too narrow to support someone. Well, a normal person. :)
And this was the view when we climbed a different Mayan structure. The climb was really long, and the steps were steep, so I'm thinking the Mayans always stayed in pretty good shape! The one on the left were like 4 building all squared up (i don't know if that's described well...) so there was a big courtyard in the middle. It was pretty cool.
So that's the first half. Next time I'll post the family and Cozumel pics. We went to the beach there, and it was gorgeous! And we went shopping. :)
Friday, July 23, 2010
Birthday Presents from the Hastings!
These pictures say it all! Thanks Hastings family!!
Take a look at Kayla's new perm. :)
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Aggie!
Thursday night we were out looking at all the animals, just for fun. Erica saw that Freckles's (our longhorn) udder looked big. So we all wonder, what if she is? And how long till she has the calf is she really is pregnant? Sunday night, Kayla goes out to investigate, and Freckles has halfway had the calf already! A half hour later, Aggie was born.
Before I go any further with the story, the name Aggie needs to explained. I thought of it because she's a longhorn. For all you Texas or football people, us longhorns don't like the aggies. So I thought I would make fun of them by saying even Aggies are longhorns. :) What do ya think?
Now to continue. Aggie was up within an hour, (typical for calves and foals) nursing and walking. She can walk the entire pasture, and was frolicking this morning. :) She is a very happy calf. Aggie looks a lot like her mom, but a cuter version. She was a wonderful surprise. :)
Before I go any further with the story, the name Aggie needs to explained. I thought of it because she's a longhorn. For all you Texas or football people, us longhorns don't like the aggies. So I thought I would make fun of them by saying even Aggies are longhorns. :) What do ya think?
Now to continue. Aggie was up within an hour, (typical for calves and foals) nursing and walking. She can walk the entire pasture, and was frolicking this morning. :) She is a very happy calf. Aggie looks a lot like her mom, but a cuter version. She was a wonderful surprise. :)
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Surprise! But you have to wait...
Well, I was going to upload pics of a wonderful, and did I say surprising?, blessing from God. But. The pics won't upload. So you don't get to find out what it is right now. But she is soooo cute! :) Hopefully the computer will work tomorrow. Haha. And those of you who have fb, don't spoil the surprise1 :D
Oh, and what do you guys think of the new look? What do you think about the blue that the posts are on? Yes? No? Pleaseeee tell me! :)
Oh, and what do you guys think of the new look? What do you think about the blue that the posts are on? Yes? No? Pleaseeee tell me! :)
Monday, July 19, 2010
Visit to the Hastings
Well, we are always thankful for the ways that God makes our faith to grow and May was an opportunity for all of us. Alissa & Kayla wanted to attend a National Convention, a part of Teen Pact Leadership classes, in Tennessee. Flying was too expensive and driving was very far; however, our friends the Hastings were attending and driving. So, we made the decision to allow the girls to drive by themselves (10 hours) to Arkansas to be able to attend the Conference. Erica stayed with the Hastings while Alissa, Kayla, Luke, Nate and Mr. Hastings headed to the conference. It was an awesome experience! Bret & I were able to have some down time together and all of us were able to see God's faithfulness in a new and exciting way! Many thanks to the Hastings for their kindness and hospitality! Can't wait to see what is next.....
Shelly
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Erica got her braces off!!
Friday, July 16, 2010
Catching up
BEAUTIFUL!
Kayla's first gladiola
Her gladiolas have been beautiful to see! It was especially fun for the first one, Kayla cut it and gave it to me for Mother's Day! Very special. :))
It kinda looks like we have fallen off the computer.....however, life is still going at full speed here - just not catching up all our family on all that is happening. So we will try to get a few done before we head out on vacation. :))
Shelly
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