I'm really bad when it comes to surprises. As in, I always figure it out. And it drives Jacob insane that he can't surprise me. 4th of July was on a Saturday this year, but we had just gone to Dallas the weekend before, and we both had to teach on Sunday at church, so we decided we would stay home. Apparently, on Wednesday (July 1st) Jacob found out that he would have Friday (July 3rd) off. So Friday morning his alarm goes off, I fall back asleep and wake up a little late and he's still in bed. The conversation went something like this:
C: Jacob, you've got to get to work!
J: I don't work today.
C: But it's Friday. (I thought he was thinking it was Saturday)
J: I know, I don't work.
And then it clicked that he was off and I was so excited and giddy (and he was pretty happy that he finally surprised me) and I just couldn't fall back asleep.
I let him sleep in since he had the day off, and then he took care of some stuff later in the morning. And we went to Katy in the afternoon. He took longer than expected with his errands so rather than driving there and coming back home after a few hours, we spent the night and left Saturday afternoon.
My sweet baby girl!
It was Kayla's first time at the pool, and she LOVED it! And we ended up staying for a few hours. I didn't think we'd be there so long but we had a blast!
And Chrissy and Emma met us there. It only took us 5 1/2 months to get a picture of the girls together. Too bad they wouldn't look.
Kayla 5 1/2 months. Emma 11 months. (Yes, my kid is huge)
And we finally got one all together!
(Ok she's not THAT huge, we're just standing closer to the camera ;) Lol.)
My sweet little family <3
We always end up going to Katy the same time as Stephen and Bella. But it's more fun that way ;)
Kayla's first time taking a bath with a cousin. When I sent this to Aunt Caitlin (who had to stay in CS to work) she said 'it looks like Kayla is taking a selfie'. I thought that was pretty funny. But the truth is I'm holding her hand so she doesn't fall backwards and hit her head. Not quite as funny, sorry. Haha.
We weren't gonna go swimming on Saturday, but everyone else was so we decided to after all.
Friday was us, Uncle Michael, and Chrissy & Emma.
Saturday was us, Uncle Michael, Stephen & Bella, Grandma (part of the time) & Grandpa, the Seckingers, and the Mowers. Again, we stayed much longer than intended but we had a great time!
Love this guy!
Elizabeth and Bella dancing during adult swim!
Papa and Kayla
We ended up staying for lunch too and finally headed back home around 4pm. Later that evening we picked up Aunt Gina & Uncle Stephen to go watch fireworks. We went to the rooftop parking lot above BBB and parked the truck. Took the elevator down to the ground level and walked to Cold Stone. And then went back to the truck to play games and chat while we waited for the fireworks.
The picture doesn't do it justice. We had a pretty good view of the George Bush Library firework show.
Gina and Stephen!
We had a great and extra long weekend celebrating Independence day with family!
And a few pictures since then...
Kayla loves going on walks!
Crazy girl rolled herself under the recliner.
Lunch date with Daddy. It's no question that he's her favorite ;)
At Kayla's baby shower my Mom gave me a scrapbook and a bunch of supplies for her baby book. I finally got around to finishing it. I love the way it turned out! But I think I'll stick with Shutterfly photo books from now on. Ha!
Bella was having fun with a leftover decoration from the baby shower that wasn't used for Kayla's book.
Sweet cousins. They love each other and it makes me so happy!
Uncle Stephen and Bella joined us for a game of frisbee golf!
Bella had a great time!
And she was such a good helper, pushing her cousin.
Afterwards, we went out to dinner with them. It was a great evening!
I'm just gonna take a second to give a little shout out to my husband (even if he may never read this). I've been super unhappy about my weight lately and have been struggling with getting a workout routine down. He has been so kind, and helpful, and motivating. As I mentioned before, he got me a fitbit for Mother's day, and he has been so good about encouraging me to meet my goal. When I don't go on my walks in the morning (bc let's face it, after a certain time it's just too dang hot outside) he goes out with us in the evenings. And when I would be content with being just under my goal, he encourages me to do just one more loop around the park, so I get more steps in. And I'm just so grateful for all his love and support that I just had to make a note of it. I sure do love him!!
Kayla loves walks so much, she usually falls asleep during them. They're just so relaxing ;)
I've lived in College Station for almost 4 years, and I've lived in this current place for almost 2 years. But I haven't taken advantage of this WONDERFUL place called Wolf Pen Creek until recently since Kayla's been around. In fact, after the first year when my roommate and I were looking for a different place to live, she mentioned how she wanted to be close to Wolf Pen and I thought "what's so great about that place…" Now I understand! Haha. And just this past weekend I discovered another part of it, which is probably my favorite!! We normally go to the main/biggest part. It has a bunch of trails, a frisbee golf course, playground, and an amphitheater. But on the opposite side of the big intersection there's a long trail that goes behind a bunch of businesses and goes all the way to another main road. It's shaded pretty much the whole way, which is a huge plus with this Texas heat. And I think we're gonna use it much more often. Anyways, it's a great place and we love going on walks there. And it's maybe half a mile from where we live! We love it!
The other day as I was walking over the creek I found a few turtles making their way up the creek. (There's 3 in the picture) So that was pretty cool.
"Look Mom! I can sit up and hold my bottle!"
Now, if only she could hold it and drink out of it at the same time… We're working on that ;) Haha.
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