Fall Fun

Last weekend we went to the Elgin Christmas Tree Farms.

I love this place!!!

Annelise woke up that morning and wanted to dress in full cowgirl gear!?! Play gun included!

I rode the first round with the girls and thought is was safe to let Julianna go with just Annelise. I know this is crazy because she is such a climber, but I let her go. I was on the ready to run like a lunatic to the kid driving had she started standing, but she never did!

Julianna loved this boat.

It was an Awesome day!

Pumpkin Farm

Fall is here!!! I love FALL!

The girls and I joined our playgroup at the Sweet Berry Farms in Marble falls today. We took along our neighbors and had so much fun! Annelise is posing so cute next to her BFF Maddox.

This is the neighbor's son M.M. He is Julianna's little "boyfriend". Both my girls are already boy crazy!!!

Julianna

I just wanted to post pretty pictures of Julianna since my blog has been

"Annelise Heavy" lately!

I was just testing my new camera, and she proved to be very difficult to capture since she NEVER stays still!!!

I LOVE you Julianna, but you are wild!

Firginia Beach

We have been to Virginia beach twice this year and both times we take just Annelise, she calls it "Firginia Beach".

The main reasons we went were

1) Meet baby Joseph

2) Juan and Rob were running in the Virginia beach half marathon

3) Juan had a job interview

PLUS...We LOVE going, because we LOVE Rob and Katie (and now Baby Joseph) so much!

We had a short stay there but still managed a trip to Bush Gardens.

On the Last day Rob and Dada took her on the boat to see dolphins jumping in the ocean!!!

She was so excited to tell me all about it!

I am so happy that she loves "Firginia Beach" so much because Juan's interview went well and it looks like next summer all the fun things we did on our short vacations will be part of our "regular" weekends!!!

Thanks Rob and Katie!

We can't wait to be neighbors and be a part of your beautiful son's life!

SB convention in Vegas...An Inauguration!

Being a stay at home Mom has made me realize what a jerk I was all those years that I thought stay at home Moms were "Lazy"! I was in serious need of a break,when Dina from my Moms playgroup asked if I would like to go to Las Vegas for a short trip..."Yes I will go...well hold on, let me run this by Juan." He of course wanted me to go and have a good time with the ladies, so that was exactly what I did!!! We had sooooooo much fun! We are all already planning for next year!

The picture of the luggage is just a reminder of how much stuff that Jess and Jen packed for a three day two night stay (you can't see it but Jen in back has a big one behind Dina).

(That face on Jess is because we were already pretty happy since she gave us all drink coupons on the plane! (8am), thanks Jess!)

Sunday morning in Vegas was pretty dead since everyone is sleeping or flying home. So we took it easy and got massages at the spa. After dinner I was so sleepy I took a nap (7pm) then woke at 9pm to go down to the casino to find the rest of the gang in a crowd at the craps table!!! They were all super excited because they were all up a hundred or so!!! I quickly get out my $50 I budgeted for gambling (I know pathetic) and got $10 in chips on the craps table! It doubled ... bam..again bam! This was exciting!!! Dina was the one throwing the dice so we were all screaming and the crowds were coming. I have never gambled before so I was pretty out of the loop on what was going on, but I knew I was winning because the dealer kept doubling my chips!

That first night in the casino was so much fun for all of us because we were all making money.

After that night we all started to slowly lose money but still had a ton of fun playing the games shopping and EATING at the buffet for 24 hrs!

My time with my family is precious, so when I spend time away from them I want to be sure it is worth it! It was!!! Girls, thank you for an awesome time!!! I got to know each one of you sooooo much more in this three days, then in the last three years of play dates. You are amazing Moms and I can't wait until next year!

BUSY Days of Summer!

We have been super busy this summer! It seams like we are never home! If we are home, we are just packing to go somewhere else. Abuelo and Abuela came to visit for a week and they

had so much fun playing with the girls. This picture is the only picture I had from the visit. We were at the Austin's Children's Museum and they were playing with Julianna.

Annelise got to go on a "Dada Date" to the Dora live show! Juan and I agreed that Julianna is way to active to sit for a performance, so I stayed home with her. She loved it again this year and we can't wait to take them both next year!

Our good friend Harper turned 2 with the cutest western party on a real farm! Annelise just had to have these super cute pink cowgirl boots! Check out Harper's red boots!

In August we had an awesome time in Dallas for The Hottest Half Marathon. We went with some good friends and were actually able to go to a nice place to eat while the kids played in a playground (thanks to Amanda's research).

Today's high 101! YIKES!!! We have been doing many outdoor things and getting wet most of all! We have tried to go to the lake as often as possible since Julianna is old enough to go this year. We love to go with our new military friends that also have 2 kids. They have a son named Maddox and he is Annelise's new BFF. Today we had them over for a play date and I overheard her tell him "Maddox, this is our newborn baby!" OH Lord help us! I will have to post a pic of him next time because he is as cute as can be with red hair!

Julianna is walking!!!

Dear my sweet Julianna,

You are 15 months old now and you still love to hop on your knees!!! Everywhere we go people stop to ask me about your knee walking/hoping. I looks painful but you clearly are in no pain!!! So can you imagine how excited I am now that you are taking steps all over the house! I am so proud of you and I love you!

-Mom