Summer Vacation 2014

This summer we did our "Tour of Texas" (driving to Houston to visit Keith's family and then down to the Valley to visit my family). It was our first time all traveling together in the car for hours and I was worried how Keira would do, but she did pretty well. I tried to pack plenty to keep her company in the car and she did a lot better than I expected...success!

Pool time at Grandma's house!

Then we made our drive to South Padre Island to spend some time with my parents...our view from our room :-)

Keira's 1st time in the ocean!

The day before I woke up with pink eye...so mad I had to wear my glasses the entire vacation, and have a pink eye...

We also went to Schlitterbahn while we were in SPI!

 Our last morning there the kids slept in until 8:30am...it was nice...

Dylan took this picture of us...

When we got back to Houston we went to Galveston with Keith's parents and visited Moody Gardens...

The view from our hotel in Galveston...

Enjoying a walk along the seawall!

Then around 8:45pm the power went out at the hotel because of the gusty winds from that evening...after about an hour of waiting to see if it would come back on, we decided to leave the hotel and drive back to Houston. And of course, I couldn't pass up the photo opp!

We had a great time seeing both of our families and the kids had a wonderful time getting spoiled by grandparents (maybe too wonderful). We have 4 weeks left of summer before Keith has to go back to work and we have plenty left on out Summer To-Do List with the kids!

Spring Break 2014/Foundation Repair

Over Spring Break this year we had our foundation and plumbing fixed. Long story short, we had a water leak (or a few, I'm not sure) and although we thought that caused our foundation to cave, State Farm didn't think so (and wouldn't pay for anything). So in the process of getting everything fixed, we had to move EVERYTHING that was downstairs and rip up all of the flooring. Once I realized how crazy it would all get, I decided the kids and I should visit Keith's family in Houston for a few days...

Starting to pack everything away...

We had to move everything upstarts into the kid's rooms...

Keira's 1st stay in a hotel!

Making some phone calls...

And since we were kicked out from our house for the repairs, we spent a lot of time at the mall :-)

Selling some ice cream...

...and doing some shopping!

The next day, my good friend Jessica was so sweet to offer to let us join her at the Dallas Aquarium before heading down to Houston...the kids had a blast!

Our girls!

Dylan loved the shark tunnel!

Dylan enjoying some park time and Fireman Sam at Grandmom and Papa's house!

 I was hoping we would've returned and everything would've been fixed, but unfortunately, that was not the case...I was not happy with the plumbers and I left plenty of voicemails letting them know that...

And that had to push back our new flooring installation...such a headache!

We basically had to live out of our bedroom for a week...all 4 of us...

But now everything is finally done and we are so happy to have a functioning house again!!! I NEVER want to go through that again...especially with 2 toddlers!