Not much going on!

I know I'm slipping.....no pictures in a while. I even forgot to take my camera to Holley's 8th Birthday party last weekend at the park. I'm ashamed to even say that, but it's okay, Mema was there with her camera at hand. Hummmm....well, the first picture below is of Cassandra holding some chop sticks that we got when we took Holley out to eat and to the movies for her Birthday. Of course, this picture was taken some time during the week, when I was in the mood to take pictures once again. Don't ask me why I've been slipping on taking pictures....it just sometimes happens! Ha

We have had a pretty laid back weekend this weekend and WE ARE LOVING IT! Yesterday, Jase wanted to build a space ship, so, here you go....

Sis is helping him push his wagon so that it will turn over.

They are taking it to Mema's house.

Proud space ship owner!

He is so proud of his space ship. I sure was wishing his Daddy was home to do this, because it certaintly looks like something from outer space. But we had fun pretending to know what we were doing. Jase also, promised to make Better Butter Batter Peanut Butter cookies for his Cubby friends on Wednesday night, so today, we made cookies together after church. Whew, he kept his promise!

Now the kiddo's are next door playing with their best friends. I'm trying to send Daddy a few pictures so that when he wakes up, he'll have these to look at.

We are looking forward to you coming home! We miss you Uncle Cory and Daddy!

Bye we love you!!!!

We are missing Mema too. She went to Washington to attend her Mom's funeral. She passed away Thursday night, very unexpectadly. Sorry Mema she is gone, but she is in a much better place now

Outside Play

We find ourselves at home today. Saturday, Jase was really feeling pretty bad and was coughing with every breath. I ended up taking him to urgent care and we discovered he had a double ear infection to go along with his bad cough. So, we started him on an antibiotic and we made it through the evening but Cassandra and I were really worried about him. I had called someone to teach my Sunday school class on Sunday, and Cassandra and I prayed really hard for Jase to get well soon. We didn't expect and instant recovery, but if you look at these pictures below you can tell that God heard our prayers! He is so much better today. He is coughing a little bit but nothing like he was on Saturday. To God be the glory in making this such a wonderful beautiful Sunday that kids and I can relax and be together as a family. We just needed a time out and a day for some serious R&R!

Possum grin like his Daddy!

Push me PLEASE!

Who said I was sick?

Two means trouble???

YEA..........brother feels better today and we can play all day!

Camping on our 11th Anniversary

What a great weekend, just the 4 of us! We went to New Braunfels and borrowed Aunt Missy's camper. Cory and Cassandra were a little sick, but we didn't let that slow us down.
I love the 10 second timer on my camera....I can get a picture of the four of us, without any help! Whoop! It's the little things that are important, you know!

Redo....Jase's knee is covering his face!

The kids love snuggling with their Daddy.

Doesn't take much to make Jase happy......as long as he has his pink milk in the morning, he is ready to go!

Hummmm.........Jase took this picture.....maybe one day he will become a photographer! Just a little crooked!

And this one of Mommy still in her PJ's.

And this one of his Sis!
More snuggling time with Daddy!

Then, this is where we ventured out into the COLD, COLD, COLD Comal River. At our camp site, there were stairs at the front part of the camp site and stairs towards the end of the camp site area......so, just a little ways down, but it was perfect for our big tubbing outing. I didn't even go in the first day because the water was just too cold for me!

Poor Jase, just didn't have enough body fat, he was freezing cold!

Momma.....I am so cold!!!

Me too!!!

Our favorite part.......cooking marshmallows over our $10 BBQ pit and eating them!

I think he would eat the whole bag if I would let him!

They would make a smore, but wouldn't eat them because they didn't like the chocolate. Oh well....more for me ;-)

I also took a lot of pictures at Schlitterbahn with a water camera. We were really proud of Cassandra and Jase for not being scared on the tube rides. We did the Raging River tube ride, and the White Water tube float, and a few others. But all in all, they were enjoying the thrill of it all and were not scared! And of course, when it was time to leave, they were not ready to go. They were enjoying all the slides and wanted to keep going, and going. True little fish!

Cassandra and Jase's 1st Day

Yea, I think we made our first days in our new school/new classes without too much tear loss. Sebastian even did good too!

This is Maci, Cassandra's little friend, she is in a different class, but will ride the Powersports bus together.
Here is Cassandra's teacher, Mrs. Hausenfluck. We worked hard all weekend in pronouncing her name with the "l" in it.
I went to visit her from 2-2:30 and she was doing great but you could tell she was getting very, very tired because she was getting whiney.
Here is my little Sunshine Boy. He is in the sunshine class now.
He was excited that Kindergarten had Pink milk. Life is GOOD!
My little angel. I'm so proud of her! She was a real trooper on her first day at Kindergarten!
Brother giving her a little loving!
Yep...ole Monkey Face strikes again.
Silly boy.
Ooops.....I needed to work with her about opening her milk and her silverware packet. She struggled a little bit in getting them open, but I told her who to go to when she needed help.
One last hug Sis....we gotta go!
Yea.....she survived her first day at Kindergarten. Way to go Cassandra, we are so proud of you!

Last outing with Dad before he leaves.....

I have to admit.....Cory is ONE AWESOME DAD!!!! He let the kids play HOOKIE from school and took them out to the Lake for one final outing with Dad. Despite the 100 degree temps in Texas!





Everyone had fun. Thanks DAD for being the BEST DAD in the whole wide world!!!!
Oh so....the story on this picture is....Holley got grounded, but Sebastian was quick to take over being Cassandra's playmate while his Sister was away. All four of these kids play so well together. We also have the best neighbors in the Whole Wide World!!!

Dive with us

I have been trying for over a week now to put some of our dive movie clips on my blogspot, and I have either run out of time or out of patience. Always something goes wrong while it is uploading. I'm going to try one more time, or give up. So, let's see if this works out!

Here is a short clip that will make you sea sick because the water was really choppy and I recorded this while snorkeling. So, I apologize in advance, or take this warning and skip this one and go the next one! Cassandra did pretty good snorkeling but this time Jase really disappointed us. He didn't like the salt water, of course, Cory lost his patience with him and I kept trying and trying, but finally gave up as well. Maybe next time!


I believe this is the clip of the stingray.


Our first nurse shark sighting.


Cory and I were second guessing ourselves, once the nurse shark turned around and headed right back toward us "IS IT REALLY A NURSE SHARK OR A GREAT WHITE HEADING RIGHT AT US?



This is Mark waving hello and pointing to Lucas to record the sea turtle sighting. Shame on whomever the diver is, it's a big no-no to touch anything while your in the water. (Lucas and I learned the hard way when we were diving in Cancun because our dive master got onto us)


And this is me, about 105 feet deep, sucking up my air pretty quickly and trying to tell Cory, "hey, I only have 1,500 psi left". So, this clip gives me fond memories of running out of air on the way up on this dive and having to buddy share air with Cory at the safety stop. Yea, I lived to tell about it, oh what fun!