Swimming off the docks!

The lake was fairly shallow so once we finally found the swimming spot-the boys were good to go. There was also a public beach, and some how I didn't take any pics that day. However, there were several other adults with cameras, who did so I maybe swiping some photos from them.

We thought we could get in right across the street but it was just a boat dock.

The boys wanted to just jump in anyway. Surprising, I know!

They could get their feet wet!

Well, Trevor and Tyler couldn't quite reach the water! :)

We went a little further down the street and found a great place to swim.

This became Trevor's place favorite place to swim.

The dock.

Ty got wet too!

All the boys!

Well, Colin stayed dry in the stroller.

These rafts added to the lake fun, along with all the water toys my mom bought.

The lake provided a lot of fun for the week.

Vacation in Clear Lake

This year my parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary, and they decided to give us kids a gift - a vacation in Clear Lake. The whole family went and we had such a good time. We stayed in the Pyramid House. Some could have been worried with all those strong personalities under one roof for a week, but the kids (kid kids and adult kids :)) got along fabulously. I took nearly 300 pics, so I will have plenty of pics to post.
My view (the back of my parents' car) the drive up to the house.

We were able to bring Tovi with us, it was nice to have Tovi with us for the week and he got along well with my parents dogs.

Here is a pic of the house coming back from the docks. Trust me when I say more posts to come.

Noah and Jordan's Nana/Papa adventure

Noah and Jordan FINALLY got their Nana/Papa adventure this last week. And boy were they ready! Noah still hadn't been able to figure out what the plan was but he was beginning to think that maybe Nana and Papa could pull off another winner.
I love this pic of my mom w/the boys! Such good looking boys and my mom is so beautiful.

After dinner they went to the movies.

Adventure day!

The boys were ready to get to the top of the monument.

What a great view!

On to the museum.

The inside of a canon.

After the museum, they went to play laser tag.

The boys played a few games by themselves and then 1 one game w/a group.

Let's get ready!

The target Noah was guarding.

Noah was always just behind Jordan. But it is officiall Nana/Papa successfully pulled off another "best adventure" ever again! So, you better start planning for next year!

Date w/Eli and Lucas - motorcycles, science, and roller coasters!

While Noah and Jordan were off for their Nana/Papa adventure, the boys and I decided to go have some fun. We decided to spend the day downtown. We went to science city and see some of the exhibits at union station. What could be more fun than science, motorcycles, and roller coasters!
There was an exhibit that showed the roller coasters at a local amusement park in 1980's the boys want pics of the 2 coasters that I have ridden on.

Eli thought this one looked pretty fun.

Onward to science city.Monkey brains are delicious . . .

Umm Eli I think that you are supposed face the other way.

Fore!

Let me tell you if it cranks, lights up, makes noise - my boys LOVE it!

Who can get to the top fastest?

Houston we have a problem!

Motorcycles.

Lucas said "they said that I couldn't touch the motorcyles . . . ." Me "No Lucas, you can not touch the gas tanks!"

I had to take a pic of this army colored motorcycle for my dad! Eli had to join in the pic!

Blue and gray motorcycle is for Noah!

Purple for me!

Eli and Lucas are doubtful that you can actually ride on this one!

Eli and Lucas really liked this one.

We were hungry and decided to get lunch and do some shopping.

We hit the candy store and Eli got some cry baby sour gumballs. Eli thinks they were pretty sour!

Eli gave a cry baby gumball to Noah w/o telling him they were sour. Unfortunately I was about 2sec to late capturing his sourface, but believe me it was good! We had such a great time! Have a good day!

Summer Projects!

So, for some summer homework the boys decided that projects would be better than summer workbooks. . . . . well truthfully my kids would rather NOT do anything during the summer "It's summer Mom - that means NO schoolwork!" However, I never got that memo so we do math, reading and summer projects - my boys have it rough! I digress, so the boys get to pick their projects - Noah picked ghost hunting, Eli- hieroglyphics ( because he has been reading a new series about Egyptian Mythology), and Lucas - cheese. Don't judge - if they enjoy learning I am happy!
Noah spent about 30-40min video taping his project only to discover that he didn't have a memory card - but here is a pic of him playing math games! Which he really likes despite his protests - I usually have to tell him his time is up several times before he will get off!

Eli working on his poster project.

Lucas did 2 things for his project, a poster and . . . .

And he made some ricotta cheese.

Now, everything went very well our mixture boiled. However, Lucas said it was better when he mixed it w/our pasta for dinner! Have a good day.