Friday, June 25, 2010

Beach/Pool Pics


A few weeks ago we took a mini vacation to Bolivar Island.....Kevin's band played at their annual crab festival so we decided to take the kids to let them see the beach for the first time. The lady that sponsors the crab festival was nice enough to give us a whole beach house to ourselves for the weekend. I expected Bolivar to still be pretty bad since the hurricane pretty much demolished it, but we were really surprised to see how much was there. The houses were mostly all brand new, and the beach was nice and clean, and not crowded at all. The kids LOVED it.....can't wait to go back....Please excuse some of the pics, I think the salt water got into the camera......






























Monday, June 21, 2010

HAPPY FATHERS DAY




Happy Father's Day
To a wonderful husband and father, who takes such good care of us! We love you so much and thank you for being such an amazing example in our lives!
Love, Mandy, Hannah, and Hunter



Sunday, June 13, 2010

Backtracking....

I can't believe it's already been two months since I last updated this thing....I gave up on my Easter post so long ago I can't even remember where to pick up. The past few months have been a blur...packed with all sorts of plans and busier than usual. I have been working pretty much full time the last few months, temping at another office for a hygienist who is on leave, in addition to my regular part-time office. I have one more week scheduled, and let me just say that I give a lot of credit to full-time working mamas, it definitely has made me appreciate my time at home a lot more. I am so ready for things to SLOW DOWN around here, and am looking forward to a summer filled with nothing to do (yeah, right)- bring on the kiddie pools, popsicles, and sprinklers! Here's a quick re-cap of the last few months....I really am going to try and stay current on my posts so I don't get so behind. We just got back from Galveston last weekend, hopefully I will get those up this week...

Kevin's parents took us along with Keith, Jana, and Kaitlyn to The Aquarium downtown in April...the kids had a blast, and the food was really good. This picture makes me laugh...typical Grandpa, all smiles :)

Pa-pa, Hannah, and Gammy

We took the train ride that took us through the "shark tank" underwater

Where's Hunter?....there he is!

One of my best friends Hilary got married on May 8th. We have been friends since about 6th grade and I was honored to be one of her bridesmaids....the wedding was beautiful and we had a blast (so much that I really forgot to take any pictures at the actual wedding-oops!) She couldn't have found a more perfect match for her than Bob, he is the sweetest guy, and I know that they will have many years of happiness to come!

Bob and Hilary at the rehearsal dinner

Hil, Katy, and me

me and Kevin

These are some pictures from our playdate with one of my good friends Bridget and her baby Brindee at the park. Bridget's sister Kasey also has twins who are about 6 months younger than Hannah and Hunter, so they had some serious playmates. Wow...this was so long ago that they were still wearing jeans...must have been April??


Bridget and Brindee

I just love this pic...Hunter being a typical boy....I think he was beating his chest and making gorilla sounds...not sure where his pants were at the time

first time to get the slide and kiddie pool out for the summer....we have since discovered that it's SO much easier to take them down the street to the neighborhood pool, we've been trying to go at least a few times a week now....what a fun way to get them nice and tired:)



Still to come this week (hopefully)...Galveston pics

*Also, I made some new posts on my recipe blog. I've been in a cooking slump for some reason lately, so I'm hoping to keep adding new recipes regularly, I know my poor husband is tired of frozen pizzas and Bertolli bags....and so am I:) Just click on the recipe blog button at the top of our blog to see them!