Home away from home

Another awesome trip to the waterpark has come and gone. We did lots of outdoor exploring this time and discovered some of our favorite waterslides. This one in particular was a straight drop into a shallow pool. It was so fast and we must have gone on it about 1000 times.

We swam to Daddy when we hit the bottom and then he guided part way to the stairs before . . .

. . . we swam the rest of the way as fast as we could . . .

. . . so we could get right back up to the top and do it all over again, and again, and again,
and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again.

Will and Mr. Sean came with us again. They had a great time and are ready for our next trip.

Baby Quinn, who's not really a baby anymore, came too (as did Ms. Michelle), and they of course had an awesome time, too.

One of the highlights of this trip was the unexpected visit from Quackers. She came right up to the porch door in the morning and said hello.

Backyard resident

Lots of bunny rabbits live in our backyard. We got a good luck at a baby bunny today.

Hairy found him while we were outside. Daddy called us over and we got a good look at him.

He was really fun to watch, even though he was too scared to move at all.

Lots of taping . . . and some cutting

Jackson decided he wanted to do some taping and cutting. So Mommy and Daddy got out the scissors, tape and lots of colored paper. We went to work . . .

. . . and created some pretty awesome stuff, if we do say so ourselves.

Tumble, tumble

Mommy and Daddy finally dragged out the giant inflatable red ball and filled it with air.

We totally forgot how awesome . . . and difficult . . . it is to push each other in it.

Did we mention there are also windows in this giant ball as well?

Father's Day . . . finally

Father's Day actually happened for Daddy on the right day, it just took him FOREVER to post a photo. We picked out grill tools for him and he gets to pick out a rain barrel. Pretty awesome if we do say so ourselves.

Books and beads

It was so great being in Texas. There was always someone around who was willing to read us a story, and that someone was usually Aunt Jen-Jen.

It was great having Aunt Lori around too, she's so crafty. We made some pretty awesome bead projects.

Bowling excitement

It's about time we learned what bowling is all about. Wow is it exciting.

We made sure to find a lucky ball. Some of them were REALLY heavy.

We perfected our technique . . .

. . . and let 'er rip.

Finding the best position for willing the ball down the lane is very important . . .

. . . but sometimes it takes a REALLY long time for the ball to get all the way down there.

When is does, however, there's nothing quite like watching all those pins fall.

Morning play

This morning we went to a new, super-cool park with all kinds of different thing to climb on . . .

. . . and do awesome opossums on. But the best part, it wasn't 103 degrees yet.

There were spinners (thanks to Chandler for helping us stop) . . .

. . . and of course slides . . .

. . . and even musical instruments, drums and bells to play.

FAAAAAST!!

We went to a Texas-sized waterpark today.

Everything was faster . . .

. . . and bigger.

Even Grandma got in on the action.

Boy-howdy, Texas-sized waterparks sure are tiring.

Flying Texas

We've been waiting forever for our trip to Texas. Airplane Day finally arrived and away we flew.

The flying didn't stop when we arrived, either. The first thing we did was hit the pool.

Even though the day arrived, it seemed to take forever to get through security . . .

. . . and then forever to actually get on the plane.

Getting in the pool as soon as we arrived was absolutely necessary, it was 102 when we landed.

A helicopter? At a hot rod car show?

That's right, there was, and it . . . was . . . AMAZING.

Of course there were lots of cars there too.

We gave them all a pretty close look . . .

. . . they were shiny. We checked out ourselves too.

The funniest one, and one of our favorites, was this teeny tiny one. It runs on ethanol.

Overheard: June 13, 2011

"When I's a grown-up, I get to drive a car, right?"
- Jax asks.

"Yes, you can."
- Mommy replies.

"Good, because when I grow up, I am going to drive my car to the waterpark whenever I want. Even if it's far 3 hours away. I'm going to drive it whenever I want to the waterpark. And Charley and me, we will sit in the front. And you and Daddy, you will get to sit in the back. Will you come with me to the waterpark when we're all grown-ups?"
- Jax continues.

"Yes. Yes, Jax. I will."
- Mommy says.

Two gentlemen

We were lucky enough to get invited to Audrey and Keighly's Princess Tea Birthday Party.

We arrived bearing gifts as a Prince and a Duke.

There was an awesome bubble table that we immediately checked out.

Before long, it was time for tea. We traded our crowns for tea hats, to be polite of course.

After tea, and many other things, it was go time.

We gave our mighty steeds a workout . . .

. . . did a little chalk drawing . . .

. . . and delivered "ice cream" to everyone at the party.