A fun long-weekend and beautiful wedding....

We are home. We came home earlier today from our trip to Galveston. Last night we attended my cousin's wedding and had a fabulous time. Everything was very beautiful, although I took literally tons of pictures I thought I would give you a little sampling of the festivities:


You would think that with me staying in room with 4 boys I would not have a problem getting "bathroom time" to get ready for the wedding. Imagine my surprise when this is what I walked into:

Paul, Tanner, Kelby, and Kolin all getting ready for the big shindig.

Paul and I at the church before the wedding

We clean up pretty good, huh?


The bride and groom:

Congratulations Brian and Lauren!!

The reception was held at a beautiful venue and a great time was had by all:

My mom and me

There was a lot of dancing going on:

My cousin Terria and I dancing with our 93 year old grandmother. She was a movin' and a groovin' just as much as anyone else.

Now we are back home and unfortunately don't have any other get-aways planned for the near future. Oh well, we will have to see what we can do about that!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Monkey See.....Monkey Do

We're still here in Galveston. We spent most of the day yesterday at the water park then came back to the hotel to rest, eat, and then back to the ocean.

I know I had previously written that my youngest nephew Kolin did not want to come on this trip because he was afraid of sharks. Well, lo and behold after I emailed him pictures Thursday night of the boys in their speedos he decided we were having way too much fun without him. When my dad came down yesterday afternoon with my grandmother, aunt and uncle Kolin decided he had to hitch a ride with them. Of course he also made my dad stop along the way so he could have a speedo too. He surprised us by knocking on our hotel room door wearing nothing but his speedo and swim cap!!

The boys had a blast in the water again last night and we did not even come back to the room until sunset.

Needless to say it was a wild night in our room last night. Me, Paul, and 3 boys!!! I am so thankful we are adopting a girl!!!

Here are some more pictures to give you another laugh.


Another pose with a 3rd addition!!


Off to the water.....yes we did get some funny looks!!



Tonight we will be attending the wedding and then tomorrow it is back home.

Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!!

Galveston, the beach, and......SPEEDOS?

We're here on Galveston Island. We left at an un-godly hour this morning and after several stops along the way arrived shortly after noon. This afternoon we went to the beach and the boys(Kelby, Tanner, and Paul)all bought boogie boards and had a blast in the water. Tomorrow we are off to Schlitterbahn Water Park and more sun.

SPEEDOS: After we had been on the road a couple of hours today the boys (Kelby and Tanner) decided they wanted to buy speedos to wear to the beach. They were bound and determined that we HAD to find them so after 3 stops, we were finally able to locate speedos for kids. They also had to top off the outfit with swim caps. Picture two 12 year old boys walking down the beach wearing speedos and swim caps. It was a sight to behold.

Well, I guess you don't have to picture it in your mind after all....here are Kelby and Tanner posing in the hotel room before heading to the beach.



I thought everyone would enjoy the laugh!!!!

The traveling fools are hitting the road again.....

Rowdy loaded up and ready to go spend the weekend in Oklahoma.


Mimi and Poppy(aka Paul's parents)came today to pick up their granddog. Our bags are packed and our alarm is set for way too early in the morning.

Paul and I along with my mom, my nephew and one of his friends are leaving in the morning for a long weekend trip to Galveston. One of my cousins is getting married in Galveston on Saturday night so we thought it was the perfect excuse to plan another mini-vacation. We are taking the boys to the new Schlitterbahn Water Park that opened on Galveston Island last spring. We also plan to play in the Gulf and just have a good time. Kelby (my oldest nephew)is packed and ready, his younger brother Kolin did not want to go because he has been watching too much Shark Week on tv and is deathly afraid that a shark will get him if he goes in the water. Of course when Kolin said he wanted to stay home this weekend Kelby's first question was "then can I bring a friend?" So off we go......

My dad will be joining us Friday afternoon and he is bringing my 93 year old grandmother and 60ish aunt and uncle. Pity him for being in the car with those 3 for 5 hours!! More cousins, aunts, and uncles are joining us Saturday morning and then we will all be representing the family at the wedding Saturday night. I will be sure and take some pictures of Paul and I all dressed up.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Where have I been?

Erin led me to this very cool link that I just had to put on my blog:

States I have visited:



I have visited 22 states (43%). I am almost half-way through them all. Notice I have direct lines both east and west of Texas to the 2 Disney theme parks. Paul and I are both Disney freaks in case you did not already know. Florida is my favorite state because it is home to Walt Disney World. We definitely need to do some more traveling up North.

There was also a map for the world listing the countries you have been to but since I have not been anywhere outside the US besides Mexico I did not think there was a good reason to put a virtually blank map up. Don't worry though, by this time next year I can mark a few more!!

Thanks for the fun link Erin!!