While Daddy was gone on Mission Trip this week to Del Rio, we had a wild and crazy week (emphasize wild and crazy!) First we went to visit my mom and dad for a few days and then we were off for the Grandparent Trip! I felt about like these glasses look by the end of it all!!! We had such a fun time - but I'm very thankful for a hands-on Dad and very thankful for him to be home! 
All the grandkids at the Dallas World Aquarium. That place is awesome! It's kind of like a zoo/aquarium/jungle all combined. The kids loved it! We saw three toed sloths, jaguars, penguins, GIANT alligators, sharks, you name it we saw it. Caleb absolutely loved the otters. He ran back and forth in front of the glass tank just giggling and acting just like the otters. I think the otters thought he was one of them!
This is Hannah riding the carousel at Incredible Pizza. We used a lot of money on this one, because she was just so happy when she was riding it! Every time she went around she wouldmake a little high-pitched squeal and do her version of clapping (which is more like her hands grasping together and moving up and down). You can see Myka on the side (my niece). She is about to be 13 years old and she is such a great help with all of the kids! I told her I was going to call her my Myka Nanny!
My camera was set on the wrong setting so this picture turned out blurry. Here is Mama Gina and the grandkids. You can't see it very good, but they are sitting in a tunnel that is made of glass and there are swordfish and sharks swimming all around and above them. It was so relaxing to sit in that tunnel ( as relaxing as it can be when you're watching 3 kids). I think I need to get one of those installed in my house!
Right before Adam left for the Mission Trip he took the boys out to the Bonham State Park to go fishing. They went on a little adventure and found a "mysterious" fort that they were in awe about . It was pretty neat, just sitting in the middle of the water. Of course Jonah had all kinds of ideas and stories about how it could have gotten there.
They rowed around the lake - I dont' think they caught any fish, but they sure did come back with great stories.
Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream........
A beautiful picture of my girl!! I call her my Nana right now, which evolved from Hannah Banana to Hannah Nanna, and eventually just to Nanna! She is into EVERYTHING.
No, you're not looking at a flashback picture. The other night some girl friends and I had a '80's night out. Here we are all decked out in our greatest '80's fashions. If you can call any fashion in the '80's great? Don't you love my biker shorts and mini skirt on top. I even found some Keds in my size at Goodwill! My favorite part was the gobs of hairspray I put in my side ponytail and in my tall swoopy bangs! Good times! It's weird to have been a part of a decade that is now considered part of the oldies. Life sure does pass by quickly.
2 comments:
These are all great pictures and it looks like y'all have been creating some wonderful memories for your lives together.
The Aquarium was the trip Jonah and I were going to take together, so I am trying to think of another place for the two of us to go when we take our trip. It either has to be in the winter or a cool place in the summer, this heat is just too much for anyone. I won't take him sky diving or anything like that, not to worry. I wouldn't have even done that if I were feeling great. LOL
Glad you survived the week without Dad being there to help. You have a handful on your own, Mandy, so it makes me happy when I see the '80's picture to know Adam has you out of the house and doing other fun stuff for yourself. He's great about taking care of everyone, just not quite as good at taking care of himself the way he does everyone else. A rather bad lesson he learned from his mother.
Thanks for sharing the pictures and the stories, they are all so great!
Love,
Tootsie
Mandy, my vision isn't so good,
because I can't tell for sure
which one in the 80's crowd was
you. I think you have on the
red shirt, but the hair description sounds like the girl
on the far left. Her hair was in
a side pony tail and looks like it
had been dipped in hair spray. :)
All of the pictures are so cute.
Glad you and your babies had a
good time.
I loved the one of Hannah playing
dress up with the pink beads. She is such a pretty baby girl. And,
the guys are as cute as two buttons in their fishing trip.
I'll bet Jonah did have some stories to share!
Much love to you and yours.
Always,
Ganmama
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