Happy Birthday Mom!!

I just wanted to tell my mom Happy Birthday!! I love you very much!! For other who want to know, my mom is 29 and hold and has been since she actually was 29. LOL!! I am 31, so you do the math. :-) She is 29 forever. Here is a great picture of my mom with all 5 of her grandkids:

It was taken at my brother wedding, that's why they are all dressed up. Anyhow, I better get moving for the day.

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Vacation Slide Show!!

Here are the pictures you all, okay, well some of you have been waiting for! I LOVE when Jeremy makes a slide show of all our pictures. Hope you enjoys them!!

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Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books
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Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books
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Our Trip, Day Three, Build-A-Bear

On day three, of course we came home, but we also went to the mall, got to get our Disney fix somewhere!! Then we went to Build-A-Bear workshop as a surprise for Anna and let her build a new stuffed animal. These are the ones that we keep for her, along with a few specified others. She absolutely loves to make animals there. She got there and was really hoping to make a horse, but they do not have that right now, so she ended up making a pink cat. Here are some pictures of her making her new kitty.

Picking out just the right one:

A Pink Cat, Perfect:

Stuffing it with fluff:

Washing it:

Finding the right clothes:

Dressing it:

This is a hard task, Dad has to help dress the kitty:

Mom helps with the shoes:

At the checkout with our new princess, Princess Kitty:

The Build-A-Bear Promise:

We are done shopping:

Time to go home, doesn't she look happy:

We must have been bored on the way home, cause she slept:

As you can see we had a fun time. The trip was terrific and fun, we just wish it was longer. It is expensive to stay in a hotel for a few nights and pay for gas, food, drinks, etc while out though, so our trip was what it could be. We had a great time and we hope to something again next year, but our question is where do we go next year? Need a new location and a new venue for ALL of us. We want something fun for all of us and exciting, but not too expensive. Let me know your ideas for a cheap fun vacation for all. Stay tuned tomorrow for a posting of all the pictures in slide show from our trip. I have only posted a handful of them. Thanks for reading and God Bless.

Our Trip, Day Two, Six Flags

On day two, we went to Six Flags. It was so much fun. We got up extra early, due to the excitement for the day, of course. Here is what I came out of the shower to:

Can't you tell how excited she is? She was jumping from bed to bed in the hotel, and it never stopped. The girl jumped this way all day. She was so happy and giddy!!

Anyhow, we then went to breakfast and then on to Six Flags for the day. We waited in line for the parking gates to open. Here was our only view of Six Flags for about 20 minutes:

Next, we got our tickets and went through the gates, where we were warmly greeted by a whole slew of characters!! In all my time at the parks, I have NEVER seen that many character by the front gates and certainly not right at the gates. Here were a few fun pictures of the characters.

As you can see we all got in on the character fun. How could we not, it was so much fun!! We did share a lunch at the park, since you do have to eat at some time while at a park for 9 hours give or take.

We went on our share of rides, including plenty of water rides. Here are some pictures of the fun rides:

I can tell you after going on the Bobsled ride, Anna was terrified and said she would never, ever get on that ride again. After that, we had some convincing to do to get the girl on some more rides.

We did have a great time and after a full day of rides and family fun, we headed on to dinner at Steak and Shake. We love this restaurant and love the food and especially the milk shakes. It was good. Then, it was back to the hotel for a GOOD nights sleep.

Our Trip, Day One, Getting There

Well, as for our trip, we had a great time and YES, I am finally going to start posting about it for you!! YEAH!! We left on Sunday morning and drove for almost 6 hours to get there. It was a very uneventful drive there. We had good weather and good time driving. We stopped at the truck stop in Sweetwater for a bathroom break and basically drove on through and had a very late lunch at a Weatherford. We then made it on to the hotel, which we had trouble getting into, but finally figured it out and come to find out that the swimming pool we so wanted to swim in was broken and would basically be out of service until the morning we left. UGH!! There went some of our plans. We had dinner with my sister and the baby, who has gotten so big and coos really cute, then went back to the hotel and killed some time. Anna was a little disappointed about the pool still, but she was really excited about seeing her baby cousin. We had a lot of down time the first day, but having dinner with my sister and the baby was the best part of the day. Here are some pictures of day one:

Listening to her MP3 Player:

Energy Windmills:

Movie Watching on Daddy's IPOD:

Funny Milk Truck Picture (That's our car in the reflection):

My Sister and the Cutey Pie Baby:

Graciella Talking:

Looking at her Mommy:

Anna's Favorite thing that day,

holding her baby cousin:

See, she did it more than once:

As you can see the highlight of the day was seeing the baby and my sister. She is a cute little girl and growing so fast. I feel like we are missing it all. Bring her to visit Tashia, so she knows who we are. Love you.

I will post day 2 of our trip tomorrow. Stay tuned for more fun. :-)

Back!

We are back and the trip was good and fun. Lots of good posts coming soon, with pictures. Untill then, I have to work. Need to make up lost time off, as I don't have vacation pay. Stay tuned for those fun posts of the trip...

Packing, Packing!!

YEAH!!! We are packing for our trip. We leave tomorrow morning promptly between 9am and 10am. YEAH!! You see how prompt I am. LOL!! We will leave in the morning somewhere between those times. We still need to unload the dishwasher, put away clean dishes on the counter, wash another load of laundry and give Anna her bath. I think we can do it. On a side note, we will be going almost two full days without the Internet! ACK!! However will we manage?!?!? LOL!! I can't believe we are doing that, but with our trip being so short, I didn't think it was necessary. Anyhow, hope you all have a good three days rest too. I promise to post pictures and give you the run down over several days when we get back. Yes, it will probably take several days. We plan on a lot of pictures, since this is our FIRST official family vacation!! YEAH! Have a good week and God Bless!!