Friday iPhone Dump #278

This should have been written on Friday, August 10th.

So this was the weekend that we headed up to The Woodlands Resort with our neighbors, the Bonners.  We had never been there before but the kids loved it.  And I loved that you didn't have to walk a mile to get back to your room from the pool, like you have to do at Hyatt Lost Pines.  Otherwise, it was very similar.

This middle tower thing has 2 slides that are racing slides.  I always lost...FYI.

Fletcher did not want to take a picture and jumped in the water just before snapping this. But there really were 4 kids that had a lot of fun!

While the girls/kids hung out at the pool, the boys went golfing.  So, we had to do a hotel room selfie!

And we asked the boys to do a golfing selfie!

Me and Micheala at the pool.

When we got back home, we had out LAST birthday celebration for Jacob.  We had been so busy that we never had a chance to go to any restaurant he wanted (which we always do).  He got smart this time and choose Uncle Julio's because they have a chocolate piñata.  Most of these pictures are terrible because of the sun...sorry.  The last picture is after her broke the piñata open.

Later that week (on Wednesday, of course) we headed to San Antonio to Fiesta Texas.  Although Jacob is not in any pictures, I promise he was there!  He's really into the big roller coasters now and Hannah is NOT.   So we had more fun playing around while the boys rode the big coasters.

Hannah's favorite ride is the mini coaster called The Roadrunner Express.  This chicken is always at the exit and she always takes a picture with him. One day I'll dig out the other pictures we have with him!

 She choose to lay on the ground like Bugs...I didn't make her.

 Just hanging with Santa...in August.

~Nancy

Friday iPhone Dump #277

Hey, look, I made it to August!  This post should have been made Friday, August 3rd.

This was a big week at the Wiltshire house because Jacob turned 8.  And I love to celebrate birthdays and decorate.  So, we celebrated his birthday on his birthday at home.

And then we celebrated the next day with all of his friends at Altitude (again).

We did other fun things this week too.  Our babysitter (Cayla) works at Bahama Bucks and would give private tours for kids during the day.  We got a group of our neighborhood kids together and took a tour.  

First up, they showed them the huge freezer and pretended to lock them inside.

Then they got to sample and look at all of the different flavors of snow cones.

And then it was time to make their own.  As you can imagine, this was a very messy process!

I didn't get a picture of the last thing we did, but we got to have a real snow ball fight.  They will also sell you snowballs so she made up a cooler of them ahead of time and let them go outside to throw them!

Another day this week, we went to Glowzone with Jill and her boys.  They always have so much fun with those kids!

~Nancy

Friday iPhone Dump #276

So, here's a blog that should have happened on Friday, July 27th.

On the absolute hottest weekend of the year, we had plans to head to Austin with some friends to attend an outdoor concert.  In our defense, we planned this months before so we had no idea how hot it would be.  We had a blast seeing some bands I barely knew (but the other 5 people loved) so I was mainly there for the fun!

Here are all 6 of us...

And then goofy selfies, of course.

That week, Jacob and Hannah went to their second Vacation Bible School of the summer at the HUGE Baptist church just outside our neighborhood. Hannah was in a class with 8 out of the 12 kids from her preschool class so she was thrilled!  Jacob was with Daxton, one of his best friends, so he enjoyed it too!  This church went ALL OUT with decorations so we did a lot of pictures.

And, this was a big week because Jacob got his braces!  He didn't love the blue mouthpiece that held his mouth open for a while, but rarely complained about the braces afterwards.

~Nancy

Friday iPhone Dump #275

Since I'm SO far behind, I'm not going to do all of them at once.  It's too overwhelming that way!
So, here is a post I should have made on Friday, July 20th.

We had a new Alamo Drafthouse open so the kids and I had to go check out a movie there.

We also went to Space Center Houston that week.  I knew Jacob would like this place but I was shocked at how much Hannah liked it.  She even took my phone to be our official photographer but I ended up deleting the 87 pictures she took of her dress.  She did get some good pictures of the model rockets though.

Here they are being astronauts.

And Hannah built this alien thing from the parts that were just laying around.

Here are some of the model rockets, captured by Hannah.

Headed in to Mission Control.

On the train headed back.

One of the best parts was Independence Plaza.  It was fun to see how bit the shuttle (and plane) actually are!

We met my mom for a late lunch after this little trip and she took them home with her.  As you can see, it appears they had a terrible time at the beach.

You never know what you might find at The Big Store.

 Dancing on the bars already.

 Apparently you only have to be 5 years old to drive at the beach.

 Resting...

 Fun at the water slide!  Hannah told Memaw and Pawpaw that she wasn't going to do the slide but changed her mind when they got there.  Which is why she is in clothes...

 Ice cream time!

One down, 5 to go and I'll be all caught up!

~Nancy