SCHLITTERBAHN 2010

So we had our 5th annual Schlitterbahn trip this past weekend.  Oh how I looked forward to this time.  Each year we go the kids do more and more.  This weekend was super duper packed and the lines were a little long so we didn't ride too many of the really big ones. They have a lazy river on steroids, we'll say with these ginormous waves, and that is were we spend most of our time for day one.  Day two some of our friends and their kids met us at the park and spent the day with us.  (Pics to follow).  The evening of day two, my parents offered to watch all 6 kids so we could go to dinner with Chris and Laurie.  Wow don't know of too many parents that would undertake that.  I am so lucky.   The kids had a great time (it probably helps that they were totally wiped out).  So I plan to continue this trip for as long as my kiddos find it enjoyable, I know I sure love it.  Each year we find things that will make it  a little easier to travel with the kiddos.  So here are the pics.

Day 1 grilling dinner

Day 2 starting off at the waterpark

Nana and Abby, she was such a trooper

The Siegmund Kiddos, day 3 at the condo pool

Day 2 trav on the smaller slides, I couldn't take any pics on the bigger ones, well because they were too big

Addie 

Me and Abby in the pool

Trav

Trav and Daddy

Laurie and I on our night out with the hubbies

Us hanging out

Here is Addie coming of the soda straws, and boy she was not happy!!!

Well to wrap it up we had a really good time.  Great company with great kiddos

FAMILY SATURDAY


I absolutely love love love hanging out with the family.  Well if you know my kiddos they always wake up absolutely cranky joyous in the morning 6:30 am.  Anyways I have been trying to do better with taking pictures of what we do so I took some this morning.  This was our day.

 I found this cool idea on a website, you take all your broken crayons and melt them to make new ones, the kids thought it was really cool.  Abby just like the way they taste :)

They turned out really neat

And this was all before 9 am!!

Weekend of FUN!!!


We had the kiddos this past weekend and wanted to take them to do some fun stuff.  We have season passes to Six Flags and Hawaiin Falls, so that is what we did.  This was Travis' first time to really go and be able to ride the rides and have fun, and that we did.  He had such a blast hanging out and riding all the rides.  Autumn wanted me to ride the Superman since her dad refuses to, but I think I'll get him on there before it's all said done.  It was soooo hot so not very busy, which made it great for us.  Oh yea and who could forget it was all made possible by Auntie Leah watching Abbers so we didn't have to take her in the heat.  When we got there to pick up Abby, let's just say Auntie Leah needed a much deserved nappy.

Here we are after getting absolutely soaked, as per the above pics of very fast approaching water dowsing us

this was in Looney Toon land, does't autumn looked thrilled.

This was the Conquistador, man we rode this thing a ton of times.  Travis loved it

I had to work hard for this pic.

Looney Toon Land again

Break Time

Abby's Ear Piercing

June 24,2010

I was so excited to get Abby's ears pierced.  For me that's just what you do.  Girls have earrings.  I do have to say though I'm kinda chicken when it comes to being the one to take my kids to do things like this.  I.E. shots and other things that cause pain, not my favorite.  So I brought along a somewhat willing friend.  (Leah = godparent) to my kiddos.  So here are the pics, and I think they speak for themselves.

Pre Ear Piercing

Auntie Leah looking very stressed

Ut oh and they did it.  OUCHY

Post Ear Piercing

Happy Father's Day Babe


It cracks me up that I call Robert babe, then Travis does it quite often.  Makes me laugh.  Anyways we didn't do much special for Robert today, but we did get to hang out as a family and I think that's good enough sometimes.  We went and hung out at Auntie Leah's house with her fam and my dad got to hang out too.  It was nice company and good food as always.  I am so lucky to have such a great husband that is so involved in his kids lives.  He spends just as much time with them as I do and I love it.  He is the best player, rough houser with Travis and just adores Abby.  We are so lucky to have him in our lives.

I LOVE YOU BABE

Parents
-is a caretaker of the offspring in their own species


So I think alot about parenting for many reasons.  Well besides the obvious, I am a parent, but also because of my own parents.  My mom came over this weekend to hang with Abby and I while my dad took Travis to see Toy Story 3.  I have the best parents in the world.  They love my children as much as they love me.  They have raised me to be a hardworking, caring, and mindful person.  I hope that some day people will look at my children and say "Wow those kids have been loved and they are good people."  So far I think we are headed on the right track cause man I have some pretty good kids.  And that brings me to 


Grandparents


-in traditional cultures, grandparents often had a direct and clear role in relation to the care and nurture of children.


Ok so that's not the definition but it seemed stupid fairly obvious and not really what I was looking for.  So anyways as we celebrate Father's Day today I have the best.

I'll add pics of trav man as soon as I can find what I have done with them.

Berries Part 1

So we decided to go to the peach orchard out in Terrell to pick berries.  Wow was it smoldering hot outside that day.  Trav and I had never picked well anything, so an adventure it was.  Here are the pics from the day.  Never mind we picked only one bucket with our friends when we paid for two, because all we really wanted was the fresh-yummy-melt in your mouth-did I say fresh peach ice cream. (Ok maybe that's all I wanted and well we were all melting).