Frio River trip!

So grateful we were able to gather as a family this summer on the Frio River! We rented a large cabin at Neal's Lodges and had the best week ever! The cabin had a pool, large fire pit, and basketball court. We spent our days floating the Frio and our evenings in the pool. At night we built fires in the fire pit for smores and fireside chats. The cabin is on a large piece of property that backs up to a field with all kinds of different animals. The kids loved seeing zebras, horses, longhorn cattle, and buffalo. They would walk up to the fence every evening. Each family took a night cooking and we enjoyed some really delicious meals! The week went by way too fast and it was sad to say goodbye to everyone!

*Most of these photos are from my cell phone. So much easier than hauling my big camera around!

Baseball!

Evan was so excited for baseball this year! Opening day was supposed to be in March, but got postponed to June because of the pandemic. It lasted for about three weeks and then was cancelled after a coach tested positive for COVID. Evan only had three games, but we sure enjoyed watching him play while it lasted!

Beach days!

We've had a lot of really fun, relaxing beach days the past couple of months. It seems to be one of the few activities we can do during the pandemic. The beach shut down for 4th of July weekend, but we were able to go the Thursday before and had the whole beach to ourselves. It was the most empty I'd ever seen Galveston during the summer. Our most enjoyable beach trip was at the beginning of June with my brother Jeremy's family, my brother Carl and Grammy and Grandpa. It was a farewell beach party for Jeremy and Nicole before they moved to Utah. We will miss having them close by. Lorelei and Benny will especially miss Rae and Hughy!

Kindergarten Graduate!

What a crazy school year it has been! Schools were closed back in March and stayed closed the rest of the school year because of Coronavirus. The kids had distance learning online, which was difficult at first but we got the hang of it eventually. So sad they missed out on all the fun end of year activities that normally happen, like kindergarten graduation. The school normally takes cap and gown photos of the kindergarteners, but since that wasn't happening, I ordered a cap and gown from Amazon and took my own. Can't believe my last baby has graduated kindergarten!