Halloween 2019

It feels like October lasted all of two seconds and Halloween just snuck up on me! We never even had a chance to go to the pumpkin patch and carve pumpkins. I can't believe it went by so fast and now we are midway into November!

I was able to grab a few quick photos before the kids went out trick-or-treating. Benny dressed up as the red Power Ranger

Lorelei is obsessed with unicorns so of course wanted to dress up as one

Evan dressed up as an Astros player. He loves baseball and had so much fun watching the World Series. So sad our Houston Astros lost!

Avery dressed up as a 50's girl. (Kyla was too cool to dress up but still did a little trick-or-treating with friends.)

it's great to be 8!

October 19th was such a special day for Lorelei and her cousin Dahlia. They were both baptized by their daddies and confirmed a member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. So happy they were able to share this special milestone together. They are the best of friends and only a week and a half apart in age. They looked so beautiful in their matching dresses!

sweet sixteen!

September is a busy month for birthdays in our family. Both Kyla and Benny were born in September, along with four other cousins! We originally made plans to celebrate Kyla's birthday in Galveston, but tropical storm Imelda ruined that. We had heavy rain, but luckily no flooding. This isn't the first time a hurricane/tropical storm has interrupted her birthday. Back in 2008, Hurricane Ike hit us the week of her birthday. Hopefully we'll get a break for the next few years. Happy sweet 16 to our sweet Kyla! We love you so much!

six years old!

My sweet Benny turned 6 in September. He was so excited for his birthday! Dan and I had lunch with him at school and we celebrated that weekend at Lone Star Bounce Town and Red Robin. We are so lucky to have Benny in our family! He is such a sweet, kind, funny little guy.

Gemini

My brother Philip recently got a new puppy. Gemini is a mini Australian Shepherd and is the cutest thing ever! Kids had so much fun playing with him while Uncle Philip was out of town.

Back to School

This school year marks a new chapter in my life. For the first time in 19 years, I no longer have a little one home with me during the day! I still can’t believe my youngest baby is in kindergarten and about to turn 6! This year we also have one in 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 10th. My oldest baby is about to start her sophomore year at BYU.

End of summer fun

Can't believe summer is almost over and school starts in just a few days!! Summer went by way too fast. The last weekend of July we took a trip to the beach and lucked out with beautiful clear, blue water due to the currents changing direction. Very rare for Galveston. It was the perfect beach day! Unfortunately Kyla had to work that Saturday, so she wasn't able to join us :(

Last weekend we had fun with cousins in Tomball at Hughes birthday party. Glad we could all get together before school started!

Summer evenings outside together as a family are my favorite!

So sad to see summer go, but definitely ready for some cooler weather!

Memorial Day weekend

This Memorial Day weekend was extra enjoyable because school was over!! For the first time that I can remember, school ended before Memorial Day and I absolutely love that! It's always been the biggest letdown to have to go back to school after the long holiday weekend. Our very generous neighbors offered us their beach house in Galveston for the long weekend. We headed up on Friday morning and left late Monday night. We had to be back on Tuesday for the two older girls to start their summer jobs. Elayna is working as a camp counselor at the YMCA (the very same one I worked at 22 years ago!) and Kyla is a lifeguard. We had the best time at the beach house and Grammy and Grandpa were even able to join us for a few days! The beach is one of my very favorite places to be. Love that we live so close!