rock climbing....

We went to Cousin Jessi Jo's birthday party at Main Event earlier this year and the kids loved it! We've taken them back there several times and one of their favorite things is the rock climbing. Jacob is like spider-man and just climbs up as fast as he can. That is not a surprise since he also climbs the walls at home. Caleb is just as spidery and climbs up too. He's a little more cautious than Jacob so he doesn't always make it up to the top but he tries over and over. Sydni goes up quite a way but she hasn't quite made it to the top yet...but she looks adorable trying.

round rock express...

I got the kids season tickets to the Round Rock Express games this year...it's selfish on my part because I enjoy the games. The kids take turns going and sometimes we all go together. Sydni recently had Girl Scout day there and she got to go on a parade around the field. Jacob went with me to the party with the players before the start of the season and he got to meet Brooks Conrad, Mike Rodriguez and Hunter Pence. Caleb's favorite part is the 300 club where we get to go to the 2nd floor, eat popcorn, drink, watch the game on TV and play Pac-Man during the game. Caleb and Jacob were able to run the bases as Sunday's game -- they definitely enjoyed that.

girl scout camping...

Sydni and Diane went to their first Girl Scout camp-out at the end of March/beginning of April. They went to Bastrop with cousin Gaby and Lexi as well as Colleen and Aunt Yolanda. They had a great time and did lots of activities and hiking over the weekend.

boy scouts....

Jacob and Caleb have been enjoying their time as Tiger Cubs. They have learned about food groups (and tell us often how sweets are not good for us); taken a nature walk and recently visited a museum on the UT campus. We will be "crossing over" later this month and camping with other boy scouts at Lake Granger.

caleb at nascar

Caleb went to his first NASCAR race on the weekend of April 15. PoPo and I took him to Fort Worth with us to the Texas Motor Speedway. The weather was awful as we were driving in to town and we missed a tornado by probably between 15-30 mins. We got to our hotel without incident and went to bed early to get ready for the big day on Saturday. As soon as we got up, Caleb decided he wanted to eat at Denny's (his new favorite breakfast spot). We got to the races and Caleb was enjoying himself -- until we had to climb to our seats in row 60! It was a long climb up and we were all huffing and puffing by the time we got there. A cold front came through so we were all freezing as we were watching the race. ...Caleb took a brief nap and we left before the race was over because it was just too cold.

Sunday we got a late start and got to the race just in time for the start. Caleb enjoyed seeing all his favorite cars and drivers....#8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr...........#20 Tony Stewart...........#9 Kasey Kahne.........#22 "the CAT car" Dave Blaney. Of course, he enjoyed all of their stores as well. He had to get cars from all of these guys. He was right along side everyone else in cheering his drivers and booing those we don't care for (Jeff Gordon).

Caleb took another brief nap on Sunday during the race and thankfully the sun came out so it was a nice warm day. He's insistent that he is going again in November when NASCAR comes back to Fort Worth. ....but it will be Jacob's turn then.