Christmas 2018

Our first family Christmas in San Antonio! We had so much fun and definitely helped break in the new house. Nothing like a fire in the microwave, the kids "testing" out all the new furniture,  Dad and my brothers slinging pizza flour all over the kitchen floor, and of course, Bob and his leaky bladder.  All in all, everything held up and we made great memories of our first Christmas in their new house. We were so fortunate to have my grandparents from Florida with us for the holidays. It was a full house of family, fun and a lot of cheese. 

Seriously. 

Happy hour with an epic cheese board every night.

 I'd say that makes a Merry Christmas. 

I'm kinda in love with this view. Hill country living was pretty relaxing.

We arrived just in time to see their pool getting filled. So, of course, the kids had to test it out. 

It was coooooold.

This is how they got their faces wet. lol. 

Just life-guarding over here.

Did someone say happy hour?

Christmas Eve - one of my favorite family traditions!

Prepping the dough. Steve took footage of the evening...wondering if that video will ever surface?

Hayden decided she was obsessed with this booster seat. 

Mainly because Cora was using it. oye.

And these were the cutest boxes that Claire made for all of the kiddos! Each box had Christmas jammies, cozy socks, silly glasses, reindeer food, a themed mug with hot cocoa & fixings. They were ADORABLE and my kids were so excited! 

This little guy loves a theme! He was so excited to bust into his new jammies!

Cora wasn't into the picture taking.

AND then Claire whipped out sugar cookies for the kids to decorate! It was kinda late at this point - the kids actually were asking to go to bed...so we ended up decorating them and leaving a plate out for Santa. Oops!

 Santa came!

Christmas morning was filled with lots of excitement - love watching the kids open their gifts. We spend the morning playing & eating. Perfection. 

My sweet three. 

Pro Papu & Pro Yiayia with three of their grandkids!

Merry Christmas to All!

Claire's Baby Shower

The first weekend in June Hayden and I headed down to San Antonio to celebrate baby Cora!

We flew from Dallas to San Antonio Austin. (Apparently there was a plane stuck on the runway in San Antonio, so the airport was shutdown and we had to be rerouted.) Instead of waiting at the Austin airport, Rob offered to pick us up and drive to New Braunfels where my dad and brother picked us up! While all this was happening Claire and my mom ran out to buy Hayden and myself clothing to wear to the shower - since our luggage was still on the airplane! What a morning!

Claire and her twin sister, Audrey

Two Haydens :)

 Hayden (boy) thought Hayden (girl) was pretty cool because she carried Cars toys in her purse!

Love this sweet display of Claire's weekly baby bump pictures!

Claire & her mom and sisters!

Can't wait to meet baby Cora! 

On Sunday we headed out to Cordillera Ranch to see the lot where my parents future home will be built.  We ate lunch at the clubhouse and then headed over to the pool. Can't wait to spend time here soon!

Standing on the lot!

Claire & T

Spring Break - San Antonio

My brother, Steven, and his wife, Claire, invited us to come and visit so we decided to make San Antonio our Spring Break destination this year! Wohoo! The boys were so excited the entire week leading up to our trip. Ryan told his class and teacher all about Uncle Steve and his magic m&m tree*. 

*The M&M tree came about because Uncle Steve would give the boys candy every time he saw them - specifically m&ms. He would randomly send them pictures of himself eating m&ms and told them that's what he ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner. He said that he even had a tree at his house in San Antonio. And that stuck. 

My mom hitched a ride (with a friend) up to Dallas so that she could help me drive down to San Antonio with the kids.  We left Sunday morning around 10:30 and got to Uncle Steve's around 2:30/3pm. When we arrived, Uncle Steve took us out back to check out his M&M tree. Pretty cool tree, huh?

So of course we picked some fresh m&ms. 

We played and then headed out for fajitas and ritas at El Chaparral. 

Our first day we checked out the neighborhood park and played in the backyard. The boys played on the slip n' slide for over an hour...they loved it!

That night Claire's sister Jillian came over and bought her new kitten, Felix.  All three kids were obsessed. Especially Hayden. 

I have never seen her focus on anything for as long as she did on little Felix. 

After a bit, Felix needed a break, so they put him upstairs so the crazy kids couldn't get him. We ate dinner and then had a water balloon fight! 

On Tuesday we headed to the San Antonio Zoo

Since it was Spring Break it was pretty crazy but once we got inside it wasn't too bad. The main issue was that I completely forgot Hayden's shoes...and she kinda hates being in the stroller so that was fun. Luckily she is obsessed with her Papu and he was able to hold her most of the time. Every once in a while he needed a break and she was a little escapee. We eventually found some sandals at a zoo shop but they were pretty horrible and would hardly stay on her feet. #sigh

Other than that minor mishap we had a great time. The San Antonio Zoo is a smaller zoo but they have a handful of larger animals that the Dallas Zoo does not have, so seeing those guys was pretty cool! 

My favorite were the hippos!!! 

They were doing a live encounter with this guy...

The Nile Crocodile.

We checked out most of the animals then headed back home so this little lady could get a nap. 

On Wednesday we headed to Morgan's Wonderland. 

This park is awesome - it is the worlds first theme park designed with special-needs individuals in mind and built for everyone's enjoyment. The kids had so much fun and it was nice that it wasn't too crowded!

On the ferris wheel. Ryan loved it, but Grayson and Hayden wanted me to hold them tight. So sweet!

Claire's mom and sister came over for dinner that night. All the kiddos had so much fun with Georgeanne. 

Happy St. Pattys Day! 

We took at walk to the local library for toddler story time. Grayson wasn't feeling great, I think all the activity was catching up with him so he wanted to stay home with Yiayia. Ryan and Papu read some books and played in the kids area while I took Hayden to the story time. I was so impressed with it - we sang songs, read books, and then had play time! 

Playdough, sand table, building blocks, puppets, toys...a toddlers dreamland! She loved it!

In the children's area they had a lego table too...

Of course she loved running off and hiding in between the book shelves. 

For dinner we headed to The Pigpin. They have drinks, live music, a playground for the kids and food truck style food - perfect!

Ryan thought this chair was pretty cool. 

And this girl was all over the place! 

Friday morning we packed up this crazy crew and headed north to Austin. 

Big hugs!

We had so much fun visiting Steven and Claire in San Antonio and can't wait to go back!