The Weekend FIVE 11.13

1. Ryan's Veteran's Day Parade

On Friday morning Ryan's school hosted a Veteran's Day Parade. The kindergartners and any veterans are invited to 'parade' through the hallways of the school. They finish in the auditorium and perform a few songs. It was really cute & special! We are so thankful for all the veterans (past & present) who have served our country! Ryan has two great grandparents (both still alive, but unable to attend) that served for our country! I made buttons so that he could honor them as well!

2. Austin

We left Dallas right after school got our and made it to Austin around 7pm-ish. We spent Friday night in Austin at the Paprocki's house. The kids were excited to play with each other...and of course the adults were excited to have a few drinks and relax. I didn't really take any pictures but after a low-key night we packed it up and headed down to New Braunfels for Wurstfest. 

We had lunch at Adobe Verde before heading to the festival. 

3. Wurstfest

I blogged about our Wurstfest shenanigans here. You can also see last years post here. 

4. Feeding deer & picking lemons!

Natalie's parents graciously invited the crew to spend the night at their house in New Braunfels and it was so much fun. The kids had so much space to run around together and they loved being outside - picking lemons off the tree and feeding the friendly deer!!!

Hayden wanted to sit with the big kids too!

They really wanted to make a lemonade stand...

5. Dinner at Gigi & Papa's

We finished off the weekend with a family dinner at Kevin's parents house. The kids played with all their favorite toys until the Hales arrived! Love having family so close and thankful for these family dinners we are able to have!

Wurstfest 2016

So it's our new annual thing with this crew - which is awesome because we definitely don't get to see each other enough!

Let the adventure begin!

We started out with a few rides! Hayden and Grayson were ridiculously scared at the beginning of this ride. They were clinging on to me as tight as they possibly could. Thankfully once it started they decided it was pretty fun! Whew. 

Ryan wanted Natalie to ride on the roller coaster with him

So happy to see Uncle Steve and Aunt Claire

While Ryan rode the little roller coaster, these two played with bugs & dirt. 

Grayson won a paw patrol! He was pleased as punch!

After she won her donut shopkin she ran up to Bryan and was giving him lots of cuddles!

 

Playing more games...

And of course these munchkins needed hats!

She was pretty pleased with her green hat and yellow feather!

G was pleased too!

After the kiddos ate, we took the them home and got them ready for bed. We left them with a couple of sitters so that we could go back to the festival and enjoy some adult-only time. 

Of course we brought our unicorn hats back...

Fried pickles - these were amazing. 

And then all the boys took the magical unicorn hats....

So much fun!

The Weekend FIVE 11.6

1. Red Ribbon Week at SJE

Red Ribbon week is an ideal was for people and communities to unite and take a visible stand against substance abuse. SJE's community showed their commitment to a drug-free lifestyle by participating in drug-free activities thought out the week. 

Monday: (Halloween) Say Boo to Drugs! Wear a Halloween or Fall-themed shirt

Tuesday: Sock it to Drugs! Wear crazy socks

Wednesday: Hair's to a Drug-free life! Crazy hair day!

Thursday: Put a cap on drugs! Wear your favorite hat!

Friday: Stonewall Stars are RED-y to be Drug-Free! Wear lots of red!

 Here is Ryan with his buddy Cooper. 

Ryan wanted to wear this Shamrock hat which he says "Is special to me because my Papu gave it to me". What a sweet boy :)

2. Houston

Since Kevin was taking the boys camping over the weekend Hayden and I decided to make a trip down to Houston! Of course one of our firsts stops was Lupe Tortillas!

We also rounded out the weekend with another trip :)

3. Hanging with the Aston's

Hayden and I had so much fun with the Aston's. On Friday afternoon we played in the new house and then we hit up their school carnival!

Hayden was a huge fan of Caroline's barbie's!

Caroline won a goldfish! yay! lol. 

Checking out the goldfish. It died about an hour later. 

4. Camping

The boys headed down to Purtis Creek for a little Friday night camping. 

Of course they started with some fishing...these kids LOVE fishing!

Apparently Grayson put himself to bed. He was tired and told Kevin he was ready...and then hoped in the tent and went to sleep. He takes his sleeping seriously. 

And some more fishing in the morning...I swear they did more but apparently this is all that was picture worthy. 

And this! Ryan's fish! Woot Woot!

Saturday  night they were back home.

This is the crew that they go camping with (invited by Uncle Michael). Such a sweet group of kids - obviously ours are the youngest but they are all so sweet to them!

5. Flying with this nugget

On Sunday we flew back to Dallas

Hayden was a little bit of a hot mess since we flew during her nap time, but a little chocolate chip muffin and a movie was all she needed to relax. 

She's not afraid to get comfy!