Trip to Fredericksburg June 2021

Our little (haha, big!) family took a trip to Fredericksburg, Texas at the end of June. We picked Fredericksburg because we had never been there, and also because Gramps and Gram were going to be camping at Enchanted Rock State Park. We wanted to be able to spend a...

Family date to the zoo

Chris’ day off during the week this week fell the day after our due date with Baby Cuatro. We decided that if I was still pregnant and didn’t have any signs of going into labor, we would take the kids to the zoo for a last family date day before the baby...

Christmas in Clifton

Every year our extended family rents out a couple of houses at the Texas Safari Ranch in Clifton for our Christmas celebration. This place is amazing! It is a working ranch and is home to both endangered species and species that are extinct in the wild. The best part...

We went to Lake Travis for Gram’s birthday!

Last weekend the kids and I headed down to Lake Travis (near Austin) to celebrate Gram’s birthday. Chris wasn’t able to come along because he had to work since he had already taken a long vacation in June (Gulf Shores). We were really sad that he...

Gulf Shores: Day 7

We spent our last morning in Gulf Shores at the Nature Center.     We got to see a baby alligator. He was pretty adorable!     The kids were really nervous about sticking their hands in this box. Luckily, it was filled with antlers and nothing that...

Christmas Day 2017

Christmas Eve was a sleepless night. Logan woke up at 2am and sneaked out of our room to see if Santa had come. Santa had already been to our house, and he of course got super excited and wanted to open presents. I was not about to wake everyone up (at 2am!!) because...