The water wagon. Our after dinner strolls this summer have been a bit more tolerable for the kids with their wagon full of water. Porter gets the credit for that one. The kids (and sometimes deer...eek!) love it!
Backyard swing: it took us (and by us I mean Porter with my nagging) all of Memorial Day weekend to pull this together. A definite backyard hit for the kids and their friends.
Homemade Pizza: Wouldn't you know I find one good homemade crust recipe (The Pioneer Woman) and I have gone a litte crazy. This summer it's either BBQ chicken (pictured), tomatoe basil, or plain ol' pepperoni. It's on our table so often, I think this trend might be wearing out it's welcome.
Schiltterbahn: You either love it or you hate it. Here's the deal, it's about a mile from the house, so we can steal an hour or two in the morning with the kids or we hit it after dinner. It's all about timing in this town. So there, we love it.
The River. now that Rhett can "swim" and Nina Lane and ride in baby preserve, it's so refreshing to run down to the river, plop the kids in for a mini swim, grab a snack and run home. The best.
4th of July decor.
My mom always sends a new piece of flare every holiday. This year's summer tree stars inspired us to throw a 3rd of July Party. (Hi Henry!)
Got the decor in the mail on a Wednesday, dreampt up the party on Thursday, and by Sunday we had a house full of friends!
Definelty will be putting this party in the "tradition" category.
But here's something that will always be a tradtion: Celebrating the 4th of July as a family. Nothing beats it.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Summer Loving
I heart summer. Even with it's brutal heat, drought conditions, this valley girl can take it. These are a few highlights so far:
In June we hit my friend Jennifer's ranch near Mountain Home. It's always loads of fun; so much so that I think I had time to grab my camera for like 2 or 3 shots total. As always we ate superb food, had time at the Nueces River, some exotic animal sight seeing (although Rhett swears he saw a koala?), and of course, the dance. 80's themed this year if you couldn't already tell by my awesome get-up.
Father's Day weekend, Rhett and Porter entered their canoe in our Landa Park boat parade. Rhett wanted a shark boat, so porter hammered away at a chicken wire frame. We wrapped that puppy in foil like it was nobody's business and then painted a little jaws face right then there- and that Landa Park Shark came in 2nd place! Nevermind that they were the only non-motorized vessel on the lake or one of three entries, they won lots of prizes and made the paper! Best Fathers Day Ever!
Our backyard has been home to many impromptu play dates. This seems to help us beat the heat. Especially when they occur after breakfast and involve some sort of water. Anything after 11 am and kids start to melt. Mothers start to get angry.
I hope my friend Holley forgives me for that picture. Well worth it: a few days later she gave birth to her beautiful baby girl!
And the book fair of 2011 must go down in blog history. After a few minutes of browsing our annual library book sale, my 2 1/2 year old son comes back with two chapter books: both on the civil war.
You can take the boy out of the south but you can't take the south of the boy. We named him "Rhett," for goodness sake!
In June we hit my friend Jennifer's ranch near Mountain Home. It's always loads of fun; so much so that I think I had time to grab my camera for like 2 or 3 shots total. As always we ate superb food, had time at the Nueces River, some exotic animal sight seeing (although Rhett swears he saw a koala?), and of course, the dance. 80's themed this year if you couldn't already tell by my awesome get-up.
Father's Day weekend, Rhett and Porter entered their canoe in our Landa Park boat parade. Rhett wanted a shark boat, so porter hammered away at a chicken wire frame. We wrapped that puppy in foil like it was nobody's business and then painted a little jaws face right then there- and that Landa Park Shark came in 2nd place! Nevermind that they were the only non-motorized vessel on the lake or one of three entries, they won lots of prizes and made the paper! Best Fathers Day Ever!
Our backyard has been home to many impromptu play dates. This seems to help us beat the heat. Especially when they occur after breakfast and involve some sort of water. Anything after 11 am and kids start to melt. Mothers start to get angry.
I hope my friend Holley forgives me for that picture. Well worth it: a few days later she gave birth to her beautiful baby girl!
And the book fair of 2011 must go down in blog history. After a few minutes of browsing our annual library book sale, my 2 1/2 year old son comes back with two chapter books: both on the civil war.
You can take the boy out of the south but you can't take the south of the boy. We named him "Rhett," for goodness sake!
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