Finally!

Where to start! It's the end of August & this has been the busiest month!

We FINALLY got moved into the new house earlier this month, we were here for about 2 or 3 nights & went on vacation for 5 days.

Between moving, unpacking, then packing... it's amazing that I really didn't forget anything. (Thanks to my handy little checklist, I managed to remember to pack everything we needed for vacation!) We headed to Houston or Alvin where Josh's sister Barbi lives. We stayed with her for a couple of nights. We went to Chuck-E-Cheese the first night since the kids were AMAZING on the drive down there! The next day we went to Galveston (this was at Brie's request) to the beach. We found a place where you could just park your car right up there on the beach & it wasn't crowded at all there was definitely less than 10 other cars there. It was quiet & nice. The kids had lots of fun playing in the sand & catching the waves! It was a GREAT family outing. We went to the Aquarium at the Moody Gardens... the kids especially liked getting to touch a starfish while we were there! The day after the beach was school shopping day... we went to San Marcos to the outlet mall there. We found some amazing deals at the Children's Place. We made our way to Austin to the Lone Star Camp ground where we stayed in a cabin! We did absolutely nothing in Austin except relax & swim!

The kids thought this helicopter was cool! It was on the back of a semi

Riding the horse at C-E-C

Brodie also riding the horse at CEC

The boys LOVE to play shooting games!

Barbi & Brie being pirates!

I'm not a big fan of bridges especially when there is water underneath. I did manage to get a picture going across the bridge!

Entering Galveston

Seawall

Brie kept saying, "I can't believe it, I just can't be live we are here at the ocean!"

Brodie was asleep & didn't even know we were there!

Our sandcastle complete with a moat


Brodie taking it all in.


Looking at the shells they had collected

Picking up seashells

Splashing in the water

He had fun splashing & letting the waves hit him

My bunch at the beach

Brie touching the starfish... she made me touch it with her

Brodie touching the starfish... I helped him because I was afraid he would be rough.

Looking at a bunch of fish

A beautiful beach house!

Brie also went to cheerleading camp a couple of weeks ago. The last day parents could come watch, we invited Shoni & her boyfriend Casey. Needless to say she got a little performance shy!

She did the cheers with her hands over her eyes, she would keep one hand over her eyes & do the motions with the other!

with Casey & Shoni

Brie also started kindergarten this month. It was a little sad but I managed to make it & of course she did too! She likes it so far & is enjoying her teacher. We started homework tonight (reading for 20 minutes).

First day of school pictures!