Great Grandmother & Grandaddy

Here are some pictures from an evening we spent at Great Grandmother and Grandaddy's house.  The boys absolutely loved running circles around their house and playing outside.  We are thankful that the boys are getting to know their great grandparents even though they live so far away.  You can check out our last trip to the Valley (when I was pregnant with Benji) here and here.

Gladys Porter Zoo

While in the Valley we took the boys to Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville.  I was pleasantly surprised with the zoo and I am pretty sure the boys had fun, too!  Considering how cool it was on the beach it was nice and warm inland at the zoo -- crazy how that works! Looking at back at these pictures made me realize that my kids like head cut out boards and bronze statues of animals ;)

Hotel Swimming

Since it was pretty chilly down at the beach we were very thankful the hotel we chose to stay at had a heated pool!  The water was nice and warm, but we were keenly aware of the chill when we had to get out!  The boys love staying at hotels and usually say that is their favorite part of any vacation.  I am pretty sure that this one was no different.  A side note - my kids are fish and LOVE to swim!

 They love riding on the luggage cart!

South Padre Island

Back in May we took the boys down to the Valley to see Andy's Grandmother and Grandaddy.  While we were there we decided to spend a couple of nights at the beach.  When I booked the trip for early May it never dawned on me that it would be cold....  It wasn't freezing by any means, but it definitely was not beach weather!  Although we did not get into the ocean we didn't let that stop us from playing on the beach.  The boys had a great time just playing in the sand.  You can check out Luke's first visit to SPI beach here.

April Photo Dump

Turns out I didn't take a lot of cell phone pictures in April....

Benji was sick and was prescribed his first breathing treatments at home

 Baby Stetson was born April 18th!

 Look who we spotted while at The Children's Place -- the boys were excited!

 Luke asked to eat at Chili's after we stopped to visit Sarah and Stetson so I obliged

 We took the boys for some ice cream after the bluebonnet photo shoot since they were rock stars!