Toy Story 3

This Monday, the older girls and I met up with our friends, the Westinghouse girls, at the Silverlake Theater, to see Toy Story 3. The girls had been bugging us to take them to see this movie for a while now. But we always had something going on. So this Monday was the day.
The movie was great. I loved it. There were parts that tugged at my heart and almost made me cry! But...not so much...But there were also parts that were kind of "brutal" for kids in my opinion. Leanna was screaming throughout some parts. She was grabbing my arm, while Kayla was on my lap yelling too! It was crazy! But it is a good movie.
Kayla is desperately asking for a Jessie doll and Bullseye horse for her birthday. We'll see if I can find that for her this week! In the movie there was a not so friendly or loving bear named Lotso, whom the girls do not like at all. So, now every time they misbehave, I tell them that I am going to bring them a Lotso bear home! Isn't that awful?! But it works!!
Anyway, after the movie, we went to Chick-fi-la where the girls played with each other for over and hour and a half. We really haven't seen each other since last year, I think, so it was great to catch up! I can't wait to hang out again!

Battleship trip & Father's Day!

To keep our girls busy and entertained we try to do at least 1 fun thing as a group each week. Well, this week, we chose the Battleship & San Jacinto Monument. That was our plan...but with 3 girls, things change...at the very last minute!

We got to the Battleship around 1ish. Things have changed since I last went to see it. For instance, now you have to pay to park! What is that about?! You have to pay $1 per adult! I know the $ is used for maintaining this enormous vessel--but seriously?! Moving on...Now admission is $10 per adult---kids are still free, which is great since we have 3! So after James, Pat and I get our "admission token" we walk aboard this massive ship. the grown ups are excited of course, hot but excited. The girls--a whole different story. They are not very interested in the ship at all. Here are the ?s I had to try to answer:

Why is it this color? What are the big guns for? Why doesn't it move? Why does it look old? Why is it boring? Why isn't it moving?

Besides the battleship ?s, I also had to hear this:

I'm thirsty! I'm hot! I don't want to be on here anymore! Can I get some water? It's too hot to be on here. I don't want to down the stairs. Carry me up the stairs. So on, so on...We have total girlie girls in our hands. They were not in the least bit interested in the fact that this ship is almost 100 years old. They didn't get interested in the big cannons, or the bunk beds, the kitchen, or the huge anchors. They did get excited in one room--I'm not sure if it was the Captains' Office or what, but it was a room with a nice dining table and some silver tea sets, as they called it--the Tea Room. That was the most exciting for them. As you look through the pictures, you will see grouchy looking girls...

And as far as going to the monument--Yeah, we didn't quite make it there. They didn't even want to go. Leanna quickly reminded me that she had already been there last year! But we still took them to the park part of it to try and feed the birds. And that was a bust because the birds wouldn't get near us! very different from those Galveston sea gulls that's for sure!

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We spent our Father's Day at mom's house. WE hadn't really planned much, but we always just head out to mom's! All the family was there. my mom and sisters had prepared a delicious brisket dinner for the daddies. And there is always too much food there! And on this Sunday the topic was the World cup! Once that conversation started in the dining room--I went outside and let the girls swim. I enjoy soccer, but too much is just too much! Anyway, it was Father's Day--so let the men enjoy the conversation/argument! Haha!

Here are some pictures from the pool...
Look at Mia! Happy Father's Day!--Waaaa!

This one is funny--the girls decide to "walk" on their Tio Omar's back! They did this about 4 -5 times--he didn't even care! He's a softie at heart!

Oh on this day, Kayla decided to try swimming...and she did it! Pat would stand about 4 feet from the stairs and she would swim to and from him! Amazing! He said it was her father's day gift to him! I guess so, since we still owe him a gift. I know it's sad...but shopping with 3 girls for guy stuff is just not my cup of tea! I am going to shop this week..a.s a matter of fact, I might shop online after this post!;0)
I hope everyone had a fantastic day with their daddies!

Saddle Ridge Ranch VBS

This year's Vacation Bible School theme was"Saddle Ridge Ranch." And normally I don't work it, but they needed more people. So I worked 3 of the 5 days of it. And I think I had just as much fun as the kids that attended. Leanna went all 5 days, Mia went 3 days, and Kayla got to go on the last day. She got a stomach virus the day before VBS started. So she had to stay home. But at lest she got to do the petting zoo, and pony ride! I want to say that over 160 kids attended, and I think they raised about $600+ for the mission! Isn't that awesome? These are kids raising this kind of money. They would bring in their change and fill up the huge Ozarka jugs with all their coins. I think the boys raised more than the girls did. But that's OK, maybe next year the girls will dominate!
Anyway, I do have to say one thing about this VBS. I am really impressed how much goes into it. It was really special. I was very impressed to see how many of the church's youth kids were volunteering for it. And the church really goes all out for it. They they theme everything. They had painted murals all around the walls of the church, they had western stuff all over the place, including blow up & stuffed horses, bales of hay, a fence post area...it was just too cute. Now I wish I had taken pictures of everything! Maybe next year! Here are few random pictures from the week, but mostly from the last day. Enjoy!

This is one of the paintings on the wall...super cute right?On the last day, it was Family Fun Day. There was a petting zoo, pony ride, and other games..oh and hots dogs and treats! It was a blast. Pat even got to enjoy the last day of it!

The pictures are not in any order. I had the camera first. And Kayla was in my class. Then Pat got there with Mia, so he took her to do the activities. Then he took her to class, and waited for Leanna's class to come out. Anyway, excuse the randomness of them!

Great Job Shadycrest--this VBS was awesome!! Oh and it was funny because Kayla only attended the last day and her name got pulled for a drawing of Legos! How cool is that?!

All Around Summer Fun

We have been trying our best to have fun this summer without going to spend money! The girls have been swimming, we have been going to the library, we've been to the splash parks, and we've been to the parks.

A few weeks ago, we had decided that the girls both needed to get bigger bikes...Kayla was still riding a tricycle and Leanna was still riding a small bike. Well, we didn't want to get brand new bikes. So I started looking on Craig's list for a bigger bike for Leanna. And I was having no luck whatsoever! I even looked in about 7 garage sales. And still no luck. So I decided to stop at our local Salvation Army--and guess what? Leanna got a "new" used bike! It was priced at $25, but with a discount, Pat got it for $20! What a deal! And it happened to be a Cinderella bike-her favorite princess! Double score! So we have been enjoying the parks a lot more now that they can both ride their bikes while Mia and I walk!



The next few pictures are from the Pearland splash park. We've been there about 4 times so far..and it never gets boring for the girls! Here are some from a birthday party we went to. It was at a gymnastics place, so I recruited Joan to go with me for support! Thanks Joan!

I am sure there will be more pictures of our busy summer! It has only begun, and it is already wearing me out!