Galveston Trip

Way back in June when we had family in town we drove down to Galveston to play at the beach. Here are Isaac and Mitchell and their grandpa playing in the water.
Gracie had so much fun swimming in the ocean.
Isaac and Mitchell liked to spray the water and splash but they mostly sat and ate snacks.

We decided it was time to go home when the Jelly Fish were coming out by the dozens.

Isaac, Lizard hunter

Isaac was on bug catching kick a few months ago. He then decided that bugs were not cool anymore, and wanted a lizard. We have a ton of these little guys running around but they are really fast and really hard to catch. But with some patience and a strategy I captured him one. He carried it around for hours, he was so excited to have a lizard, but after a few hours of captivity he wasn't looking so good so we released it, but sad to say I don't think he made it. Isaac now says he wants me to catch him a frog.

Gracie's Baptism

Gracie with her Grandma & Grandpa Tippetts. It was so much fun having them here.
Gracie with her Uncle Paul, Aunt Amy, and cousin Luke. Thanks for sharing her special day.
I can't believe she is growing up so fast!
Gracie with her little Ansly. She wanted a picture with Ansly on her big day.
Brad and Gracie all dressed in white.
Gracie with her brothers above, and our family below.
Gracie turned 8 on May 22, and was baptized on June 6, 2009. She had a great day and she was so happy, we are so proud of her and we love her very much. We are so thankful that she got to come to our family, she is so sweet and such a big helper.

May in a nutshell

We aren't normally able to celebrate our anniversary, with Gracie's birthday the day before. But this year we had the time, the money, and someone to watch the kids. We were able to go out and do something to celebrate. I can't believe it's been 9 years. It's gone by so fast, but it seems like we have always had eachother.
We just took eachothers pictures, we weren't brave enough to ask someone to take one for us. We went to Kemah boardwalk, it was a lot of fun.
Gracie got the movie "Bolt" for her 8th b-day from her grandma and she was very excited about it.

Gracie with her cake that a friend was nice enough to make. I heard it was super yummy, I am regreting not eating any of it. Gracie wanted to light her own candles and gave up after almost burning herself.
Mitchell hanging out at the end of school year picnic. He enjoyed his 6 weeks of school.
Isaac and "his" Anna. She is so cute! They are great friends and love to be with eachother.
Isaac graduating from pre-school. He is going on to Kindergarten next year.
For Gracie's Celebration of learning day, they had a few plays and each child had a part. She was the 1st little elephant in an adaptation of " The 3 little pigs" She did a great job.
Gracie waiting for her turn. She sure looks cute, and it was very creative of her to wear grey to school that day. ( the jacket came off after, way too hot to leave it on )
Gracie getting an Amazing Author award. For being very creative and had a great imagination. Her teahcer said she wrote some of the best stories she has ever read.

A few announcements

First of all for any of you that have heard me say how addicted I am to candy, I would just like to proudly announce that I haven't had candy for 13 days now. I thought I was going to go crazy the first few days, but it hasn't been too bad since.  I'm sure I will eat it again some time, but I will eat a few pieces here and there, and not eat a whole bag at a time. ( which I did very often). Until then I'm not eating any. Hopefully this will help me on my quest to be a little more healthy. 

The Second VERY exciting thing is that my Brother gets home from his mission in Rio de Jeneiro today! I am so excited that he is coming home. I wasn't able to go up to Utah to see him home, but I am hoping to see him soon. I just am so proud of him and want him to know how much we love him!!!!!!