Night at the Gaylord

Our first visit to the Gaylord Texan was Friday night. We went for their SummerBlast party, it was a little garage top party that ended with a fireworks show over the lake. The kids participated in a hula-hoop contest and a lot of dancing. Audrey had a blast, she didn't even want to stop dancing when the fireworks started! The Gaylord has a lot of really great places for photo opportunities, definately a must visit during the day. Good news I picked up my camera from Best Buy, bad news is it still doesn't take photos at night that well. Or maybe it is still the operator? It was a great evening, we ate at the hotel and spend sometime cruising around the hotel lobby snapping pics. Bailey brought her friend Micah and they seemed to have a great time. Bailey even finished third in the hula hoop contest!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Today was a busy day for us, considering it was a 'vacation' day. We started this morning by dropping Sam off for what was a shearing to say the least. Poor guy, he was excited to go and definitely seemed pretty excited when we got home, but he looks really silly! By 10:30 we were all at Avatar for a haircut, 1PM Gymnastics camp, by 5PM we were at Pike Middle School picking up Bailey's schedule for school, 6PM pick up 'naked' Sam and by 630 home for drive-thru dinner. By 7PM I was ready to call it a night! That is when I heard it, the chiming song of an ice-cream truck. Ice cream trucks don't come to our neighborhood, we are lucky the mailman delivers here! I stepped outside to see if my ears were deceiving me and that is when I saw it. Not an ordinary ice cream truck, an ice cream truck that serves soft serve ice cream, dipped cones and shakes. An Adkins nightmare on wheels. I looked across the lawn and Bailey is walking in a slow trance toward the street. She is obviously as amazed as I was, it was like the Pied Piper, I wondered what would happen when she got the truck and realized she had no money. She came back to the house and asked if maybe he was lost. Lost or not, everyone in the neighborhood was out on the street getting their sweet treats! With that kind of welcoming I imagine he will be back again soon, too bad for my hips!

Today was the first day of gymnastics camp for Bailey and Audrey at Cross Timbers Gym. They were both excited and Bailey met a new neighborhood friend, Amanda. Audrey apparently wasn't in the mood to participate much according to the tumbling teacher, but I am hopeful tomorrow she has more fun at Splash Day!

Rangers Game

Thanks to Liz we had a great night at the Rangers Game last week, unfortunately I can not say the same for the Rangers. They lost game 3 to Detroit, but that didn't stop us from having fun. Bailey bought herself a shirt at the game and Blake refused to make eye contact with the camera. Liz and I discovered that August humidity is not becoming of Southern women.

photos courtesy of my phone

Fourth of July

What a busy day! We started out up at 8am to rush to Home Depot to do the Kids project of the month. Thanks to Amanda we had a cracker jack breakfast of donuts in the parking lot! From there, home to paint said projects and then KK spent 30 minutes cleaning the paint of the table from said painting event. Next pack and dress for swimming at Liz's, again A bailed us out with some sandwiches for the activty. From swimming off to the movies to see ICE AGE, from movies, off to Amanda's for a home fireworks display and pizza. I must say, I am ready for bed! Happy 4th!

Zoo mania

Sunday we had the pleasure of particpating in James Ryder's first zoo trip. The Fort Worth Zoo is always an experience but mix two toddlers, two preschoolers, a third grader, five moms, one dad, two wagons, a stroller and Gran and you are sure to have a good time. Little ones don't like to sit still for pictures so most of ours were on the go. Audrey, Holden and Mark Anthony finished out the day with an ice cream cone and a ride on the train.

It was definately a fun filled day!