Cousin Sadie came!!!!

Sadie (and Cory and Tiffany for paying....)  THANK YOU for coming to visit us!!!!!  Mimi and Papa - thank you for bringing her down here!!

Ms. Abby goes to Washington!

 

This year, Abby saved enough money to pay for half a plane ticket to go to No. VA to visit her Grandma and cousins.  She flew all by herself for the first time.  Needless to say I was a nervous wreck - but Abby's text when she got there was "I made it in one piece!"  

Abby had a great time with her g-ma and cousins for a week and then Jack and I flew out for a second week.  We really crammed in the sightseeing this time!  We went to Hershey Park, PA with Takemotos and McMullin kids - a great amusement park.  Thanks, Grandma!!  Both kids loved the rides!! 

Mount Vernon

Abby is not happy to have her picture taken, once again!!

Abby and I drove to all the big monuments on Sunday evening!

We also were able to go to several museums, Mount Vernon, monuments, etc....  The weather was gorgeous!!!  We loved driving around in Grandma's convertible as we toured the monuments downtown:)  

Girl's Camp:)

This year was Abby's first year to attend Girl's Camp for our church.  She was pretty nervous about going - she is not exactly an outdoor girl:)  But she did great and loved it!!  Way to go Abby!!

Tour of Texas

To start summer off this year - we took off 2 weeks from "life" and embarked on our "Tour of Texas"!! We were so excited to travel in our new travel trailer and discovered a new world of traveling!! We started off visiting a small town called Bandera, Texas - in the middle of the Texas Hill Country. About 45 miles west of San Antonio. It is BEAUTIFUL!! The RV park was called "The Farm" - we loved it!!
We then headed west to Muleshoe, Texas for the Lange Family Reunion. It is always fun to be in Muleshoe. Tons of cousins, farms, games, food, and good people!! I don't know who was more excited to drive the tractors - Jack or Frederick! Thanks, Noah, for a fabulous ride!! Frederick also got a chance to fly his cousin Edward's plane.

After the reunion, we headed to South Oklahoma to a Bluegrass RV park:) Needless to say that Frederick was in Heaven:) While Frederick played all day and all night.... I took the kids and we explored the area. We found a wildlife rescue zoo - it was... let's say... interesting:) The pictures say it all!! (read the sign!!)




After Oklahoma - we headed to Clifton, Texas to visit with Mimi and Papa. We love Clifton!! We even had a visit from the local police as we lit off fireworks in the driveway - gotta love it when the Mayor gets in trouble - sorry, Papa!! It was a great trip! We are hooked on the RV world!!

My Princess!

Abby had her Dance Recital and did such a wonderful job! Abby has been taking Ballet lessons since she was about 4 years old. She is doing such a wonderful job and we are so proud of her! When she came out in her costume, Jack ran up to give her a hug and told her she looked like a Princess! When we picked up her friend, she called her Cinderella. Abby LOVES recital time and really puts forth the effort needed. We are so proud of you Abby!!

Jack, on the other hand..... was a PILL today at his T-ball game!! He had missed a game and 2 practices and was NOT about to get into the game today! Finally I said I would run the bases with him - so he decided that it would be ok to play!! What a silly boy - but he sure is cute when playing:)

I am a blogger!!

So after much resistance, I have finally decided to start a family blog. Mainly because I am horrible at writing in a journal and can't seem to find the time to scrapbook like I used to. I think my biggest resistance has been that I don't want to find out things about other people online vs. by talking to them - we all need to try to keep in touch better:)
Anyway - I will give it a try and see what happens - no promises!