2 More Weeks of Summer (but at least 6 more of the extreme Texas heat)

Yes I know it has been 6 (yes six) months since I've posted. Sorry. We've had a great summer. Matthew and I were going over the answer to the ever popular "Where did you go this summer" question his 3rd grade (yes third grade...) teacher will ask the first week of school. Well, we went to the beach the first day of summer for 2 nights where Marty attended the annual Southwest TX United Methodist Church Conference and the kids and I played at the beach - grandma, grandpa, and cousins were there too. We took a day trip to Austin to visit our friend's, The Zuniga's, newest family member baby Adalyn. Marty and I snuck-in another trip to the beach for the surprise wedding of his sister Kara to Mario. Welcome to the family Mario (and thanks for the new cousins - Marissa and Anabel)! Thanks grandma and grandpa for taking care of the boys for the night. We took an amazing trip to visit my brother, sister-in-law, and cousin JR in Alaska. The kids will tell you all about this trip - it was well worth the 14 hours in airports and planes to say the least. We visited the cousins in Ft. Worth for a few nights. This week we are off to our 2nd annual summer Houston Astros game - the boys are very excited and all but Colin and Marty have our Astros shirts and hats ready. I am actively avoiding thinking about the fact that in 2 weeks our Nolan will be off to kindergarten. That's a whole other post. I'll end here for now and try to get some Alaska pics up.