Adler's Dance Recital

Adler has been taking a dance class since January and this past weekend she had her very first dance recital.  She absolutely loves dancing and seemed to enjoy everything.....the classes, dressing up, dancing on stage, and all the positive attention from her grandparents.

The only thing she was NOT thrilled with was taking these posed pictures.  I even bribed her with ice cream and she still barely cooperated.  But these 3 pictures turned out pretty cute.  Love that yellow costume!

Lining up to go on stage with her class.

waiting patiently for her turn to perform.

Proud daddy right after the recital!

Of course she needed to be thrown into the sky wearing her costume!

Adler with her Mimi & Olfa

   The best thing about living back in Texas is seeing my kids enjoy our family as often as they do!  It's so great to have almost the entire family present for events like this!

Adler & Grandma

Adler with Papa and Grammy

Adler with cousin Jordynn

Owen was nowhere to be found for these pictures!

with Uncle Brian



Take me out to the ball game....

We drove into College Station last weekend for an Aggie Baseball Game!!  This was our first time at the new Blue Bell Park and it was fantastic!

 I am so excited to be able to take Owen to all of these Aggie events!  The brainwashing has officially begun!

 The Ags beat Missouri 4-1!  WHOOP!

Owen ran the bases after the game.

 Thanks to my mom and Fred for the tickets and for watching Adler so we could enjoy this with Owen!

We found an Aggie mural and had to take a photo....that mural contest we took part in really stuck!

Field Day

Last Friday Owen's school had their annual Field Day.  Other than the weather being freakishly cold, the kids had a blast!

Owen was so excited about tug-of-war!  He was super disappointed when his class lost and was sure the other class had at least 10 extra kids helping them!

Three-legged race with Logan

Trying to stay warm

 They had a ton of fun games and races for the kids.  Everything from football tosses, kickball, hula-hooping, limbo, and the list goes on.  He was exhausted by the end of the day!

Here's the start to the long distance race

Here's the finish....Owen in first!

Visitors!

One of my besties, Tracy and her family, were in Texas recently and we were able to spend a little time with them.  Our days together made me really realize how much I miss having her around.  I look forward to the day that our families live closer to each other!

Adler and Cecily really hit it off!

Both of our families on the new playground!

Trying to get the girls to sleep!

We had a great dinner one night with Lacey and her boyfriend.  It was fun to have 3 out of 4 of our college roomies together!  Missed Melissa though.

 Zilker Park train ride

Owen was very captivated by Baby Ian.

Come back soon, Douglas Family!  We miss you!

Our Soccer Star!

Owen has been playing soccer for the past 6 weeks on the Warriors!  So far he's had 5 games and has one left this upcoming Saturday.  I don't think we're supposed to be keeping score at this age, but Owen will tell you his team is undefeated!  He's having a blast with it and seems to have some natural talent as well.  He loves to run fast and has a competitive nature, which both work well in soccer games.

At the end of every game the parents make a tunnel for the kids to run through.

Uncle Brian came to watch him play!

Proud family!

 I get so excited during the games and have to calm myself down so I don't become one of those crazy soccer moms!  It's just such a blast to watch him play!

 We are looking forward to one final game this weekend and Owen will have a huge cheering section, as all of his grandparents plan to come!

Aunt Madison came to watch last weekend.

New Playground

For Christmas Micah's parents offered to buy the kids a playground for our yard and for various reasons we just recently purchased and installed it!  We found this great deal at Costco and spent one weekend building it.  My mom helped us on Saturday and Micah's parents helped on Sunday.  By Sunday evening the kids were having a blast!

Adler has already spent hours on the swing.....it's her favorite thing to do!  Yesterday we took blankets, pillows and snacks into the second story fort and read books together.  I have been reading the Magic Treehouse Series to Owen and it was fun to pretend we were in our own magic treehouse!

 Thanks so much to the Langdons for such an awesome gift!  The kids are sure to enjoy it for years!



Texas Memorial Museum

Last week Owen's class took a field trip to the Texas Memorial Museum on UT Campus.  Adler and I joined the class and chaperoned for the day.  This is the first time I think I've ever been on UT campus and I felt like a bit of a traitor......it just felt wrong.  BUT, the campus was really nice and I'm glad Owen is getting exposed to any college campus, even if it is UT.  I do have several trips planned to Aggieland soon, just to even it out.  :o)

Logan, Owen and Adler having fun with the saber tooth tiger.

The kids had a scavenger hunt inside the museum, where they had to find certain fossils, animals and rocks.  It was a lot of fun for them and Owen hung out with his buddy Logan the entire time.

Owen's Kinder Class, acting crazy!