Who are these people who keep following me around?

Published on June 23, 2008 By Texas Wahine In Blogging

I tried and tried last night to post a slideshow, but for some reason I can no longer figure out how to do that. Instead, here are some stationary pics.

There are a lot...sorry!

Making Martians!

She LOVES Gwen Stefani! Enraptured, haha!

The boys playing at Pa & Gran-Gran's house:

Adrian with his parents at his sister's wedding.

Grandpa and Izzy:

One day of our trip to the panhandle, Adrian and I had a day with just us and the boys. Our Realtor gave us a $50 gift card to Chuck E Cheese as a "thank you" (AWESOME GIFT!), so we did Chuck E. Cheese and had tons of pizza and played tons of games for only 75 cents out of pocket! The boys used their tickets to buy something for themselves and a chunky plastic bracelet for their sister. So fun.

We also took them to the Panhandle Plains Museum at West Texas A&M and we went down into Palo Duro Canyon. It was a fun, hectic day, and it was nice to have a day that was just about the boys!

This was parked outside the museum, haha. Some super cool person's personal vehicle:

Walking a trail inside the canyon:

In retrospect, not the safest photo op:

Xavier's birthday is this month, and he decided he wanted to celebrate it at Pa & Gran-Gran's house. He wanted a Guitar Hero party.

Adrian and Pa baked the cakes and I *attempted* to cut and paste them into a guitar. Not my best work. Haha.

Mmmm...cake!

Back at home...Father's Day;

The boys like watching Daddy open presents.

Pa and Gran-Gran sent us home with a pool. Fun!

Messy Mac and Cheese:

And, Daddy is a horsey!

Just a few pics of our summer so far! Thanks for looking.

Comments

CharlesCS

on Jun 23, 2008

These are great pics. Your little girl is adorable.

1 piece of advice though, a tripod for the cam to take auto snaps or a photographer, at least 1 picture of you with your family you know.

Texas Wahine

on Jun 23, 2008

Thanks. I think she's pretty cute, too!

I am always the photographer, and rarely in any pics unless they're self-portraits. Haha. I think I have a tripod somewhere but it seems like a hassle to bring it out or carry it with me.

I would rather see pics of Adrian and the kids anyways!

Tova7

on Jun 23, 2008

Now you tell me. What child wouldn't want to be born into such a fun family?

Great pics!

CharlesCS

on Jun 23, 2008

Looks like you guys got Family Fun Time every day. Wow, to be in the presence of such a car as the DeLorean. Talk about lucky.

Tova7

on Jun 23, 2008

I forgot...that cake is totally rockin!

I have tried many times to do cakes, and let's just say...they were fugly. hahaha

Texas Wahine

on Jun 23, 2008

Tova: LOL. I think it's a sign of immaturity on my part. Hahaha.

Thanks, re: the cake. The kids usually want a party that doesn't exist and we have to make it up, including a cake. In some ways I think it's more fun, because a lot of love and effort goes into the party and cake but the decorations and cake don't look as nice as the ones you can buy.

Xavier was happy, though. I'm glad they have low standards! LOL.

Have you ever worked with fondant? I think it makes such gorgeous cakes, but there's no way I could do anything with it. I am just not skilled with baking and baking-related activities. Haha.

And I'll bet you're being modest about your cakes. I've yet to see you fail at anything. I'm telling you, you and LH are like superwomen.

Charles: It was fun. We packed a lot into a few days (I don't have pics of everything), but it was nice and it was great to see our extended family again.

The Delorean was a neat surprise. It even had the boxes on the dash for all the read-outs.

Locamama

on Jun 23, 2008

Thanks, re: the cake. The kids usually want a party that doesn't exist and we have to make it up, including a cake. In some ways I think it's more fun, because a lot of love and effort goes into the party and cake but the decorations and cake don't look as nice as the ones you can buy.

The cakes that made with love are a million times better than store bought. That's my opinion anyway. I have made some hideous cakes in my time. The worst was supposed to be a snake cake made with two bunt pan cakes cut in half and laid out like an s shape. It came out looking more like a mutant caterpillar cake. Xaviers experssion in front of the shamrock cracked me up. I wish I were smart enough to post pictures on JU let alone a slide show. Maybe I'll post a link to my flickr. That's about the best I can do. It's fun peeking into your life Miss Brandie.

Texas Wahine

on Jun 24, 2008

LOL, I somehow seriously doubt Miss Crafty messes up cakes!!

The snake sounds very ambitious. I am NOT good with cake stuff that involves cutting pieces and putting them together.

My mom is a genius with cakes, and when she is around it is always tempting to let her take over, but she is always very encouraging and knows that it is important for me to do it myself, even if she could have done it better.

Xavier's shamrock expression is his default expression. "This is lame. My life sucks. When are we going home?" Hahaha. Poor kid.

You should post a link to your flickr. I love seeing pics!

RoyLevosh

on Jun 24, 2008

We also took them to the Panhandle Plains Museum at West Texas A&M and we went down into Palo Duro Canyon.

Hey! I been there!

dynamaso

on Jun 24, 2008

Awesome pics, Tex. You guys always look like you are having heaps of fun. Thanks for sharing these moments.

Big Fat Daddy

on Jun 25, 2008

Great lookin' family, Tex, how come the mom never gets in there? No one else in the neighborhood uses a camera? Life Happens has a pretty good camera and she loves to snap people and kids and stuff.

momijiki

on Jun 25, 2008

I thought your cake looked pretty great.

Nice pictures!

InBloom

on Jun 25, 2008

I enjoy seeing your family pics. Everyone looks like they are having a fun, relaxing summer thus far.

foreverserenity

on Jun 25, 2008

Nice!

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