Squid

We took Kriste and Tyler to our favorite restaurant last night for dinner. It's The Eden Cafe - all the local folks - go eat there, it is awesome! Jon decided to order some fried calamari for an appetizer. We had the girls try it, and they loved it! Little fried squid legs and all.

time with Tyler

When we came back to TX on Monday, we brought our nephew Tyler with us to visit for a few days. We are having a ton of fun - he's enjoying playing outside in the backyard, and hanging out with the girls. We spent the day at the pool yesterday and had a marvelous time. He loved going down the froggy slide (even head first!). We are planning to hit the pools every day, if it doesn't rain. Kriste comes Thursday to get him and they will fly home on Friday. I don't know how Kriste does it with 3 little ones. I'm exhausted!!

Jakers

My nephew Jake cracks me up. Kriste and I took all 5 kids to Target on Sunday (yes, we are crazy). I had one of my 3 lebanese iced teas with me, and when I finished with it, I gave the styrofoam cup to Jake to keep him entertained while we were shopping. Although, I'm not sure why - we spent more time trying to find the lid he kept dropping than we did shopping! He got the top part of the cup torn off and decided to try it on. He is really so darn cute!!!

snowballs with Tia

While I was in LA to pick up the girls from my mom's, Ida was able to squeeze us into her very busy schedule. We are so glad that she did - we had a blast - she and I had a date on Friday night - a little Benihana style dinner and went to see Mamma Mia! which was awesome...we sang and laughed. A really fun movie. We stayed out till the wee hours, like we were young again! haha Then we met her for a little while the next day to check out her fabulous new house and had some snowballs before we parted. I had the green sour apple, which you can tell if you look closely at my lips and teeth. It was really good, but I wish I had known that it totally colored my mouth, I would have smiled without showing my teeth!!!

a short vacation

This morning my mom met me at the Big Star (that's what we call the rest area at the Texas/LA border). She's taking the girls to stay with her for a week. I'm not sure who is more excited - the girls, mom, or me! haha. They have big plans for the week, lots of trips to Walmart and the Dollar Tree are sure to be included. They are going to torture my poor father for a little overnight trip down to Hahnville where he's working. They are going to spend the night at the camper. I can't wait to hear how that turns out! haha But, for now, Maks and I are off to lay on the couch and watch tv...

an American Girl movie

Abby got some of our Brownie Troop together to go to opening day for Kit Kitteridge, An American Girl movie. It was just darling. The girls loved it, but not as much as me! Here are some pics Cherie took before the movie - we had a little too much fun in the theater...especially with the Hulk. Megan was mortified. haha!