Summer is here and I am way behind on blogging.

It has been a LONG time since I've blogged!
The last several months have been a whirlwind!!!  We have had birthdays, Christmas has come and gone, The school year has ended, and more!  I will just update with some of the present activities that we have passed.



In May Rick and I went out to Portland Oregon to see Augi (Rick's son) get married to his super sweet wife Jenn.  It was absolutely beautiful out there.  It was dreary and rainy but so pretty.  We had a nice time getting to meet their friends and Jenn's family that are out that way.

One of the awesome Highlights of this last month was JC graduated Kindergarten!!!

I can't believe my littlest baby is now officially a 1st grader.  The time is flying by so fast I can't keep up!  He has had such a fun time in kinder it was a great first step for him in his learning journey!  I am so excited to see the growth and learning that he has been going through.  Eevie is officially a 9th grader (HIGHSCHOOL!!!)  And Ricky is officially a 6th grader.  He has one more year until Middle school.  It is CRAZY!

We have had lots of baseball and softball stuff going on.  JC finished his season and has had his end of the season party.  It was so fun to see him and his team mates learn so much this season!  His coach is pretty awesome!  We had the pleasure of being on his basketball team and seeing what a fantastic coach he was, it was great to be on his Baseball team too!

June 7th was Ricky's 11th birthday!  ALMOST A TEEN AHHHHH!!!!

Rick had to work on his birthday so we got to go up to the station and have cake & ice cream!  He felt like a superstar!  We have been super blessed to have great firefighters at Rick's station and able to spend time with them like family.  

Rick had his last baseball game, no party yet...It is later.  They finished in 2nd place out of their division for their age level.  They played a great season!  So proud of these boys and their awesome coaches!!!  Of course I am a little biased since Rick was one of the coaches, but the other coach was amazing too!!!

Eevie's Softball team played one heck of a season too!!! They finished in 1st place overall for their age division.  It was fun watching her play this year.  She just had colorguard tryouts for highschool and made it!  So far this summer she has had a busy one with all of the band stuff and colorgaurd that she has to be at!

I think that pretty much wraps up the last month!  I am sure I am forgetting something but as always my brain is about fried.

The Big Apple

We recently took a trip to the Big NYC.  It was so great to see all my family and visit for a bit.  We had so much fun.  Day 1 was mostly travel day.  We got up super duper early (I didn't sleep, like always when we go on trips and fly out early in the morning)  Our flight left at 7:00 in the morning so we had to be at the airport no later than 5:30 to park the car,  shuttle over to our gate, and check in.  The kids were really good.  It is so nice with them getting older and being so self sufficient.  They each grabbed their suitcases, backpacks, and we were off!

Day 2 was spent mostly sight seeing.  It seems like no matter how long I spend in NYC or how many times I visit, things never get old.  I can go the this cathedral over and over and if I didn't have the kids with me I literally could spend just hours looking at all the architecture in the building.  It is just breathtaking!  

As always the Subway is usually the hit of the trip!  My kids can ride this over and over.  We spent a lot of time on the subway going deep into Manhattan and all over the city.  

We also went to many MANY sweet shops!  We went to the M&M store (my hubby's favorite candy), We went to the Hershey's store (AND bought a big ole' bag) and we also went to Carlos' bakery from the Cake Boss.  LOTS of sweet treats!

 Day 3 was more sightseeing...we went to the Statue of Liberty.  This year we opted out of Ellis Island.  The kids had more fun climbing on the walls and running around then actually looking at the Statue of Liberty.  They did like the boat ride over though!  Boy...was I happy I brought the jackets.  It was a cold and windy ride over!

Day 4 we met up with a friend of mine from DFW and also took the kids to get trinkets from around the city.  It was so nice to meet up with my friend Brandon.  We had a late lunch at a place called Empanada Mama and talked about life.  It was a nice day.

Day 5 was laid back during the morning.  We had a big night at Broadway planned for the evening.  My aunt Nita was so kind to buy us tickets to see Aladdin (THANK YOU AUNT NITA!)  She reads the blog so a shout out is definitely a must.  I did laundry and got packed back up.  And that evening we were off!  

I will leave out the part where I almost got into a fight with a pregnant women in the line at Broadway... Ugh.  The evening was very nice and the kids LOVED it!  I was on my feet at the end clapping my  heart out.  It was wonderful and I highly recommend it.

Day 6 we had family come in from New Jersey and visit.  I packed the remainder of the stuff laying around since we had a late flight out that evening.  And all along I was thinking that our flight was leaving at 9pm and around 3 I double checked and our flight was actually leaving at 7!  I went into panic mode!  Luckily we made it and all was well.  

Fright Fest Kickoff & JC's 6th Birthday Party!!!

Once again I am playing catch up... we are just getting in from our quick trip to NYC but since I have a ton of other things to blog about I can't begin with our trip just yet.

First I will touch base on a little from the beginning of the month.

Our area put on a huge support the Police event that we went out to and got ribbons and bracelets and such.  So we went out there to show our support.  Then Rick and I took the kids to Fright Fest at Six Flags.  We have dare devil kiddos.  They ride anything that they are tall enough to ride.  We were so lucky that weekend.  It was opening day of Fright Fest and they're were no lines.  We walked right on to the texas giant TWICE!  

On Oct 5 My sweet little JC celebrated his 6th birthday!!! I can not even believe it still!  I say that every time any of my kids celebrate a birthday.  It just seems to fly by faster and faster.  He and 3 of his closest little friends and of course his family went to Chuck E Cheese and had a fun birthday party.  By the end of the day we were all Chuck E'd out!  We had pizza and cake and games and we were ready to go to the casa for some nice rest.  He had a fun time!