Last Days of Summer at the Beach

Yesterday, we met up with friends at Grandbury Beach.

There is something about sitting in water that is so relaxing and just what I needed.

Ofcourse the little kids had a blast.

So, did the big ones.

 
Our last trip out to Grandbury Beach was about a year ago.
Here is the blog post. 

Our Idea of a Good Time

One of our favorite family pastimes is putting puzzles together. I feel so smart because I can put a 24 piece kiddie puzzle together, like nobody's business!

Collarbone Update: 
For the most part, Cheyenne can still do a lot of the same things she did before she broke her collarbone, she just has to modify. She still moves her lower arm around, more than I'd like her to ---  although, I have not seen her swing her arm away from her body (that tells me, she is still in pain. She also tells me too). Next week, we'll see her pediatrician, so I'll have more information on how it's healing.

Dakota, was all impressed by our puzzle skills. I know, we're good.

And then she just watched us and ate her hands.
Devouring her hands, now that's her favorite pastime.

Our Labor Day Looked Like This

I guess you could say, this weekend was about trying new restaurants and here's another one we tried, Grumps.

Did you know, Cheyenne is now an expert at opening peanuts with one hand? And Dakota is the sleeping expert in our family.

How do you like your adult beverages? Strong or weak? 
Trey and I shared this massive margarita. I'm a lightweight when it comes to strong alcoholic beverages and the fish bowl was just too much for me. I like my drinks strong enough, just to taste the flavor, but when the room starts moving -- it's time to through in the towel.

Dakota Was Mistaken For a Boy. It Happens.

My cousin Jeremy and his wife Jerrica, recently bought a house, in the DFW area. Their new house has a pool, so yesterday, we were all over that...

Jerrica and Dakota.

My uncle and aunt were also in town, they live in Port Lavaca. I love family time. I just wish more of my family lived in the area. Jeremy and Jerrica live semi-close, but they are still about a 45 minute drive from where we live.

Awwww, look at their amazing pool. I want one!

We watched the boys play an aggressive game of volleyball.

Dakota and I relaxed by the pool. She was perfectly content eating her hands and watching the boys. She was wearing a Cowboys onesie. Guess who dressed her? Jerrica's sister told me, "What a cute boy!" I was like no, he's a she.

Cheyenne didn't let her broken collar-bone stop her from getting wet. She just wasn't as active as she normally is. We took her sling off and she played on the ledge.

What are your plans for today????
I'm not sure what we are going to do. So, far we are relaxing at home.

Family Date Night: Fancy Pants Edition

This evening our little family went out to eat at the keg steakhouse and bar. It's a fancy steak restaurant, I was really impressed. Trey doesn't take me out much. I'm kidding, but really, I'm more of a Chili's, Logan's or Pizza Inn --- kind of girl.

The lighting at the restaurant was pretty dim, Trey had to use his flashlight on his phone to read the menu.

We had a wonderful experience at the Keg and the food was heavenly. I highly recommend it for a date night or family date night too (why not?). We took the kids.

I'm not sure if they always do this, but our waiter brought out a kid appetizer for Cheyenne.

What's your favorite cocktail? I usually stick with a margarita. Have you ever had a bellini? I tried one for the first time, tonight. It's a sparkling wine and peach purée cocktail. It's an A+ drink, in my book.

Herb Garlic Shrimp appetizer -- this was all mine. For the main course I tried the filet mignon wrapped in applewood smoked bacon. Mmmmm, b-a-c-o-n. The only thing I didn't care too much for was the dessert. It's probably because I overloaded my taste buds and by the time dessert rolled around, my taste buds were like, noooooo -- we can't take anymore, too much stimulation! Ha, maybe.

I'm stuffed with food! Now, I must run 100 miles, this week. I'm kidding! But really, I ate enough food to sustain me, for at least a week and a half. All I want to do is this....Dakota knows, what's up. 

Fall into Fall & Goodbye Summer

This is what excites me about fall: sweaters, running, crisp mornings, drinking warm drinks and not sweating, jackets, hats, walks with Cheyenne.

To welcome fall, I have to say goodbye to summer. Even though it was one of the hottest summers, I have ever experienced, I will miss it. Here is the last batch of photos from our Port Lavaca trip. Goodbye pool time.

Hotel Pool

 
Hey, Bella it's not so bad, if you jump right in...
Like this...



My child stole the hotel toliet paper.
Why? Why not.

Straight-Up Gangsta

So, apparently my family is packing these days. They are concealed hand gun license -- crazies, not to be confused with the mexican mafia.

Nothing says family-time like going to the shooting range and busting some caps.
Family Memories!!

Up until, Labor Day Weekend, I never shot a gun. I gave it a try and LOVED it. It felt empowering. I know Trey loved it too. He's been talking about getting his concealed hand gun license for over a year now. He really wants a gun and talks about it at least once a week, but I have mixed feelings about it. However, if someone else has a gun, I wanna play --  I'm just not crazy about owning one.

Uncle Luis giving me some pointers: A family that shoots together stays together.

Dress Wearing-Texas-Gangsta, Ya'll!

Wassup!

This gun had some kick and I refused to shoot it. No thanks.

Brian telling Trey how to shoot this monster

A nice little hobby

Okay, I'll admit it -- shooting guns felt great, but someone please tell Trey he can't have one.

I know what he's thinking and this answer is NO, Trey you can't have one.   :P



Adam recording video, of Jerrica
Josiah Shooting

Check it, three orange men up...

Three men down...

Tyler is probably wondering - What are you aiming at? Tyler, I don't know.
Adam was telling me how to adjust my arms because that was my first rodeo.

And this was the last gun I shot....Oh, wow --- how many guns did I shoot? I lost track.