Fun in the sun at Grannie & Papa's

We had a great weekend in Houston before sending Kaden off on his big adventure with Grannie & Papa. He's traveling cross-country in the RV up to New York for Zachary's 3rd birthday. He needs his own blog to tell his stories. Along the way he's made stops in Kansas to see Gram-Gram and all of his aunts and uncles. We miss him terribly, but know he's having a great time!

Sorry for the poor quality from my phone, but check out our little fish. Kaden can swim the length of Grannie and Papa's pool, even with his shades!

The Four Amigos

We had a great visit. Just wish they lived closer! :)

Fun with the cousins in the backyard.

Zachary and Kaden - best buddies

Kennedy is all smiles

Chloe is much to busy on the phone to get silly in the pool.

She prefers gymnastics

Go Zachy!

The Milonovich Family visits the Lone Star State

Chloe and Kaden performing synchronized sliding.

Out on the town for dinner. We're suckers for any establishment with a playscape.

Grannie and the boys taking a break.

The Farmer's Market at the Triangle

We're so fortunate to be able to visit our friend Peggy every Wednesday. She sells mushrooms at the local market.

Peggy and the kids goofing and running!

NIGHT AT THE BALLGAME

We had a great time at the local AAA baseball game - the Round Rock Express. It has a lot of fun kids activities (playscape, bouncey castle, climbing wall and even a pool!) We watched maybe an inning and a half, but thoroughly enjoyed the fireworks after the game.

MORE 4TH FUN!

Aunt Nancy - Papa wanted to know if this was reminiscent of Seagraves, Texas?

Kaden's fireworks show

Much to Papa's dismay, he's a pyro like his mom

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

We had a great 4th, celebrating with a bbq, watermelon and fireworks. The Austin floods let up for a few hours of sunshine. Thanks for joining us Grannie & Papa and Ahrey & Tricia!

KADEN & MOM AT THE ROLLER DERBY BOUT

Kaden with two blockers from the Hustlers

Ahrey gives Kaden a push on the trike during halftime.

Bat-watching at the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin

Every night between March and October in downtown Austin, almost a million Mexican free-tailed bats emerge from under the bridge, hunting for dinner. It is estimated they consume from 10,000 to 30,000 pounds of insects every night. We had to curtail our evening because Kennedy got sick. (Worthy of another posting, but we'll spare you the details.) Instead you can enjoy a pic from Kaden's light show. Check out this site for pics of what we would have seen:

http://www.io.com/house/bats1.html

Saturday fun in downtown Austin

Checked out the Farmer's Market. Kaden participated in a watermelon eating contest. Then, we had to cool off in the fountains. Hard to see in the pic, but Kaden has donned a blue bandaid. He had an altercation at school last week while playing "spiderman."