Sunday, August 16, 2015

Quick Stop in Utah

We made a quick stop near the Great Salt Lake, first up in the mountains at the Utah Sellers home in Heber, and then to visit Uncle Andy and Aunt Theresa down in the valley. The kids had a blast at both, and it was good to seem them all, if only for a short time. Thanks to both for letting these boys invade your homes!


The Sellers kids...






Went "fishing" with Uncle Josh and Mason... though all we did was lose a few things and never actually saw any fish.




Hung out at the playground on a beautiful summer evening...



And this is how Paul ended up in the hospital.


And then there's Adam... yeah.

So it was fun had by all. Hopefully we'll get to go back and stay longer next time.

The long journey up...

Our summer journeys are now over, but not without a lot of photos taken in the process. There are an unreasonable amount of photos to go through, so I'll probably never get through them all to actually post them. But I'll do my best. Here are the first few, some of which have already been posted on Facebook. The long drive to Salt Lake City took us through most of the state of Texas that we hadn't seen before... not that there was a lot to see that wasn't open land. We made it to Amarillo by morning, up from San Anton... but everything that we had, wasn't just what we had on, but most of it seemed to be packed into our minivan. We stopped at the Cadillac Ranch, where they were parking cars in the old bean patch (not really, but that's what Chris Ladoux said), and then went up to Dinosaur National Park. Good drive, long drive, rememberable anyway...


The cars were looking pretty scrapped after all those years of being stripped for memorabilia. But the boys were able to grab a few cans of spray paint to add to the art.


Adam signed this one... I'm sure it will last.


The Sellers family was here!




Not a Spinosaurus, but still a monstrous meat eating dinosaur, and a grilled cheese eating monster as well.


Why does it seem like we've been here before?


 Oh yeah... maybe that's it.


The little boy grew up a lot since the last time.


 In deep thought while examining the fossil wall.



Touching actual fossils!



Good trip, good fun, long drive, probably not the last one that these boys make though...

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Fourth, Fireworks, Fun


The Fourth of July came and went again. We went to a barbecue, watched some fireworks, watched some interesting people at the beach, and even bought some cheap Made-in-China American Independence Day fireworks for ourselves. It's a good time of year, whether you're a kid or not a kid. But these kids had a good time.
 

 
 





 
Gotta wave the stars and stripes on Independence Day!

Hot Summer Evenings

It's July in South Texas, which means it's hot again... which is wonderful (sarcasm). Actually it hasn't been too bad so far this summer, the evenings have been pretty nice and going to the beach and getting ice cream always helps.  The boys have spent their fair share of time in and around the water, and have spent their fair share of time eating ice cream and popsicles.



Adam has a drinking fountain problem... hence the water all down his shirt.


Even Farrah enjoys coming to the beach. Not really, she runs in terror at the first sound of waves and then won't come back.








Definitely something to be afraid of...


The blonde one likes his ice cream...


But who doesn't like ice cream? Sticky, running all over your face and your clothes, making a giant mess... I need a wet towel just thinking about it.

Sunday, June 28, 2015

A June to Remember


It's hard to believe the first month of summer is almost already over. It happens fast. But we've already done a few things this summer and snapped a few pictures along the way. The heat is coming soon, and probably some more rain (even though we've already been almost drowned out already). The boys are enjoying their time running around outside, cooling off with the garden hose, and of course, eating popsicles. Summer time is a good time.



Ready for the piano recital.



Living it up at the beach!


First place in T-Ball!!


Road trippin' out of state...



Just chillin' by the pool... eating a snack.







And I took a quick trip to Montana for my old friend Travis's wedding. The weather was perfect, the wedding was beautiful, and it felt good to be back home.


 
Gotta love summer time, whether it's up north or down here deep in the heart of Texas.