Happy Birthday Jessica

Love Lauren, Emma and Bill.

School Pictures Are In!

I was waiting anxiously for the girls' school pictures to arrive. They turned out great!

Memorial Day events

While Jessica was away this weekend the girls and I had 3 busy days. Here are some pictures of our weekend.

Early Saturday morning we went to the park:

Then we went to Chuck E Cheese:



After Emma's nap we got all ready for the pool, sunscreen, suits, snacks etc... and when we got there it was closed because of Thunder. We went home and they played in the yard waiting for it to rain. We only got a few sprinkles...
Sunday morning we went next door, while they were on vacation, and enjoyed their trampoline and then went back to the park.


In the afternoon we went to see their friends Grace and Carter and had a great time at their house. We went to a bounce house place, but it was closed, and then ended up at a indoor Jungle Jim place. The kids all had a great time. We went back and had dinner and then played for a while. Thanks again Ray and Erica!!!

Monday morning the girls wanted to have breakfast outside. Lauren wanted a coat but I wouldn't give her one because it was 70 degrees.
After breakfast we went to the park and played until lunch.
The girls wanted to have another picnic so we all ate lunch in the front yard.

After Emma's nap we went to the pool for about 2 1/2 hours and I wore them out. They found so many friends there from school and the neighborhood. Delia, Cole, Aiden, Maren, Jonas, etc...

I was very proud of myself for cooking for the girls by myself for the last 6 days so to celebrate we went to Rudy's for dinner. The girls ate more that I have seen in a while. I finished before them and I am a slow eater.

We had a great time but we are ready for Mommy to come home!!!!!!! -Bill

Funny Video

I thought this video was pretty funny. Like MTV cribs but for the savers out there like me. -Bill

Un-Broke: The Seth Green Cribs Edition - watch more funny videos

Upgrades to the Golf Cart

I added the last thing that was a necessity on the golf cart - a stereo system. I bought a set of wakeboard speakers off Ebay and a stereo from Best Buy and impressed myself by doing the installation. The original plan was to mount the speakers to the side rails but it didn't work so I had to improvise. I went to Home Depot and bought some PVC pipe and used it to mount the speakers. The girls love the music!! -Bill

How did a cat get on my list?

I started a list of things we need at the grocery store and when I came back to add more Lauren had added CAT to the list. -Bill

Lauren ties her shoes!

Jessica got a call from school today from Lauren. She was very excited because she tied her shoes for the first time. When I picked her up she untied my shoe and showed me her new skills. -Bill

Wow rain in Texas?

Since it hardly rains in Texas the girls were very excited to see the huge downpour we got last week. -Bill

Fun at the park

They wanted me to drive the golf cart around with them on the top. I figured a good compromise was to let them sit up there for a few minutes. -Bill

Fun after School

Just like our friend Erica we have to find ways to beat the heat in the afternoons. The girls wanted to use the slip n slide after school last week and had a great time. -Bill

The girls love the wii

Both of the girls love the wii and figured out how to bowl by themselves. Lauren got a strike her first time and Emma picked up a spare. Not bad! They will have to practice to beat Jessica. She is the best virtual bowler in the house. -Bill

My Wii Injury

I tend to have the most random foot injuries, and this one takes the cake. Bill purchased a Wii this weekend, so Saturday night we played tennis, bowling, and boxing. As we played, I got more into it and animated in my movements, thinking the more I moved and swung my arms, the better my Mii would play. No to the better playing but yes to a busted sesamoid bone in my right foot. I was so into my tennis serve that I landed funny on the hardwood floor and thought I just jammed my big toe. I put on a pair of heels this morning and thought I was going to die. 4 x-rays later and I've got the most ridiculous fractured bone due to a video game?!?

Mother's Day Tea with Lauren

Today was Lauren's turn to host me at her school for Mother's Day Tea. We spent time in her classroom coloring the US map. She would draw a line dividing the state in half so that we'd each have a section to color. It was very fun. After that, we went into the common area and ate our brunch and had tea/orange juice. We had a fun table of girls and moms.

Weekend Update

We had another pretty busy weekend and you will find that they all will consist of outdoor activities in the morning (not as hot), then pool or boat in the afternoon. Repeat until October.

Friday after work we all went to the pool for 2 hours and then had a late dinner.

Saturday morning I took the girls to the park, on the golf cart, while Jessica did some yardwork. In the afternoon we went out on the boat. Jessica and Emma finally went in the water. The water was a little cold (74) but should warm up soon to the 80's. We left the boat around 6:00 and then went to Carlos and Charlies for Dinner.

Sunday morning we went to Church and then Jessica had the great idea of putting new mulch in the front of the house. I didn't realize that we were going to remove the old mulch because we have never done that before. That was not fun... At least it looks nice. In the afternoon we went to the pool and stayed until dinnertime. We went to Chuy's for Mothers day and then went home and crashed from a busy weekend. -Bill

Mother's Day Tea with Emma

Today Emma's school class hosted a Mother's Day tea. I spent time with Emma on the playground, in the classroom where she showed me all her work, and finally going into the common area to have tea and sandwiches. It was so fun. Emma mainly worked on all water-related material, and she really liked pouring my tea for me.

Lauren's Registered for Kindergarten

I've been anticipating this day for some time when I would be signing Lauren up for kindergarten, but I did not anticipate it being so emotional for me. I found myself getting choked up after leaving with my kinder prep kit folder...thinking about her walking into a school of 400+ kids, navigating the halls with 5th graders, and figuring out how to get to the YMCA program in the gym after school. When did time decide to fly by where Lauren is old enough for kindergarten? If I'm this moved by just signing her up, I'm going to be a complete wreck on the first day.

Her school will be brand new and is being built as I type. It will be ready come August 24th, but the paint may still be wet on the walls. Here is a picture of it from the community pool. It is probably the size of my old high school.

200th Post - Fun with Stats

So this is our 200th post. We started the Blog on May 5th 2008 so it has been almost 1 year. Thanks to Google analytics I was able to pull some interesting stats.

• We have had 2924 visits from 790 unique people. Averages about 8 people per day.
• 95% are from the US but we have visitors from around the globe. The top ones are Canada, Brazil, Spain, UK, Argentina, Italy, France, Germany
• Most people come from inputting web address, link or bookmark but a few come from random google searches. My favorites are: "First black eye" and "my last day at Dell"
• 20% of our traffic comes from our friend Erica. Thanks Erica

We don't get that many comments but would welcome more.

Thanks for Visiting. -Bill

Waterfest 2009

Jessica had another Spa morning on Saturday so I took the girls to Waterfest. It was put on by our local water department to promote water conservation. We stayed for about 2 hours and had a great time. They bounced in a moonwalk, ate free Rudy's, played games, did bubbles, ate a free snowcone and popcorn, met fire fighters. When we were playing on the construction equipment Lauren kept asking "Daddy are you sure this is safe?" I told her only today. She told me she just pushed a button and we better go before something happens. -Bill