Thursday, March 25, 2021

Spring break with family, part 2

We did a fun taste test with the kids one evening. We picked up hamburgers, chicken nuggets, and fries from five different fast food places (Wendys, Jack in the Box, Sonic, McDonalds, and Whataburger). The kids decided to use masks for blindfolds and were given a bite from each place and had to rank which was their favorite burger, nugget, and fry. Surprisingly, everyone voted Wendys for best burger and chicken nugget! 
The kids (and adults too) loved going to the elementary school to play Gaga ball!

Henry brought along his recorder so him and Claire put on a little concert and played Hot Cross Buns together!
We planned an early Easter egg hunt for the kids. They had to read a riddle together and try to figure out where the next egg was hidden. After finding 30 eggs with minimal help, they found their treats!
The kids all put on their face masks they got in their Easter gifts for a picture. Creepy photo, I know!
Once Mom and Bob arrived, we went to play 3 games of laser tag. We had lots of fun and Claire thought it was the best idea to target Grandma the entire time!






So thankful to have this week with family! As always, it went way too fast but many great memories were made! God is so good to us!

 

Spring break with family!

We were blessed to have Shannon, Owen, Ellie, Harvey, and Henry visit us for spring break this year. Grandma and Bob came at the end of the week too! The kids spent lots of time outdoors riding scooters, taking the dogs for walks, feeding the ducks and turtles, and of course swimming and enjoying the hot tub!
Claire introduced her cousins to Comet!


Never too old to wrestle with your cousins!





We went to an escape room and failed to get out in the hour we were given, but we had a fun time trying!

 

Matagorda Beach with cousins!

The day the family arrived, we headed straight to the beach. We had never been to Matagorda Beach so we thought we would try it out. Turned out to be wonderful with super soft sand and hardly any people! The kids all had a great time and the cold waves didn't stop them from boogie boarding most of the day!










 

Friday, March 5, 2021

Trying out basketball!

Claire has been learning some basketball techniques in PE at school and wanted to so shoot some hoops. It was fun to teach her a few moves and relive my middle school years!



 

Brr....down to 11 degrees overnight and no power for 42 hours!

Mid-February we had the coldest freeze since we have lived in Texas. It got down to 11 degrees overnight two nights in a row! We lost power for 42 hours and our house got down to 40 degrees inside. We were super blessed to have a generator and enough gas to keep it running so we could keep the pool equipment from freezing and busting. We plugged in the fridge and the only space heater we had. We kept the heater in our bedroom which allowed that room to stay around 50 degrees and we spent most of our time in the bedroom just to stay kind of warm. All of our plants died and I am pretty sure our trees won't make it either, but we have a house to shelter us and we are all healthy and safe, so God has blessed us greatly!
Of couse Claire had to get out and make some snow angels! She did a pretty great job!
No salt on the roads down here...the roads were solid ice. Thankfully Jeff brought me into work both days and there was minimal traffic.


This is how we dressed to keep warm in the cold house. During the day it didn't even feel cold outside because inside was almost the same temperature!

 

Valentine's Day

Claire seemed to enjoy her Valentine's Day gifts. She got a huge bag of Starburts-pink only...
Some Krabby patty gummies that turned out to be super disgusting (gotta give Mom credit for trying)...
and a mini sandwich maker so she can easily make grilled cheese a a quesadilla. She has used this a few times and loves it! Guess two out of three isn't too bad!



 

Silly Claire

We enjoy the moments when Claire still likes to fool around with her parents...they are becoming less frequent since middle school began. Have to capture the moments when we can!

Claire was having fun dancing with Belle. It doesn't look like Belle was enjoying it as much as Claire!