She Really Will Sleep Anywhere

When you're tired....

Night Swimming

Freya's Birthday Party!

We will be gone during her actual birthday and she really wanted to have a party here with her friends. So we had a bit of an early party with our Austin friends.


There was swimming, eating, karaoke, pink cake, eating, pink cocktails, pink Italian sodas. It was perfection even though I do say so myself! I love the aftermath of the cake eating.


Freya was so happy and we're still recovering from the soda/cake high.

Mom and Kid Camping Trip III

Why is it that most of the pictures of our camping trip are in the water? Well, I guess because there isn't much else to do and it was in the 90's.





Freya was spending some time with these dragonflies. So cute.




I think this last picture is right after a group of kids rescued Freya. She had floated downstream a bit. I wasn't worried too much, she was on a tube, but still...

Mom and Kid Camping Trip II

There is a huge rock in the middle of the river that the boys loved sitting on. I guess because it was slightly dangerous and they were away from us.

They are at that age where they so want to be independent but I am not sure that the mom's are ready for that. Well, I'm not, I worry. They had their own tent to share, went out exploring on their own quite a bit and had some freedom from the women folk.

This last picture is one that Jonah took of his friends when they were walking by themselves. I did end up with some other random pictures that the boys took. Things like; urinals, toilets, random butts, I'll save those for when Jonah has his first date.

Mom and Kid Camping Trip I

This is the second year we have had a mid-week camping trip. We plan it this way so the camp sights are a bit less crowded and also it is just the moms. Not that dad's aren't welcome, it's just nice to get some time with the ladies.

This river is so picturesque, the kids have fun, the mom's get to relax a bit. And the dogs really enjoy themselves.

I have so many great pictures this may be a three part post.

Swim, Bike, Run, it's a lot of fun!

A few weeks ago, Jonah competed in his first Triathlon.

The kids got real race bibs, had their numbers written in permanent marker on their legs and arms, wore swim caps. Oh and parents could not help during the transitions. It was the real deal!

It was so cute to see all these kids having a blast but also being so serious. They started the race off by sliding down a huge twisty slide, swimming in a warm pool, then did their bike and run segments.

Jonah was so pumped up after the race that he said, "next time, I am going to save my money for a road bike and train real hard!"

He definitely wants to do it again.

Barton Springs

Sunday we headed over to Barton Springs.

We love to swim here, it's really big (over an eight of a mile long) has fish and plants to look at and a relaxing atmosphere. The pool is spring fed so it is pretty chilly, about 68 degrees. Once you commit and get in, it's not so bad.

I love to go swimming there, such a great long swim uninterrupted by the turning that you have to do in regular pools.