Yogi Camping

This weekend we went camping. It was a cold weekend for camping, but as usual we had a good time. Collin got on Saturday (and is actually still sick on Tuesday). So he didn't get to have too much fun. He did go fishing and catch a fish.

Tommy and Jill hanging out by the fire on Friday night

Bryan and Jill Halata

Rusty about to tell us a good story

Jill made Rusty a OJT baseball cap since he got it stolen by Tim at the Christmas party

Kid photo with yogi

Collin and his FISH....

Tim, Tommy, Rusty and Brian playing washers before the Crawfish boil.

Special thank you to Tommy and Brian for making great crawfish. Everyone enjoyed it.

Keri and Rusty taking the kids to the petting zoo.

Another great camping trip!

Spring Break - Great Wolf Lodge

For Spring Break we went to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine Texas. We met Tim's Sister, Kelly and her family. Two of her kids and Collin have birthday's close together. Grandma A and Mikey sent up this birthday celebration. This place was amazing. The hotel has a an indoor water park. We had a great birthday get together and fun, fun at the water park.

Thank you, Thank you, to Grandma A and Mikey for such a wonderful time.

Our first visit to the water park

Kayla, Collin, Ethan and Timmy



This rope walk was a big hit with Kayla and Collin Tim and Kayla waiting for a slide
Collin, Kayla and Ethan waiving under water at Tim

Birthday Celebration at Grandma A and Mikey's house...

Jonas Brothers

I am behind on the posts but here are the pictures from the Jonas Brothers. We went on Sunday March 8th. The Jonas Brothers really put on a cute concert. There were so many young girls screaming for them.

It was cute to watch the kids enjoying themselves and singing to the songs.

Kayla, Tim and Collin enjoying the show

Collin and I smiling for a photo

Wow the past few days have been busy

To start off it is Monday night and Collin just had his first official Little League Baseball game. Boy was it fun. Collin was 2 out of 3 with one run. His first hit almost made it to the fence. He also made an amazing play at second base. He stopped a ground ball and threw it to first base to get the batter out. This sounds like an easy play, but for first graders that was a BIG DEAL. Here is Collin just before his big play.



Another great thing happened today. We got our counter tops installed. And our sink installed, just not hooked up. I hope we will have that in the next day or so. All we have left is getting those few things hooked up, the back splash, microwave installed, trim work and floors.



On Sunday night we went to the Jonas Brothers. I will have those pictures up soon!

On Saturday we had Kayla's first Volleyball game for the season. Unfortunately, I was not sitting in too great of a spot for pictures. I will do better next time. Her team didn't win, but she played great. She was one of the only players to volley the ball back over the net a few times and make most all of her serves. Her team name is the "her"-icanes...



Also on Saturday we had opening day for Little League Baseball and the school carnival. So Tim and I had to split up and go two ways. Here is a picture of Kayla on the rock wall. She made it all the way to the top she is in the purple shirt.



Tim and Collin had the parade. Collin road on a boat with his team and threw out beads.



Then they had all of the teams show back up to the sportsplex for introductions. We are in the Rookie League and our team name is the Hooks. Notice Collin is about a head length taller than most of the players. All the same age.

Kayla hanging out before the fireworks.

Tim and Collin after the introductions.

Sunday, February 15th

It is Sunday evening and just about time to wrap up the evening and go to bed to get ready for another work week. BLAHHHH, not exciting.

Our cabinets have come in. They are very pretty. We hope they will be installed this week. We are doing a little better in the kitchen now. We have the refrigerator in the kitchen and we now have the stove hooked up. That has been nice.

I had hoped it would be nice weather this weekend to work some in our back yard. It really took a beating during the hurricane and we have focused so much on the inside that we have not done anything outside. Tim was sick this weekend, so we probably would not have gotten much done anyway.

I miss camping, we haven't been in awhile. So on that note here are a few pics from old trips...

This is way back when we first started camping. This is a picture from 2005 when we went to Rusk State Park.

This is Collin, Cousin Alyssa, Cousin Isabella, and Kayla.

This is also in 2005 in Galveston. We are going to miss Galveston. They are saying the park will not be open for about two years. We love going there every year.

Hope everyone has a good week!

Family

As I was growing up my Grandmother always told me "Family is the most important thing you have." Well as I have grown older I have also figured out that time is also very valuable. I always want more time, so I can spend it with my family. I have also figured out as I have grown older and wiser that I have a great family. I treasure my mother. She is the perfect example of a mother. She is given her entire life to our family and always puts family first. With my dad comes this huge family. A family that I have never seen anything like. They will do most anything for one another. When my husband came into my family he was a little overwhelmed, but he has grown to love this big group. He even says he has never seen anything like it. Sometimes things happen in life that make us realize how lucky we are to have what we have. I feel very lucky to have such a great family!

Here is some (not all) of my family -

I love them all!

Best In Show

Collin and Tim got best in Show at the Pinewood Derby. The pack meeting started with awards and Collin got his Bobcat Patch. Then they went on to the Pinewood Derby. Our car was #605 and it raced 7 times. It won 1st a couple of times and then 2nd for the rest. It was a fun time.