Our little Austin Adventure

Summer is coming to an end and I am starting to get a little restless. Since we have had our house on the market (yes still on the market :() all summer, we have tried to get out of the house so I don't have to constantly clean it! We have done EVERYTHING and the boys (and me) are getting bored!!! So I found a park that I thought looked fun in Downtown Austin complete with fountains that the boys could run around in and cool off. I packed a lunch and we were off..... the park was great, had a great view of downtown, only one (or two) little problem....

That is right, off for repair..... two sad, hot little boys!

But there was a cool hill you could climb to get a great view of downtown

and a little pond where we saw some turtles

The boys ran around the fountain to see what it would be like if there were water and decided they liked it and we could come back another time when hopefully it will be OPEN!

The other little problem was there was no where to eat our lunch, there was very little shade and no picnic tables that I saw. So we hiked back to the car and had a picnic while I drove home.

Tyler and Carter's Homemade Pizza

This blog has been titled by Tyler himself! Today the boys made their own lunch for a change!!! They had so much fun creating their masterpiece and had more fun gobling it all up! Amazing how they eat everything on their plate when they make it!

creating....

ready to cook!

finished product

I also got a little crazy and actually make something from a recipe I found in a magazine for dinner tonite. Those of you that know me know that I hate to cook so this is pretty huge for me! It actually turned out pretty yummy if I say so myself! I actually blanched something (had no idea what that was until today)

July 4th Family Reunion

We started a tradition 3 years ago with a Wilson family reunion at my parents lake house. This year we super fun despite no water being in the lake! It is so sad to see Lake Travis so low, you can't even get a boat in right now. The weekend was filled with family, fun, sun and lots of food and drinks! Can't wait until next year, hopefully we will be back in the water!!

Take me out to the Ball Game.....

We are definitely taking advantage of the Round Rock Express Baseball club being in our backyard. We have been to more games this year than we have since we have lived here. The boys absolutely love everything about the games. They are so family friendly. We normally sit on the grass with our blankets, but last night we had seat tickets since we were there for a company function. I have come to terms with the fact that this is my new life as a boy mom and I love it. I apologise now to my friends with girls for the day that I start the wave at their dance recitals. :)

This is as far as he got! ha ha!!!

Before after LOL!!!

Before After!!!!

I am not sure who loved this one more Tyler or Brad!!

40 the new 30

A couple of our friends turned the big 4-0 this month so we helped celebrate with a fun cruise on lake Austin.

Summer Time Memories

My pictures would not cooperate :(

Camps, Swim Lessons and Fun in the Sun is what I remember about summer as a kid and it is all coming back to me as my boys enjoy their summer! Tyler is enjoying vacation bible school at our church right now while Carter is enjoying some alone time with mommy. He has already snatched Tyler's car seat while he is at VBS! Guess it is time to move him to a booster!

Tyler is getting so old, VBS is getting me ready for what Kindergarten is going to be like next year. He just walks in and goes to his class, barely even tells my bye :(

Carter is in his 4th week at Nitro Swim and is doing awesome! He has moved right along and is in level 4. The other day we were at our pool and he was jumping in from the side and swimming (with no floaties) to us!! I am so proud of him.

Slammin' Jammin'

Tyler's last day of basketball camp was today. He had a Slammin Jammin good time. It was all week from 9-12. They learned all the basics of basketball. The coach was awesome, he was able to get 80 plus kids from age 5-9 to actually listen and do real basketball drills. I think I am going to invest in a whistle, that might be the secret or maybe it was the push ups he made them do when they did not listen (LOL). Tyler really enjoyed himself and I think Carter kinda liked the alone time :)

Tyler with his buddies, Ryan and Cade

The Campers