Summer Sum-up

I get a weekly e-mail from baby center and Friday it said,
"Where, oh where, has your baby gone? You have a full-fledged toddler living with you now"-Tell me about it! I haven't blogged in two months?! I just read my last post, and I don't even think I can list all of the words Lindsey is saying now! She is repeating a lot of what we say, putting two words together, and she is super smart! Today she saw a cowboy hat in the laundry room that I got the other night at a PTA meeting, and said, "Mimi's hat" because my mom brought a similar hat to the lake last week. Very sharp, Lindsey!






















So, what have we been up to...??
Jared went to Baylor Basketball camp the last week in June. He had a good time- they really wore him out! He especially enjoyed the last day when he got his basketball autographed by the Baylor players and got his picture taken with Coach Drew, Grant Teaff, LaceDarius Dunn and Mamadou Diene. Remember, he is my sports FANatic!!










































Over July 4th weekend, we went to Austin for a quick day trip. We stopped at the outlet mall in Round Rock, then went swimming with Carrie Youngblood and Laura, swung by Leslie's apartment, and headed home. We watched fireworks downtown on the 4th.

























Look at Lindsey's face! Do you think this girl likes to swim??







We also had a mini "stay-cation" and visited the Waco Mammoth site and drove around Temple, Belton, and Killeen one weekend. We ended up eating at Dead Fish Grill, which is a restaurant with a huge deck overlooking Lake Belton.






















































Then, I took the three kids to Houston for a week to visit Mimi and Pa (once they finally got back from their trip to Alaska!). We all had a nice time- the kids got to go swimming, bowling, to the movies to see Despicable Me, and to an Astros game with Pa. I had some mini-reunions with a couple friends from elementary school, and two from high school. We also had lunch with Grandma and Grandpa Jones!
















Wow!
I didn't think we did that much stuff this summer, but this is turning into a super long post!!

Got back from Houston in time for a visit from Uncle Matt, Kenzie, and Taylor. We swam in the back yard Saturday night, and went to the Mayborn Museum Sunday.











































For our "official vacation"- the first week in August we drove up to my grandparents' lake house in Livingston. (We stopped to say "hi" to Sam Houston in Huntsville on the way there). The kids got to do some fishing and swimming. We hadn't been there in 5 or 6 years! My parents came and spent a couple days with us there, and then we both went home, regrouped, and met at Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels. Everyone had a great time there! We spent the night, and went to Natural Bridge Caverns the next day.

























































































Now we're gearing up for school to start. So far, we're signed up for flag football, soccer, cub scouts, gymnastics, and Mother's Day Out. Here we go again!!