Spring Break Wednesday and Thursday

We slept in on Wednesday morning and left the house at around 11. We headed to Costco; Micah and Sarah had never been. They ate every single sample that they were offered! Ha! It was almost embarrasing....

We filled our basket with a variety of treats and then headed over for "lunch" at their little cafe. They sell all beef 100% kosher hot dogs. They were very tasty for cafe dogs.

Nadiah was in entertaining mode and Sarah and Micah literally could not containt their laughter! I snapped some cute shots of their real smiles. I love this one!

Showing off....

On Thursday, I cleaned and got things ready for us to go to Disney on Ice (Thanks Sherri for the hook up)! Nadiah couldn't have possibly loved it anymore than she did! It was really cute, even the big kids liked it.

Her favorite part was Tinkerbell.... she's actually obsessed:)

See above for pics... I'm not sure what's going on with my pictures today

Spring Break Continued....

My pics are acting funny today.... oh well. The above photos are out of order...

After a fun filled Monday at Sea World, we started the drive back home. We made a pitstop for dinner at Auntie Anne's. We each got a pretzel dog, something to drink and a yummy pretzel! We were actually going to be secret shoppers for the spicy family.... but daddyspice was there. Once everyone was full, changed, cleaned up and potty breaked.... we headed home.

Our beloved 11 year old dog socks was being cared for by Adam (one of my former interns) and my sister. Adam got his wires crossed and left socks in the house from noon on Sunday to about midnight on Monday. Poor thing! She left us a little mess, but not too bad. WE FELT HORRIBLY!!!

On Tuesday, my sister and I took the kids to Double Dave's for lunch and then to the park. They had a blast! I love how well our kids pay together! We played on all 3 playgrounds at the park... we were there several hours and loved every minute of it!

still more to follow,

erica

Spring Break Days 3 and 4 Sea World

On Sunday and Monday we went to one of our favorite places.... Sea World. Sunday started out chilly and a bit misty; it was perfect because the park was almost empty! There was no wait for the rides and we had great seats for all of the shows! Talk about amazing! My camera was broken so no pics from Sunday:(...

Monday was much busier at Sea World. It was beautiful weather! We fed the dolphins


and the sea lions


and took pictures with Shamu


Here are the kids so done taking pictures! They were troopers!


Still more to come,

erica

Spring Break Days 1 and 2

We packed so much stuff for spring break this year that I'll need a few different posts to get it all in. On Friday the 13th, we picked up the kids at 10:30 (we made them stay long enough to be counted present for school) and headed to Round Rock, Texas. We met up with mommyspice, daddyspice, and spicygirl at their Pretzel Shop for a grand tour and a snack, We tried the world's best pretzels! We were thrilled to be with our friends again! Walt and I have missed them so much! We picked up pretty much where we left off and had the best time.

Before we filled up completely, we headed to the "Bunkhouse"; the spicy family lives on the coolest ranch! Micah and Sarah were AMAZED at the surroundings. The view from their porch is breathtaking! Nadiah and Hannah had a fantastic time playing with Spicygirl's Littlest Pet Shop collection. We chatted for a while and then headed to one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE restaurants, Chuys!

Walt hadn't ever been to Chuys and he is smitten! Ha! Our kids loved it too. There were 5 kids together that evening and they behaved so well! We then headed back to the pretzel shop to pick up desert... yum!



We spent the night at the Bunkhouse for our first night. We had 2 rooms all to ourselves to use (Thanks so much Mommyspice!), but our kids had their own plans for the sleeping arrangements that night. They voted that the boys would sleep in one bed and the girls would sleep in another.... that's great if you're not the mom of 3 girls! Needless to say, walt slept much better than I did that night:).

The next day, we chatted and hung out while the kids explored... they went out to see the cows, some wild pigs, and just about anything else they could find. They loved EVERY minute of it. It gave the parents a chance to hang out and chat it up.... so great!


We left around lunch time to head down to the Embassy Suites in San Antonio. That night we ordered room service and swam... our kids love room service:)

Nadiah and Sarah played fashion show and dropped my camera...it broke... boo!
These are the last shots taken by the beloved easyshare... walt bought me a new one on Sunday:)



Hannah ate our entire container of Chipotle Guacamole!!!

more to come,
erica

Making a Happy Home Monday

For my project this week, I decided to make a necklace hanger. I hate how jumbled my necklaces look in my jewelry box and am always nervous that I'm going to break one of they ever get tangled. I saw this somewhere, I think on one of those crafting blogs that I like so much...

Supplies needed:
1 memo board
2 packages of small mug hooks
hammer
nail

I bought my board at Walmart for 4.00 on clearance and the hooks were only .97 each; I love inexpensive crafts! To begin, I decided how I would like to hang my board (horizontally or vertically). I counted my necklaces and made sure that I'd have enough hooks for all of them and spaced the rows accordingly. Then I began by creating holes about 4 inches apart in the board by hammering a nail into the board. Next, it was time to install the hooks....I just used the holes that I created to make installing the hooks easier; I couldn't have done it without making the starter holes first! I hung the board in my closet and hung all of my necklaces up. One really cool thing is that my dangly earrings can hang on the strips of ribbon that are on the memory board.... dual purpose, cute, cheep, and fun.... you can't beat that!

I'll blog about spring break over the next few days.....

erica

I HEART FACES

I've never done this before but it looks fun! Here is my messy girl... She loves cereal bars!