Frisbee, Trampoline, and More Water!

 First drink from the hose pipe, she's officially a southerner.

 Squirt Guns!!

 Fighting over the hose pipe

 Catch the Frisbee!

Picnic in the park

 This is from Memorial Day.  LOVE!!!!!

 We had a picnic in the park on Wednesday

Yum! Chicken!

 I am blessed with 3 amazing children!

 This is another favorite...look at those eyes.

 They have so much fun together

 These were their kids meal toy...perfect for digging.

Eli said, "it's a digger, for dirt, sand, and scratching backs"

Energy!! :)

Play in the Sprinkler/Pool

Today is Memorial Day!  Jason had to work a half day, but it felt like the "official" summer break kick-off day.  We all slept in a bit and then ate some breakfast.  And we decided today would be a good day to pick water play, it is HOOOTTTT!  So we went out for about an hour this morning and played in the sprinkler and baby pool. 

Aren't they the cutest kids EVER!!

I sure think so. :)

#1 Fast Lane Fun Park Mini-Golf

We kicked off our list with a trip to Fast Lane Fun Park to play some mini-golf. Jason and Noah went on an awesome father/son trip to the Bill Rice Ranch and they had a mini-golf game and apparently it was his "favorite" thing.
So Saturday, we went to El Tapatio to eat the best mexican food around and headed to play some mini-golf.   Eli was cranky due to a short nap and had a meltdown on hole #3 and decided mini-golf wasn't his cup of tea.  Noah was tired of waiting on everyone so he was trying to play 2 holes ahead of us.  I had to have the "this is family time" talk.  It was a fun experience.  Jason and I kept score because we are have a little competitive-ness thing going on.  We tied.  I didn't bring my camera but managed to snap this cute little shot of Ava Mae on my cell phone.  She had a blast!!

SUMMER FUN! FUN! FUN!

So, it's been a while, where have I been?  I don't really know, but I do know I am excited about SUMMER and life, in general.  Lots of stuff running through this old brain of mine, but for now, I am just happy to be a bit more "focused" on what's important: BEING PRESENT!! :)

So I may have a few "heart posts" here and there, but I HOPE to blog about REAL life, fun life!  Living instead of "thinking" about living.  Getting off Facebook and out of my four walls a little more.  I still DO NOT know how some of these big time blog mamas seem to DO everything and blog all the time.  So I'll share as time allows.  I am a bit scatterbrained at times, so I'll do my best. :)  I really think blogging is cool because it allows you to share with those who care and because it's a great way to document REAL life!  I think it's a cool form of scrapbooking, because I just cannot seem to get all my collection out of my closet and hands-on do it....this is my new goal.

Enough of that.....

I was "pinspired" to make a summer FUN list!  That little perfectionist voice tried to say: "it needs to be a beautiful "wall worthy" production.  But that little voice is slowly being "shushed" away and I just did it, MY WAY and it's PERFECT! :)  not printed out with a cricut(which I don't even own, ha ha!) and plasted in perfectly matted frames or whatever.  But just done and not crippled as a thought...."perfectionism is the ENEMY of completion!"

here it is:

So I just used plain index cards and the kids and I wrote down some fun things we want to do this summer!  I used a dry erase board, taped the cards on it, and categorized by money factor. We may do some more than once and maybe some won't happen, and a few will be added, I'm sure, but no rules, JUST FUN! :)They are so excited about this and I am too...feels like our 1st Summer Break is gonna be PURPOSEFUL! :)