Great Weekend!

So, We have a TEENAGER! I can't believe it. Garrett is officially a teenager now. I met him almost 7 years ago and it just blows my mind what a great young man he is becoming. He was always a sweet little boy, but he is just so grown up now. The maturity is amazing! So, he got to come see us for the weekend. It was quite an eventful weekend.

We started off at the Corpus Christi Hooks baseball game Friday night. Jacob got to swear in some new soldiers before the game, so we got to go hang out. It was fun, but the kids lost interest fast! SO, we went home to get some rest before a LONG saturday.

My sister and her family came into town. She was running with some friends in the Beach to Bay Marathon which is a team marathon. A few runners dropped out in the last minute so Jacob got up to go fill in on their team.

Then off to the beach. We got Garrett as skim board for his birthday. For those of you who don't know what that is (because I didn't before we moved here), it is a thin wooden board about the size of a boogie board. You slide it across the shallow surf of the water and you jump on and skim across the water. If you have balance, you don't eat the sand!! If you are old like me, you eat it hard and make your knee swell up. Fortunately, I was the only person with injuries. Well, we had a fun time at the beach with friends and family. Here are few pictures.

Garrett making Skim Boarding looking so easy

Jacob taking his shot at it.

Tasha, much more graceful than me!

Gavin, covered in sand. He wouldn't quit eating it!

Kenley and Lance on Boogie Boards

Lance, digging a hole for the kids... I love this guy. He brought a freakin' post hole digger to the beach! Hilarious. Only Lance...

Garrett showing us all up

Sarah and Kyle

Kenley and Trinity eating junk food! Its vacation!

And Kyle LOVED his ice cream. An Ice cream cart goes up and down the beach! who knew?

Me and Jacob

There was a fish in that bucket Lance caught with a net!

Sweet little Cali

Goofy Ethan with his seaweed wig

Jacob and Gavin

Cade Loved his ice cream


After the beach we had the Schaded's over along with my sisters family. We grilled hamburgers and had birthday cake for Garrett. It was a fun night. We ended our weekend with church on Sunday and baby dedication. At 8 months, we finally got to dedicate Gavin to the Lord formally. We were glad to have all our family there.