Donnie's dad, Marlon decided to treat our little family to a vacation the last weekend in June. Have you ever heard of Great Wolf Lodge? Neither had I until my sweet father-in-law announced he was taking us there! Located in Grapevine, TX, the hotel is huge and has a large indoor water park. When you have white kids (I mean, day-glow white), anything indoor is awesome! I was able to skip bathing them in sunscreen every thirty minutes and let them go wild in the water. Unfortunately, I do not have many pictures indoors, due to the fact that my klutzy butt would inevitably drop my camera into the water. The indoor park has two big individual tube slides and two family tube slides. I would recommend that you take kids who are at least 42 inches tall, because poor Makki had to sit out on a few of the slides because she is a shorty! Also indoors is a wave pool, toddler area, and a small lazy river. Outdoors there are two more individual tube slides and a huge pool with a mountain that shoots water all over the place every ten minutes. We didn't know this before we arrived, but you can also bring a cooler down to the water park, which would have saved us a ton in food expenses! Our wrist bands had a very convenient sensor that allowed us to bill food, drinks, and gifts to our room on a whim, which you can imagine how easy it was to rack up a nice bill upon check out time! All in all, it was a fun trip and I was able to visit my great friend, Kendra and attend her wedding. A great short vacay!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Great Wolf Lodge Vacation!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Swimming Lessons!
It may be one of the oldest pools in Lubbock, but the Sea Horse has a successful history of teaching children to swim. This is the place where Donnie learned how to swim, many moons ago, and is the same place we took Sydni last year. She took to the water like a fish, and it didn't take but twenty or so minutes for her to remember what she learned last year. Makenzi isn't supposed to start until she's four, but since she looks four, we went ahead and enrolled her this year! Mak is doing well, too, but we can tell it might take her another year of lessons to master the art of swimming! Check out our action pics below:
Sunday, July 5, 2009
4th of July 2009
Another year in White Deer for the 4th, and another year of fun and fireworks. Of course this evening would never have been possible without the dedication and service of the noble men and women fighting for our freedom. Thank you, and may God bless you and keep you in his care!
This year was special because my thoughtful cousins, Tanner and Kaycia threw a surprise 25th anniversary party for my Aunt Trecia and Uncle Chuck! The food, friends, family and fireworks added up to equal an enjoyable evening in White Deer, America. (Donnie even attempted to play "flip the cup" with the 20 somethings of the group, and was "schooled" by a few of the young bucks! Funny!!!) Check out the MANY pictures of the 4th of July festivities below:
My Meme and Sydni. Mem stopped by WD for a quick visit! We love her so much!


According to my Aunt Trecia, she has been waiting 25 years to get Chuck back for the wedding cake he smashed in her face! Love it!


Happy Birthday, America!
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