Spring Break with Summer, Drew and Dawna

Summer, Drew and Dawna flew in from Tucson, Arizona to spend their spring break with us in Houston. We had a great time! I have been going through the thousands of pictures everyone took over the past week. Seriously, thousands...and they are all crap! I guess that is what happens when you let Sammie get a hold of 3 different cameras. Here are the ones that best represent our minivan adventures. We miss the live-in nannies, but don't miss the late-night (every night) game of MindFreak.

NASA Space Center
Super crowded, but pretty cool to see everything.

Swinging Door BBQ

No visitor comes to our house without a trip to our favorite BBQ restaurant.
Brazos Bend State Park
We had only about an hour here, but were able to a bunch of alligators!

Houston Livestock, Show & Rodeo and Carnival
Drew braved the 130' bungee jump and this is the only photo to prove it.
Blue Bell Creamery
I have 5 versions of this picture...so that each one of us is holding Alayna.
I give you one guess who's idea that was. :)

ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run

While Sam, Alayna and I were in St George for the weekend, Blake's buddies at work talked him into entering the ConocoPhillips 10K Rodeo Run. His day started (and ended) with a 15 minute bike-ride into downtown. Although a 12 minute mile is nothing to shout about; he never stopped running! His last exercise of any kind was March 2010 church basketball...he can not move today :)

When Blake was younger and living in Colorado, his family would run the Bolder-Boulder 10K. So this run brought back memories and he is now challenging our family to make this a yearly Houston Holiday Family Tradition.

Here is the link to check out his results...search by HOLIDAY
http://www.conocophillipsrodeorun.com/EN/results/10kresults/Pages/index.aspx

1st Official Sleepover

Samantha and her cousin Lydia were inseparable this weekend! They planned a sleepover together our last night in St George. After a day of swimming, hiking, playing and watching movies, both girls were exhausted by the time we got home. Their giggles only lasted about 5 seconds until they both fell fast asleep on the top bunk together.

4 Months Old

Height: 24 3/4" - 42%
Weight: 11 lbs 10 oz - 3%
Head: 15 3/4" - 6%Dr Young wants Alayna to start on rice cereal. It's one gigantic mess, but hopefully will help her pack on the pounds. Alayna has been holding her head up for weeks!
She just won't lay down, it's like she is trying to do a sit up. She just can't wait to be a big girl!

Happy Valentine's Day

Finally!!! Samantha's First Haircut

Before

After

During...

Roller Skating

On Blake's last day of the holiday break we wanted to do something fun, so we took Samantha roller skating. We weren't sure if she would be big enough or get into it...but like most things she tries...she loved it! The rink had these contraptions that helped kids with their balance. She may look ridiculous...but they work! Every time she fell, she would get right back up with a huge grin on her face. When they announced it was time for racing, Sam headed out onto the rink and got in line. Blake and I just kinda looked at each other and figured if no one stopped her, we would just let her go for it. Off she went...came in 4th place! Out of 5...and the 5th person got hurt. She's a champion either way!