Day visit to the stockyards

Tadd and I had a date night in downtown Fort Worth and Sunday morning mom and the boys met us down there for lunch. It was super hot so we didn't stay long, but we saw the stampede, went to a petting zoo, and Blake rode a mechanical bull!!

Roller skating!

A friend of ours had his birthday party at a local skating rink. The boys have not even tried skating since they were about 3 (see very first blog post ever!!). Cody was pretty timid and pretty much just watched until the end but Blake tried it and loved it right away!!

Trip to Perdido Key

We've been lucky enough to be able to travel to Florida the last few summers to visit my brother and his family.  Ryan's in-laws live in Perdido Key and they and sweet and gracious enough to host all of us and our wild kids each year!  They live right by the beach and we always have such a great time.  The big boys usually get to go on a deep sea fishing trip and the Wallaces spoil us with delicious food.  Of course, no trip is complete without a trip to the Florabama!!

Trip to Great Wolf Lodge

Tadd went on a golf trip with Jordan and some buddies so Trish and I took the kids to the Great Wolf Lodge.  I had looked at it several times but never committed because it's pretty pricey.  Well, it was well worth it!!  We had a great time, and we are actually going back with Tadd in August.  Cody took a bit to warm up to the slides, but before it was all over they had ridden every one.  Even the giant "toilet bowl".  It's a great place to take kids and I am super excited to go back as a family!!!