Oh, HAIL!

Last Wednesday we left church early because a storm was coming in. Little did we know we hadn't left quite early enough to beat the hail that decided to beat down on us. About the time I got within 3 blocks of the house, it started. It was small at first and then as we pulled up to the house, it got bigger! I had to get both kids out of the Jeep with both of them screaming! It wasn't a fun site! We were able to get in safely, but boy did our house take a pounding. We have some holes in the siding on our gable and lots of roof damage, but compaired to our friends right down the street, we faired fairly well.

Clean up crew

Much needed rest

Enjoying some chocolate pudding after church!(Just had to put these in there 'cause he looks so cute!)

Spring Break '09

We had a great spring break last week. Darby was home from Saturday through Wednesday and we were really glad to have him home. Blaire's spring break actually kinda started on the Friday before. I tagged along with Blaire's class to the Austin Museum of Art. We had a great time learning about modern art. I took Blaire home early and we picked up Brayson at the babysitter and headed to see our newest twin cousins, Alex and Avery. Boy were they precious!! I didn't think Brayson would care too much about them, but I think he kinda liked them. Monday, Darby had to work on claims and I had to work on cakes, so we promised the kids, well Blaire, that we'd take them to the San Antonio Zoo on Tuesday. We thought we had a great idea until we realized once we got there, that everyone else in San Antonio had the same great idea. We had to park a mile away, literally, and then wait in a long line for close to an hour just to get in the gate! Brayson wasn't real impressed by the zoo at this point. Once we got in, it got a little better. All in all, we had a great day. Brayson had the most fun feeding the goats in the petting zoo. He stood under the food dispenser and picked up the food that people dropped and then fed it to the goats. It was hilarious to watch! The rest of the week Blaire played with friends and rode her bike. Brayson just played out in the backyard most of the time. I had a few cakes to do, which I said I wasn't going to do on Spring Break, but I have trouble saying "No". Blaire and I went shopping on her last day of break and we bought some new summer clothes that we were in desperate need of! Here are some cute pics from throughout our week.

Blaire's Portrait

Blaire holding Alex (I think)

Brayson wasn't too impressed with the whole cave thing!

Trying to figure out how to call Daddy!

Messes!

OH the messes my two can get into! Brayson was sick for a few days last week and he still managed to get into trouble! I walked in one day to find that he had climbed up in a chair at the kitchen table and poured a whole box of Fruity Pebbles into Blaire's glass that she had left there. He was quite proud of himself for getting some of them into the glass and decided to eat what didn't make it in. I just let him stand there and eat away because it was the first time in many hours that he wasn't crying! Blaire decided that a fort in the living room would be a fun idea. I fought the urge to say no and decided to let her do it. She got out at least 5 blankets for the tiny fort and took 30 minutes creating it. She's such a perfectionist at times! Then they played in it for all of 15 minutes! I was glad that I decided to let her do it. It was fun to see Brayson's face when it was all up!

We then went outside to play because Dad was home and it's always more fun to play in the backyard when Dad's home. And, you guessed it, they got in yet another mess. This was a different kind of mess. Blaire decided she would get in the Cozy Coupe and Brayson could push her. That worked until it came time to get out. She found out she was stuck! Then Brayson thought he would try to get her out by getting into the Cozy Coupe with Sissy. Bad idea. They both were stuck. Mom then had to intervene, after taking a few photos first of course!

Luckily no one was seriously injured. Sorry it has taken me sooo long to update, I had to get a new wireless card for my computer because my son decided that it looked like a toy and would be fun to play with. He broke it and I was without internet for a week waiting for the new one. So, I'll try to stay updated from now on. (No really!)