Memorial Day Weekend

We gathered the family together at GG and Papa's house to celebrate Memorial Day yesterday afternoon. We had a fun afternoon of fishing, a fish fry and lots of silly cousin fun. 

Fishing early in the afternoon

Caleb with a big fishing pole, he switched to his little one later

Grandma, Pops and Katy

Katy's first catch of the day

Aaron was mesmerized by the waves

Cute little boy

Aaron helping mommy fish

The peanut gallery

Still helping

Balancing boy, he loves doing this!

My first catch of the day! (My second catch was a teeny little catfish)

GG and Aaron doing some fishing

Perfect!

GG guarding the monsters

Water break (and goldfish!)

Our friers!

Our fantastic fish expert!

Eli arrived after a while and the cousins had fun "fishing" in the grass.
Caleb is getting really good at casting out now!

More practice

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Hannah Joy demanding food from her Daddy

Yum

Two goofs

Two super goofs!

After we ate dinner, we went back down to the water to do more fishing. We really didn't catch much all day, but that wasn't really the point. We were just enjoying being out together. Kristen and Grandma Mal were also with us yesterday but they didn't manage to get in any pictures!

Since we got together on Sunday, our actual Memorial Day will be pretty relaxed today. We may join Aunt Katy at the pool later today, but that's all we really have planned. I'm looking forward to a restful day before Jonathan goes back to work tomorrow. Hope everyone else has a relaxing Memorial day too!

Bring on Summer!

We finished up school on Thursday and jumped into summer on Friday! Jonathan found this really neat pool at Sams Club the weekend before for $30, so he got it for us and got it set up on Friday morning. I love that it's big enough for the four of us to sit in and the boys have plenty of room to jump and splash without me having to hold them like in a regular size swimming pool. 

We got in as soon as the pool was ready and splashed around for a while before taking a lunch break. After naps the boys then wanted to get in again! 

Testing : )

Love that smile! (That's my arm...I was in too!)

Having fun

Aaron loves splashing

Proof that even Jonathan got in for a while : )

Last day of PWS - Field Trip to Bayou Wildlife Reserve

Thursday was officially our last day of PeeWee School for the year. Instead of having our usual water day activities, we had a school field trip to the Bayou Wildlife Reserve in Alvin. The boys and I had been before with family, but it was Jonathan's first visit. We've had a beautiful, mild spring here this year, but summer decided to hit us this week. It was pretty hot and humid so we didn't last too long, but we still had a great time checking out all the animals. 

On the tram

Peewee the Rino

This guy was hungry!

There were lots of babies this time! Loved spotting so many of them!

The four of us

Aaron had fun moving food from one bucket to the other

Giraffes! One of our favorites

I had never seen an animal with four distinct horns before...it looks like a mystical creature!

You can see bits of flying food!

Caleb got a cute pic of Aaron

Caleb was much braver this time, he loved feeding animals

Hi

PeeWee school brought animal crackers for the kids to enjoy as they got off the tram (after some hand sanitizing of course!)

Yum

Caleb got to ride a horse

He looks so big!

Beautiful!

Caleb playing ball with his friend, Ava, after checking out all the animals

Aaron and Daddy

We decided to find somewhere a little less crowded (and with fewer animals) to enjoy our lunch. It was also a good excuse to get in the air conditioned car for a bit! We drove over to League City park to eat our picnic lunch and play at the playground for a short while before heading home for Aaron's nap and some nice down time after a very busy week! 

Yummy lunch

Caleb's favorite spot to play

Silly Aaron

3 swinging monkeys! 

We had a  blast on our field trip with school! Now we're ready for summer break before the kids head back to school in the fall. Let's bring on summer!