The Weekenders

Oh my goodness sakes, we have not been very good bloggers lately. The reason for this lack of personal updates is that we are just never home to do it! We have been gone almost every weekend since Christmas, and while it has been very fun, it has been quite hard to keep up with everything that has happened...and with the laundry.

Two weekends ago, we traveled to Oklahoma (a much longer trip than we expected. Do you know how long it takes just to get out of Texas?!) to visit Grandma Pat and the gang. It was really good to see them all again. We spent most of our time just chatting, but with such fun people it was never boring. We also officially booked our cruise for July 11th, 2010 and then we celebrated with a nervous breakdown over the cost of it all. :)

Unfortunately, I forgot to pack the camera on this weekend, so there are no pictures. I did take a little video of Bennett after we got home, though. He is playing with his new fantastic toy that Grandma Pat got him for Christmas. Honestly, he will be a genius by the age of one if he really listens to this thing. It teaches animals, Spanish, opposites, colors, music, letters, rhyming, numbers, reading vocabulary, phone etiquette...I'll tell you what, college was a waste of money. I should have just bought myself one of these things.



This last weekend we spent in Pleasanton, Texas at our handsome nephew Barrett's eighth birthday party and baptism. I remembered to bring the camera this time.

Two-year-old Walker and Bennett playing. They were pretty cute together.

The birthday boy with his super cool, Marvel Super Hero birthday cake. What a stud.

I love birthdays! I especially love cake...and spit. (P.S- the annoying falsetto singing in the background would be Uncle Matt.)

Bennett loves cake, too.

Barrett, all ready to be dunked. I haven't really been to a baptism as an adult before, and it was very sweet to actually think about what Barrett was doing. Matt gave a talk on the Holy Ghost afterward (a surprise to me) and did an excellent job. Lots of happy tears.

All arrayed in spotless white

We will try to get on the ball here with this whole blog thing from now on. However, we will be out of town yet again this weekend, so we will see when it happens. In the mean time, just know we are very happy here!