Kids 1st Hockey Game

On Friday night we took the kids to go see a hockey game. Our great friend Stacy's son Axel plays on a competitive team. My kids had the best time. Everyone loved it including Zach. They all yelled and screamed and cheered. "Aunt Stacy" as my kids affectionately call her took them down to see the players come out onto the ice and afterward we had to hang out and wait for the players to come out so my kids could get autographs. It was so adorable. They can't wait to go to Axels next game!

Ice Skating in August...

What's the best way to cool down on a hot Texas summer day? Ice Skating! A few days before school started a bunch of us took out kids to go ice skating. It was a lot of fun! My kids have never been on ice skates and let me tell you it has been A LOT of years since I have been on the ice. We all started off holding on to the wall until we got our bearings and our courage and by the end we were all over the ice. The kids did take a few falls, but I am proud to say I kept my tushie off the ice. We had so much fun we decided that we will go again and bring Jeff. (Jeff isn't so thrilled with the idea, maybe we need to bring some more dads)

Hot chocolate and cookies, YUM!

Elena and Camie
Elena thought it was a lot more fun to skate with the big girls!

Jordan (a little blurry) venturing to the middle of the ice. Good job, Bud!

Could those little skates be any cuter? Zach wasn't the biggest fan of ice skating or the cold, but he was a trooper!

Surgery Again...

Poor little Zach has been suffering from ear infections pretty much all of his little life. We have lost track of how many he has had. Tomorrow he will go in to have his 2nd round of ear tubes put in. I hate the thought of all of this but I hope and pray that it will help him and that he will be free from ear infections and all the horrible antibiotics he has had to take. He is such a good little guy, most of the time we hardly even know he is sick. Please keep him in your prayers tomorrow, 7am surgery.



















Fell asleep watching cars the other day, so cute!

Happy 9th Birthday to JORDAN!

Our sweet Jordan turned 9 on Sept 1. Where in the world has 9 years gone? I know that it was just yesterday we brought that sweet baby boy into our home. He has been a joy from the moment we held his perfect little body. He has the sweetest spirit and personality. Everyone who knows Jordan loves him.

We had several days of celebrating as we tend to do in this family. We call it

"our birthday week."

We celebrated with a visit from Uncle Chris and an early surprise

GUITAR HERO!

Boy have we had fun with that. Then because we needed to be a full band we got the drums as well. We had an awesome birthday party with a ton of kids at Jump for Fun.

We hope it was a great day for a great kid! Love you Jordan!

Broken Bow, OK Trip Aug. 2009

I am so very far behind in blogging....I think that blogging is another pressure that I have added to my life. I want to keep a record of our life, but our lives are so busy and crazy it is hard to find the time. But I am trying.....



So back in August we decided to take one last vacation before school started and to celebrate Jeff's birthday. We went to one of our favorite family vacation spots. Broken Bow, OK. It is a favorite because it is not far away, it is relaxing and so very much FUN! We rent a cabin (because that is how the Andrews camp) and we fish, hike, have camp fires, play games, watch movies, make yummy food and this year we decided to rent a boat. It was a blast!

CAMP FIRES = SMORES

RELAXING BY THE RIVER, NO FISH TODAY

JORDAN CATCHES HIS 1st FISH!

We had much excitement and drama when Jordan caught his fish. He was so very excited and Elena was so upset because she was worried the fish was hurt and would die. This from my child who LOVES to eat salmon, crab, shrimp, etc.

BOATING

TUBING

I was on the boat as well, I even went tubing! But no one took any pictures...

BUMPER BOATS!

SNUGGLE TIME!

MORE FISHING (YES EVEN ME!)

elena took this one, she wants everyone to know :)

HOME SWEET HOME, FOR A FEW DAYS ANYWAY!

UNTIL NEXT TIME!