Seventeen

     (Early breakfast at the Waffle House in Oklahoma on our way to Galveston this past June)

Happy 17th Anniversary Ron!(yesterday.) This year we celebrated by me recovering from my surgery two weeks ago. So we just had a nice dinner at home with the kiddos! Ron made a bonfire later in the evening and made me an anniversary s'mores. It was delish!

 I love you with all my heart and thank you for making the last seventeen years of my life wonderful  (most of the time... hehehe)!

More Galveston Island

Here are more pictures of our lazy days just hanging out at the beach! Boogie boarding, finding sea creatures, building sand castles. It can't get much better than this!

Galveston Island - Beach Day #1

We arrived at Galavston Island later in the afternoon. Got settled in and headed right for the beach. Ron bought the kids boogie boards.. they had a blast. Oh and he was so excited to get into the ocean that he forgot that his car keys, wallet and cell phone where in his pocket! Nice! Thankfully he did not loose anything just the key fob did not work for a few days and his cell is dead. Despite that we had a wonderful time at the beach!

Summer Road Trip - Day 3

Finally after being in the car for two days.. two stops one in Tulsa and Houston. We were spoiled and had some good Texas BBQ homemade by my cousin. And finally we head out to Gavastan Island! Here are some pictures of our beach condo that we rented with the Youngs.

Summer Road Trip - Day 2

We stayed over night in Tulsa, had breakfast at the Waffle House, had a short visit cousins in Dallas and arrived in Houston! Fun times!

Summer Road Trip - Day 1

We just returned from a 12 day rode trip! We drove down to Texas and spent time on Galvaston beach with the Youngs and our cousins that live in Houston. We traveled through way too states with stops in Kansas City, Tulsa, Dallas, Houston, Galvaston Beach, San Antonio, Wichita. We had a blast! Here are a few pictures from our first day on the rode.. and yes I have not even finished posting pictures from Spring Break. Great Passengers

Switched Kids

Gates BBQ in Kansas City

Tyler 8th Grade Graduation

The day has come... Tyler is going to be in high school next year! We just celebrated his 8th grade graduation on Tuesday! Where did elementary and middle school go? It went by so fast! I remember his first day of kindergarten... now he is receiving his certificate from 8th grade! This has been a very long journey for us, for him. It has not always been easy. When I look back it was so hard in the beginning trying to figure everything out with his diagnosis setting up OT and speech.. I don't know how we juggled all of that while I was working FT. He has had a wonderful experience at his middle school and we are so grateful to his teacher! We could not have asked for a better special ed teacher the last four years. Part of me feels the same anticipation now that he is going into high school. It's a new chapter for him, it's so exciting but scary at the same time. I know that all parents go through this. But for us it's a little different experience. This year has been hard and a lot of times I'm not sure it's going to get easier. The one thing thing that I do know is that Tyler is so excited for high school, meeting new friends and his new teachers! We are so proud of him and all that he has accomplished! We had a great time at his graduation, we were served lunch in his classroom, attended the ceremony and ended our evening at one Tyler's favorite restaurant Big Bowl!