10 on 10: September 2017

1. A cute and happy breakfast eater

2-6. We were somehow all ready for church a few minutes early and celebrated with some pictures before leaving. I just love these kiddos so much.

7. Tyler was in Utah and we were going stir-crazy at home so we went to Grandma and Grandpa's. I love this road near their house.

8. We took the kids to see where Grandpa was working, mucking out houses. It was pretty sobering to see everyone's belongings out on the street.

9. Most of these houses were damaged in the last flood and hadn't had any help then, so the smell/mold was insane. Millie has asked a few times why we always say how lucky and blessed we are since the hurricane, so I was really glad she got to see this. 

10. The kids have seen their cousins play Angry Birds before but had never actually played it themselves, so they tried it that day. They thought it was pretty fun!

One weekend, two states

Tyler went up to Utah for a weekend. He had a recruiting event for work and stayed a bit longer to hang out with family up there. He stopped by the Salt Lake Temple first thing.

This was from the recruiting event. AJ was in one of the groups Tyler saw since he's in the accounting program now.

And down in Houston, these two enjoyed a movie with matching poses.

On Saturday morning we FaceTimed Tyler from the park. He showed the kids the cougar by the football stadium and the mountains.

Then the Utah crew hiked to Stewart Falls! 

Everyone took turns going under the falls and getting crazy cold. Tyler said it was cold at the time but that he felt so good and refreshed afterwards.

Meanwhile, the kids and I went to Katy and met up with Heidi, James and Wes. We played at La Centerra for a little while and then went to their apartment to play and swim.

Max shocked us by being the first to get in and the last to get out! Quite a contrast from the beginning of the summer when I had to drag him in screaming. 

The water was a bit too cold for me to want to get in but the kids didn't seem to notice. They loved the cool stairs in the middle of the pool and other cool stuff our pool doesn't have.

And luckily Harvey was patient to sit and watch with me.

The Utah crew went to dinner together.

And then the football game! It was the big game against the University of Utah.

Tyler stayed until Monday and then came home to us! We were glad to have him home but glad he got to have fun in Utah.

Family Fun Day

We decided to have some fun together on our last day of summer before school started. We landed on going to MOD Pizza and Monkey Joe's. I thought this attempt at a family selfie wasn't great but then I saw we caught Harvey spilling a cup of water! And that, my friends, is why we should always sit outside.

Monkey Joe's is an indoor play place with inflatables. Mostly slides. The kids had so much fun!

I spent a lot of the time we were there trying to get Harvey to nap. Never was successful. 

The big inflatable obstacle course kind of intimidated Max. We tried to get him to go on it by watching how much fun it was but he never did go for it.

Millie had so much energy and no fear the whole time. It was so fun to watch her. 

And we ended the day with a walk/ride around the block. I felt like it was the end of an era with no kids in school! We're in for some big changes!

Little things

Harvey's snuggles are the BEST.

I was all too happy to make some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies to go with a meal going to some people with flooded homes. May have made extra for us to keep.

One of our summer bucket list items was to have a campout in the living room! With our little bonus summer we finally got it done. Harvey did not camp out, but he sure enjoyed the tent during the couple of days it was up.

We got to have some friends over while their parents were mucking out houses. 

Look at all those blondies! I was pretty happy they requested "The Sound of Music" to watch too.

While Kenny was here fixing up his house we met up with him, my parents, and Sarah for dinner. Millie and Max loved playing with Uncle Kenny! He's such a fun uncle.

We're loving having Tyler at home with us!

It seems like Harvey is quite the climber. Never had a baby interested in climbing before, so this is new territory for me. Yikes.

We finally got rid of some big wasp nests (they got pretty sizable during the hurricane) and were so excited to use the backyard!

Harvey hasn't spent much time in the backyard since he could crawl (too hot!), so he was having so much fun exploring.

We went to a birthday gathering at the park for my friend Ashley. It was fun to see her and we enjoyed a not-as-hot morning outside!

We had to take advantage of the nice day and we hit another park later. We will definitely be going back to this one over and over because Harvey can play by himself in part of it! So much better than fighting to hold him or following him around pulling wood chips out of his mouth.