A day at The Woodlands

We spent the day with Grammy (and the rest of the Juergens crew) in The Woodlands on Wednesday the 2nd. We got a bit of a late start because we had our bug guy come and I got my hair cut, but we met up with everyone for lunch at Jerry Built. It's still my favorite burger ever! And, hello, their Blue Bell shakes. Wow. We then had to go to the mall and do our usuals - the pet store and the carousel. It was fun to have the Garrett, McKenna, and Mitchell along!

Looks about right.

My haircut. It's a little too sweet/little-girl-ish for me, but oh well.

Millie is always unsure of the carousel until about halfway through, when she exclaims, "I DO wike the horses!"

Mitchell rode too and gave us quite the performance, just like he did in November at the Provo Beach Resort. Hilarious.

Millie loves McKenna!

It was all fun and games until this puppy started chewing on her shoes... and then her foot. She stood there and screamed and made no attempt to get away from the dog. I couldn't help but laugh!

Max's first time at Grammy's!

Millie loved "cooking" with McKenna. They made cookies and a cake, with the oven being under the couch.

A night at the Astros, again!

We tried to squeeze in lots of fun stuff while Garrett, McKenna, and Mitchell were here. We went to an Astros game Monday evening! Poppy got us cool shirts and we went a little early to eat. It was such a fun evening. Millie finally got the hang of saying, "Go Astros!" instead of "Go Cougars!" which was all she would say before. Max was a little more awake this time and a little more tolerant of the noise. We were sitting pretty close to third base and we were nervous about foul balls coming our way. Mitchell caught one! Someone hit the foul ball pole during the 2nd inning, which means you can take your ticket to Chik-Fil-A the next day and get a free sandwich. A guy proposed to his girlfriend on the Kiss Cam too! This game had it all. We had a great time.

These guys were getting in the spirit of the evening with a little therapy equipment baseball at Poppy's office before we left. Mitchell was cracking us up, as usual!

Blue Bell factory tour

Crossed another item off of the summer bucket list! We caravanned [is that a word??] out to Brenham- poor Mitchell was stuck in our car on uncle duty. He kept Max and Millie happy the whole way there.

They've made some major changes at the factory! It looks awesome and accommodates more people now. We loved the tour, especially the free ice cream at the end. I tried a new flavor called Magic Cookie Bar, and it did not disappoint! Millie of course wanted pink, so she had strawberry and ended up with one pink pigtail. Tyler stuck with a classic- Mint Chocolate Chip. Mmm- I could go for some more right now!

Uncle Gare!

We love Blue Bell! Also, for memory's sake, here are some of our previous tours.

Almost 6 years ago, one of our first dates!

Just realized Tyler wasn't here for this one, but it was with his family as part of the reunion. I was barely pregnant with Millie, so I guess about 3 years ago. Crazy how things change!

A night at the Astros

We had a fun night at the Astros game! It was great to have Mom, Dad, Sarah, Charlotte, Ben, and their kids all with us. It's pretty awesome to have them living close by. The Astros lost, but to be honest, I don't think I even watched more than a minute of the game! It was just fun to talk!

Elf, obviously.

Max was obviously inspired and is going to be a professional baseball player.

Millie was sure happy with cotton candy and popcorn. Thanks Monka!