Seeing Mindy & Luke

We got to see our nephew Luke & sister-in-law Mindy at her parents' house last weekend. I'm so glad we went up for this quick visit. It was really fun to watch the kids playing together. Luke is 14 months now and is just cute, cute, cute! Here are some pics from our visit....

Grandpa & his grandkids...

Grandma with Taite & Luke....

One of my favorite pictures of Luke...

On a side note, we stayed in a hotel overnight. Paige hadn't been in a hotel since we were at Disney last Jan. She was captivated by this "place" we stayed. It was her first time to sleep in a bed (she's still in her crib at home)! Oh, the joys of toddlerhood....
We also had a 'scenic' drive through College Station and Stephenville, where Lewis went to school his 1st 2 years of college. It was a nice weekend with the whole family!

Easter

I'm a little behind on this post, so let me just add a few of my favorite pictures (other than the one above!)...

It was just the 4 of us for Easter this year. We had a nice day!

Paige was kind of serious about her egg decorating. After a while, she REALLY got into it!Easter morning....

Taite got a pink Wii wheel. Mario Kart is one of our favorite games! Fun, fun!

It's April Already?

STRAWBERRY PICKING...

There is a farmer's market nearby in Alvin that has a small strawberry farm. We took the girls last week to pick strawberries. Taite could've picked berries all day long. I told her we had to stop because we actually have to EAT the berries she's picking! Paige wasn't too interested. She didn't like getting 'dirty'. She has these phases where she is very anti-dirty! It was a beautiful day and a fun little outing.BEDTIME STORY...

I thought this was so cute. Paige brought Taite a book to read her before bed. It's one of favorites, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. So cool.....

ZOO TRIP...

I used to take Taite to the zoo all the time! I've slacked off with Paige, though. We hadn't been since the beginning of the school year! I decided it was time to go & I even renewed our membership. She LOVED it. She was so well-behaved, too. She liked all of the animals. We also rode the carrousel. She freaked out about the animals going up & down & woudn't get on one. So, I went and sat down on one of those bench seats with her. After our zoo trip, she was telling everyone about how much fun she had riding on the "couch" at the zoo! I'm so glad I took her. It was a great day!

This was the closest I've personally ever seen the cheetah! It was so neat - it 'pounced' at us and about scared me half to death!