We bought a home in Magnolia, Texas earlier this year so we could spend a whole summer at home! We arrived May 28th and left August 17th - mainly the kids and I - Chris came with us and visited in July. We did so many things, had so many visitors, ate so much TexMex and BBQ!!!
Saige enjoys pizza at Double Daves |
Meme welcomes us to Texas |
Swinging in our backyard |
Fun at Timothy's Robotics Camp |
Jolee's swimming lessons |
Julia's swimming lessons |
Blackberry and strawberry pickin' |
Bird's nest we found between the thorns |
Saige is such a happy girl - even took a nap while we picked berries! |
Enjoying Rob Fleming Park |
Jam from our berries. Plus we made 3 huge cobblers - 14 hands can pick a lot of berries in an hour! |
Blue Bell ice cream factory tour in Brenham on our way to visit friends in Round Rock |
Lowe's kids building project - Dragon from How to Train your Dragon movie |
Building with the Cortez family near Austin |
Girls lunch date and shopping trip |
Macey at the Hoover's lunch play date |
Julia playing at one of the many wonderful city pools in The Woodlands |
Joy and Macey |
Saige loves the water! |
Plunketts came to visit! |
Our new table! |
Trip to Build A Bear |
Matthew and Bella - still best friends |
Cade! |
Poppa comes to visit all of us |
Bahrs are brave enough to come for dinner! |
Emma! |
Hey! He's in my high chair! |
Making s'mores on the back porch |
Yum! |
Jolee's in love with Keaton! |
Cousins' annual birthday party |
Not the best picture, Cole, but the only one I got! |
Fancy Aleah |
Julia, Melissa, and Aleah |
Cade and Hannah |
Poppa! |
Huggin' Cousins - Emma and Katelin |
Angela |
The Girls |
All the kids except Keaton |
Resident artists and authors |
Aleah gives a powerful hug! |
Great grandpa PaJoe |
Great grandma Mema |
Keaton and his great grandpa PaJoe |
Aleah and Jolee decorating cakes for Saige's 1st birthday July 2 |
Great grandma Mema watching the "artistry"! |
Happy 4th of July! |
4th of July at Grunden's |
Watching the fireworks |
The city's fireworks were cancelled so the dads went and bought some! |
Off to preps! |
At the Scotts - Jay's grandparents |
My cute blue-eyed baby |
Joy and Meme visit - sugar cookie decorating |
Bouncing! |
Chris's birthday blueberry pie |
Saige loved to sit here but couldn't get off! |
Happy, Texas |
Julia and her new best-friend-forever Autumn |
Timothy! |
"I know your friend's parents!" My kids heard this a lot this summer! |
Grandpa Bill and Laura |
Katelin "enjoys" mowing the backyard! |
My front flower beds |
In memory of Bailey |
Timothy "enjoys" the manly art of edging! |
Pottery class - this year they made bowls |
Julia painted a cupcake bank |
We hosted a play date luncheon - 7 moms and 24 kids |
Most of the kids - baby gate was to keep Saige off the stairs! |
Brazos Bend State Park - the kids biked around the lakes but we didn't see any wild alligators! |
King Snake |
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Baby alligator |
Tree root stair steps |
Art time at Gina and Clifford's |
Burgers! |
We waited out a storm, then drove home - the house was lively! |
Saige learns to give kisses! Sweet Meme! |
Jolee, Elsa amd a Gelati |
The boys planted 2 peach trees for Dad |
Eventually, we have to go back home to Dubai! |
Jolee and her American girl doll Charlotte match |
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