Soccer Gal

We signed Ash up for a soccer team this fall, and her first practice was last week! Mark took her to get her gear the night before, and she was so excited.

She had a rough time at the beginning (it was something new, and Mark was out of town), but finally warmed up towards the end!

Labor Day Weekend

We had a fun, family filled Labor Day Weekend!

We spent time around the house.

And went to grill out with friends after church.

And then on Monday, we got to go check out Grandpa's new office! It was empty because of the holiday, and the perfect time for the girls to traipse around checking it out!

They have an entire area decorated (year-round) for their big Halloween party!

And a few fun games in the hallway!

The girls loved pretending to fly with Grandpa,

and watching the real planes take off and land!

We grabbed a yummy lunch afterwards with Grandma and Grandpa!

Galveston Day 4

We started out our 4th day with a little girl's breakfast & coffee date while we let daddy sleep in!

We relaxed a little that morning, and then met up with my second cousin Karen for lunch! She works on the island and it was a nice treat to see her!

She had extra tickets to the flight museum, and gave them to us to enjoy!

The girls loved seeing the giant planes up close, and even seeing a peek at the engines.

Ashlynn wanted to take my picture with the Thunderbird!

Mark died and went to 10 year old boy heaven with all of the model planes! He settled on a kite for each girl, and a small wooden plane for himself :)

That afternoon we went to get ice cream at a place my brother had suggested. I would say it was a hit :)

We ended the night with dinner, kites and one last swim on the beach!

Our trip was busy, and a little crazy with the housing issues, but such a needed time for the 4 of us to get away and unplug.  I am so thankful that Mark was able to take time off, and that we had such a fun time!

We woke up the next morning and headed home! Bailey took a nice LONG nap while we drove!

Galveston Day 3

On our third day of our trip, we started off with a Dolphin Tour. This was the one thing Ashlynn wanted to do the most.

They gave us a really informative, interesting tour of the harbor-and knew right where to find the dolphins!

They would swim right up to the boat!

By the end, Ashlynn was pretty hot and tired-but it was worth it!

We ate lunch and then went to check out the Taffy shop. Finding dye free treats was tough, but we did find a few things the girlies enjoyed!

We ended up staying for over an hour and watched them make taffy.

We spent the afternoon driving the island, resting, and then we ate dinner, and headed back out to the beach!

We drove down to East Beach, which was much quieter and had soft sand.