Thursday, September 30, 2010

Labor Day Weekend

Mike's family came over to hang out for labor day.  The cousins had fun playing outside together.  Jared (the youngest) brought a frog along with him.  I do think the frog somehow ended up surving his time with Noah in the sand/water box. 





 Later that weekend we had some fun pool time in the back yard.  Thanks to Mike's Dad for our new fancy camera that takes awesome pictures!  Now I just need to learn how to really use it!




Saturday, September 25, 2010

Trip to Aunt Georgie's

Good family time at Aunt Georgie's.  One of our family traditions.  So glad Grandmother got to make this trip with us too!!




















Friday, September 24, 2010

San Antonio Fun!

We went to San Antonio for a long weekend.  The first part of the weekend was spent with my family at one of our favorite places--Medina Lake at Aunt Georgie's house!  We went out to celebrate her birthday.  It was extra special because my Grandmother decided to make the trip with my parents.  We've traditionally always gone to Aunt Georgie's a few times a year and that's been our traditional Thanksgiving gathering place.  Last year it became too much for Grandmother to be able to travel up there (it's about a 5 hour drive from Angleton) so we were all a bit surprised when she made it known that she was not about to stay home when the rest of her family was headed to Medina Lake.  That hard headedness tends to run in the women in my family (surprise, surprise!). 

It was a good time. We spent some time in the lake on Saturday and mostly just sat around and talked and ate (and drank) which is what we usually do there.  We stayed an extra night after everyone else left and then drove into San Antonio to have some fun with just the three of us. (See next post for pics of that part of the weekend).

We took Noah to the Children's Museum and went to the Riverwalk on Monday.  He had a blast exploring all the different areas.  I think his favorite by far was the giant ball contraption.  He liked grocery shopping at the little HEB store too.  Once we finished at the museum we walked over to the Riverwalk and had lunch at Paesano's, another family favorite. 

Playing with the balls



Inside an old airplane
 Playing music
 Bubbles!
 Making music with his feet!
Grocery shopping time


He's giving the cow a kiss
Driving the trolley 

Headed to the Riverwalk


Thursday, September 23, 2010

New House "After" Pictures

It's been almost a year since moving into our house.  I thought it was time to post some "after" pictures now that we're more settled.  It's been a process, but totally worth it.  All the walls were white when we moved in. I've done a lot of painting since then and we've added our own touches here and there.

To see the "before" pictures, go to our previous post: New House

Entry way
Living Room





 There's a small hall off the entry way that leads to Noah's room, the guest room and the guest bath.
Noah's room

 Guest Bath

 Guest Room
 Office/Play Room
It's separated from the living room by french doors



 Bar, Kitchen, Dining




Entry into Master (off side of kitchen)
Master Bedroom

 Master Bathroom