Labor Day Weekend

We headed to Lost Pines (aka - little kid Heaven!) for a family vacation with The Alman Family. On the way, we made a stop in DQ Country so that Avery could experience her first blizzard:

That evening the girls were fired up (pun intended!) to roast some smores! Clearly I'm still perfecting the night portrait setting on my camera. I promise Avery's hair is not about to catch on fire:

Eating her first Smore:

The next morning, we ventured outside to check out the hummingbird garden. Avery, Isabelle & Eliza:

Anna was enjoying the view as well:

Since it was still a little rainy, we headed indoors to the activity room to color and play board games. The girls loved playing "Guess Who"... Guess who's getting that game for Christmas!!??

Checkers... hopscotch... whatever:

And way too much fun was had running down the hallways:


The rain stopped, so we decided to go visit the longhorns! Avery is sitting on T-Bone:

Insert baby sister:

Time to play soccer... in our flip flops.


There were endless activities for the kids to do... making wind chimes:

Watercolor art:

Riding tricycles:

... and of course... the POOL!! Daddy & his girls:

Avery spent a LOT of time on the big slide... and, of course, she insisted on sliding by herself:




Anna & I hung out in the lazy river. I spent the majority of my time trying to keep Anna from eating all of the leaves that were in the water... The girl could seriously spot them from a mile away:

Smores & brownies every night... good times:

Horseshoes with Daddy:

And Eliza:

Awww... best friends already!

One of the highlights of the trip... the pony ride. When Avery realized that this nice lady was going to be walking next to her throughout the pony ride, Avery looked at her and politely said, "I don't need any help."


What an awesome trip. We were all sad when we had to leave, and we are all ready to go back!