Spring Break 2011

Heading out Friday morning

For Spring Break this year, we decided to rent a trailer at Lake Waurika and go fishing!  Bob and Barbara decided they wanted to come, too.  We have been trying to get them to go with us for a while now, but they never had.  I told Bob, once I made the reservation, he could not back out!! 

Auzlyn

We got up and left on Thursday morning..Robby and Bob in the pickup pulling the boat...Barbara the girls and myself in the Expedition.  Robby was driving to slow for me, so we passed them and went on in to Wichita Falls to stop by Academy and pick up a few things we needed and forgot at home...like chairs.  They beat us to Waurika..but not by much..and they already have the trailer key.  We go get everything unloaded and eat a sandwich..and then we unload the boat!!!

Barbara does not swim...does not like the water...in fact, she gets a little woozy just watching the water move...but she was bound and determined to get on the boat!!  and she did!!  Every time we went out, she was on it!!

I get home, and realize the only picture I have of Barbara is the back of her head!!

Haley cheesin'

Bob with his little Crappie

Needless to say, we didn't really catch any fish. Bob caught the first little crappie on Friday...not long after that, Haley had one on her hook, about the time it was at the side of the boat..it came off.  Auzlyn caught a little crappie in the crappie house.  On Saturday, Bob caught a little catfish.  That was the extent of our actual catching of the fish.  But we had fun!!  Oh yeah, Robby was trying to get a snake away from the boat and almost flung it in...He had a not happy wife, mother and daughters at him...but the snake didn't get in the boat.

Robby...just waiting

Saturday night...instead of eating fish we caught..We went to Bill's Fish House!  That was the BEST fish I have ever eaten!!! (besides our fresh fish)  It is only about 30 minutes from Wichita Falls, just north of the Red River...so if you want some good home cooked fried catfish..go to Bill's!!  and only order the half order because you will be taking half of the full order home!!  It is just an old white house, on the west side of the road, with the name Bill's on the front window...Oh, and there will be a ton of cars parked around it!!  So worth it though!!

American White Pelicans...gorgeous taking off!!

Well...Here are some Pictures

Instead of boring you with my lovely words, I'm just going to show you in pictures what we have been up to since July!?!  What have I been doing since then to not blog...UGH=(
Family Vacation to DFW when we went for Haley's 1st appointment...Mideival Times

 Dallas World Aquarium

We also went to Six Flags..we didn't take in the camera..and the Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing...they wouldn't let us bring in a camera because we might have figured out how to counterfeit money.

Texas Motor Speedway Tour on 2nd trip to Dallas in 2 1/2 weeks to pick up the brace.

 Aubrey singing karaoke in Haley's room.

 Fishing with the family.

 First Day of School

 Haley's in 5th grade with Mr. Mills.

 Auzlyn's in 2nd grade with Mrs. Gaylor.

 We started Geocaching!!

 Bye-bye 2 different floors in the kitchen!

 Bye-Bye hardwood floors in the living room!

 HELLOOOOO NEW CARPET!!

 New Kitchen tile to come soon...it better Kevin Jones!!

 Camping, Hiking and Geocaching at Caprock Canyon with the Saunders'

 Inside Natural Bridge.

I do have one more set of pictures, and that event just happened a couple of weeks ago, so it will have it's own post.  I hope to be better on my blogging, because I know I have a ton of readers!!

My Little Girl is Growing UP :(

Last Saturday, we went to Wichita Falls. There was some woodturning symposium deal that Robby wanted to go to, me and the girls dropped him off there in the morning, and me and the girls went shopping. The girls needed some new Fall/Winter clothes, off we go to Kohl's (my favorite store in the whole world!)

The girls pick out several outfits and we head to the dressing room. Haley starts trying on her clothes, and puts on this really cute outfit. She starts looking at herself in the mirror, looking at the back, the sides. She looks at me straight in my face and says, "Mom, I don't like this. You can see my BOOBS!" I told her it's really cute, and she proceeds to tell me that "she doesn't care, you can see her boobs and she was NOT getting it!" In my infinite, motherly wisdom, I told her, "Get used to it, they are NOT going away! all your clothes from now on are going to show your boobs!" Needless to say, we didn't get that outfit.

Haley also needed new shoes. Best place for shoes...Academy. We start trying on shoes, first a 4, then a 4.5, and finally a 5. Oh my goodness! My baby is wearing a size 5 shoe! That means we are fixing to move to womens shoes! Where did the time go! It just seems like yesterday when she started Kindergarten, and now she is in 4th grade, worrying about her boobs, and wearing a size 5 shoe! I think I am just going to lock her in her room until she is 30!