Breaking Dawn trailer? How'd I miss this?

Here it is if you haven't seen it!!

It looks great!! I'm getting excited. They've made us wait too long!




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One last pic...

Somehow I forgot to post this crazy pic of Logan. Or maybe he should be called "rubber man"! Did I mention he's double jointed?

Susan's house

We had a great time at Aunt Susan's. We swam 2-3 times each day... so much that Logan came home with swimmers ear. :-(

Here are a few pics of our fun!

Going...

Going...
Going...

Gone!

Cannon ball!!

Uncle Ray taught Logan to do a back flip off the boat recently, so he had to try it here too!

It's hard to catch the shot just right with my cheap little camera. Susan took most of these and she did a great job!

The kids loved getting out and drying off in Susan's big hammock!

Thanks Sue for a great time!

Gordan's release

We decided that after having Gordan the bullfrog for 1 year, it was time to let him go have a good frog life at the pond in our neighborhood. They keep water in it all the time, so there's no need to worry about his habitat drying up.

We got him on 6-16-10 (right after Logan's birthday last year.) This is how he came in the mail. Needless to say I was a little surprised at how big he was as a tadpole.

We watched him grow (quickly!). It was really awesome.

Within just a few days of sprouting his legs, his tail disappeared. Magic!

Here he was the morning we took him to the pond 6-19-11. Almost a year to the day after we got him.

We made sure he was well fed leading up to his release just in case it took him a little while to get adjusted. Once we felt like he was ready we carried him in his little carrier down to the big pond.

Logan gave him a little kiss goodbye!

Miss El had to hold him one last time too.

Look how well he blends in! Hopefully he'll be safe.

There are tons of waterlilies and other lovely plants surrounding the pond, so he has lots of places to hide out and hunt for food! He'll finally get to stretch his legs.

I know he's in froggie paradise right now!! Wouldn't you be if you were a frog?

Ellie's 7th Birthday Party

On our way to the party in her new dress!
The cool stiletto chair where they got their nails painted.

Getting her hair done.

Ta da!

Beautiful!

Standing around chatting like little socialites!

Lined up waiting to "strut their stuff" on the red carpet.

Ellie was embarrassed by this as well and didn't really strike much of a pose.

These girls on the other hand had no problem with it!

Here are all the little beauties fully made up! Lovely!

Ellie doesn't like to be the center of attention and was making quite a face when we were singing to her.

Opening presents!!

A great Birthday!

Logan's field trip

I know I'm waaay behind on posting, but I'm going to try and catch up. Logan had his field trip 2 days before the end of school. They went to the Capitol and the Texas State Cemetery. It was a great time, but really hot! Here are some pics.

Looking up into the dome. Apparently that star in the middle is over 6 feet across!

Looking up through the sky light from the under ground section.

This is the floor directly below the dome.

The Texas State Cemetery. Beautiful! All those small headstones are from the Civil War.

I can't remember who this guy was, someone from the Civil War, I think. Anyway there's a fantastic statue carved of him inside.

All the kids found a hill at the end of our tour and had a great time running up and rolling down. The teachers and parents weren't sure if it was really "cemetery behavior", but there weren't any graves or funerals happening, so we figured it was OK.

This is the 9-11 memorial. It's an actual piece of the twin towers in the middle there. Pretty neat.

If you haven't been to either of these places, they are both worth a visit. Very fun and educational!