I just can not beleive how fast time is going by! I looked at when the last blog was posted and there is so much stuff that has happened between now and then, I do not know where to start. First, I would like to say that Kory is getting to be such a little person. He is playing so much nicer lately and is listening, most of the time. Now, he totally still has his 3 year old moments, but things really seem to be getting better! I am so relieved-let me tell you! For a while there I did not know what we were going to do with him! I also wanted to mention an awesome websight that my sister sent me. It is called Mamasource and you fill out a short form and get 1 email every day...and this is moms in our area asking questions, voicing concerns, just really being there for each other. I really enjoy reading the post because it gives me a since of support and encouragement.
So, Yeah!!...My Brother finally graduated from college! We had a big party at the house that I think turned out really good! Kory had such a great time. We made BBQ and beans, put up the bouncy house, rented several magarita machines...it was a great night. We even had a DJ, which was my favorite part of all. He really went all out and brought his lights and all kinds of equipment. If anyone ever needs a DJ, I would highly recommend him. He was great with the kiddos too! I will post some pictures, but I think I left my camera at home...So pictures to follow!!
The next weekend we left for our Family Vacation in Port Aransas. We had planned to be there from Friday May 16-Friday May 23, however we all know "Gota Go Keith" right...His theme song is " Gotta Go Gotta Go Get that Crop out. Gotta Go Gotta Go get that Crop out." Ha Ha Ha (That was for all of you who remember those great farm safety videos we had to watch in ag class). Ok...Anyways, we ended up coming home on Thursday-which still leaves us there for 5 whole days. You would think in 5 days we could of done everything that we wanted to, but somehow just did not manage to do it! Kory had a great time though. I am really glad he likes the water. Although that brings with it some challanges, I think it would be much harder to have a child that was scarred of the water. But...Kory is a little fish! He will even tell me, "Mama I sure wish I could be a fish". Now that proves his love of the water. With 3 children 3 and under and 8 adults all staying in one house, you can imagine the chaos! Yes...Chaos and loud and my great baby brother who is pretty much set in his college schedule...wake up at 10:00 (if we are lucky) eat, hang out, eat again, nap all afternoon...Do you guys see a pattern-kind of like the 3 children right, nope just kidding....anyways...the house did seem pretty small sometimes!
Here are all the activities that we did and then I will post some pictures!
Friday May 16-Arrive and go to eat
Saturday May 17-Hang out, swimm, go into town to eat lunch, Parents and Neal Arrive, fix supper and swim some more
Sunday May 18-Went to the Beach, Ate at the Wharf restaurant, Swam
Monday May 19- Boys went fishing and Girls and kiddos went into town, shopped a little and then went swimming, made supper
Tuesday May 20-Went to the Aquarium in Corpus. I did not think that Kory got much out of this, but he is still talking about it. The little monkey picks up the funniest things..like his favorite part was the jelly fish. I have NO idea why. We had to visit the jelly fish like 4 times while we were there. We saw the dolphin show, which to me was sort-of a waste of time and I was thinking that it was just hot and a little boring. But, there was a dolphin named Pai that Kory fell in love with. We had to go see Pai and tell Pai bye. Sometimes, you just never know what your kiddos are learning! That evening we grilled the fish that they caught on the trip!
Wednesday May 21-Neal, Danielle, and Dad all went Parasailing. Kory got to ride in the boat and boy did he like that. Grabed a bite to eat and then went on a Dolphin watching tour. I really enjoyed that- I think the Dolphin tour was my favorite. That night we went into Corpus and ate at Joe's Crab Shack and Kory fell in love with the place. They had these huge silvered mirror hanging balls (like the one in our living room becuase Kory will not let us take it down-from his wiggles party) and he loved them! They also had some disco balls that when the waitstaff did the little dance they would turn on- O my gosh I thought Kory was going to explode with happiness!
Thursday May 22-packed up and headed home. We ended up going into corpus on our way home, as I was pouting because I was not happy to be leaving...this was my "beach" day as we really did not spend all that much time there. Anyways, somehow we ended up there and it happended to be right around lunch time, so we let Kory pick where he wanted to go. I bet you can't guess what he said....Yep....Joe's Joe's Joe's!!! And this time we sat downstairs, next to a stage and a silver ball. Keith let Kory dance on the stage and even turned the lights on for him...He thought he was in high cotton! Such a little show off! When we were leaving, we made Kory tell one of the bartenders thanks for letting him play on the stage and he did it so politely that the bartender gave him this little shark. Guess what the shark's name is...That's right, Pai!
Ok...I will post more about the trip, some pictures and upcoming events in a little while!
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