BTHO SFA....Whoop

Well it's that time of year...Aggie football...WHOOP!!!  With Austin living with us we decided to go ahead and get season tickets again.  September 4 was the first game against SFA.  Our tailgate group got a name this year...A Whole Lot E Tailgating Going On.  Luckily, even though we looked rough at first we ended up winning pretty heftily.  Thank goodness the heat wasn't soooo unbearable.

Abby ready to cheer the Ags on

Ashley is trying to make Katie smile while Dad looks oblivious

Pics from our seats

Austi Posti and Tracybug

Its hard to see, but Stacy is in the visor.  She got to fly in one of the planes for the flyover and they brought them on the field.

The bug family

My not so baby turns 2

So today is the day my baby turns 2.  She has grown up so much in the past year.  She is 30 pounds big and 35 inches tall of spunkiness!  Her party was held at a park in Bryan.  We had a little bouncy house and all of her friends came to play.  It was an alphabet party.  The cupcakes were letters and numbers in bright colors.  All the kids pigged out on pizza, cupcakes and ice cream.  Abby got way too many things but everyone helped her in opening them!  It was a little hot, but a great day.  Abby was tuckered out by the end.

Our birthday sweetpea coming down the walk for her big party

bouncy bouncy

Ina Ina going down the slide

Devyn...who is like twice the height of Abby...not really, but really tall!

Maximus is super excited to be here

Alexandra Rae looking all fly

Luke and Ashley

I LOVE Cupcakes!!!

Cupcakes, need we say more

A perfect ending to the long day...sooooo sweet

Randomness of Summer

Here are a smorgesboard of pictures from the summer for enjoyment....

Alex and Abby look up to trouble

Riley looks excited to be eating broccoli

Riley really really really wanted a braid...I gotta say it took some time to do

Sister love!

This is what Austin's hair looked like when it was long and after a day at Powersports

Out and about for a bike ride and swim

Abby loves corn

so does big sis Riley

We are family....

Some candid shots from our family photo shoot

Just goofin around

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese

Atlantic City or Bust

So I had to go last week to the AAMVA Region I conference.  It was held in Atlantic City at the Trump Taj Mahal.  Atlantic City was nooooooooo Vegas.  Some things were okay but it was a little hot, in fact setting record heat temps while we were there.



The view outside my room of the Atlantic

The boardwalk

A super cool candy store.  That elephant is made entirely of M&Ms!!!

Its bulls and blood, its dust and mud, its the roar of the Friday crowd...

So on Friday night we decided to haul the family into the car and head to the annual Brazos Valley Rodeo!  There was a petting zoo that occupied the kiddos for a bit and Riley even got to climb on a horse with one of the Catalina Cowgirls.  The best part of the eveningwas the kid calf scramble.  Austin was super quick and almost had one caught but it slipped through his hands.



Hot Springs and Baton Rouge

For the 4th, we packed up and went to Hot Springs per usual.  Joyce and Dennis took Riley and Austin up a day early and Tracy, Abby and I went as soon as I got back from Region IV in Boise.  Denise, Katie and Alec were there as well.  It was fun as normal and was pretty nice weather.  We boated, skiied, tubed, toured downtown Hot Springs and ate tons of food.  Tracy, Denise and I also found time to take Austin, Katie and Alec to see the new Twilight.  Let me teall you that the theater was the smallest I had seen.

Abs reading a book on the front porch

Katie, can we go to the lake yet?

Austin kneeboarding...got it on his first try

Austin, Riley and "Little" Katie in the big tube

Playing with some poppers

The girls hanging out

Riley loving her some sparklers

Riley shooting off some fireworks with Aunt Denise

The cousins while exploring in downtown Hot Springs

Austin and Riley tubing

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After Hot Springs, we left and went to Baton Rouge.  I was hosting a baby shower for my cousin Emily.  We had it at Aunt Lillians.  What I failed to mention above is that during the trip, Abby learned how to crawl out her pack and play.  It made for a very tiring trip as she kept wanting to crawl in and out.  While in Baton Rouge we did nothing but eat (go figure) and visit with everyone.  On the way back to Texas we stopped to see my brother and his family.  Hailey and Andrew are getting so big (niece and nephew).

Austin and Andrew just a rocking

Riley and Hailey