How we did General Conference

Saturday afternoon, perfect weather, Aaron HOME, listening to our Prophet - life doesn't get much better. 

The Mr. and Mrs.

So my brother, Christopher, got married last week to my new sister-in-law Mary Ann. We are so happy for them and so excited that we were able to be a part of their special day. I hesitated to blog about this because I don't have a picture of the bride and groom. (whoops) But we took a family picture and as soon as I have that I will post it ASAP. Mary Ann looked beautiful and it was a very sweet day. 

I spent the weekend hanging out with my family and holding baby Sheppard every second that  I could. 

Carson spent the weekend chasing his cousins everywhere and having so much fun.

Camilla spent the weekend cheesing it up for everyone and waving as they passed by.

Aaron spent the weekend working on a project.

So here are a few pictures from the reception. It would not stop raining for a single second that day to take pictures but luckily we improvised and got a great shot of our family with an umbrella. 

And there was dancing. 

And cake.

And adorable girls.

This one in particular I could have just eat up that day. 

And there was a bride and groom...I promise. :) 

Puffy Tacos

Have you ever heard of a puffy taco? Well I hadn't until we moved here. People kept talking about how delicious these puffy tacos were. So when a Groupon popped up for a place that made them we jumped on it and tried it out this weekend. Um...delicious. I'm not sure how you make them but they are fried and somehow fluffy. Today for lunch Aaron was so upset we had eaten all our tacos and brought none home to eat as leftovers. Here I am trying them out. 

Now normally our kids are well, not fun to take out to eat um, ever but Mexican food our kids LOVE! They just both eat the whole time. 

I make no exaggeration here when I say that Carson literally ate a whole basket of tortilla chips and queso himself. It was amazing. He just kept saying more please, more chips please. Somehow he managed to eat his rice and beans and part of his enchilada too. How he does it I don't know... But I can say that these tortilla chips were some of the best I've ever had. You know the ones where the liner of the basket is just covered in grease? So fresh and delicious. 

The girls - Love this girl. 

Houston

Aaron had midterms at the beginning of the week so we decided to take off for a few days and visit my Dad in Houston. My Mom came up and brought Mia with her and the kids just loved, loved, loved playing with their favorite cousin. Aaron enjoyed a few days of uninterrupted sleep and just being able to focus on his tests. (Aaron takes school very seriously people) While we were in Houston we went to the bounce house, which we had all to ourselves and the kids had so much fun. Camilla even climbed up on the ladder all the way to the top of the big slide and went down. That girl will do anything she sees her brother do. 

We also went swimming but I was a wimp and would only swim in the hot tub. The kids all got in the pool but they preferred the hot tub as well. My kids were both so excited to see their Grandma and their cousin and couldn't figure out why they didn't get in the car to come home with us. 

Lake Pflugerville

So a couple of weeks ago our stake did a its service project at Lake Pflugerville. Now I couldn't go because you weren't supposed to bring small children, because of the risk with the water; but everyone was talking about what a fun beach it has. So we decided to check it out with a few of our more prepared friends. Since they had all been they knew what to bring and that made is way more fun! It was such a cute lake with a fun beach and best of all - we had the whole place to ourselves. The kids just had so much fun swimming and digging in the "sand." (It was a pebble beach) But they loved chasing the ducks. These ducks were obviously not intimidated of people and wanted the kids to give them some food. Camilla especially wanted to touch them. It was a fun day but we were all so wiped out by the time we left! 

High Chair

So Camilla is so obsessed with her high chair lately. She always wants to sit in it, even when we aren't eating. It makes me too nervous to let her play in it since our bar stools are so high so I usually put it on the floor for her to play in and sit in. She loves to buckle herself in. One night I put it on the floor for her to sit in and Carson just couldn't believe that Camilla got to sit in her chair in the living room and the next thing I know I can hear him dragging his bar stool across the room. I let him move it in and then he got to watch a show sitting in his bar stool. He just thought that was the coolest thing. 

You know your weights are too light when...

 I guess I may need to beef up my game.