Bathtubs and Showers

Inspired by a blog I read, Enjoying the Small Things, I have thought of a lively place in my home. A place in our home where life occurs. I tend to skim things I read so I just hoped back over to the small things to confirm my details of her challenge and request, and realized…Oh no, Kelle mentioned our place in her post! That is ok…it is still our place, and part of the beauty is that others have this place, and we get to share when we are on the go!

I will warn, there was no way with as much life as our bathtubs and showers have that I can stick to one photo!


Our place of
Firsts for a newborn baby
Brothers
Mothers
Fathers
Friends
And alone time

Our place of
Beginnings of labor for a new mother
Tears
Smiles
Make believe
Giggles
And learning our ABC's

Our place of
Quiet Feedings with a sweet little nursling
Escaping
Cooling off
Or warming up
Singing (loudly)
And soaking in with a good book.

Our place of
Romantic gestures of a caring husband
Unwinding
Soothing coughs
Toys (even those that don't belong)
Bubbles
And coloring in places you wouldn't normally

Our place of
First stitches on a little chin when dancing a jig
Splashing
Watching
Swimming
Stories
And letting out good cry when life has spun...just like life does best

Ayden's first bath
Ayden 9 mths
Mason's first bath~ tears for all four
Grammy watching our sweet Ayden at Oma's
Ayden two and a half and Mason 9 mths, brothers!
Super smiles, Mason 9 mths
Silly bath time Ayden 2, Mason 1
Full of laughs
Crunch crunch
Make believe Ayden
Mason wants a turn
Swimming in the bath, of course! Ayden 3, Mason 2
Shower time fun, Ayden 4, Mason 3
Bath with best friend Emma!
I can't believe I am posting this...labor with Reid
Ayden, 5 helping with Reid's first bath
Baths work in sinks also, and of course a family affair
Reid 3 mths
We can stand! Reid 7 mths
Beautiful baby Reid
Ariel view of our wonderfully happy place

Spicewood TX, little bit of work, little bit of fun!

We brought in the big guns for our 2010 Supervisor Retreat! Ron Morrison with the Docentus group lead our leadership, team building and conflict resolution for the staff, AND husbands and families tagged along.

We stayed at the awesome Mountain Star Lodge. It had perfect accommodations, including suites, a three bedroom house for the family of five plus babysitter, garage for outside activities and a room for our seminars. The views were unbelievable. It was hard to remember that we were still in Texas.

Ziplining through the trees was a wonderful addition to the weekend at Cypress Valley Canopy Tours. One of our guides seemed to fall straight from the trees and loved his unique life, living from the land, out of a converted school bus, and drinking the water that falls from the sky. His stories and guidance about what you can eat from the plants and trees were really interesting! I found out quickly that I lack the skills to break, so I was thankful for the other guide who helped me avoid the trees at the end of each line. Glenn and Diana (Oma) were a treat to watch, daredeviling it every chance they could in true form.

Glenn, our fantastic babysitter Cheybli and Uncle Matt enjoyed a beautiful park and the Mansfield Damn while we were learning Saturday afternoon.

Dinner overlooking the sunset on Lake Travis was so special and I am thrilled with the awesome staff we have set up for summer 2010! I know they will exceed our every expectation.

Enjoy the overload here, it was hard to choose!







Tricksters!


Animated Mason!


Typical time out for Ayden, our spirited child!

A boy and his conversation with his Uncle...please come swing with me!




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Long time no blog...

The last three weekends have found us away from our comfortable home. This has made blogging hit the back burner...as my weeknights are spent with the kiddos and playing catch up from each weekend!

Three weekends ago Glenn joined two of our great friends in marriage! He is becoming quite the officiant. We went to Galveston and boarded a cruise ship for the wedding. Unfortunately we had to get off the ship before it set sail!

Photos courtesy of Kelli's facebook! We love you guys!





The Sunday afternoon after our Galveston trip we headed over to Northshore for a visit with JoJo and Grandpa! They are such happy reminders of how much we cherish our family!



Two weekends ago we took all the kids to Spicewood, Texas (south Austin) for the annual A-Beautiful Pools, Inc. supervisor retreat! I think an entire post will be dedicated to this wonderful weekend, as my husband took plenty of great photos. We brought along our wonderful babysitter, Cheylbi, and it made Glenn free to zipline with us and enjoy a yummy dinner overlooking Lake Travis! I am super duper (yes I just wrote super duper) happy that my job enables me to live life with my family and be the best VP as I can at the same time!

I will leave with you a teaser until I can sit down and sort through our photos!




Finally this past weekend we had a wonderful Easter weekend, and a blast from the past for me. When I was younger we spent each Easter in Grapeland, TX camping with some good family friends. A memorial service for a dear friend brought us all back together this past Easter. The only difference was more, new little people that had a great time camping and hunting eggs in nature! The Frasers and Dominys did it our way though~ a 40ft motor home! Super fun! No photos uploaded yet, but I promise some perfect ones to follow sometime in April!

Work has me back to the grind trying to get all of our pools staffed before mid-April, so blogging will probably come in spurts as I bring work home at night quite often.

I am anxiously awaiting this last weekend of travel with best friends Courtney, Lance, Emma, Lachlan, Christen and possibly Sarah!