We started the summer early with a trip to Sweeny. Lexi went right after her spring show and stayed for a week and a half. Cooper and I joined the party just in time to find out who was crowned the next "american idol"... GO TAYLOR!! we were all so very excited (even though still a little sad that "chris was robbed"!). we all got to go on a trip to "build-a-bear". one of lexi's and cooper's fave places to go. i am just a little mad i didn't think of this ingenious place first! here is grandma cissy and lexi giving their bears a bath. so now, lexi has 4 build-a-bears... i was done with 3, but we had to add one more to the mix. we found a bear that is white a blue, so somehow she became a "shining star" bear. gotta love it! the good thing is that lexi does play with them a lot and changes their outfits. so,... no complaining here.
cooper got to hang out with big daddy while at the mall. they had a fun time, even though, at times, it as hard to keep up with the fireball AKA coop. he is something else and always busy.... but oh-so-much-fun!!
the kiddos had so much fun swimming in the back yard! here they are showing off their new goggles... of course coop didn't leave them on for very long, so thank goodness i had the camera ready!
we (me, gc, lexi & coop) drove to rockport for the day. what a LONG day!!! not really sure how we survived. coop is just not a road-tripper. luckily, we got to go to rockport to see my nana. it had been a while. coop had never even gotten to meet her. the visit was too short, but it was a great visit. then we ventured off to portland. my cousin julie's son had his second birthday.
here are the boys!! ok,... even though austin is only 2 mths. older, look at how much bigger he is!! WOW!! and coop isn't a shrimp. they played really well together,.... well, as good as two 2-year olds can play together. but, they had fun. i was really glad we were able to make it.
here is lexi having fun at the party. she would NOT stop blowing this into her cousin, daniel's ear. payback.... hmmm. they are cute and sweet to each other.
ok,... so my father-in-law and i started to lay the wooden floors in the kitchen. WHAT A PAIN! the desk was SO hard to go around! we got all the way past the fridge. i will put up a new pic when we get completed. they are looking beautiful and SO much better than that nasty apartment-linoleum!! HATE it... also, makes the orange in the kitchen look better. until next time....
