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| Glory, Paul, and Ruby Watts |
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| Alex, Amanda, Ruby and Eliza Watts |
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| Christian, Zachary and Grant Watts showing of their fireflies they caught |
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| Fireworks! |
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Concerts in the Gardens
I love when the month of June comes around because it means summer nights at the Fort Worth botanic gardens again. They do live concerts with the Fort Worth symphony followed by fireworks. We take blankets and chairs, food and drinks, soccer/volley/base balls and we just enjoy our time. Christian made sure to document some of it this last weekend when we were listening to the Beach Boys.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Cruise Day 1: Embarkation!
Finally! After months of anticipation we have departed for our family Christmas gift, which was a cruise to Mexico. We decided last year that instead of gifts we would take a nice vacation together and make memories. The kids thought it would be a great idea initially, but as the holidays approached they began to question it when they realized there would be no gifts under the tree.
We came down to Galveston a day early so they could enjoy playing on the beach and we could avoid the long drive the same day as embarkation. This was Alex's first time to see the beach and the older three had not been since before Alex was born. Everyone was really excited to get up and go the next morning.
The weather was CHILLY! Ok, I'm just a wimp. It was in the 60's, cold enough for me to wear a jacket the entire time, but the kids did not seem to mind at all and spent the entire day on the beach playing, building sand castles and other random creations, and running in and out of the water. By late afternoon everyone was worn out (and I was frozen) so we headed back to the room for showers, dinner, and bed.
We stayed at the Best Western right across the street from the ocean. We thought it would be a great idea, but it ended up being a nightmare! We were all settled in to bed when around 10:30 I began to hear water dripping in the bathroom area. I thought perhaps it was rain, but realized there was another floor above us and that couldn't be possible. It turned out that the toilet in the room above us had backed up and was flooding all over. It went down three floors and was flooding into the garage below. The flooding in our room was so bad we had to wake up the kids and transfer to a new room with all of our luggage at 11:30. Not. Fun.
We were SO ready to get away from that hotel that we were up and checked out by 10am. Embarkation was not supposed to be until 12:30, but for lack of anything else to do we went ahead and headed to the terminal. Turns out they let us check in and walk right on the boat with NO lines! The kids and I spent the next two hours investigating the boat and searching out all the fun things to do. We had a huge lunch and then lounged around by the pool until our rooms were ready at 1:30. There was a bean bag toss game right by the pools that kept the kids captivated for quite some time, with Christian winning the majority of the games by a large margin, and not quite humble about it either.
My friend Rachael and her family also booked to join us on the cruise and the met up with us after lunch. Her daughter Hannah is the same age group as our boys and once she arrived they were all off together to terrorize the boat.
They played basketball, miniature golf, ping pong, went hot tubbing and swimming together and discovered the hot chocolate and ice cream bar. Completely contradictory, I know.
Late afternoon we had to assemble at our muster stations for the required safety briefing. Alex got just a bit bored, as you can see.
By the time the sun set on this day we were all beat. As I type the kids are all in their adjoining room having a pillow fight with each other and Hannah and laughing hysterically.
They have let me know that tomorrow they want to "wake up early, eat breakfast on the back of the boat where it is peaceful and quiet, have some more hot chocolate, then hit the water slides and swimming pools."
Alex said that the pretend grass at the mini golf course was the most amazing thing ever!
Amanda said her favorite part to this point has been riding up and down on the glass elevators where you can see 11 floors! Crazy!
William has enjoyed swimming in the "freezing pool" and drinking unlimited hot chocolate.
Christian also says that having endless amounts of food at his fingertips has been awesome.
We really want to schedule a family cruise with all of the extended family for this next Christmas. The kids would all have so much fun with all of their cousins. Crossing my fingers that we can all somehow make it work.
We are at sea all day tomorrow. Lots of sun block required.
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We came down to Galveston a day early so they could enjoy playing on the beach and we could avoid the long drive the same day as embarkation. This was Alex's first time to see the beach and the older three had not been since before Alex was born. Everyone was really excited to get up and go the next morning.
The weather was CHILLY! Ok, I'm just a wimp. It was in the 60's, cold enough for me to wear a jacket the entire time, but the kids did not seem to mind at all and spent the entire day on the beach playing, building sand castles and other random creations, and running in and out of the water. By late afternoon everyone was worn out (and I was frozen) so we headed back to the room for showers, dinner, and bed.
We stayed at the Best Western right across the street from the ocean. We thought it would be a great idea, but it ended up being a nightmare! We were all settled in to bed when around 10:30 I began to hear water dripping in the bathroom area. I thought perhaps it was rain, but realized there was another floor above us and that couldn't be possible. It turned out that the toilet in the room above us had backed up and was flooding all over. It went down three floors and was flooding into the garage below. The flooding in our room was so bad we had to wake up the kids and transfer to a new room with all of our luggage at 11:30. Not. Fun.
We were SO ready to get away from that hotel that we were up and checked out by 10am. Embarkation was not supposed to be until 12:30, but for lack of anything else to do we went ahead and headed to the terminal. Turns out they let us check in and walk right on the boat with NO lines! The kids and I spent the next two hours investigating the boat and searching out all the fun things to do. We had a huge lunch and then lounged around by the pool until our rooms were ready at 1:30. There was a bean bag toss game right by the pools that kept the kids captivated for quite some time, with Christian winning the majority of the games by a large margin, and not quite humble about it either.
My friend Rachael and her family also booked to join us on the cruise and the met up with us after lunch. Her daughter Hannah is the same age group as our boys and once she arrived they were all off together to terrorize the boat.
They played basketball, miniature golf, ping pong, went hot tubbing and swimming together and discovered the hot chocolate and ice cream bar. Completely contradictory, I know.
Late afternoon we had to assemble at our muster stations for the required safety briefing. Alex got just a bit bored, as you can see.
By the time the sun set on this day we were all beat. As I type the kids are all in their adjoining room having a pillow fight with each other and Hannah and laughing hysterically.
They have let me know that tomorrow they want to "wake up early, eat breakfast on the back of the boat where it is peaceful and quiet, have some more hot chocolate, then hit the water slides and swimming pools."
Alex said that the pretend grass at the mini golf course was the most amazing thing ever!
Amanda said her favorite part to this point has been riding up and down on the glass elevators where you can see 11 floors! Crazy!
William has enjoyed swimming in the "freezing pool" and drinking unlimited hot chocolate.
Christian also says that having endless amounts of food at his fingertips has been awesome.
We really want to schedule a family cruise with all of the extended family for this next Christmas. The kids would all have so much fun with all of their cousins. Crossing my fingers that we can all somehow make it work.
We are at sea all day tomorrow. Lots of sun block required.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The simple moments
Ben will likely kick me for this, but I love these simple moments of snuggling with the kids and enjoying them while they're small. Now to work on keeping Alex from sneaking down into our room every other night. : )
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Cousin Camping
My kids love their cousins. More importantly, they love to camp with their cousins. Nothing delights them more than getting the invitation to head to the ranch for a weekend of fun, mud, four-wheeling, hunting, shooting, etc. Meanwhile, I get to stay home and work on school.
This past weekend LeAnne called and invited the kids to spend the weekend with them at the ranch. While I was busy working away on my business my phone beeps with an alert of a new picture. Apparently, Alex and Kiersten were insistent upon being included in the evening hunting excursion with Kevin. So they geared up and despite the pouring rain, they ventured out to hide in the blind for who-knows-how-long and await their prey. They were successful (no picture included for your morbid curiosity) and returned back to LeAnne to report. This picture below was of them returning triumphant with pride. Just look at Alex's face, you can see it. My thanks to Kevin for raising these kiddos up right.
This past weekend LeAnne called and invited the kids to spend the weekend with them at the ranch. While I was busy working away on my business my phone beeps with an alert of a new picture. Apparently, Alex and Kiersten were insistent upon being included in the evening hunting excursion with Kevin. So they geared up and despite the pouring rain, they ventured out to hide in the blind for who-knows-how-long and await their prey. They were successful (no picture included for your morbid curiosity) and returned back to LeAnne to report. This picture below was of them returning triumphant with pride. Just look at Alex's face, you can see it. My thanks to Kevin for raising these kiddos up right.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
I shouldn't laugh, but...
The kids were running around as always being their insane selves. Alex got a new sword and shield for his birthday and loves telling everyone how powerful he is. In fact he ran up to me, and out of nowhere announced, "You can never have my powers!" I was speechless...and just a little offended.
Well this video was taken while they played. It kinda made me laugh.
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Well this video was taken while they played. It kinda made me laugh.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
What was I thinking??
Summer is here, my kids have long anticipated the long, lazy days free of homework and full of promising fun activities to do with Mom. How disappointed they have been. Me and my genius mind thought it would be no big deal to go ahead and take 12 hours this summer semester and still have time to go to the water park, museum, zoo, six flags, etc. Eh, not so much. I find myself stuck with my laptop solving the math mysteries of the universe, otherwise known as algebra, while they get completely caught up on Wizards of Waverly Place seasons. What a good Mom am I?
I resolve to get caught up this weekend on all homework, in between blowing in new insulation to the attic, two sleepovers with friends/cousins, a end-of-year swim party for Christian, and church. So once all of that is done, I will DEFINITELY get caught up. Next week will be much better, full of fun, lots of things to do.
Riiiigghhhhtttt.....
I resolve to get caught up this weekend on all homework, in between blowing in new insulation to the attic, two sleepovers with friends/cousins, a end-of-year swim party for Christian, and church. So once all of that is done, I will DEFINITELY get caught up. Next week will be much better, full of fun, lots of things to do.
Riiiigghhhhtttt.....
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Boys are awesome...
It is about time we start making our kids more responsible, make them work, make them earn their keep, right? So this morning Ben tells the boys to go out and get the lawn mowed (mind you we have quite a bit of yard) and to build character they can use the push mower. : )
I am upstairs doing homework and getting ready for finals when I look out my window to see how they are progressing. I see William plugging along making headway, while Christian is walking along behind him swinging a stick in the long grass. I yell out from my balcony and ask Christian why is he not helping. He replies, "I am! I get him water when he is thirsty!"
Classic.
I am upstairs doing homework and getting ready for finals when I look out my window to see how they are progressing. I see William plugging along making headway, while Christian is walking along behind him swinging a stick in the long grass. I yell out from my balcony and ask Christian why is he not helping. He replies, "I am! I get him water when he is thirsty!"
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