Catch up on summer activities

We have been busy with lots of activitie and I have been lazy about posting.

We went to Padernales Falls State Park near Austin with Jaime when she was visiting.

Maddie always manages to find critters.

We had a beach trip to Galveston. We love warm water!

This is the Freedom tree we visited on one of our missions.

We took our turtle to a pet shop reptile contest and the girls had a lot of fun.

A few more pictures from missions.

We went camping over the weekend and did a couple missions for our adventure races this year.

On this mission we found bug eating plants.

Yummy smores
We visited a place called Shangri La Botanical Gardens. It was so beautiful.

The kids manage to find critters everywhere.

This bird blind looked out into a rookerie.

Taking a break.

Some of the ineresting flowers.

Witnie found some friends.

Sydnie hard at work.

Honey Bees.

Day trip to the beach a couple weeks ago.

The girls love swimming with Daddy.

Happy Birthday Witnie!

The girls love it when Mark finds critters in the back yard.

Easter morning

Here is a serious kayaker:

Spring Activities

Last weekend we went with our friends to their families house in Wimberly (near Austin). This is the main house. We stayed in a bunk house to the side. It was in the woods and very nice.

Mark relaxing with Witnie and Luke. This was Mark's favorite spot.
There is a fishing pier of the river at the back of the property.

Maddie was very excited to finally catch a fish. She caught the first one.

Sydnie was also successful.

Witnie's favorite part was actually throwing them back in.

Here is Mark's big catch.

We had a picnic on the edge of this river and of course the kids couldn't help exploring...

...Maybe because they are related to these guys.

We went to a butterfly festival in town.

These girls really want a bunny.

There were tons of butterflies raised in cages and then turned loose.

We went to Brazos Bend a couple weekends ago.

This was a really big guy.This one was pretty little.

Maddie had a field trip at the zoo.

They had a few animals out the kids could pet.

She's not quite as big as a gorilla yet.