tour of the capitol, austin

Talk about last minute...

Sooo....we've had a lot going on around here lately with the whole moving situation. We had been working with a lady that thought she found us a place, but it was iffy if we could move in by the 1st b/c the homeowners were doing some renovating, etc., she wasn't real sure and couldn't really give me any definitive answers. Four days before we had to be out of our place in Houston she drops off communication with me, no phone calls, no e-mails, nothing, I can't get a hold of her to save my life. What the heck are we to do, we had no back up plan. Thankfully, she got in touch with me after the 400 plus phone calls and e-mails I had sent her at 11:00 a.m. this morning (May 29th). I'm not kidding, we're picking up the moving truck in the morning and up until then we had no destination. Anyhoo, she has a new place that just came available that I was only able to see three pictures of, the outside, the pool!!! and the kitchen. This is really going against my style to just move into a place blind now knowing what to expect and if it's "my kinda clean" or not. But at this point, we have no other choice! So after that it seems like everything has fallen into place, Sara was able to come over and help me pack up (Sara, I would still be pacing around the house if it weren't for you. Thank you a great deal for everything you've done for me, you are golden and I'm really going to miss you in Austin :() I only have a few small last minute things to do once JD gets here in the morning and we are off to Austin finally.

Just in time to put the furniture in place, put sheets on beds, unpack a few boxes and me and the kids are off to FLORIDA!!!! Yea! My wonderful parents are going to keep the girls for the month of June, although, I'll be there some of the time. I'm flying in with them Tuesday and flying out Saturday to Boston, woohoo. I'm visiting Aydin for the first time that's long overdue. We are going to go Ziplining through the Berkshire Mountains, going to the TX Rangers game against the Red Sox at Fenway, touring the city and who knows what else. From there I'll fly to Nashville to meet up with friends for the CMA Festival, which is going to be a blast. I've never spent time in Nashville so I'm really excited to get to go. Next I'm headed back to Austin (yes, people, this is all in the month of June) to spend some time with my hubby, which I'm really looking forward to, peace and quiet (meanwhile, my kids will be terrorizing my parents and their house), finish unpacking and settling into our new place, tour some of the vineyards, see the nightlife, celebrate JD's birthday at a golf resort and maybe float the guadalupe river and just relax, ahhh, I can't wait! Finally, my last stop will be to zoom into Fl to pick up my babies who I'm really going to miss and bring them back to good ol' TX.
So what I was trying to say from the beginning is that I'm taking off from blogging for a couple of weeks for vacay and when I get settled I'll be posting pics from all of my adventures. Until we meet again...
smOOches, Emily

Cru

The other night a group of my girlfriends from my moms' group here got together for a little send off before I move. We went to Cru, which is a really yummy wine bar with really good food. A cool place and a great night out. Thanks girls, I'm going to miss ya'll!
Mandy, Stephanie, Heather, Sara, Stacy, me

smOOches, Emily

Momma's Day

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It was today...

that I realized my sweet baby was growing up. I spotted a freckle on her little nose!

smOOches, Emily

Who needs to go to a water park...

...when you have a water slide at home! The look on their face says it all, this is a lot of FUN! I wish I had my video camera, but JD has it in Austin, but sooner or later hopefully I'll get this on tape because it's absolutely a riot to watch them go down the slide. And now they've discovered going down on your belly face first is even more exciting!






smOOches, Emily

A trip to the beach...well, if you want to call it that.

Being a native Floridian for 27 years I guess you could say I'm a little bit spoiled or that...well, let's just say the beaches in Florida are breathtaking compared to Galveston. Although, the kids didn't care about this, they had a great time digging in the sand and letting the water splash up on their toes. It was a great trip overall, but I'm really excited to get back home and spend some time at a real beach!







smOOches, Emily

Houston Aquarium

We had a great time at the aquarium checking out the fish tanks, riding the shark train, riding the ferris wheel (Lucy insisted) petting sting rays and everything else we did. It's such an amazing experience to see things through their eyes, I just love it.












smOOches, Emily