Green River Ordinance's video!

My cousin's band has made a video! Check it out!

http://www.mtvu.com/music/video-premiere/green-river-ordinance_come-on/

We have always joked about my sister and I being back up dancers when my cousins got to the point of making videos... unfortunately, I didn't get a call for this one :( Maybe next time!
You can also visit their official site at www.greenriverordinance.com

Batman Begins

I got Owen the Dark Night Batman costume for Christmas. I don't know where his fascination with Batman came from... He has a cup with Batman on there and Aunt Kelly got him some Batman PJ's (complete with a cape) for his birthday. We don't have any Batman movies and if there is a cartoon I am not aware of it... but you would think Owen knows all about it! He gets so excited about his Batman stuff. I held back the costume as long as I could because I knew once he put it on he would not want to take it off. It is already a battle to get him out of the PJ's on the nights he sleeps in them. (I have to admit he has worn them to school once or twice... hey, you have to pick your battles! And I am pretty sure it is not the first time a two year old has worn his PJ's to school)

ANYWAY, here are some photos of the first time we tried on the costume. He was so funny! He didn't want to put on the full suit... he told me he was "too big" but I think it was too hot for him. So that is why you only see him here in the cape and the mask. I tried on the mask first to show it to him and he insisted that I "put Batman on his nose". So here you go....

After running down stairs... he jumped off the bottom step and gave us this first pose... pricless!

Apparently, Batman does a bear crawl.

Another Batman pose...

And then the muscles came out ;)

As you can see... he put on quite a show! He was running around giving us his best Batman impression... it was great!!!

Sea World

We lived in San Antonio for a few years when I was a child so you can understand how excited I was to share the magic of Sea World with Owen! I waited all summer to try to avoid the heat and we finally decided to go with the Faskes in October. We started off with the Shamu show and Owen thought that "big whale" was pretty neat. There weren't many rides he could ride but we did manage to get him on the log ride and he really liked it! He wanted to go down that "big mountain" again and again! We got an annual pass so there are several trips in our future :) AND I CAN'T WAIT! We were all exhausted by the time we made it home but it was well worth it! Sea World anyone?...

Ashlyn (John's niece), Owen (would not look at the camera), Cason, Erin and Anna (John's niece)

Back row: Parker :)

A Nashville Wedding!

My cousin Matt got engaged last week! We just met his girlfriend last month. Her name is Brittany and she fit right in with the family! Looks like we will be going to a Nashville wedding next February! I can't wait!!!!

Happy Campers

We went camping this last weekend with my dad at Inks Lake State Park. This was only my second time to go camping and Owen's first :) Owen LOVES to be outside so he thought camping was pretty great! We got a great site right on the lake, close to the playground and bathrooms (this is important when you are "roughing it". There was fishing, smores and a cave tour at Longhorn Caverns. We had a great time and we look forward to camping again soon! I totally recommend Inks Lake; it was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Dad, me, Stef and Hannah in the cavern. Notice Owen behind Hannah... mesmerized by the rock that looks like a bear's head... very cool!

Rachael... playing with the worms.

Me and Hannah in our "taj-ma-tent"... snuggled up on the air mattress with my electric blanket... sorry people but that's as close to "roughing it" as I am going to get!

Andy, Owen and me outside the caverns.

Look out Gabby!

Owen and I went to stay with my dad early this month. We went swimming and Owen wanted to play with the creepy crawly pool cleaner. He quickly figured out that the tale squirted water and he thought it was HYSTERICAL to get Gabby with it!

It's a little late for Frankenstein

Last year Owen was sick on Halloween and it certainly wasn't cold enough for him to wear the costume I had bought him. I brought it out to see if it would still fit and he was so excited to put on his "monster". Well... it's a little short and gives him a wedgie... and he can only wear it for about 5 minutes before he tells me that it hurts his chin... but he sure does look cute in it! I don't think we'll get to wear it this year. He is all about Batman right now so we will be on the hunt for a Batman costume. It is a battle every morning at our house b/c he wants to wear his Batman PJ's with the cape every day to school or anywhere really ;) It's pretty cute. Here's the Frankenstein pic...