Our Fantastic 4'th!!!

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For the first time in four years we skipped the beach on the 4'th and headed to Gaga & Papa's on the lake! Since our two week trip to Disney World and the beach is right around the corner, we decided some fun on the lake was in need! The boys had a ball!!! We went a day early to let the kids play on the lake without crowds and hit the jackpot! There was no one and the water was calm...perfect for tubing! After a few rounds of waterski attempts and a couple successes the boys hit the tube! They had a ball flopping all over each other and flying off into the water :)  We got home and had even more fun kayaking in the canal (now that we are old pros and all!) We even sat right underneath the fireworks on the lake to wrap up our fun weekend celebrating America!

Our mini Staycation :)

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Lake LBJ and the city of Marble Falls is less than 1 hour from our house. For Kerry's 30th we went to the Marriott Resort for a girls weekend. Somehow since my people were so close they showed up at the resort for one of the afternoons. The kids had so much fun we took them back for a few days the last week of June! I managed to kick the trip into high gear by ripping my fingernail completely off of my finger with the acrylic still attached to it as we were packing the car!!! One of the most painful things I have EVER done!!! A few stitches later to repair the finger I tore as well (under where the nail used to be!) we were late but on our way.

The Marriott at Horseshoe Bay is such a neat place. The grounds are extraordinary, there is a sand beach right on the lake, multiple pools, the coolest rock Jacuzzi I have ever seen, an 18 hole professional putting course that is like mini golf on steroids, fishing, marina and so much more. The kids had a ball with Craig for three straight days and I happily sat in a chair with my ankle up (yes, I am also coming off an ankle fracture!), finger dry and wrapped, pain pills on board and constant margaritas being the photographer. The kids all kayaked for the first time (I think we found a new family activity...they LOVED it!!!) and we also made fun use of my new "Mom-proof" phone...the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active...it has indestructible, shatterproof gorilla glass and is FULLY waterproof!!! The kids had a ball playing with my cell phone in the pool in aqua mode and I enjoyed watching the people around us look at me like we were insane taking a phone in the pool :)

Another "Successful" Swim Season :)



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We were officially swimteam slackers this year. We actually only made it to one meet at the very end of the season. Not because we had other commitments or activities...we just weren't that into it. The boys went to 3-4 practices/week since April and while they enjoyed the practices, they had ZERO interest in going to meets this year. Luke finally wanted to go to one just to show everyone that he can in fact make it all the way across the pool without touching the wall, lane lines or bottom. Brian and matt agreed to participate as well since they were going to watch their brother. Holy cow...we should've gone to more meets! My guys did GREAT! They all had multiple time improvements and placing's in the top 10 in their events (well...not Luke but he did complete his lap in a "record time" of 2:06, earning himself a GIANT gold medal from Mommy!!!) Click for a few pics of the one meet we actually participated in :)