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Today is "National Donut Day"!  I didn't even know there was such as thing.  Well, I've been listening to the radio and they keep talking about how bad donuts are for you.  I guess I knew that, but I was trying to ignore the facts in order to be able to enjoy them :0).  I really thing my donut days are over.  That means, no more "Saturday Morning Tradition"!

So...if you see me with a donut in my hand, just remind me about this post! (Don't these look great? - I will miss them...)

Fun, Hot, Weekend

We started off our weekend by going to the UT Health Science Center to run. The kids ran/walked 1/2 mile. Carson did more running than walking. Natalia, on the other hand, did more walking than running and a lot of talking too. She complained with every step she took. You could hear her saying, "I'm tired, I'm hot, I'm thirsty, I'm sleepy...." After jogging, they got to play in the sand. We also played some vollyball.

We were getting ready to play tennis, but all the courts were occupied so we had to drive to a park near by. Thank goodness both tennis courts were available! As you can remember from a previous post, I just got my tennis racquet, so Carson was teaching me some tennis lessons! He was showing me how we hit low to high. He said, "No Mama, look this is how you do it, first you put your left leg here and then you go low to high. Yup, that's what Daddy told me." (Thank you for the tennis lessons Carson.) Carson played the entire time we were out there, he never sat down. He would play at the wall, with me or by himself by practicing his serve. Now, as you can imangine, Natalia had other plans. She would hit the ball twice and then she would take a break. Then she would asked, "Mama, how much longer do me have to play?"

Since we were at the park, they got to play at the playground too. I guess they were worn out because after 10 minutes, they were so ready to go back home. This has never happened before. It takes approximately an hour before they semi-agree to leave...not this time!

We went home and ate lunch. After lunch, we turned the sprinklers on and this is what they did...







I thought we were going to end the day by going to the bookstore and getting a Starbucks dirnk but nobody was up to it. Natalia was feeling sick. I took her temperature and she did have a low fever, so we stayed home and read books and watched T.V. Which was nice because while they watched T.V., I was able to go and wash my car.

Sunday, we went to the zoo. It was so hot! We were there for about 4 hours and then decided it was time to come back home. The kids really enjoyed playing in the water at the zoo.

And for some reason, this is the only picture I took at the zoo. I guess, it was too hot and I couldn't think about anything else other than the heat!

So, what do you collect?

Natalia decided that collecting rollie pollies would be an excellent idea! Well, I just wanted to share with you her very own new collection. By the way, she named one. His name is Hewho (don't ask me how in the world she came up with this name.) I really think she needs a pet (something other than a pill bug).

"No...me no Dog Dog"

Dave has always loved to play with Luke by calling him "Dog-Dog", since Luke has always liked dogs, but doesn't like to be called "Dog-Dog". And that's where Daddy finds the humor. Well, I don't think Luke thinks that being called "Dog-Dog" is funny! Everytime Daddy calls him Dog-Dog he says, "No Daddy, me no Dog-Dog, me Luke." Last weekend, Daddy kept calling Luke "Dog-Dog." Luke left the room and came right back with his dog and said, "No, No, No, me no Dog-Dog. Dadda, this Dog-Dog (showing Daddy his dog), me LUKE!"

Going Back to Guatemala

Today marks a week since Tia Lety and Nia Naty went back to Guatemala. I don't like saying good-bye, especially when I don't know exactly when I will see them again. The kids really got attached! I mean c'mon, wouldn't you? The kids got 100% attention from both of them. If they wanted to play basketball, then my aunts would play basketball. If they wanted to play "catch me", well...guess who was running after them? Yup, my aunts! If they wanted to play hide-and-seek, then there were my aunts looking for them and acting as if they couldn't find Luke, even though the only part that my aunts couldn't see was Luke's head (as long as Luke can't see you, he thinks you can't see him :0)). If Natalia wanted to color (which she is really into coloring right now), one of my aunts would sit with her and color. Natalia also loved the fact that they would fix her hair however she wanted it. Have I mentioned how much Spanish Natalia got to speak? Seriously, that's all she spoke to them. Carson and Luke understand a lot more, but only know how to say a few words in Spanish. Oh, how I wish I would have taken pictures of all the things they did together, but for some reason I didn't think about it, until now.

My aunts were here for one month and honestly, I don't know where time went. Time flew! Since they were going to have to leave the house at about 3:30 a.m. on Friday, my aunts and the kids said their good-byes on Thursday night. As you can imagine, Natalia cried and cried...and cried. Carson wanted some one on one time with each aunt and even let them hold him (a first). His eyes filled with tears, but didn't actually cried. And Luke, well, I don't think he really knew what was going on. Natalia requested to be woken up at 3:00 a.m. the next day to say good-bye again. I wasn't too sure about waking them up that early, I was afraid they weren't going to go back to sleep, but we did anyway. The kids said good-bye again and went right back to sleep.

In the morning when Natalia and Carson woke up, oh it was so sad to see their little faces...

I even fixed Natalia's hair however she wanted that morning to help her feel better.

Look at CarCar's face...so sad!

We really enjoyed having my aunts here and hope to see all the family, that we have in Guatemala, soon.

My Very Own Tennis Racquet

Look at what I got yesterday in the mail...



Okay so, I don't really know what to do with this thing. I've taken tennis lessons here and there but that has been about it. I hated the part where you have to run in order to hit the ball. I've always liked tennis though. Anyway, Dave has been researching what racquet to buy me. So now, the ball is in my court! Once again, just like with running, I feel like now I'm obligated to use it after all the time, effort and money Dave has put into this.

~Tennis lessons...here I come!

Memorial Day Weekend

The kids and I were able to go to Beaumont to see Daddy! It was a short and busy weekend.

Due to the fact that Grannie and Papaw's house will also be under construction, starting this week, I had to pack everything that we still had at their house in two of the rooms. ~Oh, when will this end! Right now, we have stuff everywhere. I just keep moving it from house to house.

Sunday morning, we went to church. It was so good to see everybody. After church, we went to eat lunch and then it was time to go back to work. Elizabeth & Matt came over and took Natalia, Carson & Luke out for ice-cream. Wow, they are brave! After ice cream, Matt helped Dave and Elizabeth helped me pack. We are so greatful for all their help. Papaw took the kids to the house so that they could "help" Daddy. Papaw had to leave Carson with Daddy because Carson wasn't finished helping! The other two gladly came back to Papaw & Grannie's house. Lia claims that it was too hot and that she was very thirsty.

Susan and Alan also helped us this weekend. Alan got a few men from their church to help Dave. That was a huge blessing. And Susan also helped me pack!

On Monday, Grannie took the kids to get new shoes. They all got 2 pairs each. ~Thank you Grannie. This is such a huge help. It adds up really fast when you buy 6pairs of shoes at McDougal's. She also helped me picked out some other stuff for the house. I don't know what I would do without them!

After lunch, we headed back to San Antonio. We got to San Antonio at approximately 7:15 p.m. I had brought a bunch of clothes with me. Some of the clothes were too small for them to wear, so I just needed to do something with all that. I also brought a huge bag full of old shoes. My Mom was so kind to help me sorted all out and put it all up. ~Oh, thank you so much for all your help Mom. Unpacking after a long weekend is not my favorite thing to do. Especially right after a trip, but it's all put away now and I don't have to worry about it anymore.

It was a busy weekend, but look at how God blessed us all weekend long.