Wild West Fun Fest

I was so looking forward to this, but things didn't go as planned.  We took the kids to Enchanted Springs Ranch in Boerne.  Supposedly, we were there to experience an authentic old western town!  The ranch was cute and there were some exotic animals, but what we were looking forward to was the camel ride.  Now, how cool would that have been.  Well, the camels were not there.  They were filming a movie.  We still had fun though.  And the most important thing was that we were able to spend time together as a family. 

Luke was feeling a little under the weather, 

so he sat in his stroller most of the time.

Wild West Reenactment

Now, can somebody explain to me how Carson can be scared of dogs 

after petting this thing?????

Enjoying their new cowboy guns! - Great!

Finally...

Look at what I'm holding in my hands...

My birthday gift!

This little gadget didn't come easy though.  Here is the rest of the story...

After work on Friday, the kids and I went to see Daddy play tennis.  He played on a tournament this weekend.

Here are the kids after 15 minutes of watching Daddy play tennis.

Anyway, after all that excitement, we went back home so that Dave could clean up a little.  Then, we were going to go and eat dinner but first we decided to stop by the Apple store to see if they had any iPhones left.  They still had some!  So, I got to the end of the long, long, long line and called Dave.  We decided that I would stay, with my book, while he took the kids to eat dinner and then back to my parents house. Two and a half hours later, Dave came back to stand in line with me.  To make this long story short, we left the Apple store at approximately 11:24 p.m. with 2 iPhones! I still can't believe we wanted these iPhones this bad.  I've never done anything like this before...  Have I lost my mind?

 

Unbelievable!

My alarm went off at 4:00 this morning, as it normally does, but today I decided I needed a little more sleep. So, I pushed the snooze button and went back to sleep. At 5:00 a.m., Dave woke me up. I didn't know I had slept that long. I jumped out of bed and instead of going out for a run, I got ready for work and headed out the door to AT&T. You might be asking yourself, "why so early?" Well, today is the day! Today is when the iPhone goes on sale.

We have been waiting for this day for so long. We wanted to make sure we were one of the first ones there so that we wouldn't have to wait in long lines. I took "World Without End" (which by the way, is a great book) with me, to read while waiting for AT&T to open. Dave brought me a breakfast taco and a drink from Taco Cabana at about 7:30 a.m. Anticipation was building up. We were all getting a little anxious. It was 7:45 a.m. when everybody started to stand up to get ready for the doors to open. I had to go to work, so I left, while Dave waited to get our iPhones.

Finally, at approximately 8:15 a.m., it was Dave's turn to walk through the front doors. The first words out of his mouth were, "Yes, I'm here to look at your new Razr." The salesman just stared at him. I guess, he didn't think Dave was funny :0) - "I'm just kiddin'," Dave said, "I'm here to buy a black 16 gig iPhone." "We just ran out of black 16 gig iPhones," the AT&T salesman said. And he was serious, very serious!

Can you believe it? Fifteen minutes after opening their doors, they were sold out of black 16 gig iPhones! How is that possible? After all that waiting we were not able to get our iPhones today. I can't believe it!

It's My Birthday!

Oh wait, or is it somebody else's birthday? Hmm...I'm confused. What am I doing at Peter Piper Pizza then?

Well, let me explain. Yesterday was my birthday. The kids decided that it would be great to celebrate MY birthday at Peter Piper Pizza, so Peter Piper Pizza it was. Oh it was so much fun. The kids were so excited to be celebrating my birthday at their all time favorite place. Carson looked at me and said, "Mama, I like your birthday party." ~ Well, I'm glad they enjoyed it.

Later that evening, after we spent I don't know how much money on games and we ate pizza, they each presented me with a home-made birthday card and a gift:

From Natalia - She did it all by herself!

From Carson - Blue is definitely his favorite color!

From Luke - He scribbled a little and then asked Mami to help him!

Oh, and I almost forgot. They also made me a birthday hat. I mean, how can we have a birthday party without birthday hats!

And here are some other pictures of my party:

Horrible drivers, by the way...

For lunch, everybody I work with took me to Demo's Greek Restaurant to celebrate. They brought me a delicious cake and this balloon that sings "happy birthday" to you every time you tap it. It's pretty annoying, to tell you the truth. Oh by the way, the balloon was a great hit with my kids. Thanks guys!

I had a great day! Thanks to all of you who emailed me or called me to wish me a happy birthday.

On Saturday, Dave and I will be going out to eat at Ruth's Chris Steak House. I'm so looking forward to that.

Bowling Fun

On Sunday afternoon, we went bowling.  This was the first time Luke was able to wear bowling shoes.  Now, that was a big thing!  

Going Down to the River

Natalia has been begging me to take her swimming.  I finally decided to take them to the river on Saturday.  Oh, everything was so perfect!  The river wasn't deep at all so the kids were able to walk around and swim as they pleased.  They were having such a blast until it started raining.  I couldn't believe it!  It does not rain in San Antonio, even when there is an 80% chance of rain, but of course, it had to rain on Saturday while we were at the river.  The water was freezing to begin with and with the rain and the wind, it got pretty cold. So,we had to cut our trip short.  We'll definitely have to go back again.  

Natalia and Carson trying to build up the courage to dive into the cold water!

Natalia swimming like a fish!

Luke, freezing to death!

Family picture just before we had to leave.

My Sweet Girl

This is pretty much cheating, I know. I got this layout from Scrap Wow. I love to scrapbook with paper, glue, and all that stuff, but digital scrapbooking is so much more convenient. Especially when you have three little helpers around. You can always close your laptop and you are done!