Randoms

 Tuesday morning we walked Kenzie to school and then me and the littles went on a long walk to the park to play for awhile.  Madison found 2 painted rocks on the way that we re-hid while we were out.

Mom sent me some pictures from our trip that I didn't have and I wanted to make sure I got them documented on the blog.

"The big turkey"

I had been wanting to take the kids to a drive thru zoo for awhile.  Scotty and I had gone to one near San Antonio before and it was so much fun.  We decided to go on the way back home from my uncle's house.  It was HYSTERICAL!!!

The girls had so much fun feeding all the animals, and getting to be out of the car seats.

Everything was going smoothly until.........

He came prancing up and poked his head right in our window and set the girls (and me) into panic.

 I could not stop laughing.  Mom kept sticking her hand with food in the backseat so he would poke his head in by Kenzie and poor Kenzie kept saying "go papa go papa" trying to get him to drive off.  And then I caught this little gem on camera.....

OMG i have never laughed so hard in my life.  Madison was so funny!

Next up were the zebras who were pretty intense too.  This one kept sticking his face right in Bebe's window and would open his mouth up so wide and wiggle his lips.

We laughed and had so much fun we decided to loop back around and do it again.  This time the "big turkey" as Kenzie called it was on mine and Papa's side.  Dad was feeding him out of his hand but I couldn't do it. I was too busy trying to protect my babies head from being pecked. 

OMG it was so funny. We finally left the zoo and started our long drive home.  A massive hurricane hit and destroyed Houston and surrounding areas previously in the week and the whole state of Texas was panicked about a gas shortage and kept filling up their tanks which made all the stations run out of gas.  We were worried about even going on the trip in fear of not being able to find gas and getting stuck.  We got lucky though and were able to fill up when we needed too, but the gas stations were far and few in between.

Kerrville trip

Friday we were supposed to leave for Kerrville to visit my uncles after Madison's meet the teacher!  I ended up running over a wood staple on my way home and poked a hole in my tire and could hear air leaking out!  Mom and dad were already at my house so I left Madison and Landon with them and picked Kenzie up from school and we went to Scotty's work to get my tire fixed!

 

She looks so much older in these pictures!!  We finally got my tire fixed and on the road around 1'ish.  We stopped for lunch and to fill up with gas a few times and made it to my uncle Jerry's house around 8:30'ish.

It was my cousins son Teagan's first birthday!  We visited for awhile and then headed to my other uncles house where we were staying for the weekend. The next morning the girls helped Aunt Jess pick cotten that she had growing.  They thought this was the coolest thing ever!

My uncle draws really good!  I remember growing up and visiting and he would always draw me tons of pictures to take home and color!  He did the same thing for the girls!

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We grabbed some lunch and then headed to my great uncle Bob's house to visit with his family and some other great aunts and uncles.

We took a big family picture at Uncle Bobs house but I haven't seen it yet!  We stopped and went to a few stores in San Antonio and then grabbed some dinner on the way home!  The next morning Madison helped Aunt Jess make breakfast for everyone!  It was delicious.

Us girls split from the boys like usual and did some shopping!  I found an elf that would have come home with me if I had had more room in my car.

That night we had one last family dinner with both uncles and their families!

Bubba fell asleep just in time for my food to get soggy and not get to eat dinner but that's ok!  We went home and got packed up to the leave!  The next morning we hit the road bright and early to head home!  We stopped at a drive through zoo on the way and I want to do a whole separate post on that.

Last week recap

We have been walking Kenzie to and from school everyday!  The little ones have fun and I get some exercise in.

We gave the crabs a bath one day!  They come out of their shells and swim all over the place.

We also have started taking family walks after dinner on the nights Scotty is home early!

Bubba cut his second tooth and looks adorable when he smiles!!  He still is feeling pretty crummy but you would never know it by the way he acts.

Korie and Dallas came over after school one day last week and we played outside for awhile and then some neighbor kids came to play too.

Thursday morning I took the kids on a long walk around the neighborhood after we took Kenzie to school!  We ended up meeting some friends at the park and playing for awhile!

Friday morning Madison had meet the teacher at her school!  She was so excited!  Her teachers seem sweet and I think she is going to have a great year!