Mini Vacation #2, or Beau's early birthday party celebration

So I won't bore you with the story of how the weekend came together, but it came together very well. What started out as a weekend to celebrate Beau's birthday (in absence of a friend BD party), he chose to attend a LIVE entertainment Wrestling event. We originally planned on heading to Tulsa, OK on Monday the 19th, but plans started shaping up for us to head to Topeka on Saturday the 17th, so we decided to re-route our trip and go to the LIVE Pay Per View event in Kansas City - WWE MONEY IN THE BANK!

So here is how the weekend broke down.........
I got to visit my very dear bestie, Heather G.W. who was in town from Seattle visiting her family.  Brenley and I spent some time with her on Saturday. We went out on her sister's boat to the lake. That was a first for me and Brenley and it was a lot of fun. Bren was a champ!

 
Then Brian and Beau headed to Heartland Park Arena for PINKS ALL OUT (Show on the Speed Channel). They happened to be in town filming an episode and it's one of Brian's favorite shows, so he got to take that in - only after enjoying some Hooter's Hot Wings with his good buddy, Mike.

Then.........we headed back to the hotel to get ready for a grown up dinner out with our other dear friends Heather (different Heather G) and Kyle.  We left the kids with her oldest daughter, son and other daughter and we headed to a new Mexican restaurant.  Good company, good conversation and Peach margarita's with no kids in tow?  Are you kidding me?  That's a vacation right there.

We headed back to the hotel from there. Brian and Beau hit the water slide located INSIDE the hotel and were up until 11:00pm. Needless to say, Brenley and I hit the hay. Next day we got up to head to KC.

Shopped at Legends mall. Hit the T-Rex cafe. Then to our next hotel to get ready for the MAIN reason for the entire trip.

Beau and Brian had tickets to the Sunday night, WWE Pay Per View Event called Money in the Bank. Who was excited more? Hard to tell. I describe it like this............$10 Souvenir Cup, $25 John Cena T-Shirt, and one happy little boy.....PRICELESS!This "event" replaced a birthday party with friends. Beau got to decide and this is what he picked, so it was really a win win for everyone.

Then finally Monday morning rolled around. We rolled out of bed, hit IHOP for a hearty breakfast, then hit the road for home. While it is always good to get back home and into a routine, it was really really nice to visit our dear friends, escape Wichita for a bit, and just be together to create our summer memories.

The kids had their moments, we (Mom and Dad) had our own moments, but that's what it is all about, right?

Private Swim Party

We had an opportunity to attend a private evening swim party at the NW YMCA. We had never been to the pool before and swiming in the evening sun sounded a whole lot more appealing than the hot hot sun, so we jumped at the chance. Plus the kids are LOVING the water this summer, so even more incentive.

It was a FANTASTIC evening. The pool was awesome, the sky was clear and the kids were well behaved. We topped it off with ice cream afterwards and I can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday night.

If Brenley went down this ship wreck slide once, she went down 1000 times! No lie. It was up and down, up and down, over and over and over again. She was happy though!

4th of July

Nothing spectacular planned here at 3510 N. Valerie Circle. The rain did finally stop. The humidity and bugs were out, so that wasn't too much fun.

The highlight for the kids were the snaps. Beau continued to be timid around the fireworks, but it didn't stop Daddy from buying a load of them and giving us a show to watch.

This city amazes me each year at the size and quantity of fireworks everyone shoots off. We had awesome firework display shows going on all around us.

Once sister got tired and Beau stopped whining from burning the side of his face with the hot end of the parachute.........we called it a night!

Texas Ranger Game 6.25.10

We always have a fun time when we go down the Ballpark at Arlington to watch the Texas Rangers play. This year was no exception. This was our 4th time going, and the 2nd time for Brenley.  We all flew down there. The kids did AWESOME on the plane ride. It was Brenley's first time on a plane and she was a champ.

We enjoyed swimming together that afternoon and it was a late night for us at the ballgame, but it ended with a spectacular fireworks display.

The next day we got up for an awesome breakfast and then a few hours at our favorite mall with my brother Tyler's family. The kids love to be with each other (at least my kids love to spend time with their cousins!), and I of course cherish anytime I can spend with my siblings. Family time is so important and this was a really nice weekend getaway for us. Short, but splendid!