Field trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Mason's class went to the pumpkin patch today, and I got to go along. The kids had lots of fun on the hay ride and train ride and playing on the playground. It was such beatiful weather for a day outside. Its just 20 degrees cooler in Canada right now! They must be having an unseasonably warm day.

Mason's First Field Trip

Mason's class took their first field trip to Minute Maid Park today, and I went along. The tour was pretty neat and included the field, bull pens, media box, suite, and Astros dugout. We actually missed the first half of the tour that included the upper deck. They have the tour daily, and anyone can go. I totally recommend it. There was a lot of information that I forgot.

And the pictures of the turtle where from last week when I saw a huge turtle in our backyard. It was raining and hot, so the camera kept fogging up as I tried to take the picture.

UT vs Rice

The boys all headed out to a football game this weekend. I stayed home with the younger kids, since I don't like football so much. Frank took the pics with his phone.

SpongeBob

My mom took the kids to see SpongeBob at Chick fil a last week while I was at a meeting. Mason found that very exciting.

Football and First day of School

Well, its taken me a while to get pictures posted again. With nearly a full week of school down things have been crazy around here. These pictures are from "Meet the Panthers," the first football pep rally. Then the first scrimmage game Tyler played in. Plus a couple of pictures from Mason's first day of school in his school uniform. And he will be the first to tell you how handsome he looks in his uniform. And finally we have pictures from Tyler's first real football game tonight. In both games he played for two plays. The first game he was a receiver and tonight he played on the kick-off team. He is number 88 and I think he will keep that number. We all got our panther paraphernalia tonight as well. The back of Mason's shirt says "Caution I bite!" Tyler's team won their first game.

Baseball

We made it out to our annual baseball game today. It was family day so the kids all got free backpacks. Then after the game they got to run the bases. I also threw in a few pictures from Mason's last day of swimming lessons.

Finally Home

Well, we've been home nearly a month now, but its been busy with unpacking, shopping, doctors, and all kinds of craziness. The house is nearly settled and we are all happy to be back in it. We've had swimming lessons, and Tyler started football, and all the kids are registered for school. We've gotten shots and new glasses and new backpacks. We have made it to the lake twice and to the pool once. It has certainly been hot, but we won't complain about that. We've also been enjoying the food and making some of the things we couldn't make in Canada.

I haven't gotten many pictures, but these are from swimming. And what we saw out our backyard tonight.