**WARNING- SUPER LONG POST WITH LOTS OF PICTURES**
We were lucky enough to be able to come back to TX for Christen & Tim's wedding over spring break this year. Wade only missed 1 day of school, and we even found fantastic deals on flights and were able to escape driving- YAY!!. We have missed everyone being nearby and it was great to be able to spend some time together again.
AIRPLANE RIDE:
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| Woohoo! We're going on an airplane!! |
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We woke the kids up at 3:30 in the morning, drove an hour and a half to the Denver airport and they never fell asleep!
You can sort of see it on Wade's face here... |
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| Busy working on the airplane |
LEGO STORE PLAYDATE:
Right away, the kids and I got together with Katie & Jack & Ford. We went to Barton Creek to visit our very first Lego Store, got some Chick-fil-a (which we have in CO, but not nearby) and made our first Build-A-Bear. The kids were so excited to see each other, and quickly fell back into their old best-friend relationships, like no time had passed at all.
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| Craziness in the car |
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| Group hug |
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| Group hug fatality |
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| All is well again |
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| Building stuff |
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| "Helping" to make their bears |
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| Intently following directions |
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| Building a bear is no joking matter |
WEDDING:
Then we headed out to Fredericksburg to begin the big wedding weekend!
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| Practicing going down the aisle |
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| Such handsome little men! |
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| Cousins! |
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| Wedding day- getting ready with the girls |
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| With almost-aunt Christen |
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| Reading about what flower girls do. According to Pinkalicious |
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| Hugs for courage |
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| Waiting for the show to begin |
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| The Maruszak Clan |
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| Finally getting to dance with Aunt Christen |
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| Getting warmed up |
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| Twirling Annabelle |
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| Really feeling the music |
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| Taking a break |
ZILKER FAERIE GARDEN:
After we concluded the wedding weekend, we got together with Katie and the kids again. We wanted to go to the Zilker Faerie Garden last summer, but planned it too late in the year and it was already closed. I'm so glad we went this year, it was awesome! And, of course, the kids loved hanging out with each other again.
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| At the gates |
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| All wound up and ready to go! |
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| Pixie dust mining faerie house |
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| Inspecting a faerie playground |
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| Some of the houses were very intricate and beautiful |
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| A faerie treehouse! |
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| This one was hanging from a branch |
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| Finally found the Palmers in the maze of faerie houses! |
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| Funny how they paired off this time... |
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| Ask for a nice photo and this is what we get. Typical goofballs |
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| Right before they all fell into the coy pond. KIDDING! Although it was not outside the realm of possibilities. |
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| Smile boys! |
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| I will NOT sit by them. |
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| Zilker gardens- bamboo lane |
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| Playing tag |
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| Spending some quality time together <3 |
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| Wade wanted his picture taken by this one at the entrance for some reason! |
GEOCASHING:
No trip would be complete without some geocashing! Wade wasn't feeling 100%, but toughed it out for a short afternoon excursion with Umma, Aunt Jay & Uncle Pat.
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| Geocashing experts leading the way |
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| Lily & Aunt Jay |
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| Lily & Uncle Pat |
BOWLING:
The kids got their first taste of bowling one afternoon. We went to the lanes in Georgetown with Umma, Aunt Jay, Great-Grandma, Aunt Shelly and Thomas and had a blast!
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| Lily, watching her ball all the way to the end |
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Wade made a very valiant effort to bowl without the ramp.
He ended up using it towards the end, I think his arms may have gotten a bit tired! |
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| Thomas did a great job bowling- if I remember right, he won! |
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| Lily & Great-grandma |
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| We TRIED to get a nice group shot... |
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| This is the best one, I think |
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| Then, things got a little out of hand |
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| After bowling, we pretended to play on the arcade games |
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| And found a quick geocache outside of the bowling alley |
COUSIN TIME:
The kids and I went over to Aunt Shelly's new house and the cousins got to play together for a bit. This was all scheduled by Wade, because he had decided that it was going to be his wedding day. He was marrying Annabelle and even gave her a ring! She agreed, so they decorated the house and went forward with Wade's plans. The schedule included nature time, reading/quiet time, a snack and the actual wedding where he kissed his bride(!) Thomas was there too, but I didn't get any pictures of him this time- he was way too busy working outside to stop for a picture!
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| During nature time- inspecting a roly-poly |
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| Also during nature time- coloring on the driveway |
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| Checking the schedule |
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| Haley & Lily snuck away during quiet time to play dress up |
UMMA & PAPA'S HOUSE:
Wade got sick for about a day and a half, and we spent some down time at Umma's house. It was even nice enough while we were there to be outside in our bathing suits!
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| This is how you can tell he's sick, when he naps during the day. Poor kid. |
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| Still not feeling 100%, but well enough to have a popsicle |
PARK:
One last playdate at the park...
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| Lily's staying out of this group hug |
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| Running... |
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| ...and running some more |
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| Walking to the park and practicing some ninja moves on the way |
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| Swinging with the littles |
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| More ninja moves |
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| Not to be outdone, the littles had some moves too |
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| Lily and Jack paired up again |
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| Static! |
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| While Ford and Wade played together (Wade's in there somewhere!) |
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| I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love this picture |
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| One last group photo before we head home- love these crazy kids!! |
Goodbye, Texas! Until next time...
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| At the airport |
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| Waiting for the plane to "zoom off" |
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| Daddy met us in Denver, and the kids helped with the luggage |
