Nana's Visit

Recently Nana came to visit. Papaw was in Africa for three weeks and we had the pleasure of entertaining Nana while he was gone. Since Nana's birthday was during Papaw's trip away we celebrated with her. She came on the 7th and her birthday is the 1st. So after dinner when Tyson walked in with the cake singing happy birthday she was really surprised. We all loved having some cake and celebrating with her.

While she was here Nana went to bible study with Rylan and I. We went to Landa Park one day, and showed Nana New Braunfels. The majority of the time was spent hanging out at the house and enjoying each other. Tyson and I got lucky too because Nana babysat and we got to have a date night! Thanks for coming Nana, and we will see you soon!

Nana's was so surprised.

Nana blowing out the candles.

Nana and Rylan at the park in New Braunfels.

A picture I think Nana will enjoy!

                                   Most of our time was spent doing this, laughing at our little ham.

Birthday Girl!

We recently attended a birthday party for a sweet little girl, Ella. Her Mommy and I met at story time, learned we lived in the same subdivision a block away, and that are children are just about 2 months apart. So we began getting together. Ella is a sweet, petite, funny, beautiful little girl. Her Mommy (Emily) did a great job with her party and Ella looked very CUTE in her tutu!

I wanted to make something special for this sweet little lady. Her room is decorated in green and pink. I made a frame personalized for Ms. Ella. I found a verse that is just perfect for her, "The King is enthralled by your beauty, Honor him for He is your Lord." ~Psalm 45:11

                        The birthday girl loving on one of her gifts. Look at that tutu, like I said too cute!

Savoring the Day

We had the best time while Kyra was here. She is not only my sister but she also my best friend. She is so sweet and loves Rylan more than anything. We loved having her here, and can't wait until she comes back or until we go there. The last day she was here we savored the entire day and loved every minute of it!

After breakfast Rylan pulled out his tunnel and Tia jumped right in to play.

I am sure that Kyra appreciates me sharing this picture. Oh well, love you sister!

Daddy of course had to jump in too.

We had a house full. Kyra brought her dog Kadence. So with Duncan, Winston and her we called our house the Zoo. Anywhere we went all three dogs followed.

Our sweet Winston!

Such a good little girl, even around two crazy boys.

Our loving little Duncan!

Tia's last night here Rylan wore the PJ's that Uncle Eric got him for Christmas.

               Love the booty, it says DUTY CALLS! We are so proud of Uncle Eric, and so glad that he is back home!  Tia we love you and can't wait until we see you again!

At the Park with Tia

While Tia was here we went on a picnic at a beautiful park in New Braunfels. Tia and her little man had a great time. Again this post will be mostly in pictures.

Tia and Rylan chowing down.

Rylan's first time to eat Cheetos. As you might can tell he loved them.

These two had the best time. Rylan laughed at Kyra the whole day.

The slide was a big hit. We have a slide at home, but nothing this big.

This face says it all.

Rylan was so proud of himself, he applauded for his achievement.

The baby swings were too hot, so Tia took Rylan on the big swings.

Feeding the ducks was a big hit. They came and surrounded us as soon as they saw bread.

Rylan fed the ducks for a little while, that is until he needed a snack.

Kyra may have enjoyed this more than Rylan.

There were more ducks in the pond. So we thought we would feed them too. Tia had to hold Rylan back. He probably would have jumped in if we would have let him.

We aren't for sure exactly what this thing is called. He looked like a cross between a beaver and a rat.

Beaver or rat, we aren't for sure. But we do know that he likes bread.

Rylan loved having his partner in crime here to play with. This was my favorite picture from the entire day!

Wildlife Ranch

     This post will be much easier to just show in pictures. While Tia was here Rylan and I planned everyday with a new adventure. Plus Mommy had a helper and was able to do more. We had originally planned on going to Seaworld, but it was closed. So I surprised Tia and Rylan with another animal adventure.

As soon as we drove in, the animals headed towards our car. It is like they knew we had bought four bags of food to feed them.

This was the first guy to come to the car. Rylan was a little scared at first but soon warmed up to them.

We put him in our laps so that he could actually interact with the animals. Also the speed limit was 5, so no worries.

Rylan loved it and was pointing at all of the animals. The next creature was first spotted eating out of the hands of the car in front of us.

At first Rylan loved it and then the buffalo got a little too close for his liking. Kyra and I laughed the entire time. It was surprising to both of us how hard his tongue was.

These guys were scary. When we first saw this one, he was sitting in the middle of the road. None of the cars could get around him. Finally he stood and attacked the car in front of us. We decided feeding him was not an option.

Kyra and I loved the zebra's the most. They were very friendly and you would have thought they were starving. One of them even attacked my mirror, thinking it was food. Rylan just watched them and enjoyed them. That is until they came inside the car.

We had to share this picture, so funny!

Out of all of the animals these were in Rylan's top two favorites. He kept pointing at them and saying "quack, quack".

By the end of the hour and 15 minute drive Rylan warmed up to feeding the animals.

At the end of the drive we had a snack and then went to explore the rest of the animal adventure.

Rylan loved these goats, Tia and I were surprised at how he just started petting them.

For some reason he found them hilarious and would yell at them.

Next he began chasing them and laughing at himself.

After the goats we went and looked at the Lemur's. They were too cute!

The last stop was the giraffes. They had 5 of them and they were all beautiful.

This was one great day! Seeing animals and having Tia along with us was a great memory.

However, after Tyson saw all of the pictures he was so jealous. I foresee a family day being spent at this Safari Park again!