4th of July

We went to the lake house for the 4th and had an awesome time. There were seven adults and four little ones. Summer fell in love with Isaac's dog and pretty much followed her around the whole time. Every night I have to show her pictures of her puppy before she goes to bed. I see a dog in the future of the Black house but not a puppy (remember poor Libby). We enjoyed visiting with family and friends, yummy food and of course the lake.

View from the house the water is low

All four kids in their red, white and blue
Summer and her puppy dog

Playing ring around the rosie

Hanging out on the deck She loves her Wolly

Playing in the pool
Summer entertaining Austin

Austin and Braiden

This was a good tattle!

While cooking dinner (yes me) Summer came running in the kitchen and said momma you gotta see Austin. Luckily this was a time when I decided to see what he had done right away.

And now Summer's door stays closed.

All for Mrs. Potato Head
Check out his first 4-wheeler accident on his arm

Summer's first pony tail.

Updates-This is is more for me since I use my blog to record memories:

• Austin started summer school on Tuesday he was happy to see the bus and got right on. We went to visit him later that morning and he cried when I left wow that was a first.
• Summer is working hard on potty training we are almost there I am still scared to go out of the house without a pull up.
• This is such a fun age with Summer she cracks us up all the time-yesterday at Wal-Mart we were going down the coke aisle and she said wow cokes mommy and then she saw a case of diet cokes and said hi Grandma's cokes.

We are now packing and preparing for our trip to the lake house. We can't wait! I will post pictures when we return. Happy 4th of July!

Sea World Trip

We took a trip to Sea World on Friday. We left around 6:30 and were there when it opened. Summer had been talking about seeing Shamu all week. Grandma was able to go with us which was great to have another set of hands. Austin of course loved the water park and by the end of the day was swimming in the lazy river all by himself so our next purchase for him is a life jacket. It was the coolest things to see and we were so proud of him. Summer loved seeing all the shows I think the ski one was her favorite so she is going to love the lake house. We stayed until five and then went and stayed at Nana's house. On Saturday we went and visited Nana in the nursing home where she is recovering from her hip surgery and then headed out to the country. This was Chad's first time to Nana's and I have a feeling we will be back soon.

Having a blast with daddy

Mommy and Summer on the slide.
Daddy being the fun one-the water was freezing in the morning the sun did not come out until late afternoon-huge blessing Worst ride ever-I thought Austin was going to fall out.
Summer enjoyed it!
Watching Shamu

Loving on Daddy during Shamu

Grandma and Summer enjoying the show

Of course!

Wiped out-first time to sleep in the car in many years

The traditional oak tree picture at Nana's

By the way Sea World is the most accommodating place for special needs. We were able to take the stroller we rented into all the shows and sit in our own area. Another great thing they offer is Austin and 1 adult got into the park for half off. Awesome!

Isaac came to play

On Saturday Isaac came over to play so his mommy and daddy could go to a dinner party. Summer was so excited and so were Chad and I. It is fun to have a baby around and it helps me get my baby fix. I promise Austin was here that night but we took these pics while he was taking his hour long bath.

Fun in the Sun

We have enjoyed playing in our new slide this summer. It is much easier than taking these two crazy children to the pool. It has been so nice to be home with Austin and Summer. I look forward to all of our fun activities. Tomorrow we are going to the zoo. Next week we are going to Sea World and Summer starts gymnastics and music.

Austin will start summer school on the 29th.

Say A Prayer

Please say a prayer for my Nana. She fell and broke her hip today and will have surgery in the morning.

Nana we love you and know that God is in control.

Summer's First Astros Game

On Sunday we took Summer to see the Astros play. We enjoyed our time alone with her and I discovered she is a people watcher just like her daddy. We let her buy a baseball from the gift shop and she made sure that Austin got one too.

Thanks Grandma and Pa-Pa for watching Austin. (Austin got to go the zoo)

And thanks for letting both of them spend the night.

Daddy's girl
So excited to go in the game
Astros are #1
Our seats were great-11th row
Summer thought the cut outs were so funny

Catching a foul ball

And yes Summer is very afraid of mascots. Check out what she was doing to Chad as she screamed and then held her breath!

Austin's Army is Awesome!

Austin's Army 2009 was a huge success thanks to all of you. First of all we exceeded our goal-$1,640 was given to the foundation. So many friends and family were their to support Austin and it meant so much to us. Check out our new shirts. This year we were blessed to have matching shirts for everyone. Kim, thank you for donating the shirts. They are something we will cherish forever. Another thank you to mom, Aunt Rosemary and Nanny Black for providing a wonderful lunch for the Army. It was delicious!

Austin's Army 2009

minus Grandma

(mom I need the picture with you in it)
Walking for a cure
Austin and his poster

Getting ready to cross the finish line

Austin getting his medal

Thanks Aunt Shell for helping with the mid-walk diaper change and for carrying Summer on your shoulders

We love our Pa

Kim and Ethan

What a family picture on the blog? I know I can't believe it

All three cousins-first picture together
I love this because Chad had to sneak the horns in

The best of friends

Yes Andrew was running the kids around they loved it!

Summer and her Uncle B.