Fergilicious and Piggy

Basically he is obsessed. Obsessed with having a pet. When we went to Sea World a few weekends ago Logan got a stuffed animal turtle. We tried to help him name him, but Logan already new this new little pet was destined to be named Fergie. Where did he come up with this name? Your guess is as good as ours.

The last few weeks Logan has been lugging that turtle around everywhere...to the lake, the grocery store, and he even tried to sneak it into church(however I put my foot down). According to Logan, Fergie wasn't happy with me that I made him stay in the car during church.

He feed it, made multiple homes for it, collected it's eggs, and even let her sleep in his bed. Even Ben will find "Bertie" on the floor and bring her back to her loving owner. It's all been very cute.

We have a birthday party we are going to tonight so we went to Walmart to find a present. While we were there Logan feel in love with a new little pet. It was this little "For Real" pig that moves and oinks. He begged and begged for it. It was $14, there was no way I was going to buy it for him. So I told him he would have to buy it with his own money. He has been saving his money for months and has accumulated $18 on his own. So after much thought and talk with this little pig he decided they couldn't be separated. We bought it and came home right up stairs to his treasure money box. He helped me count out $14.08 handed it over to me and said, "Come on Piggy(which is her name, yes another girl...don't ask me.) let's go watch a movie." I've been on the computer and he put in a movie for the two of them to watch while Ben's napping. Then I heard the music. What did Logan put in to watch?? You guessed it, Charlotte's Web.

~San Antonio~

We had an AWESOME weekend. We left Thursday afternoon and headed down south to San Antonio to visit our good friend Shamu. We stopped Thursday evening in our state's capitol, Austin. It is such a neat city. Very pretty, hilly, and green. The boys loved the little motel we stayed in, Ben got so excited he pooed on the floor.



Friday morning we met up with our good friends and were off to Sea World. When we got there we realized it was Shamu's birthday. What are the chances of being at Sea World on his actual b-day.

Then we saw the sign that said "1988-2008." A year long birthday, now tell me someone who wouldn't like that!!

We headed to the Shamu show first it was fabulous. Those killer whales are amazing. Logan was in awe, however, Ben was quite worried and kept saying "sharks."

Logan at the Shamu show, we are sitting in the splash zone.

We also feed and pet the dolphins, viewed the aquariums, splashed in the splash parks, rode the kiddy coasters, ate theme park food that was way over priced, swam in the water park, saw the seal/walrus show, and ended the night back at the "Shamu rocks Texas show." Let me tell you, Shamu definitely rocked Texas that night!!!

Don't worry folks, no crypto here!

The next day we....rode adult coasters(that were very, very scary right Heather), walked around in the heat burning off all the calories from the very healthy food we were eating at the park, then cooled off in the 4-D Pirate movie.

By late afternoon we were all beat down and tired and feeling a bit like this....

We decided to leave the crowds at Sea World and venture on back to our motel's pool were we cooled ourselves off. We then headed to Gringos for delicious Mexican Cuisine.

The final leg of our adventure was spent viewing some Texan history. We toured the Alamo. Do you remember the Alamo? Well, if you grew up in Texas and passed your Texas History class(that's right people, in Texas there is a class devoted solely to Texas and it's History-Vern this is just informative, I'm not bagging) you'd remember. It's really actually a neat little place. The mission has been standing since the 1600's, remarkable. Oh, I forgot to mention we met some Crockett's at our motel continental breakfast, direct descendants of 'the' Davy Crockett. Cool huh!

Again, it got a bit toasty so we made our way down to the River Walk.

It was quaint and cool. We watched the ferry boats go by and drank a yummy snow cone, thanks grandma!!

Once our core temperatures peaked we packed up and drove home. We had a great time, thanks C-dizzles, and fam for joining us on our trip. We can't wait for our next adventure!!

Sleep walking, talking, dressing....

Last night at about 11pm Wes and I heard the toilet seat in the downstairs half bath fly open. We looked at each other a little startled and surprised(you see, the boys bedrooms are upstairs and our is downstairs). Wes said to me, "I sure hope that is Logan," as he jumped up to investigate. Then we heard a loud bang in the bathroom. I still laying in bed, as I always do when there are strange noises in the house, heard Wes say, "Logan jump up buddy." Logan got up and assumed the position to finish his duty in the bathroom facing the open door.
Wes: "Logan, turn around before you pee on the floor."
Logan(hazy look in his eye, staring up at Wes): no response
Wes:"Logan, are you done?"
Logan: still no response
Wes pulled Logan out of the bathroom and into our bedroom and handed him his shorts and underpants.
Wes:"Logan, put these on."
Logan tried and tried to get those pants on. It was quite pathetic looking because you see, he was trying to get them on his head!! He finally managed to pull his head through the leg hole of his underpants and began searching for the missing arm holes to this very strange t-shirt. Let me tell you, this was quite a scene, we started laughing. It was so weird because we are sitting watching him and laughing and he, in all seriousness, is trying to get redressed oblivious to us completely. Finally we decided to end the embarrassment and help the poor kid get back to bed. This morning I told Logan that he tried to put his pants on his head. He thought it was pretty funny, and remembered nothing from the night before. Kids are crazy.
What's your favorite sleeping walking story??

Oh the memories...

Hayley, loved the idea. Hope you don't mind me stealing.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Yes, today is my birthday. And what better gift could I give myself than to post a blog-tribute to myself! So here it is! Happy Birthday to me! Please post all the reasons why you think I am so stinkin' special. Thanks in advance, for I know that you will all have plenty of remarkable things to say!

Texas the great!!

To: Vernon and Sheriee Staub

I love Texas, yes I do.

Texas loves me, oh it's true.

We love each other and you so you see, we are a happy family.

Now am I invited back to the lake?

Our July 4th Weekend

We had a great Independence day and weekend. We left on Thursday and headed over to the lake. There we met up with Wes' parents, his brother, and the girls (Amber we missed you tons). We spent most of the time outside or in the water. We swam, ate delicious food, had even better company, swam, slammed it up with the new volleyball (great, great purchase may I add), cat fished, swam, dug in the sand, watched an awesome fireworks show, let off our own fireworks, and had the first freedom swim ever (it was a huge success Vern, good work!!). However, like always, I forgot to take pictures. Here is the one lone picture I did take of gramma and kiddos.

We are so grateful for such a wonderful country to live in. We are even more grateful for the men and women who have sacrificed so much for us to enjoy the freedom we do. How was your 4th??