the end to summer vacation....

we have been crazy busy lately! getting ready for school to start on Monday. the boys cannot wait!

let me back up a bit, though...

we had a great time in TeXaS!!! we visited a lot of friends and family. it was quite exhausting, to be honest. :) we stayed at my grandfather's house in cedar park for 4 days, then kyle's parents' house in allen for the rest of the trip.

while in the Austin area, the boys got to play with cousin Deacon, we saw lots of my family and kyle's grandma singleton. we went to zilker park, walked around downtown Austin, went to Sea World!!!, and swam in grandfather's pool. katie even played in the water- it was HOT!

i went to dinner at Chuy's with my friends from high school while we were home- we had so much fun!!!

while in the Dallas area, we spent a lot of time with grandpa and grandma sharp, uncle nathan and the villas. we saw a few movies, toy story 3 and despicable me. this was a great way to beat the heat!! ;) we did some shopping and went to the nature and science museum. kyle and uncle nathan took peyton to six flags, too. they rode tons of roller coasters all day. ;) grandma, brendan, A and I went shopping and had lunch that day (Brendan isn't a huge fan of coasters yet). I even got to spend some time with a few of my friends, Meghan and Andrea! I miss you two!

we had a lot of fun with everyone. even though the drive was unbearable (thanks to the little, but very LOUD, Austin), it was totally worth it.

it took a whole week to get back into the swing of things after being gone for almost 2 weeks. vacation can be very tiring... ;)

now we are just getting ready for school to start up again. school supplies and clothes (and shoes and back packs) have been purchased- we are set! we are also gearing up for Austin's first birthday!!!ARRGGGHH.... he will be one in less than a week! AND on top of that, I have a FOURTH grader and a SECOND grader. Oy Vey!

(I am also on day 6 of a 15 day trial- yup, i got picked for JURY DUTY!)

Here are some pictures of our vacation in Tejas...

** picture loader is being slow, i'll add more later ;)