Hottest, coolest time in Texas

We had a little baby shower for one of the wives out here. She is so brave and is having her baby out here! This is her second so I'll be watching her darling 2 year old on Friday when she has her baby.

 We had such a fun time going to Schlitterbahn with a few of the other couples. The only bummer part about a water park is you can't take many pictures. 

 Carousel fun at the mall!

 I learned how to make these darling flowers. I'm so excited about them. I will be selling them, so if you'd like one, let me know what color! :)

 I've also been working on a blanket and I'm excited about the way it's turning out. 

1 year older and wiser too

We found a shaved ice place out here and it's been nice to go to on those hot days. It's called Kawaii's, it's no Bahama Bucks, but it is pretty good. 

I had a very fun and eventful birthday. The wives took me out to Firehouse Subs for lunch (so good) and to Kawaii's after. Then I went to Mindi's to make a cake with her darling little girl and to hang out. A few other wives came over to watch So You Think You Can Dance and we ate some cake and ice cream. 

 Little did I know, Brad was actually at home decorating the house while I was at Mindi's. He did such a great job and it was such a fun surprise! 

He came to pick me up and we had dinner at Panda Express, my favorite chinese restaurant. We wanted to sit in the hot tub, but when we got out there, there was tons of other people in it smoking. So we went in the other 'hot' tub that was actually pretty cold. But we still swam around in it for a little bit. We opened presents, had cake and ice cream, and he gave me a good massage. :) I had gone shopping a few days before my birthday so he wrapped those up and he also got me some cereal and fruit snacks. He knows just what I like! I also went shopping a few days after my birthday and got some stuff with the birthday money from my mom and grandma. Even though I wasn't home and with family for my birthday, it was still a very fun and special day! 

 We have a big cricket problem here and I do NOT like it. I can't even look at these pictures, it freaks me out. We've had so many in our house, I've lost track of how many. We sprayed our whole apartment pretty good and it worked great for about a week, but I've still found a couple since then. The spray kills them so we've had a bunch of dead ones by our front door, in the garage and even in our house. The picture below are the ones in our garage, and that is not even half of them. I just counted 38, gross! Call me crazy, but I don't want to use our broom that I use inside the house to sweep them out. 

Just a little of what I've been working on lately. :)

 All the boys get together on Sunday nights to play basketball. Brad looks forward to it every Sunday. 

A day in the life of..

 All of the wives! (minus a couple who were not down for the summer yet) We entered a drawing to try to win a spa day! 

We went to 6th street with 2 other couples after the boys got home last Saturday. It is a street in Austin that they close off for the weekend and is the party central for the city. It was so crazy busy, I couldn't believe it! We had pizza and walked around then came home at 2am. 

Chet, Brad, Jake

 Kiera, Jess, Rachael

I love love swimming with these cuties. There are so many kids in this office and I'm loving it!

 We went out to lunch for one of the wives' birthday to a Mexican restaurant called Mesa Rosa's. It was pretty delicious and fun to get out with most of the wives.  

 I've been working on making a blog book for the year 2011. It's coming along.. I'm half way done with it!

 Brad is in charge of the 'hat club' for his meetings in the mornings. When guys hit certain levels, they get a certain hat. We made him a crown so he could be the 'hat king' when he gives the hats out. 

 The boys played water football at our BBQ on Sunday

Every year, Vivint does a morning of 'vivint gives back' where they do some sort of service. This year, the guys helped remodel a house. I was not able to go because our internet and TV was supposed to be installed. I was so mad when they didn't show up! We finally got it yesterday though and I've been loving having internet and TV! We were just going to do the internet, but it was cheaper to bundle it with TV so we decided to do it.