First Day of School!

Emma going into 4th Grade

Landon going into 6th grade (Middle School)

Olivia going into Kindergarten (all-day)

Ready to go!

Olivia came home with this T-shirt.

Seems so far away but at the same time...way too soon!

Beach day followed by an arcade evening

We went with the Collins family to a beach just down the road 

from our house called Windy Point. 

It was a beautiful sunny day and the water was perfect. 

It's so nice having kids all the same ages that get along so well.

After the beach, we cleaned up and went to Dave n' Busters 

to celebrate Jack's 6th Birthday.

Jack and Liv 

Jeremy and Landon's gangsta faces?

Vicky and my cute faces

Landon and Caity

All the kids

Vicky kickin' Jeremy's trash

Such a fun day!

Gettin' Ready!

Landon getting ready for Middle School.

Gotta practice that locker combo!

Emma buying school supplies.

Olivia at Kindergarten Orientation

Only a few more days before school starts!!

Dear Sunset, YOU complete me

I definitely miss the magnificent Utah mountains, but one benefit of living in the flat-lands is the beautiful sunsets we get to see every night. We have an unobstructed view from our deck. Here are a few pictures from random nights (although iPhone snapshots don't really do it justice). 

New York, New York

Jeremy just got back from a conference in New York.

 I usually don't post about his conferences because he attends them so often, 

and generally they are pretty uneventful. 

However, every time he goes to New York he has a few unique 

experiences that are fun to share. 

The Twin Towers Memorial. 

Kind of cool to see so close to the Sept 11th anniversary.

If you know Jeremy, you would know that he's been a Yankees Fan before

 he could even spell the word. New York for him wouldn't be complete 

without going to a game. He was fortunate enough to go the the 

World Series in 2009, where they won in the final game of the series. 

He went to a game again this year, which is always a good time.

The game

The suite

The Man

The most unique part of this trip was that he got the chance to run a 5k in the stadium. 

Apparently it involved a lot of stairs and was a little more challenging
 than the typical 5k. You can read more about it here if you are interested.
But it sounds like he had a lot of fun and placed really well. 

No Conference would be complete without a theme party
(that he never dresses up for).
Apparently this was a 70's theme.

NYC wouldn't be complete without hanging with Ice-T and Coco.

and it most certainly wouldn't be complete without the Street Meet in front of the Hilton at 2am.

Apparently he did some work and attended sessions and stuff, 

but I'm not sure I believe him.

I think I need to join him next year to be sure.

Boating Day

We went boating today on Lake Travis.

It was such a great time.

I haven't laughed this hard in a while. 

It was a beautiful day with beautiful friends!

After boating for a while, we stopped off for lunch at

  The Gnarly Gar, a floating dock restaurant.

After getting back on the lake, 

the boys swam

The girls didn't

Then we made the mistake of letting Jeremy drive...

and because he's so manly and strong

(definitely not because he's careless and impatient)

the key broke in the ignition and

we became stranded for an hour or so. 

But hey, at least that gave us more bonding time!

After we were rescued, we had dinner at 

Carlos 'n Charlie's and then called it a day.

A very fun and interesting day!

Texas Randomness

 Hanging out

Cute friends

New office environment

New Cuddle-Up-Its

Lots of swimming

Lots of scary insects

Lots of kids

Lots to see

Lots of food trailers

Lots of fun!