July was an even bigger month for us.  We bought a camper.  We had a blast.  We took a couple small weekend trips to test it out and THEN, we took it to Port A.  He spent several days at the beach again.  We rented a golf cart to get around town and had one of our best family trips ever!!!

Camping in Blanco, making lists of things we need to take next time.  We did pretty good for our first trip out.  We didn't forget anything we couldn't live without.  NEXT time, bring a cork screw!!!

The dogs went with us. I don't have a picture of Beaux, but there was a little water in the Blanco.  We took the dogs down to cool off.  Well, this 100lb baby was scared of the water because it was moving.  He would not walk in it. We had to drag him to this point and he would just stand there.  Beaux, on the other hand, had a blast in it and played for a while.

Here was the rig when we got into Port A.

 

We made some friends and they showed the kids how to get ghost shrimp.

We had a shrimp boil one evening.

 

We swam in the pool everyday after the beach

 

So much fun was had by us all.  We cannot wait to go back again. The next picture says it all!!!

We had a great time!!!! And were all exhausted.

 

 

June was fun...we met Nana and Papa in Port A for a few days and enjoyed the beach.  The kids were not huge fans of the beach, the water was dirty, but they LOVED the pool. We had a great time.  Again, I did not get any pictures on the beach, at the pool, or the actual condo..but

A great picture of the kids and lots of great memories..

 

When we left Port A, we decided to stay one more night close to the beach.  We stopped in Corpus and toured the battleship and went to the aquarium.  The kids had a blast, it was very hot and windy.  We did go down to the beach, it was not very nice, very shelly and dirty.  They had fun in the pool.

 

Liam wanted to sit in every plane. He did pretty good walking most of the ship.  Below got really hot and the kids were tired.

Heading into the aquarium.  They were so excited, as if we had not been doing anything for 4 days.

I got several pictures like this.  They never stopped and I could never get many good pictures. They had a blast, and slept ALL the way home!!!!

 

 

 

May 30th Brad and I celebrated our 16th anniversary.  We got a sitter and hit the town...actually, we went to dinner and saw Eady at Cheatham in San Marcos.  It was a fun night.  We hardly get a sitter and go out just the two of us.

Happy Anniversary babe!!!!

 

I think I am going to have to wing it for May.  I do not remember doing anything we documented. We take pictures with our phones daily.  I will post some random happenings, but the last month of school is ALWAYS crazy and we just never document anything specific.  I feel bad to say, Brad has a birthday and it was Mother's Day...I don't think we have a picture from either day.  I will try to do better this year....I FOUND SOME!!!  Liam did get to go to his first Astros game....YAY

Liam was not excited about this picture....but

 

 He LOVED this one.

 

 Sherrif Blaylocks

 Ash and Nana

 

 Liam and Papa

 

It was a fun day, but getting many pictures with the crew is impossible.  Everyone is so busy and crazy doing everything, there hardly is ever time for a photo opp.  Liam did well through most of the game.  He was very interested in the gator on the field at the beginning.  He also thought he could go out on the field any time since he had an Astros hat on.  The best part of the day was when Liam looked out towards the field, bottom of the 6th....

"there's a baseball game down there".....

Priceless.

 

 

 

I am not sure if I can catch up or not.  I will do my best to add pictures and tell the story of the last year.  I do not plan on getting behind again.  I would like to try to get back to blogging at least a couple times a month. I will start with trying to get caught up.

So, I left off in April 2013.  WOW, a lot has happened since then.  I will start with Ashlynn's 9th birthday party.  She had a spa day with several of her friends.  It was a fun girl day. After the spa day, Kylie came back to the house to spend the night and they had a blast.

 

 

 

Happy 9th Birthday baby girl.  We love you!!!

 

I don't even know where to start.  I lost access to all my blogs(I have one for littleashbs.com), and I just got access tonight.  I have so many pictures to post and so many things that have happened over the past year...I think I just will post some random pictures I have on my computer over the past couple of months, call it even, and start blogging again.  I miss doing it...the kids will have pictures but not many explanations of what is happened the past year, but at least I have access again.

Liam loves to entertain the family.  He plays his guitar and sings for us ALL the time.  Clothes or not clothes, it's his favorite thing to do.

We have spent several days at the park.  The kids love riding on their scooters.

 We went to the rodeo in Austin and saw Merle Haggard.  Liam LOVED the pig races.  He wanted to be front row, but not without his sister.

Liam LOVED the tractors, of course.

 

And the tractor maze....

 

Crafts at home

Liam refused to take an Easter picture for me...so, he sat in his wagon eating fruit...with only a diaper and his shirt on....

Kids smile for an Easter pic.....thank you Ashlynn....Liam would have nothing to do with it...

Happy Easter from the O'Bannion's

Sister was sick a couple weeks ago...Liam couldn't stand it..he wanted to lay with her...

Liam's 2!!!!

Liam was two on July 6th!!!  Cannot believe it, but he is.  He had a great tractor party.  We decided to keep it small with a family and a couple of friends.  We will save the big ones when he gets in school.  We had a great time.  Thanks to all who came and shared this day with us.  July 8th is also my mom's birthday, so we were able to celebrate both special days on the same day!!!

He got A LOT of great things, but every little boy LOVES their tractor. He had a lot of assistance.

He had his own personal assistance to push the pedal down for him.  He LOVED it.  These two clowns played so well together(Emerson and Brody) we will have to get them together more often.  They were too funny.

Thanks to everyone for a great birthday party!!!!