Last days of Summer

We spent the last weekend of the summer, appropriately, at the beach. Some very nice friends loaned us their beach house for the weekend in Galveston. Jenn and Michael Tickle stayed with us and it was such a great weekend! The weather was beautiful and we got none of the predicted thunderstorms. Jenn's sister Lisa came down on Saturday with their mom and Lisa's two boys, Owen and Gray. Owen and Jackson are the same age and became very fast friends. The two of them had a blast in the water on the boogie boards. What a difference a year makes when you're 4! Last year Jackson wouldn't go near the water without holding on to an adult for dear life. This year he was such a big boy, swimming in the waves, looking at all the fish and searching for seashells.

Grant had a great time too, he and Michael were inseparable. Michael held him up as the waves crashed into him and pulled him around on the boogie board. Grant also had a great time filling up a toy dump truck with sand. We spent almost the whole time down on the beach. Grant's got a nice little tan, but of course Jackson just has his sweet pink cheeks!

Summer Vacation

We just spent the last 10 days in Colorado. Colorado is HEAVEN in August. The weather was absolutely incredible, at least 25 degrees cooler and no humidity. The boys had so much fun with their friend Mia and their new cousin Lucy. We played outside every day, which is unthinkable in the current 100 degree, 85 percent humidity of Houston. We went to Garden of the Gods, the Olympic Training Center (on opening day of the Summer 08 games no less!), Manitou Springs and Royal Gorge.

The second nicest thing about Colorado is the city parks. They are gorgeous. Every 5 miles or so is a new looking park with tons of slides, swings, etc. The one in Boulder even had a co-op garden attached to it that the boys had a blast looking at and running through.

It was a great vacation, but as Jackson said after our full 12 hours of travelling home, "it's good to be back home."