“We are not crazy, we are like minded”

So…last week, I put a random {supposed to be funny} post on Facebook “After 3 VBS’s 2 weeks of camp and a 2500 road trip…I have a free week, who wants to do what?” A friend sent me message…."Wanna load the kids up and go to San Antonio?” She had a “hook up” for a place to stay with a private pool. After I thought about it for 15 seconds, I said SURE! Lets do it!

So we loaded up this bunch of CRAZY KIDS…and headed south!

After our SIX hour(several traffic jams!) car trip…kids didn’t waste ANY time hitting the pool.

After a quick swim, we went sight seeing a little bit and visited the Alamo and had dinner on  River Walk.

Kids enjoyed feeding the ducks crumbs from our table.

and after dinner we squeezed in a late night boat ride down the river.

The next day we woke up bright and early and hit…FIESTA TEXAS….{the waterpark side!}

And I put my new lens to work with these fun shots.

A special treat:)) Mr. Pibb!

We are T.I.R.E.D!

It was a super fun 2 days…and I’ll do another post for our last day!

American History…the fun way!

The kids showed such an interest in the American History at Greenfield Village during the 4th of July Spectacular, we took them back for a full day.

Here is a glimpse of the parts of American History the kiddos {and their parents} learned today!
They loved being able to ride on different types of early transportation throughout our day!
Family Ride in Henry Ford’s Model T






They were lucky enough to get the very front row of the train and were able to watch the Engineer add coal to the train.

They were able to watch and learn about several famous American by watching 15 minute plays throughout the day.
They LOVED this play about the Wright Brothers.

The boys especially enjoyed touring the bicycle shop and the Wright Brother’s Original house that has been transferred to the village from Dayton, Ohio. (Zach got a thrill climbing out the window)


Ava has recently fallen in the love with the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, so what a TREAT to get to hear her story in person!

Of course Ava enjoyed being the teacher at the McGuffy School House.


Next up we visited the

My Train Loving Boys LOVED this stop…and little did they know it ended with a BIG surprise!

They got to go down some stairs and look up to see all the part under a train! WOW!

As we were leaving the round house, one of the engineers was rotating the track and let the kids help him!




Levi, especially wanted to visit Thomas Edison’s Lab.

This was such an incredible day! I love to have fun, but I especially love it when fun and learning go hand in hand!