August 2016 pics

 I already posted all the pictures from our family trip so here are just some other snapshots of the rest of this month

The car got so hot that this full can of soda exploded, all over my foot!

Visiting Dr Suess at UCSD

Swimming lessons for Abby!

Our birth class friends threw a baby shower for me, lamb themed. So sweet of them!

Family Pictures, Texas Aug 2016

As part of our family reunion in Texas we had some family pictures taken. Of the whole group and then we were able to get family shots as well. Here are a few of them, taken outside of the farmhouse we stayed in.

 

The whole family!

Grandma, granddaughters and their mammas

And Eric and his parents and siblings! 

Family Vacation 2016 - Anderson Reunion

After the short camping trip, we headed out Monday morning to San Angelo TX, where Eric's sister Kimberly lives. We crashed there until Wednesday morning when we headed out to Fredericksburg for the reunion. The girls absolutely loved playing with Lydia, Hannah, and Emmalee.

The reunion itself was at an old farmhouse outside of Fredericksberg. There was the farmhouse, barn converted to bunkhouse, and two silos also converted to rooms. So all of us stayed spread out in those spots. We were in one of the silos, and it was so nice an comfy. Never thought I'd sleep in a silo!

Here are a couple pictures of the place:

The silos, we stayed in the one on the right.

Had lots of fun relaxing, swimming in the pool, and of course the kids ran around the whole time playing. It was fun to see how they all hit it off right away, even though they haven't seen each other in years.

At the pond out front. There were literally hundreds of frogs out there!

The kids loved to sit on the porch to eat and watch the deer. (You can see some in the yard in this pic)

Spent one day window shopping in Fredericksberg and another exploring a living history farm on the Lyndon B Johnson State Park. That's where all the blue shirt pictures are from.

All the cousins! Thats Hannah bawling up front. :)

 

Friday night we had a family talent show. Abby and Rua danced around in dress-up clothes with Lydia and Hannah while Eric played for them on a keyboard. They were adorable!

 

Grandpa playing a jews harp. The kids loved it.

What a fun reunion! Hope this becomes a tradition.

Family Vacation 2016 - New Mexico camping

Camping: July 20- Aug 1

After the caverns on Saturday we headed back to our campground at Pine Springs campground which is in the Guadalupe Mountaina National Park and about half an hour from the caverns. We had debated a long while about whether to go through with the camping since it was July in New Mexico and potentially very hot. But I really wanted to camp and we hadn't made it happen this year yet so after doing research we decided it shouldn't be too horrible. :)

And it wasn't! The nights were in the 80s so completely doable. Eric and I were extremely uncomfortable but we expected that. The girls, on the other hand, slept amazingly and Abby said it was so comfortable. We couldn't have a fire or coals which made the eating part of the camping less fun, but there were sure some amazing stars. The brightest I've ever seen, the Milky Way was so clear. It was breathtakingly beautiful.

We didn't get too many pictures as our phones were mostly dead, but here are the couple we did get. We camped two nights and did some hiking on Sunday.