Summer always seems like it has come to a close when the kids spend their last week at our house. That means that school is about to start and back to the regular schedule. Not as much fun, laughing, movie watching, cooking, cleaning, trips to the Ballpark, stories about camp, chaos. Boring.
But we had a super fun week!
We started the week with a big family trip to Camp El Tesoro for Ezra's 5th birthday. It was so much fun to spend time with all of my siblings together. I don't know when the last time was that the 5 of us were together.
I can't say much for sleeping on camp bunks, but the swimming, playing, and star gazing was great.
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| Benny, Topher, Preston, Addison, Anne, Ezra Our first Cousin-pic with all 6 of them together! |
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| What do you think Uncle Eric is telling these boys? |
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| Preston & Annie. |
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| I was surprised to see the protesters when we arrived. I hope this isn't true. |
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| Preston caught me trying to take his picture. He was totally nervous about the circus guy falling off of the high wire! |
And we wrapped up the week with a quick trip to San Antonio. Inspired by Addison's extra credit project, we made a trip to The Alamo, spent a few hours walking on the Riverwalk, and then hung out at the hotel pool. And we stopped at the Natural Bridge Caverns on our way home. (These were the coolest underground caves we've been to yet!)
Both Addion & Preston will have Texas History this year for their Social Studies curriculum. It was suggested that we watch the Imax film 'The Alamo' across the street from the Alamo before making taking the tour. I'm so glad that we did this! The Alamo, an incredible piece of our history, was totally crowded and not very kid-friendly. Nonetheless, I'm glad we made the visit and we can mark it off the list!
Too bad all of my Alamo pictures are on the big camera.
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| Addison & Eric lounging by the pool. |
And one final video of our little fish, Preston. He had a BLAST spending 7 hours at the pool.
