Braiden 4th Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my Big Boy Braiden!! Can't believe he is 4 years old! Seems like just yesterday i was in the hospital with him! I remember the first time i laid my eyes on him and just sobbing! I never knew i could love someone else so much in such short time! he was perfect and still is! he starts preschool in october with his great grandma jeannie! He is so excited! His favorite color is green, loves to play games with his Daddy, and loves to play with his best bud houston! Pictures of his birthday and birthday party are to come! Mom took all the pictures and i need to get them from her!

Beach Palooza!

here are some pictures my mom took for me!

We saw nacho libre!

some guys in coconut bras and grass skirts! You seriously could wear whatever you wanted!!!




Waiting in line for our race to start, when i got really sick to my stomach! My Dad was bringing me a gotorade!

And we're off!

While we were racing, the boys played football in the ocean

it was a gorgeous day!

Braiden having fun in the water

Mr. Dad carrying our stuff and the kids to a new spot to play

Houston playing in the water with uncle stevie

Houston and his adorable smile

Such a cute picture of him i LOVE this this picture

Boys hanging out

My handsome husband

our first mile

Steph in the noodle forest!

Me pretending i'm running through the noodle forest

Cooper being a goof ball with his pineapple hat

Steph on the topsy turvy tables, i watched of course, i would have really fell on my face

Steph on the huge net climb

me watching her climb

we had to run up and down this sand hills and into these mud pits

Steph had to climb accross this ladder, you had to keep your hand and feet on the ladder the whole time

These are the balance beams, i finally was brave enough to try it

paloozarina pose!

Beach ball pit! It was a blast!

ice water pit, oh yes it was freezing, they kept throwing in bags of ice! TessLea didn't like the water, she jumped when i got in!

my puff butt sticking out of the water

coming to the finish linealmost finished!

And we're done! Got our water, banana, and beach palooza medal for finishing!

Papa Steve and Houston

Houston and his can of cheese, he loved that cheese, took it everywhere

Dad skim boarded and Josh went Surfing

Houston didn't like the seaweed

He tried to find every way around it

His face for so burned, poor baby. everyone forgot to keep outting sunscreen on him while i was racing and by the time i was done it was too late. Poor little white boy!

Houston wanted to help burry Braiden with Josh but was throwing sand in braiden's eyes so josh yelled at him and just broke his little heart!

poor guy!

Braiden burried!

Josh was trying to make him a merman, but he kept moving so he gave up

Braiden the sea monster coming out of the ground!

That's all! Hope you all enjoyed! We had a good time!

Now here's my story!

My friend Stephanie and I did the Beach Palooza 5K in Galveston! It was so much fun! I had such a great time! I think it would have been a lot more fun if i wasn't pregnant but i am definitely doing it next year! My friend steph and i made tutu's for our race and i made a t-shirt that says paloozarina! It turned out very cute! But unfortunately it got ruined during the race. We were called the PALOOZARINAS! Let's just say we looked super awesome!

It started off a little rough for me, i was waiting in line to start and there was no shade so i started to get sick to my stomach so i sat in the sand and just relaxed, and my sweet dad ran and got me a Gatorade from a concession stand. I started to feel better and 10 minutes later we started the race! We walked the whole time, the obstacles were fun! I skipped the climbing ones and the balance ones so i didn't injure myself, but the others were a blast! My mom took pictures of us both and my Brothers were with us too, even though they weren't signed up they walked with us and finished the whole thing. We got to the end and got to jump into this ice cold pool with ice in it! it was very refreshing, as soon as my belly hit the water i felt TessLea jump, she was not very happy but i was! We finished the race, got some water, a banana, and a beach palooza medal! I gave the boys my pineapple hat! They didn't leave them on long enough for me to get a picture of them! We had a wonderful day playing at the beach when we were done with the race! It was nice to go have some family time! I am hoping Josh will go with me next year and actually compete with me! Thank you steph for doing it with me! I had a blast! Long Live the PALOOZARINA'S!