My Pal Paxton

Memorial Day Weekend 2014!

We had a great Memorial Day Weekend 2014. It's hard to believe that Summer is here already.

First thing Saturday morning Paxton had the last game of his soccer season. His team, the Rocket Ninja Snakes, lost every game but still had lots of fun learning and playing soccer. Paxton ended the season with 3 goals and 7 blocked shots. He was also selected by his coach as Most Valuable Player.

Later on Saturday afternoon we ventured out to Katy Mills Mall for some family shopping and got into this. Kinda creepy to me but Pax had fun riding it.

On Sunday, Paxton and I made a day trip to Brazos Bend State Park to visit with our friends Jamie, Lisa, and Maxx, who were camping for the weekend.  We had been here before for a day trip back in 2012 to visit out friends Steve, Esther and Sammy while they were camping also.  

We had lots of fun! Highlights were seeing lots of gators while hiking and even getting to touch a baby gator at the Nature Center.  And of course the play area with a huge slide and swings was fun too.  Notice the "big kids" (aka Jamie and Lisa) going down the slide also. 






Maxx even showed Paxton how to play lacrosse and corn hole while we sat around the camp fire cooking and enjoying a few beers. 

Overall a great day outdoors with good friends.  I'm tired just thinking about all of the fun we had.




Day Trip to Sam Houston National Forest

On short notice Pax and I decided to make a quick run up to Sam Houston National Forest to spend the day with some friends who were camping.

We had a fun day hiking, picking and eating a few fresh dewberries, cooking on the campfire, and just hanging out at the camp.

The highlight of our hike was when found a long fallen tree and had lots of fun balancing on it while walking.


Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 2014


We took the kids for our annual trip to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo yesterday.  Overall a great time as always but this year seemed a little more crowded than in past years.  Lots of waiting in lines for rides, food, petting zoo and everything else.  This year Paxton wanted to do the Mutton Bustin' and he did a great job.  He almost won but his sheep didn't come out of the gate very fast and was kinda slow compared to others.