You just never know...

We had a great family weekend! I love it when that happens! You know, those outings where everyone is happy, no one is fighting, no one pees on you, and laughter is all around!! We had two outings like that!!

Let me go back...it all started Friday: ITT was giving out free tickets to a Texas State University game, so we figured what the hey, and picked some up. Saturday night rolls around and we head out. First off, the weather - it was BEAUTIFUL!! We have been in a wretched heat spell of 100+ degree temps and it was actually breezy and coolish - SO NICE!! Our seats were in the second section, and after we persuaded A (I mean me carrying him up the stairs because he was a little freaked out at the height, noise and wind) to get upstairs, we had a blast!! We yelled with the cheerleaders; ate popcorn, hot dogs, nachos, pretzels, cotton candy, snow cones and m&ms; enjoyed the band's halftime show; even had crickets "rain" down on us - the kids couldn't stop squealing and screaming "it's raining crickets - it's raining crickets!!" Then we ended the night with fireworks - too fun! Best quote of the night from A: He looks at us and says "I think I'm really starting to like football - Daddy! Let's wake up early tomorrow and watch football ALL DAY!!" Big grin follows on J's face :)

Labor Day was finally our day to hit the Schlitterbahn! Our realtor gave us free passes three months ago, but we just haven't had the time to go. It is AMAZING!! I highly recommend it to everyone! The park is Bavarian style, covered with trees - the water is fresh from the Comal River (FREEZING!! - which as J pointed out, how in the world can that water be SO cold from a river that flows through smokin' hot San Antonio....interesting!). There are at least 4 kid areas around the grown up areas, so we took turns riding and watching kids. A and Lil L must have gone down the slides 500 times! They played from 10-6pm non-stop!! I got to spend some time with my girl, N, and she kept up on all the scary tube slides!! I quickly realized a string bikini was NOT practical as everytime I went on a ride I was checking to see if things were still in place OR pulling things out of places they shouldn't be!!

All in all, it was a great weekend....God has blessed us with such a great family - thank you Lord for your joy!!