Summer Road Trips

Over the past two weeks, we have really gotten to enjoy visiting family.  We started off our summer road trip to Oklahoma to see Sheldon's family.  Nonnie, the kids, and I set off early Tuesday morning.  Weston was being pretty demanding for the first part of the trip and I think Nonnie was thinking it was going to be a long 4 hours.  However, with the help of lots of suckers we didn't stop once and Weston ended up doing great.  We had a wonderful time seeing Sheldon's family.  We did a lot of swimming. We did have one scare after we finished lunch at the pool.  Jackson was by the edge grabbing something and decided to jump in so Weston followed right behind his big cousin. I hadn't put his floating device back on so I jumped in after him.  Weston loves the water and jumps in constantly.  It didn't seem like we would see the big kids at all.  They just played upstairs and had a great time.  Weston and Brandt had a good time playing together too! I loved every second of the trip and the time just went too fast. We are glad that we are getting to see them one more time before the fall.

 I was asking Weston to give Brandt a hug which he did but it was followed by a push....UGGG.

 Making homemade pizza

 Reagan ordered a delicious cake to celebrate mine and Weston's birthday!  Weston was pretty excited to blow out the candles.  Reagan gave him a candle to lick and he ended up biting a huge chunk out of it.

This past week while Zack was out of town for work again we headed to Tyler to see more cousins and Grammy and Papaw.  We had a birthday celebration and also went to an alligator farm.  The kids loved playing with their cousins. Weston definitely  took advantage of playing with Grammy.  Jillian really went out of her way to do lots of things with Macie.  I felt like Macie was idolizing Jillian.  What a positive role model she is!  Macie was very concerned with Jillian's broken foot but Jillian hobbled around with us.  The alligator farm was really interesting.  They had all sorts of animals there. There was also a big pond that held 51 large alligators which we got to seem them being fed.  The owner said the biggest one was 1300 pounds.  The kids really enjoyed it and so did we.  It was also a great trip!  I feel so blessed to have such wonderful family

Our final road trip will be to the Gulf Shores in Alabama.  Hopefully all hour recent hours in the car will help us survive the 11 hour trip to our week long vacation.  I think going will be fine but the trip home will probably seem like forever.

 Mr. Weston Reid turns two on the 7th.  He kept trying to blow out his candles but needed a little help.

 The presents were on the table and each time Weston would walk by them he would say, "Present."

Weston was practicing his tennis with his new racket and balls.

 None of the kids were too eager to hold the alligator or the snake.  It took them a little while to warm up to really touching it.  I ended up holding this little guy thinking it may make Macie do that. Jillian decided to hold it too!

 Petting Zoo

After Weston touched the goat he held up his hand and said, "I touched it."

 The farm also had a bounce house and ropes to swing on.  I asked Macie if she needed help and she told me, "No, I can do this with my gymnastics."

 The girls were braver than the boys. They both held the wiggly ferret. 

This is how the boys play!  Jillian did such a great job doing girl stuff with Macie and Jackson is a pro at playing with Weston.