Grandma and Grandpa Lerma's house

This is a picture of my Grandma and Grandpa's house. I've grown up going there for years. We've celebrated holidays including Christmas mornings, dying Easter eggs with Grandpa and grandma at Easter, watching the big Macy's Day parade on Thanksgiving morning....need I say more?? I stayed with Grandpa and Grandma for half a summer when I went to summer school and they took such good care. I can't tell you the wonderful memories that come to mind when I look at this house.

2 weeks ago I was at this house because my Grandpa passed away suddenly. He had an aneurism that took him with no warning. We were going to be celebrating his 80th birthday this Thanksgiving, it was just so hard to believe. I guess I am writing this because I miss my grandpa dearly and when I see this house I see him. My grandma is going to be coming home from the nursing home soon and an uncle is moving back to help take care of her in this home again. I can't believe that I will never see him standing outside waving goodbye anymore, but I will always have him in my heart.

Alex's Meet the Teacher Day

Alex was ready to go meet his new teachers Ms. Carla and Ms. Ana on his first day of STM Preschool.

He was finally over his rash that he'd gotten from his allergic reaction to amoxicillin. It looked terrible. I am so happy that he recovered!

Aidan's first day of Kindergarten!

Aidan had a great first day of kindergarten drop off this

morning. I can't believe my little guy is off to the big schools. I think that it really hasn't set in yet. The next 12 years are going to fly by I know it. I'm so proud of him. He was so excited to go in and play at his new classroom! Aidan had his orientation and meet the teacher last Thursday night. That is where he met Mrs. Brightly for the first time and took a picture with her. :-)

Jeremy and Alyssa's birthdays August 08

Jeremy and I celebrated our birthdays with a few friends at Volente Beach. It rained but that didn't stop us from having some fun! Aidan overcame his fears of the big tall slide and went down it with Jeremy. He was very brave!!

August trip to Atlanta 08

August has been a BUSY month for us!! Aidan, Alex, and I went to Atlanta for a week. We went to a Braves Game, Six Flags, the zoo, the boys learned to play guitar with Uncle Arthur and the boys just had an overall fun visit. Aidan and Alex had some great bonding time with Gammy!

Summer Galveston Trip w/ IL Family

We spent last week in Galveston. Jeremy flew in on July 11th at midnight from having spent the previous couple of days in IL attending his Uncle Bill's funeral. He said it was a beautiful service.

On July 12th I drove in with Aidan and Alex to Santa Fe to Jeremy's parent's home. That evening we went to pick up Julie's extended family that had just flown in from IL for a week of fun! The next day we drove into Galveston and stayed at Inverness by the Sea which was on the seawall across the street from the ocean. We spent all of Sunday night getting settled. On Monday we started off at the pool and ended the evening at the ocean. Jeremy's mom took Aidan back to her house almost every evening we were there which was a big help.

It was Aunt Doris, Aunt Mary, Cousin Jenni Hunt with the twins Madelyn and Gibson and Cousin Randi Kay with Chase and Lincoln. On Tuesday afternoon Christy showed up with Jonah and Laurel. Jeremy also surprised us that night when we were at the beach. I wasn't expecting him to be driving in until the next day!

We took morning walks along the sea wall. One morning we walked about 2 miles to a souvenier shop. I was never so glad when Julie came to pick us up. It was just so HOT!!

On Thursday we took the kids to Schlitterbaun. We went in the late afternoon and stayed until 8PM. That was the perfect time. Aidan and Alex really liked going down the water slides where we could ride along with them. We went on a couple of big family ones that scared me crazy. They were ok to ride while pregnant I thought. The didn't really jostle me too much. The week before I rode a kiddie roller coaster with the boys at Sea World and I did alright. The kids also liked the Lazy River and the Raging River. They had these double tubes that had mesh on the bottom of one side so that your child didn't fall through. It was perfect for the boys.

Friday was another fun day, except at near midnight. We all started to hear a car alarm. Jeremy decided to go down with our keys to be certain it wasn't ours. It wasn't, but it was his mom's car. Someone had tried to brake in. They bust a hole in her driver side window, intending to break the whole thing. It was her tint job that kept the whole window from shattering. They didn't steal anything. I can't imagine that they were really trying to steal the car seats though.

It was an eventful week. Alex, Gibson, and Chase may or may not have been stung by jellyfish and Aidan did get a bee sting. Christy removed the stinger. We put a bandaid on Aidan's neck where he was stung. One side came undone and was flappy on his neck. He cried, "Ah, ah, what's on my neck?!!!" Poor thing, he was so frightened about getting stung again. At least we know that he's not allergic.

There were a couple of other crazy stories. Should I say something about a picture taken on Aunt Doris's camera? Or a particular bucket that got left in the shower for Aunt Doris to find. But I'll keep those as inside stories.

All in all it was a fun trip! We rushed home early Saturday morning for Sofia's birthday party and then crashed for bed early that night in an attempt to catch up on sleep!!

A Night at the Ballpark with Cousins

Aunt Kathryn came into town with Maura and Brady. Cousin Chris Troy shared his company's box seats with us for the Round Rock Express baseball game. Cousin Pat and his girlfriend were there too! It was a fun night!