Seashells

These are the seashells the girls collected in Galveston.

Lieser Family Vacation

This year we met up with Jared's family in Galveston, TX for vacation. We stayed at a motel right across from the beach, it was great. We spent most of our time at the beach but also drove into Houston to go to NASA. The girls were not to thrilled with the beach at first. They did not like the waves and didn't like all the sand. The second day Grammie and Aunt Megan took them looking for shells on the beach and they totally changed their tune. Claire collected a bucket full of shells and enjoyed looking for them. They spent most of their time where the water would barely go over them and would dig in the sand. The girls really liked the hotel pool, of course. They liked that it had lion heads that spit water out of their mouths into the water. Not real lions...that would be dangerous! The girls wore their life vests in the pool and surprised me by trusting them and were swimming around on their own. By the end the girls were jumping off the side by themselves. I think they were watching their older cousins and wanted to do what they did. It was close enough that it was a doable drive for a short vacation. I hope we do it again but maybe stay a little longer. This was my kind of vacation. I love the beach and the warm weather and warm water. It may have not been the prettiest of water or beach but to me it was perfect.  

Sleeping Beauties

Is there anything more precious than a sleeping child? I was so thankful that while in KC the light coming through during nap time was perfect for getting these pictures. The girls were so tired they didn't even hear the click of the camera. I love these pictures!!!

The Beck Family Reunion

We left Great Bend after my friend's wedding dance and drove to Kansas City for Jared's family reunion. We made it to the hotel about 1 a.m. We spent the next 2 days with the Becks. We went to Lego Land, the aquarium, had KC BBQ (with a live band), went swimming,  visited, played  Mexican Train dominoes (Beck tradition), and went to a Royals game. It was the girls' first major league game. They liked it but every time a vendor came by they wanted whatever he was selling. Somehow we made it out of there without going broke. We were able to meet new cousins and see others we had not seen in awhile. We look forward to everyone getting together again next year! Hopefully next year we won't be having another 9 day stretch of vacation and 24 hours total driving in the car like this year. We had fun but it was so good to be home.

Lego Land

The Lieser girls.

Great grand children with Nana.

Go Royals!

Riley Family Vacation 2012

I look forward to summer time every year because I know I get to spend vacation with our families. This year my whole family got together at Lake Murray in Ardmore, Oklahoma. We had such a good time spending a week with everyone. We went swimming, played miniature golf, went on walks, played at the beach, and just had fun. The girls love being with their cousins. Claire and Malachi were buds all week long and Quinn attached herself to the big girls and followed them around. This was probably my favorite spot we have vacationed with my family. The cabins were nice (except for a few scorpions and spiders), it was peaceful, beautiful, and there were plenty of things for us to do. The girls were not wanting vacation to end. Me either...

The Thunder were in the playoffs this week so we had to Thunder Up.

Big girls.

She was sad after she made a hole in one because she wanted to hit her ball again.

Mama, daddy, and me.

The whole gang.