Thursday, March 26, 2009

Weather







I post so rarely lately that I thought I would make this an extra long post about the weather - maybe that will make up for it somehow...or maybe not....
Spring is about the only time of year when Austin gets interesting weather. When May hits, you can count on the meteorologists saying, "This week: Hot, Dry, Sunny". And that lasts until about October! So, when we get any kind of different weather we all get very excited!
Needless to say, last night was one of those nights. We had a hail storm come through and the kids were pumped! We were under a tornado watch so I had the local news on and this wound them up even more. Fortunately, there were no tornados, just extremely loud hail! A good amount of it was golf ball sized - the biggest I have ever seen in person. Amazingly, my friends who had to leave their cars out did not have any damage on them, although I know that many in Austin did have window and windshield damage.
Of course, James was out of town for this storm, as he was the time we actually had a tornado warning and I had to carry the sleeping kids down to the hall closet and the one time it snowed! Poor James, he missed out on all the excitement!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Houston Zoo




We spent Spring Break in Houston this week and stayed with my parents. (James had to stay behind and work.) The weather was perfect and the kids had a lot of fun just playing outside and hanging out.
We also got to go to the Houston Zoo, which is a pretty nice zoo! I used to go as a kid, but they have really improved it since then. Spring is definitely the best time to go since it gets so incredibly hot and humid in the summer. I think the kids liked the giraffes and the primate section the best.
One of the highlights for Aaron was the ICE CREAM OF THE FUTURE!! I'm sure you have all seen these stands at your local mall, but Aaron had never seen it before and after he read the sign all he wanted was to try some. "Mommy, I want some ICE CREAM OF THE FUTURE!" Over and over. So, we got some and they enjoyed it. He said, I really want to come back here some day and have some more ICE CREAM OF THE FUTURE. He was shocked when I told them he could get it in Austin at the mall. Ha.

ACK! It's been over a month!

I don't know what happened the last few weeks but sorry for no posts! I'll get to that right now!