Galveston Island Fun

We just got back from Galveston and had so much fun with The Browns and even the uncles came. This was our second trip to Galveston in the last 2 weeks. Just can't get enough :-) Its so nice to be able to just sneak off an hour away and be at the beach. Not exactly the best water, but still....THE BEACH! We all had a really good time. One the first trip Will got stung by a jellyfish after being at the beach for about 15 minutes...YES a jellyfish! Never a dull moment :-) He thought it was so neat to have such a cool story to tell his class when we got back.

The second trip we relaxed, swam at the hotel pool, went to palm beach, ate lots of yummy foods around the island, went to mass at St. Patrick's. The boys kept busy each night with the Moody Gardens "Kids Crew" activities. They had everything from hula hoop contests, limbo, face painting, smores, and a really fun Wii competition. Here are a few pictures from my camera phone.

Below are some pictures of "celebration of learning" for first grade. And meet our new pet - Troopy. Mrs. Turner had three fish this year and the top three students with the best behavior got to keep one...and Will won! Welcome Troopy Brown :-)

Louis hula hoop contest. Getting low :-)

He's got this!

Palm Beach at Moody Gardens - Cotton Candy at 10AM...why not!

I just love this picture. All three of our boys, relaxing and sharing some converstations :-)

My biggest boys!

Simon eating a pineapple...Yum!

Such a big handesome boy!

Will warming up!

Ice Cream for breakfast...sure!

Face painting in the lobby - Louis insisted on being an LSU tiger and Will....a collaboration of Mario's Mustache (notice it is on his forhead because he ran out of body parts to paint...LOL) mario and lugi hats, a ninga and snakes on his arms! Love them!

Thomas and Louis across the booth from us at Denny's. Those of you that know us well, know that breakfast is probably the most important meal of the day....we went to Denny's I think twice while we were there :-)

Mrs. Turner and Will at celebrations of learning. I can't believe my baby is a second grader!!!

Fishing Trip

WOW! Look at this 250 lb Lemon Shark the guys caught and about 50 miles of the coast of Freeport, TX.

Mahi Mahi, King Mackerel, and Blacktip Shark

Wonderful Weekend

Thomas flew me to New Orleans to be with Rachel and the girls for her bachlorette weekend! We had blast, ate the best food, visited, laughed and left a BIG impression on Bourbon Street! Paula, Rachel, JoLeen, Kalea, Wendy, Emily and Lori. These was right after lunch :-)

Before the night out on the town! Or Street I should say :-)

Friday before leaving, my William became a Wolf! So proud!

Will making his walk across the bridge to become a Wolf. LOOK at his face! He was so excited!

Den 2

Now Louis thinks he is an official tiger cub! Sorry Lou Lou - two more years :-)

Celebrations

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

We have had so much celebrating to do and we are just getting started! This weekend is a break for us and then we start celebrating again with friends all over Texas and Louisiana. So I wanted to catch up before I have too much on my camera :-) So here are a few pics from the past 2 weeks!

Jonesboro, AR - Brandon and Leanne - official Master's degrees! Yay! We welcomed the newest and finest Nurse Anesthetist to our family! (Hope I spelled that right!) We celebrated in downtown Memphis that night with a nice dinner at Majestic and took a trolley ride - AKA...according to Louis...we rode the Tamale...yep we live in Texas! :-) Very proud of them both for their accomplishments! We are said goodbye as they begin their new jobs in Virginia! Good Luck Uncle Brandon and Ms. Leanne!

Leanne and Brandon right afterwards :-)

Emily Hebert's Wedding on April 30, 2011. Congratulations Mrs. Logan! Me, Erin, Jennifer, Kaela (and her handsome boys) and Rachel! You are next Ms. White!

Last morning of iBloom - my friend and mentor mom Karen!

Blackberry picking!

YUM!

Brown Updates

April 20, 2011

Thomas and I on our way to the Citgo MDA charity cocktail party and dinner. We have gone every year since moving to Katy. But this time I wasn't expecting so I got to get dolled up and have some fun. I am such a luck lady to have Thomas! So handsome and such a great role model for our three boys! We has so much fun, raised some money for summer camp!

Jan Carl (from Entertainment Tonight)

ARF! First grade musical! Will and Mrs. Huntington and Louis had to take one too :-)

Simon enjoying the musical! So now he is about 21 pounds and loves to wave "bye bye"! He does that for hello and goodbye. Such a cutie!

My new blinged out Scout mom shirt. New items are now listed on my shop....lots more to come :-) www.etsy.com/shop/thebrownbobbin

Scout Fair at Reliant Stadium. All I can say is WOW! I have never been and it was a sea of scouting uniforms. And many different colors that I came home to research....navy, yellow, kahki, green shirts...all mean something different. We all had fun going from booth to booth and seeing what each pack had to offer.

Louis - sorry about the blurry picture. Pop Pop emailed it to me when we were at the dinner. The boys got a hoot out of trying on Uncle Andrew's bunnery costume. Doesn't it remind you of A Christmas Story! RALPHIE!

The Brown Boys

Sunday Funday!

Sunday, April 3, 2011 Today was very adventurous and definitely worthy of taking note! We had the usual Sunday breakfast - pancakes, went to mass and came straight home to put on our "play" cloths. On the agenda: play out, shoot the BB gun for the very first time and take the boys to look at RV campers! We did it ALL and even though the camper store was closed, the accessory shop was open! The boys got a hoot out of all of the porta potties there and tried everything out in the store! Here are a few pictures!

Me and my Will and Louis! Simon napped the entire time that we were shooting! Shooting a BB gun for the first time is a big deal to me and they are super excited! We took the boys to the country to shoot...well sort of! Haha! We went behind our neighborhood clubhouse!

My boys picked this wildflower for me and insisted that I wear it in my hair. They are so sweet!

Proud Will!

Louis waiting his turn! Yes, that's hair gel! They decided to get "spikie" haircuts!

Louis - Rocking and Rollin (it wasn't loaded here :-)

Louis and Thomas - he was so serious!

Watch dad do it first!

Sweet Simon before mass! He is getting so big! Simon is almost 9 months and 20 pounds! He is crawling everywhere and pulls up on everything. The boys love to "help" him walk around! Such a happy baby!

Trying to get my camera!

Big Blue!

Louis - Colorado Rockies - KPB Spring 2011