Summer Camp

This week Anderson attended his 2nd week of summer camp!! He spent his 1st week of camp at Bethany Methodist with Mia, while mommy was in Savannah and EJ was at Grant's house! Thanks again Denna and Melissa for keeping my boys while I was gone, I really appreciate it!!

This time his camp was at Canyon Creek, his new preschool that he will be attending in the fall! I wanted him to get a little taste of it before he goes there permanently in September! Plus, it worked out great for me since I spent the week preparing for Martin Volleyball Team Camp and AMBC Sports Camp, which take place over the next 2 weeks!

Anderson seemed to really enjoy his new preschool and it worked out great because Miss Lori was his teacher this week and she will be his assistant teacher in the fall! Here is something you do not see very often at our house, camp must have worn him out...

(Anderson lying still!!)

In the Swing of Things

We have been home now for a whole week and a half!! It feels good to get the house back in order and to be in a regular routine again!

Not much exciting to report...mostly we have been hanging out around the house because everyday it is over 100 degrees outside! We did have some friends over on Tuesday afternoon to play with the water toys in the backyard and of course we attended story-time on Wednesday morning followed by lunch at Chick-Fila, which is a weekly event!

Aaron has enjoyed getting back to playing raquetball 2-3 times a week and I have enjoyed getting back into my routine of walking and running Fit Camp! We are in a competition with some of the employees and their families from my dad's company...we are competing in %weight lost, most steps taken (we have pedometers to wear) and most aerobic points! We should find out soon how we measure up because we just finished our 1st week of competition!

Other than that, I have just been preparing for Martin Volleyball Team Camp and AMBC Sports Camp, which are coming up very soon! I have also been roped into (that was for you Melissa) taking on a larger role in my MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group at AMBC, which I am very excited about (also for you Melissa)! I am now on the steering committee and I completed my 1st assignment of starting a new MOPS blog. You can check it out at this link.

Hope everyone is having a great summer! Here's to hoping for some cooler temperatures!

Just a cute little picture from our trip to Houston, since I know ya'll like to see pictures! (I know Gigi will really like this one)

Anderson at the Beach

Anderson had a blast during his 1st beach experience! Here is a video of him and EJ ridin' the waves, which was Anderson's favorite thing to do there! :)

EJ at the Beach

Here is a video of EJ walking and crawling in the ocean water! He's not sure what to think! He had a great time during his 1st beach experience, he tried to eat everything from sand and seaweed to water...you name it, he tried to eat it! :)

By the way, he started officially walking 2 days before his 13 month birthday! He's been cruisin' for months but now he is actually standing on his own and taking several steps in a row! Anderson officially walked 2 days after his 1st birthday and was running by the end of the week...he has not stopped since! :)

More Travels

Sorry I have been so bad about updating the blog lately but I have been traveling the world! Ok, maybe not the world but for the past 3 weeks we have been on the road! Here are a few things we have done since my last post:

We spent Father's Day at the Ranch with Granddaddy!

We took the boys to Houston to see the Royals play the Astros. While we were there, we saw 2 games and also went to the Aquarium (where we ran into Yao Ming)!

We attended the 60th Vick Reunion, which was a blast! Here we are with Jess and Eli!

My sisters and I had a great time celebrating my mom's birthday with her in Savannah! No boys allowed!

We celebrated the 4th of July with great friends at the Ratzman's house!

We had a blast vacationing on Mustang Island with the Lewis crew! We are planning to do it again next summer!

Obviously, we had a great time traveling, but we are definitely glad to be back home and into a normal routine again!

EJ's 1st Haircut

EJ FINALLY had his 1st haircut on Friday! I have been trying to get this done for over a month now but as you know our life has been a little crazy lately, with all of the partying and traveling!

He did so good, just sat there and smiled and watched a little Elmo video! Such a pretty boy, looks just like his daddy (I mean Granddaddy)! :) Again, what a different response than Anderson had to his 1st haircut (during which he screamed the entire time)!

Recent Travels

A few weeks ago, I drove to FW to attend the CONCERT OF A LIFETIME, along with my wonderful family and a few friends! All that needs to be said about that is...George Strait, Reba McIntyre, Blake Shelton, and Leann Womack...16th row, front and center, new Cowboys stadium! It was AWESOME! Click here for pictures and details! One of my favorite parts of the night, which has nothing to do with the concert, was sitting around tailgating afterwards until about 2:00 in the morning...reminiscing with Bri and Gretch and our families about the good ole' volleyball days! Next time...BB's with the gang (yeah you know what that means)! :)

Wrigley Field

As soon as I returned home, Aaron and I flew to Chicago! We left the boys with Grandma and Aunt Leslie while we toured the Windy City! We went there because Aaron attended the Willow Creek Arts Conference at Willow Creek Community Church! He will have to tell you all about that, I just sat in the lobby typing my little fingers away writing and catching up on all of the stuff I was behind on because I have 2 little ones constantly pulling me in every direction at home! But apparantly it was awesome...I mean Darlene Zschech led the worship for crying out loud so what would you expect?!!?

Miller Park Kid Zone

The fun part was that we went out there a few days early in order to get in a little vacation, mostly because we wanted to hit all 3 ballparks while we were there....Cubs, White Sox, and Brewers! And we did just that! As many of you know, Aaron and I have a goal of going to a game at every ballpark! So far we have been to 9 parks, after next week it will be 10! That is pretty good for 6 years of marriage, especially since we took a few summers off to have the 2 most beautiful children ever (not biased at all)! The Cell was unimpressive, Miller Park was AWESOME (very kid friendly), Wrigley field felt like we went back in time (nothing but baseball, no kid zone, no jumbo-tron or play backs, an ivy wall without padding) which was cool but the best part were the delicious hot dogs and Kenny Chesney sang the infamous 7th inning stretch!

The Cell

Other things we did while in Chicago...toured downtown, the theatre district, millenium park, miracle mile...went to Navy Pier and rode the ferris wheel...rode the subway...ate at Harry Caray's, Gino's and had too much chocolate and ice cream at the Ghiradelli shop! We also got to see wonderful friends while there! We stayed with the Williford's (former AMBC SS teachers) for 2 nights and I got to see my 2 former high-school and college setters, Annie and Kristy! It was SO much fun! We thought that we would never have to go back since we hit all 3 stadiums but we loved it so much that we cannot wait to return with the boys!

As soon as we returned home to Texas, we went to the Todd Agnew concert at AMBC.

It was AWESOME!

Todd Agnew

We will be traveling AGAIN next week so stay tuned for more Franklin family fun! Where do you think we are going this time?!!?