my prego sister

Posted on July 28, 2009 by suzspeaks

Look at this little belly! I loved all my sister’s pictures in her post from yesterday… you should go see… and Please leave her a sweet comment

The baby will be here soon! Love you Stacey!

Vacay Day 1 Part 2

Posted on July 23, 2009 by suzspeaks

Part 1 is here

…..We also got to see

Spidey::

And Batman::

Jax got to ride in the Bat mobile::

My two action figure lovers::

They had a great toy room where nothing was off limits…. they even had all kinds of superhero costumes! Thank you to whomever had this idea…. 30 minutes of seeing REALLY cool stuff and not touching a thing is not cool for a 4 year old, so this was a blast for him!

The playroom::

Us::

After leaving the museum, we had about 6 hours to go still! We hit major traffic a few times, it was nice to have the GPS (affectionately known as “Tommy”) to let us know our estimated time of arrival… it was also a little irritating to see that we only moved .8 miles in 30 minutes!

We made a pit stop in Alvarado, TX. There was a large gas station with a sonic semi/attached and a smokehouse inside. We really just stopped for the restroom and a drink, but the smell of the BBQ lured us in for dinner! – If you live in that area you really should try it!

Texas Best Smokehouse::

After a quick bite we were “On the Road Again“… I might have sung a few lines of Willie! We still had about 3 hours to go! It wasn’t long until we were BACK in traffic. Actually we were completely stopped on the highway! About 40 minutes later we were forced to exit the highway::

Once we were back on the highway, it was smooth and then FINALLY… We had reached our destination (9:45pm)::

San Marcos, TX – here’s the hotel we stayed in::

We were pleased with our hotel choice. It just opened in March, so everything was still nice and clean! Also, working for a huge corporate bank helped us score some pretty nice discounts… yes even for leisure! (there are SOME perks… ha)

It was time to get unpacked and settled in! But first, there was one little boy who had been VERY good all day in hopes of a surprise at the hotel!

Joey quickly hid it under the pillows on the bed. Jax was searching for it and randomly he saw the tag on the chair and the room
and said “I found a clue”! ha! It didn’t take long for him to find it! It was like Christmas in July for him! So fun!

Then we HAD to jump and play on the bed… it’s a must do in hotels for us!::

We went for a quick swim in the pool… then back to the room for showers. And what’s a hotel party with out…. Pizza?::

Needless to say we were exhausted and ready for bed!

Day 2 coming soon!

Vacay Day 1 Part 1

Posted on July 20, 2009 by suzspeaks

Friday we were on the road around 11:40… 20 minutes earlier than planned! We had a LONG road ahead of us! It really wasn’t bad at all. It was a long drive, but we stopped enough to break it up a bit. Of course, I wasn’t driving so that’s easy for me to say!

Jaxon was SO excited… He didn’t sleep much the night before!

Our happy boy… ready for vacation::

Our first stop was only a little over an hour in! We stopped in Pauls Valley at the Toy & Action Figure Museum. We’ve been wanting to take Jax there for a while and this was the perfect time! He They LOVED it!

the first look at the HUGE Green Lantern in the window::

Checking out the OLD display of G.I.Joe’s – Jaxon to Joey “DADDY, LOOOK… it’s your favorite guys that you played with when you were little”::

The collection of action figures of all kinds and sizes is ENORMOUS::

I think this was my favorite – Ken checking out Barbie in her car, she actually let him drive::

Thank You Mr. flight Attendant Man…

Posted on July 15, 2009 by suzspeaks

A while back I went to Houston for a few days to spend some time with the lovely Megan! I told Jaxon that I would bring him home a surprise from the airplane. Well, on the way home my hunger got the best of me and I ate the little bag of peanuts they gave me! I had to come up with something! There was a nice male attendant that day and I decided to ask for an extra bag of peanuts to take to my son. He came back with a bag of peanuts for me! Only, it wasn’t the little bag I was expecting, it was a BIG bag full of little bags!

Jaxon was pretty excited about them, but I put them up in the cabinet and kinda forgot. Joey and I are preparing for our upcoming vacation and were talking about snacks for the car. Joe remembered this bag of goodness so we added these to our stash of vacation food! So, thank you Mr. flight attendant man for the extra snacks!