Peacock Park with Nana

My little friend who stood behind me waiting for crackers. So pretty!

Such beautiful birds

Nana and Cadence feeding the peacocks

Our cute baby peacocks. We finally got to feed them and their Mommy. Cadence was sooo excited!

Nana and her girl, as she calls Cadence. We love you Nana and miss you bunches!

We finally found our camera before going to Texas and so I had it for this trip to the peacock park. Mom had heard us talk about this park and she couldn't wait to see what all we were talking about. It is a fun park to take the kiddos to as long as you stay away from the mean geese as Cadence will tell you all about how mean they are and they bit her Daddy on the "BUTT!" HAHAHAAA! Here are some pics of the peacock park with Nana.

Mom, thank you so much for flying out here and driving back with us. You are such an amazing mom and I pray you know that. I am so blessed to have you in my life and I can't imagine not having you by my side through all our struggles lately. Thank you for listening to me and letting me cry on your shoulder. I love you so much and miss you more than you will ever know! I sure enjoyed the time I got to spend with you and can't wait for the next trip. Love ya Mom! Miss you!

Sic 'Em Bears!

Sweet kisses for Zachary! Cadence was in love!

KK and Zachary :)

Gorgeous eyes that melt your heart!

Swinging in circles with Mommy like her and Daddy used to do. :) WEEEE!

Already bleeding green and gold! SIC 'EM BEARS! :)

We took Cadence down to Baylor while on our drive to Kerrville. She got to see both Lady and Joy out playing in the new bear pit. She LOVED them! We went to the Bookstore and got her a new t-shirt and Grammy got her a Baylor hat. We decked her out in the green and gold and then headed to "OUR" swing. :) Ryan and I had a swing on campus that we always went to when wanting to talk or hang out. It wound up being labeled as our swing cause it was the only one we would go to. We spent hours there and he was so romantic and proposed to me at our swing. It was AMAZING! So of course Cadence had to sit on "our" swing and have pics taken. Here are a few to enjoy.

We finally got to meet Mr. Zachary as well. We went and saw Kim and Zachary once we got back from Kerrville and got our snuggles in with him. He is soooo precious! I will make sure to attach some sweet pics of him. He was such a good baby and HANDSOME! Cadence has a hottie on her hands. ;) HAHAHAA! Love yall Kim and miss you bunches! He is BEAUTIFUL!

AHHHHH Kerrville!

The view from the back porch. GORGEOUS!

Our first group of deer. :) YIPPEE!

Watering the plants with Grammy! What a blast they had (and a bath!) hehehee :)

Grammy and Pawpaw's "New" house according to Cadence

Our last gorgeous sky in Kerrville. Breath taking!

We went down to Kerrville with Grammy Tuesday-Thursday. We got down there Tuesday afternoon and immediately walked on the back porch to find 6 deer on the property beneath Grammy and Pawpaw's house. They were walking down to the tank to get some water. We decided that evening to head into town and eat at a Mexican restaurant and we passed by one house on the side of the road and it had at least 20 -30 deer standing in the front yard grazing. It was CRAZY! Cadence loved every minute of it! We got back home and relaxed and let Cadence play a bit before winding down for bed. She decided it was slumber party time with Grammy. I slept by myself and Cadence and Grammy snuggled in bed and watched Wall-E and Ratatouille. She had a blast! The next day we got up and went into town and bought Ryan's Father's Day present. New cowboy boots!!! :) Then we headed to the James Avery compound/factory. It was GORGEOUS! We got Cadence some charms for her bracelet and then headed into Fredricksburg. We walked a few blocks on one side of downtown and then stopped to enjoy some ice cream together. We headed back home and saw more deer that evening. We ordered pizza in so Cadence could relax since she had been in a car since Saturday when Mom and I pulled out of Vegas. She was a little tired of the car. :) She was such a trooper though. Ryan and I are sooooo lucky to have such an easy going kiddo. We love you Cadence!

Cadence climbed up in Grammy's lap at dinner and ate her pizza and then passed out in her arms. While she was sleeping Grammy looked outside and saw two fox walk right into their backyard. It was sooo neat! I tried to get a picture but it kinda messed up with the flash on the window. Oh well! We sure had a blast in the great outdoors of Kerrville! We can't wait for another trip down there. :) Thank you Grammy for spoiling us girls while we were in! We sure enjoyed our time with you! :) Pawpaw, wish you could've been with us. Next time it is a Pawpaw and Grammy trip. Love yall!

Texas and yes MORE TEXAS!

Our nephew Connor. We were so excited to get a day to see our Chicago cousins! Cadence had a great time with the boys!

Cadence and Carter, our other nephew, saying "Hi". A little shy from both kiddos can you tell?!?!?

Now they have warmed up to each other. The two year olds had a great time together!

Of course Cadence had to walk Tiki with Grammy. She sure loves that doggie!

Cadence with her boy cousins, Connor and Carter. Celebrating both of their birthdays together. :) Happy Birthday boys!

Blast in Texas

Mom's whole side of the family came down on Saturday and we had a small Jones reunion minus some of the cousins. Here are the women from our crew up to my Nanny. :)

We went to Chuck E. Cheese with all the cousins our last full day in Texas and needless to say Aunt Jen spoiled the little ones with special cups. Couldn't resist the picture!

Walking with Trinity and Toby while looking for ducks in the back creek behind Nana and Granddad's house.

Gotta get snuggle time in with Granddad. Love you Granddad! :)

Smooches from the Aunts! AHHHHHHHHHH! Cadence sandwich!

I will have to put up a couple of posts to show off some of the things we did while in Texas. We sure had a blast seeing everyone and miss you all soooooo much! I wish we were still there but had Ryan with us too. I can't wait for Christmas to come back home and see everyone!

God Bless Texas

Cadence being silly and taking pics of us the other morning in bed. Ryan grabbed the camera and snapped her being silly and wearing my watch. Sweet baby girl!

My BIG helper! She pulled all the laundry out of the dryer and then grabbed the basket and carried it all the way down the hall and into our bedroom. I tried to take it from her but she got mad so I let her do it.

Once she was done, she was tired and climbed in the basket and decided to act like she was sleeping. What a mess!!! :)

Tomorrow is the day Nana flies in to see Cadence. We will be getting up in the morning and heading straight to the doctor (since I forgot to go this morning) to have some blood tests ran. Aunt Stephanie C. called and asked us to go to the "Peacock Park" with them. They are having a picnic at the park with some friends. It will be fun! It will help make the day go by faster until Nana gets here.

The peacock park is amazing! I will make sure to take pics but it is a little oasis in the middle of the desert. There are trees, ponds, and yes wild peacocks everywhere. We went last week with Grammy and Abby so they could see our amazing park that we love so much. According to Stephanie, Abby has been talking about it since we went and wants to go again. It will be a fun morning for the girls! :)

Mom lands in the afternoon and we will head straight to the minor league baseball game once she gets in. Ryan's office is having a big get together at the ballpark. It will be fun! Ryan gave me the tickets tonight and we all get free baseball caps too! I can't wait! Once the game is over then we are heading to the grocery store to grab snacks and drinks for the road and heading to bed. Cadence can't wait to have her Nana spend the night. She has been talking about Grammy spending the night with her all week saying "Grammy had fun spending the night with me." She is really excited to have another slumber party! :) We will be heading out Saturday morning between 7-8 so we can make Tucumcari, NM or further. Really excited about coming home to see everyone! Lots of fun plans to connect with friends, old students, and of course my family. I love yall and can't wait to see each and every one of you!!!!! :)

Only 2 Days til Nana and 3 to Texas

Well today was a sad day as I expected. Grammy flew back to Texas. Grammy and I neither one mentioned to Cadence that she was leaving today but being the smarty pants she is she saw Grammy putting all her things in her suitcase and the tears began. She came to me saying "We going to Texas today Mommy!" and I had to tell her no not until Saturday. Then it was waterfalls for about the next 15-30 minutes until we left the house. She was very sad that Grammy was leaving her. Every 5 minutes Cadence would look at Grammy and say "Thank you for coming to my house Grammy." It would rip my heart out every time. She misses all her grandparents so much! To try and help with the transition Grammy kept telling Cadence how Nana was coming in just 2 days and she was going on a special trip with Mommy and Nana and would see them again in 4 days. We had to hold up 4 fingers and she would count with us. Once she saw how few of days she had she started to cheer up. We had a fantastic lunch and then took Grammy to the airport. She was like velcro to Grammy. She didn't want to let go. She kept asking if we were getting on the airplane too. I told her no that we would be driving our "Mac" (Cadence's name for the Durango) to Texas with Nana. She started to get excited but got sad all over again telling Grammy goodbye. Cadence has the sweetest heart and has so much love to share. I get choked up having to watch her tell them all goodbye. I wish she was closer to them so she didn't have to wait soooo long between visits seeing everyone.

Mom will be here on Friday and we will be going to the minor league baseball game that evening with Ryan's work and then getting up early Saturday morning to start driving to Texas. Cadence is soooooo excited to get on the road! TEXAS HERE WE COME!