Summer's Here!

What better way to kick off summer than with the last day of school followed up by a four-day weekend with Daddy home?! We had the most wonderful weekend, the only thing missing was pool time b/c it's just been so darn rainy here this month! We're really not buying into this whole Texas drought story. Last May when we were here to do house-hunting it was raining, and this May it has literally rained ALL.MONTH.LONG. Our pool has been open since April 12th, but we've hardly been able to take advantage of it with this crazy weather.

It looked like it was going to rain all day on Friday, but it never ended up raining until we were headed back home that night! We took full advantage of the overcast weather & headed to the zoo in the morning. Since it was so cloudy, the animals were more active than normal. We spent a lot of time at the monkey exhibit. The last time we were there, we saw a newborn monkey. This time the monkey was wrestling with his daddy and swinging with his mommy, and all four of us were just loving watching them interact! It was so fun! Another highlight of our zoo trip was Hadley randomly deciding she wanted to ride the carousel. Up until maybe 6ish months ago, she would ride carousels & other kiddie rides at Sea World. But then one day, she just randomly decided she hated them and wouldn't get on them at all. Then on Friday when I said we were going to get Shelby her carousel ticket, Hadley chimed in and declared: "Me want a ticket, too!" ;)  It was a big moment for her!

Neither of the girls are looking at the camera, but it's proof Hadley rode the carousel! ;)

We didn't get the girls down for naps until 2ish that afternoon, and we ended up having to wake them both up around 4:45. The rain still hadn't shown up, so we ate an early dinner and threw the girls in the car to spend the evening at Bonnie Conner Park followed up by Cold Stone! :)  Perfect summer night!

Shelby letting Hadley have a lick of her ice cream cone...if this isn't love, I don't know what is! ;)

Saturday was Miss Ana's first birthday party! We all had so much celebrating her! She was just a couple weeks old when we all moved to San Antonio last summer, so it's crazy to think she's already one! But then at the same time, life in Biloxi seems like a lifetime ago! The passing of time is such a crazy thing!

Hadley managed to get her hands on THREE lollipops after the pinata! :)

Sunday was supposed to be grown-ups night out at Top Golf. We met the Goins & Gallimores there only to find out there was a FOUR HOUR wait to play! FOUR HOURS?!?! I mean, seriously! I immediately started contemplating how much money it would cost to start up a Top Golf b/c this place was doing a killing. Apparently, I've been watching too much Shark Tank & The Profit with Derek. ;)  Since parking at Top Golf was INSANE, we all loaded up in the Gallimores' Pilot to go find a place to eat b/c clearly a four hour wait wasn't happening when we're all paying good money for sitters! We had quite the experience just finding a restaurant with available parking, we were all missing Biloxi something fierce right about then! Even though our Top Golf plans didn't pan out, it was still a super fun night out with our friends!

Today was Derek's fourth & final day off! Again, it was supposed to rain off & on all day so we decided to lay low. We rode bikes & explored the contstruction site in our neighborhood, tried out a new muffin recipe, made a trip to Petsmart (perfect way to entertain small kids, ha!), & picked up a pizza for dinner from a new place that just opened up near our house. It was a great way to round out our first weekend of summer. Still hard to believe summer is actually here though! Between our move & Emily's wedding last summer and a potential move next summer, we are looking forward to a relaxing summer!!! :)