What Happens When...

...you wear your goggles on your head.

Me:  "Dude, can I take your picture?  You have marks from your goggles."

Seth:  "MOM!  It's not funny!"

And then I post it on my blog.

Ellie's Baptism

We had such a busy week, I didn't have a chance to post about Ellie's special day.

Baptisms in our area are scheduled on a stake level, so we didn't have to do anything except show up on time. We started the morning with breakfast with the cousins and grandparents....

Here are all the wonderful people who love Ellie and made the trip to see her baptized.  Except for us, no one lives in Austin.  They all had to travel a minimum of ninety miles.

After a big lunch with everyone, we decided to take a trip over to the pool so the kids could play outside.  It's too hot for anything else.

Seth teaching Grandpa how to sail his boat.

 All the grandparents trying to stay cool in the shade.  Should've worn your suits, people!

Seth and his flying somersaults.

Later, we had a little trampoline time with the cousins.  Still too hot, but they loved it.

Playing Dominoes with the Grandpas.

Seth showing Grandpa his impressive reading skills.  This Grandpa was an English major, so he loves having the kids read to him.  I also realized after my grandma died, that I didn't have nearly enough pictures of the kids with her.  I'm trying to be better about photographing for later.

A lovely weekend, and I couldn't have done it all without my parents' help.  And John was a lifesaver, too.  So glad you all could come!

Me and 100,994 Others

We went to see BYU play the University of Texas Longhorns in Longhorn Stadium!  It was awesome.  Truly.  I haven't been to a live football game since my freshman year.  I bought season tickets that year and hated every minute of it.  But John humored me and we decided to go when we heard the Cougars were coming to town.  We sat in one of the BYU sections, right at the top of the endzone, and the view was pretty great.  That's downtown Austin in the background.  I was always impressed by Cougar stadium, which seats about 60,000, but this one puts it to shame.  101,000 people were there!  It was HUGE!  In Texas, football is all about the money, and UT has plenty of it.

The best part was, I actually know more about football than I thought I did.  And BYU did great the first half.  Then Texas put in their "real players" and we lost at the end by one point.  It was a great game, and I might become a football fan after all! 

BYU plays TCU in October in the Dallas Cowboys stadium, which I've heard is awesome.  We might take the kids and go all together.  What fun we're having in Texas!