My Cousin's New House!!

Jay, my mom, and I were able to visit my cousin and her husband in Louisiana for a couple of days this week. It was a very exciting and eventful trip! My cousin and her husband found out they they are going to have a baby boy this November!! So far everyone in my family has had boys (5 of them total!) and we are very excited to welcome another one!! :0)

They are also in the process of buying their very first house! We were able to go see it while we were there, and it is seriously adorable! We are so happy for them, and I can't wait to see what it looks like after my cousin adds all of her personal touches to it. I was able to snap a few pictures of it while we were there. They're not the best, but they'll give youa general idea. Jay was very tired and very grumpy...so all the pictures were taken one handed while I held my wiggling two year old in the other hand...
Here is a picture of the street from the front yard:

Here is a picture of my cousin and her hubby (and Jay) in front of the house:

Here is the kitchen.  The door that you see at the far end leads to the garage, and the washer and dryer sit on either side of that door:

Here is a dark view of the dining room.  It is at the opposite end of the kitchen from the garage door:

Here is a view of the living room.  I didn't have the chance to snap a shot when there were no people in the room, sp please excuse the picture.  Everyone was talking...

Here is the fire place:

There is a hallway that has all of the bedrooms off of it.  This is the hall bathroom:

This is one of the smaller bedrooms.  (There are three bedrooms total)  I thought I had gotten a picture of the other one, but somehow I missed it.  Oops! 

This is the shower and toilet area in the master bathroom:

This is the sink area of the master bothroom.  It is right across from the shower and toilet area. 

Here is th master bedroom itself.  I love the green color on the walls!  I want it in my kitchen (hint hint Jason)  :0)

This is a little rose garden area behind the swimming pool in the backyard.  The couple that owned the house before kept the yard in pristine condition.  It is very cute! 

Here is the backyard.  The wood lattice that you see in the side of the deck and above ground pool area.  There is also a very nice storage building, but somehow I didn't get any pictures of it either...

Anyhow, isn't this just the cutest house!?  We are very excited for them, hopefully they'll get the guest bedroom set up soon so we can go visit them again!!  :0)

Happy Birthday To Meeeee!!

For my birthday last week we decided to go to the Fort Worth Museum of Natural Science and History.  It wa really fun!  If you haven't been since they remofled it, you should definitely check it out.  They have a large children's area with tons of different things to do.  You can play blocks, go shopping, design rooms, play with water, and build train tracks on all sorts of crazy wooden platforms. 

Here is a pic of Jay and I about to go into the childrens' area:

  They also have a neat dinosaur exhibit.  Most of it is designed for older kids, but they have an outdoor area where kids can dig for dino bones.  It was hot, but fun! 

I tried to get Jay to stay still long enoough for a picture:

They also have an exhibit called Sea N Recycle done in honor of the Plastiki boat (a boat made out of plastic grabage)  It was sad to think of all the trash in our oceans, but the exhibit was pretty neat to see.  

 

Here is Jay very focused on building a train track on one of the round tables:

It was a very fun (and air conditioned!) way to spend my birthday!  And we definitely plan to go back to the museum!  Next time maybe we'll even try to take Jay to see one of the Omni movies...