Tracey and Kaylan's Visit to Dallas

Brian's sister, Tracey, and our niece, Kaylan, came to Dallas for a week long visit this summer and it was so great to see them. We really got a chance to just visit and do some things in Dallas we probably wouldn't have done if they had not come to town. Strangely, my mom and sister's birthdays are July 13 and 14th and Tracey's is the 15th (and Fermin's is the week prior) so we had a lot to celebrate. On the first Sunday after they arrived we had everyone over for a swim party and BBQ and it was so much FUN. We played with the kids, danced to the music and I even convinced most everyone to play a little badmitton in the pool. What a great day!

It was so hot, so on Monday we headed to the Hawaiian Falls water park. It was a little stressful for mom having all 3 kids around so much water, but everyone survived and the kids loved it! Brant gave us a heart attack in the first 5 minutes after our arrival by running off to get in line for a water slide and we couldn't find him. Luckily, it didn't take to long to locate him and everyone could breathe a sigh of relief. The girls loved the children's play area and slides and Aunt Tracey and Kaylan were so sweet to do the slides and play with them . . . they had a ball (and mommy actually got to capture a few moments on film with the extra hands). Brant showed us how brave he is getting and went on some of the bigger water slides with dad. He surprised us by wanting to go on the faster slide at the end. Considering last year he was not wanting to ride the carousel at the mall I thought it was awesome. The kids keep asking to go back, so I think everyone really had a fun day.