Sea World!

We love going to Sea World San Antonio. We have been going since Julianna was a little baby. Perrin loves to go feed the dolphins and see the penguins. One of the biggest draws for Perrin though is the Shamu coaster. He has ridden that ride like crazy since we started going, often getting off the ride and running to get back in line for another go. We can't wait for this summer to go back. It is always fun! When we went last summer, we got to visit the new Aquatica park. It is a blast. One of the most exciting things is now you get to pet stingrays! They even have a slide that ends underneath the stingray pool! We can't wait to go back!

Perrin's Jumpstreet Party!

Perrin wanted to have his 10th birthday party at Jumpstreet in Cedar Park. It was great! The staff was wonderful, super helpful and friendly. I called Jonathon to set up the party. He was awesome and made sure that I had every question answered and that everything was correct. On party day, we arrived and checked in. The party host made sure we completed the waiver, gave us our wristbands and showed us to our party table. As soon as Perrin's friends started to arrive, he took off! I think I saw him a total of 15 minutes the whole 2 hours we were there!! That is a sign of a successful party my friends. Perrin wanted a Perry the Platypus cake, so Mommy made sure he had it. It took some work (Perry is made from fondant!)

AGENT P!

Perrin and his friends had a pizza lunch, cake and tons of fun! I highly recommend the staff at Jumpstreet for your next party. I love parties where I don't have to do anything. Seriously, after chasing kids all day/everyday, it's nice to be able to sit back and enjoy the party. Unfortunately, I don't pictures of Perrin because he was off with his friend but here are some of brother and sister!

Sister enjoying the eartquake trampoline!

Watch out for the alligator!!!!

She loves the slide

Check out this slide! 

What a swing! Love the foam pit!

Think he can get out on his own?

Think you can catch me?

I'm gonna win!

Jumpstreet was a wonderful birthday party. All the kids want their next birthday there. Not only to do you get a party host for 2 hours, you get to sit back and enjoy. I hope you think about Jumpstreet when you are planning your child's birthday!

Jumpstreet!

So, There is the place in Cedar Park. It is called Jumpstreet indoor trampoline park. You can find them here! This place is awesome!! We went one day to try it out. We stayed for 2 hours and boy were we worn out!! Not only does it have a big trampoline court for big kids, it has a dodgeball court for them as well! For the littles, there is plenty of fun too! There is a smaller trampoline court for them (Which is where we spent most of our time this visit and had the Earthquake area to ourselves!) There are also two inflatable slides for the kiddos!!! Last (but certainly not least!) there is the fun pass area. This includes a intertube slide, a bull ride, a maze and a FOAM PIT with a rope swing!!!! Perrin and Julianna loved the slide, maze and foam pit! Jumpstreet is the perfect place to go, rain or shine! Not only is it fun for adults, it wears out the kids. Perrin loved it so much that he wanted to forgo his usual Pump it up party for a party at Jumpstreet. So that is what we did! You can read about that experience here. They have lots of specials also. Some of them are $10 Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours, Teen nights on Fridays and for the little ones it is $4 all day/every day! Fun Pass is only $3 extra per child but well worth it! Below are some of our pictures from our visit! Have fun at Jumpstreet!

Happy Birthday Perrin!!

This Christmas Eve, Perrin will be 10 years old! I often reflect upon his birth. How scared his Dad and I were and how helpless we felt. We just kept telling him we loved him and how brave he was. I remember when he was just a couple of hours old and I had my hand resting on his open warmer, he reached up and grabbed my finger. I know he couldn't have seen more than blurs and shapes but in that moment, I knew that he was a fighter. I knew he was not going to give up, but he needed my help. So we made sure no one else gave up either. 10 years, 13 surgeries, countless therapy sessions later... I love my boy more than anything in the world (with the exception of his siblings and their dad) He is growing up to be a wonderful young man, so polite and happy.

He has come a long way. From this:

To this!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PERRIN!!! We love you with all of our heart!

Love, 

Mommy, Daddy, Alek and Julianna

With great power comes great responsibility

Of course this title refers to the legendary Stan "The Man" Lee. While planning our upcoming trip to the Awesomeness that is Austin Comic Con and Dallas Fan Days, I figured that I would fill you in on our FABULOUS trip to Dallas Comic Con this past May. It was AWESOME! We, of course, met Stan Lee!! It was EASILY the highlight of our trip. I still "geek-out" about it. We were so excited to meet him.

Stan "The Man" Lee

Seriously, Dallas Comic Con was wonderful. The staff was informative and helpful. A ton of people were in costume, including my kiddos! Alek was Iron Man, Julianna was Black Widow (as seen above complete with guns.) and Perrin was Captain America (to meet Stan Lee, then a quick costume change later, he was a Jedi).

Because we love everything Comic Book and Star Wars, Mommy and Daddy choose to spend their 10th wedding anniversary heading up to Dallas to bring the kids to Comic Con. We had been planning it for months. It was our first Comic Con and we figured Dallas was a good start and who could miss it with the line up that they had! Stan Lee, Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett), Dave Prowse (Actor inside of the Darth Vader suit), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Adam West (orginal Batman), Burt Ward (Robin), and Patrick Stewart (Professor X and Jean Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Here are a few pictures of our Comic Con adventure:

The Day Before Comic Con when we went to go get our tickets!

Group Photo! We LOVE Comic Con!!

Juju loves black widow!

Juju's Turn!

The Hulk is "grabbing" Perrin's head as Alek looks on!

Perrin holding his "hammer"

Alek is IRON MAN!

The calm after a long drive! Gotta rest up for the Awesomeness tomorrow!

IT'S COMIC CON DAY!!!!

The kids know the power of the dark side!

Who would win? Wolverine or Perrin the Jedi?

Kiddos and Daddy in front of some of the Costume contest entrants!

Alek was so excited Spidey was there!

2 Black Widows!

Rex and Wolf!! HOW AWESOME!

Pre-Costume change but Perrin just had to go get his photo with this clone!

This was the second time we met Mr. Jeremy Bulloch. The first time was Perrin's Make A Wish trip to Disney World for Star Wars Weekend. He is a wonderful person. Perrin really enjoyed talked Star Wars with him both of the times we met him.

Alek: Hulk Smash!

Alek couldn't leave without Hulk grabbing his head too!

We would love to thank Dallas Comic Con and Stan Lee for the wonderful weekend. We had a blast and look forward to Fan Days in October!!

*I was not compensated for this post. All ideas are my own. 

Marvel's The Avengers!!

"And there came a day, a day unlike any other... when Earth's mightiest heroes found themselves united against a common threat... to fight the foes no single superhero could withstand... on that day, The Avengers were born."



So, I have been sitting on this post all week! Today The Avengers came out! BEST MOVIE EVER!!! Seriously! I saw it Monday at a press screening and we took the kids today when they got out of school. Perrin LOVED it and quite a few times, we had to remind him that we were not alone in the theater and to quiet down! LOL. He really gets into his movies!! We saw it at the Galaxy Highland movie theater, which by the way, is one of the best theaters to watch movies at. The theater is very clean, staff is extra friendly and they have DBOX seats. If you don't know what those are, let me fill you in. They are seats that move along with the movie!!! It's showing the Avengers in DBOX right now too!! Well worth the price. 


So back to the Avengers. It's action packed and many jokes sprinkled in. Loki is back and is badder than ever. Along with the Tesseract, Loki thinks that he will be the new king of Earth. Loki declares war on Earth and we are defenseless, or are we??? Enter the Avengers, one by one, the team falls in. There are some hiccups with every one trying to get along. Eventually every one comes together for the most epic battle ever. I am trying not to give too much away! Will the good guys prevail, or will evil conquer all? There is only one way to find out! Seriously, this is the best movie of the summer, and it's not even summer yet!!




By the way, please stay all the way until the end of the credits. There is one scene halfway thru the credits, setting up a possible sequel (which I hope and pray is made!!!) but there is another one all the way at the end. You will not be disappointed! Very funny scene. Thank you Joss Whedon for making the Avengers more than I could have imagined! 




AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!!!!

Avengers Assemble!!!

So, my husband and I were lucky enough to go to a press screening of the new Avengers movie on Monday. No Spoilers, I promise. I can not release a review until Friday but I must say it was AWESOME!!!!! Best movie ever! It has everything! Action, adventure, comedy. I can't wait to see it again and again. It doesn't seem to make a difference if you see it in 3D or 2D. 3D was cool but I'm sure it is still super awesome in 2D. The one hitch in my plan was we had to lie to the kids. If they had know that we went to the Avengers before them, all hell would have and would currently break loose. I have had to hide my ubercool Thor 3D glasses as to not give myself away. Haha. What did we tell the kids we were doing? We said we say Titanic 3D. Lol. So until Friday... Here are some clips to hold you over.

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MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS hits theaters everywhere on May 4^th!