Ice skating

Sharon and I went ice skating today. It was a fun date. Kinda sad that it was our first time skating together! After 6 years you would think I would have taken her out... but I was handicapped by all the babies. We had a great time and it was wonderful being out on a date together. 2 dates in 2 weeks... feels good to go on more dates with my amazing wife. Love you

Beautiful butterfly

I remember Sharon having fun with the kids reading the hungry caterpillar at the end, and everyone would start singing "beautiful butterfly" in a funny voice over and over again. Recently, Sharon turned into a beautiful / hot butterfly.

Halloween Spirit

A while back I bought way too many costumes that were on sale, thinking we could sell them easily for a profit. It's turning out to be more work than anticipated... and Sharon is having a great time poking fun at me for it. We tried them all on to take pictures to help sell them. It was fun. Here's some fun ones of Sharon. Posting my favorite one tomorrow.

Road trip

Planning all my interviews right now is kind of a pain (not complaining of course, happy to be getting them). Sharon convinced me that it would be more fun if we drove as a family to a few of them and stopped by Chase and Cait's house, too. Glad she did, because that's going to be a fun trip, and it will probably be a similar price tag for us as a family to go compared to me flying out to 2 interviews.

mustache still going strong

4+ weeks later, sharon is still supportive of my mustache! That's saying a lot

Sunset cruise

Had a great time at the beach today. Sharon insisted on going home a bit later than I wanted to, and we ended catching the ferry back to Galveston right during sunset. Don't have the photo uploaded yet... I will have to upload it later!

Here it is:

Welcoming party

Sometimes I drive home to see the kids playing with Sharon in the baby pool in the front yard. It's a fun welcoming party. Peter was naked today... got some fun pictures. I appreciate her effort to get them outside and having fun.

The best water balloon filler upper around

Sharon filled about 250 water balloons today in less than an hour and a half. Now that is talent. And she didn't even complain or sore hands. And she is good at throwing balloons at poor little kids.

Water balloons

I always love seeing that Sharon had fun with the kids while I was at work.

Moooo!

This morning Sharon made cow costumes for us all so we could get free chic filet meals. It was a lot of work on her part but it was really fun. She took the kids for lunch and then we all went for dinner. A fun day and memory!

Cleaning

Chase and Cait are coming to town. There's some housework that only gets done when company comes to town.... and we don't have much company so there is a lot to do! Sharon told me I can give her one assignment per day. I make sure to make them count then. :-)

I love our fun little deals

My beautiful mermaid

Enjoying the boys

I wasn't around to see this today, but it looks like the boys had some fun together like usual. More than anything, I am happy that Sharon takes the time to sit back and enjoy our kids.

Hansel and Gretel and step moms

Sharon's reading Hansel and Gretel to the kids right now... I thought it was so cute when she was explaining that she wouldn't leave the kids in the forest, that she loves them and will always take care of them, that real mothers don't hate their children like step mother's sometimes do. Then she said, "So you have to take care of me so I don't die and you get a step mom!"

Acrobat

I like these pictures of Sharon's acrobatic skills today. She's strong!

Planning fun things

The types of things that Sharon and I come up with to do for fun are often different. A while back sharon had us go to an activity downtown that I wasn't very excited about. There were some fun things and we had a good time. I am grateful for her initiative and taking time to plan things for our family to do together. She snapped this fun picture of us.

Young mommy

I like this picture because it reminds me of when Enoch was that age and we were brand new parents. Sharon looks so fun and vibrant in this picture that it would be easy to imagine she's in her early twenties playing with her first baby.

We are going to have fun and we're going to win!

Yesterday we went to this kids thing downtown at a park called Discovery Green. There were some competitions that kids could enter. We were bummed we missed the 6-9 month old crawling competition, because Peter might have won or at least done very well. But we still had a lot of fun in some other competitions. I love the photos below because it shows how intense and fun Sharon was at it.

Notice she's got Enoch by the foot!

A wonderful trip

Today we got back from our trip. I wrote the past week of posts before we left on our trip, thinking we would go on our cruise. It turned out that fog delayed a day of our cruise, making us miss one of our ports. Sharon and I both decided that if we went on the cruise anyway, we would probably be party poopers, always thinking about not getting to go see the ruins on the Yucatan. Knowing this about ourselves, we got a refund on the cruise and made a last minute trip to New Orleans.

It was a wonderful, wonderful trip. The spontaneity of it alone was fun, and being able to explore a new place together and learn about a culture rather foreign to both of us was a blast. By serendipity we caught the head of Mardi Gras season and saw some wonderful parades. That was something that I never planned on doing, and realistically we will never do it again. Best of all, of course, was getting to do it all with just me and Sharon. Four full days of alone time without the kids was a marvelous, liberating, refreshing thing. We are so grateful to Mom for making it happen!!

We are more in love than ever, and we had a lot of fun together on this trip. I like this picture of Sharon after the parades. Whenever I do something fun, I always wish I could share it in some way with Sharon. The parades were fun, but because of Sharon they were a blast. She was enthusiastic and having the time of her life, and I felt lucky to be with her.

Snorkeling

We should be in Cozumel snorkling right now if all goes according to plan! I'm glad that you're fun and adventuresome and I can go out and play with you!