Happy 4th

We had a family 4th with the Levines at Lake LBJ outside of Austin, complete with wakeboarding, swimming, relaxing, hot dog-eating and fireworks-watching. Perfect!

Bed Head

Swim Lessons!

Merritt recently started swimming lessons with a couple of our friends, Roman and Maddie. Maddie is a bit of a daredevil and seems to be enjoying the lessons the most out of the three kiddos, while Roman and Merritt take turns screaming bloody murder during the different activities. Our instructor, Cricket, assures us that this is normal-- but needless to say, a glass of wine is in order for the moms after class. Here are some pics of the kids during the post-lesson playtime.

Keep Heights Green

My friend Christina founded a nonprofit recently to help replace trees lost during Hurricane Ike in our former and new neighborhoods. Here are Carlos and I enjoying their first big fundraiser event last week-- a great success!

Mini Vacay

Eric and I got to enjoy a little work boondoggle in South Padre Island this past weekend-- was so nice to enjoy the sun and surf!

A & E pre-dinner

My poolside pina colada-- mmmmm

Attempting to capture our balcony view

Much better without me

Another Mer and Jess Moment

They're just so darn cute together, I can't help but take a picture!

DiDi's Visit

For some reason, I'm having trouble getting the blog to post photos in the order that I upload them, so in random order below are some pics from DiDi's recent visit, which included a trip to the Children's Museum, planting new flowers to spruce up our new patio and a family dinner to celebrate my birthday and thank everyone for their help with our major move. We miss DiDi already!!

Fun at the Farm

We spent another great Memorial Weekend at Kelli and Brad's farm in Sealy and Merritt had a blast with the big girls. For Eric and I, a day by the pool and sangria with good friends was a much-needed reprieve from the nonstop unpacking, organizing, picture-hanging, etc. that have been filling our days for too long now.