Summer Should get a Speeding Ticket...

This summer was jam packed with fun activities. We of course we to our fair share of Astros games. Tess has grown to have a love/hate relationship with the Astros. She likes the idea of going but then gets there and then gets bored and now that there are no more games she misses her time at the stadium.

Tess has a reward chart and about 3-4 times a year she earns a big reward. During the summer she picked going to the Zoo as her big reward. We picked a hot day that rained a little on us but it was a fun day. Mona and Kevin joined Tess and I at the Zoo while Clayton worked. I hadn’t seen the Zoo since they had made all the changes and we had a lot of fun walking around. I just wish there was a bigger breeze at some parts because it can get HOT.

Tess also showed us this pose that she learned at Daycare. We were waiting out the rain and she was climbing around inside and asked us to take pictures of her. We all had a lot of fun and enjoyed our HOT day at the Zoo.

Tess turned 5 this year and we decided to do a party away from the house, it was the best decision we have made in a long time. We didn’t have to really do a whole lot except show up do a little set up and then enjoy the party and then leave. The place took care of the rest. Tess enjoyed her party and had fun with her friends and that’s all that mattered. When we were picking out the party favors we went to Party City and walked around and I asked what she wanted her theme to be and she saw all the cool dinosaur stuff and she instantly chose dinosaurs. She has loved dinosaurs since she was little and we had a pretty cool dino cake this year.

This summer she only spent one month at daycare and then the rest of the summer was spent at various other camps/activities. So she was only able to enjoy a couple Splash days at Daycare. I received this picture one day and it made me laugh. It looks like she is having the time of her life.

One of the activities that Tess was able to enjoy was bring your kid to work day. This was the first day that I was able to bring Tess to work. Anadarko has a full morning of activities for the kids to enjoy that helps teach them about our business. She had so much fun meeting my colleagues and working a little bit in the morning. We ate some breakfast and then made our way to the fun Anadarko sponsored activities. Clayton met us for lunch and then took Tess home while I worked the rest of the day. She continues to ask when is the next time she will be able to come to work with me again.

We went to see the Lion King (the play) with the Braun Family and it was awesome. The Brauns have seen the play in New York but this was the first time seeing the Play for Tess and Clayton. Tess was mesmerized by the play. I was worried that she would get bored and would fidget but she did great. We took a couple pictures before and one of the snapchat filters was a lion. We had a great day!

Another Family Activty that we participated in this year was Dave & Busters held a first Responders night and we were able to play games and eat for free. Tess had a lot of fun and Clayton saw a couple of people that he knew that work for the department.

This Summer went by so fast, we spent as much time outside as we could before it got too hot and then we spent time in the water when we could. Per usual we had a lot of fun.