Gone to Keller

We had a great time at Nana's house today. Aunt Bella came up for the weekend and I took the kids out to Nana's to surprise them. It's always a party at Nana's house! The kids stuffed themselves with fruit snacks, chocolate kisses and banana-blueberry pie that Aunt Bella brought special from San Antonio. Definitely a hit with Bryce. After a fantastic grilled sandwich lunch Aunt Val cooked us, we went down to a nearby park to play off the calories. Derek and Aunt Bella made a beeline for the "high-rise-merry-go-round," as Danny calls it. That was definitely the more popular toy. Bryce and Clara were content to go down the slides or swing on the swings. After a while, we took a stroll down a nearby path where the kids found a "path" in the tall, tall grass, haha. Derek led the way down the path to look for Bigfoot and the kids came tearing back, insisting that Bigfoot was looking at them, haha! We went back to Nana's and watched "Planes" and "The Aristocats" while Aunt Val and Aunt Amy cooked another amazing meal for us. Thanks for a great time!!! :D

Stuffing her face with "Frozen" fruit snacks from the comfort of Danny's lap

 Making funny faces

 Derek and Aunt Bella tackled the high-rise-merry-go-round

 Aunt Amy helped Clara take a turn while Nana provides counter-balance

 Maybe she's born with it... maybe it's... well, yeah, she's born with it.

 "Hey, watch this!" He jumped from the top of the rock wall before we realized what he was doing. :S

 Woohoo! That's my adventure-lover. No fear.

 Blast off!

 Aunt Val helped Clara on the swing

 Bryce loves swinging on the swings with Nana

 My sweet little girl. She knows she's cute!

 Aunt Amy figured out how to take it to the next level on the merry-go-round with Danny and Bella

 Danny took a turn too! Aunt Amy and Aunt Bella provided counter-balance.

 Derek wanted in on the action, too, so Danny spotted him while Aunt Bella provided spin

 Balancing act

 Clara tried her hand at the rock wall

 Derek pulled himself up the rock wall - no footholds necessary

 King of the Hill!

 This is how we start whack-a-mole, lol

 Stop growing. Stop it.

 My tender-hearted teddy bear. He's my go-to cuddle bug.

 I guess this mole got whacked

 Aunt Val climbs the tower to rescue Rapunzel

 You can usually gauge Bryce's concentration level by how involved his tongue is... he's concentrating (byt not too hard) here, lol. He gets that from his daddy. ;)

 Swinging is fun... til your nephew walks out in front of you. No brakes!!!

 Derek loves to help, but he pushed Clara waaaay too high!

 Time for a walk!

 Her pants started falling off with every step!

 Danny tried to catch the attempted nudist

 "Saggin' like an H-town thug," says Aunt Bella! :D

 Aunt Val graciously offered to carry Clara so her pants would stay on

 "We're following the leader, the leader, the leader - we're following the leader wherever he may go!"

 Searching for signs of Bigfoot

Solution: hold your pants up when you run :)

 We had a blast bouncing a ball around in the driveway.

 Interception!

 Clara was getting pretty good at throwing the ball straight at Amy's face, lol.

 Oops...

 Poor Brycie Bryce took one straight to the nose

 Luckily, Aunt Bella (and Aunt Val) were there to comfort him

 Look at that sad little face! Clara came over to comfort him too

There was a lot of this too, haha!!