Gran's 60th Birthday

John was offered a new job a couple of weeks ago.  We are excited about the new opportunity, but the downer is that he has to spend 2 weeks in Florida for training.  Kinley and I dropped him off at the airport on Sunday morning and then headed back home to finish some house cleaning and get packed to head to La Vernia.  We left Monday right after lunch.  My thought was that Kinley could have her nap in the car.  She did fall asleep pretty quickly, but unfortunately only slept about an hour.  She woke up suddenly, and then proceeded to just chatter away.  I kept thinking she might fall asleep again, but she never did.

Having a "nack" with the puppies

We spent the week in La Vernia.  We didn't do anything special, but it was fun to just spend time hanging out with Gramps and Gran.  Kinley is such a people lover, so she has fun with whoever she is around.  Friday night, Scott and Todd came out.  Brent had been out at the house all week, because it was his week for Air Force duty for the year.  We had a nice dinner together, and stayed up chatting for a while.

Jasper found the comfy spot

Gran introduced Kinley to pop-ice

We went to eat BBQ, and yes, that's a pinto bean on her head!

Having fun running in the driveway

Just chilling . . . before she fell out of the chair and got a big knot on her forehead

Cool baby

She has lots to say these days!

Her first time on one of these rides - we had to ride it twice.

Eating a quesadilla like a big girl

Reading her book with Emily

"Riding" Emily's new scooter

Having ice cream at Golden Chick

I love this picture!  So sweet!

Popsicles for snack in the pool

Snacks on the couch

With Uncle Scott - Kinley would not look at me

Today is my mom's 60th birthday.  Bob had some plans for her during the day, and then we were all going to have dinner that evening.  Their appointments at the spa ran a little long, so we didn't really get to see her during the day.  Emily had spent the night with us on Friday night, so Cory and Rachel came out to the house after lunch and we hung out for the afternoon.  Rachel had baked a cookie cake for Gran and Kinley and Emily helped her decorate it.

We went to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner, and it was delicious!  I was impressed that Kinley sat contently in her high chair the whole time.  Towards the end, she wanted Gran to get her out, but she was really well behaved most of dinner.  John and I have really worked on teaching her that we sit at the table to eat a meal, and it seems to be paying off.  Everyone had a great dinner, and wanted cheesecake (you HAVE to get cheesecake), but we were all so full that we got it to go.

We all went back to the house and had cheesecake and cookie cake.  Scott had to leave, because he was working the next morning, but the rest of us sat up talking for a while.  I think it was a good birthday for my mom, especially since she got to have all of her kids celebrate with her.  I know she's really looking forward to our beach trip over Labor Day weekend, and so are we!