Playing Mom for the Week!

The last week we were in Houston, we got to watch Brent's niece and nephews for a week while their parents were on vacation. It was so much fun playing mom for the week. We had a lot of fun with them! I think we finally got the bedtime routine down by the time they got home. :) Here are some pictures of the week and all the fun we had!

We went to a strawberry farm and it was the coolest thing ever. There were bright red strawberries everywhere and you could pick whatever you wanted. So much fun and Alex and Andrew loved it!

We had lots and lots of tea parties!

These boys are the baseball stars. So fun to watch them play!

Conference Weekend

I'm a little behind on the blogging, but I couldn't forget to blog about Conference weekend--one of my favorite weekends of the year. We were so lucky to be able to fly to Utah for conference. Brent's work was flying him out to recruit at BYU, so I just tagged along. It's always a tradition in my family for conference weekend to stay in a hotel in SLC, go to fun restaurants, go to a few sessions of conference, go shopping with the girls during Priesthood session, and end with a big family dinner at my grandma's. Here are some pictures of the best weekend ever!

You better believe our first stop once we arrived in Utah was to Cafe Rio!!

The best sister in the world! Reunited at last!

Matching GQ. Water bottles and all!

We may have been dancing in the rain with umbrellas.

Gotta watch out for that sprinkling rain. 

BEST FAMILY!!

We took the twins on a BYU tour! I think we have them convinced. 

Cold Stone happy hour. Yes please!

The Nanny Life...

Growing up I always wanted to be a nanny. I don't know why I had that dream, because it is so random, but I just loved being around kids. My dreams sort of changed when I went to BYU and I didn't think much about it. Well, lo and behold, once we moved to Texas it was extremely hard to find a job for only 4 months, so I nannied for families in the ward. It was such a great experience and I seriously feel I learned so much more about children, families, and the way I want to raise my children, than I would've doing any other job. It was very hard, but very rewarding and fun. Here are some of the cutest kids in the world!!

as of late...

We have done so many things while we've been here. We have both been extremely busy, but still try to make time to explore and do the Houston adventures. Here are some of the fun things we've done... 

This was my family's favorite restaurant when we lived in Dallas. They have many here and they are so yummy!

The beautiful temple. It is over an hour away from our apartment. Kind of a change compared to our 5 minute drive in Provo. But it is so beautiful!

We only had one car so we bought a moped so I could get to work. I was so nervous to ride it around at first, but I like it now. Don't worry, Dad, I wear a helmet always! 

We had pizza night and it was oh so delicious! 

Our bike ride around this big park near downtown. Beautiful ride.  

It's fun being in Brent's sister's ward with their family. Her twins love Brent, and I love being their nursery teacher. Aren't they the cutest?!

We went to a Houston Rockets game. We were so high up but it was a blast!

One of our all time favorite restaurants here in Houston. It's called Torchy's Tacos. They have some of the most unique, delicious tacos. The best I've ever had. Mmmmm I want those right now. 

Very favorite donut shop. Oh my goodness, their spicy sausage kolaches are amazing! 

We tried this Malaysian food place. I was really craving some Singapore/Malaysian food. It was very delicious. I absolutely love Roti (Malaysian appetizer) and this stuff didn't disappoint. 

I felt like I was in San Fran Chinatown and I loved every second. 

These are the triplets that I nanny. They are the cutest babies in the world! 

Every Sunday, Brent's niece, Alex, gives Brent bracelets to wear and stickers all over his clothes. I love it! haha 

 

I love love love a good burger. This is one of our favorite burger places. We love it in Florida and they just opened one right by us. Delicious!! (The burger looks mini sized in this picture, haha it's really not, it's actually quite big.) 

They stamp the burgers. That's a dang good burger right there. 

We love Sunday walks along the lakes.