PhD Party

Michael's cousin Joseph recently got his PhD in neuroscience and so Joseph's parents threw him a party last night.

Some of the Hurtado cousins: Ed, Michael, Eddie, Jennifer,
Joseph, Debbie, and Nicholas

Daphne was one of the first ones on the dance floor. Another

little boy started off the dancing then he stopped somewhat

to watch Daphne's moves. Tyler informed us that he does not

dance in public, which is a shame because he has moves.

Daphne, Cristian, and Drew

Fun in the Sun

Grayson and James reached the top first

James and Tyler pretend to be American Ninja Warriors

Daphne is fearless!

Waterfalls vs. water cannon

Spray time

Push Ups & Frog Jumps

The night before last it was nice and breezy so we took a walk through the neighborhood. Well, Michael and I walked, Tyler rode his scooter, and Daphne rode her bike. At one point Tyler set down his scooter and started doing push ups in the middle of the sidewalk. Apparently he wanted to do them because many of the backstories on American Ninja Warrior show people doing push ups. Not to be outdone, Daphne got off her bike and did some frog jumps on the sidewalk.

McKinney Falls State Park

We went to McKinney Falls State Park on Sunday. The Eaves family has camped there before and Michael camped there a number of times growing up. I actually didn't take any photos because we mostly swam and played in Onion Creek. We spent quite a bit of time playing in the waters above Lower Falls. The kids loved it, especially since there are quite a few shallow areas where the water is a little higher than ankle deep. Then we went to Upper Falls and explored the pool at the base of the waterfall. Tyler, despite wearing a life jacket, was not a fan of the Upper Falls pool because it got deep fast except near some of the shorelines. Daphne thought it was fantastic. Granted, she was also wearing a life vest and is pretty fearless. There were a number of adults who jumped from the rocks at the top of the waterfall into the pool below. Daphne probably would have gladly joined suit if she were allowed. Don't worry- we didn't take the kids anywhere near big drop-offs. Lydia and Andrew felt pretty comfortable in the water.

Lower Falls (source: Wikipedia)

Upper Falls (source: Wikipedia)

Independence Day

The Eaves family visited us over July 4th weekend. To celebrate the 4th we went to the Hill Country Galleria Festival and Fireworks.

Daphne running through the inflatable slip and slide

Tyler on the water slide 

Andrew's turn

A piggyback from Lydia

Waiting to ride the Ferris wheel.
Tyler was disappointed that the ride
was so short after a long wait in line.

The kids enjoyed the fireworks.

All tuckered out

Happy 4th!

The Pool

The pool that is walking distance from our house is older and pretty boring (no slides or splash features). So we last weekend we drove to another Austin suburb to a fun pool. Right now the kids' favorite activity is to jump in from the side of the pool into the semi-deep area. The slide was pretty popular with them too.

Little Miss Fearless... Thank goodness for the Puddle Jumper floatie!

Tyler calls this an American Ninja Warrior obstacle course.