The Brant Bunch: August 2008

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

It might be a sign!

Yesterday I went to workout and the guy next to me was talking on his phone while lifting his weights with one hand. That might be a sign your a little too attached to you phone!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The girls have been back in school for four days, and so during the day it's just Kase and I. We have one more week until we go back to YCW. Kase is so ready for school to start. He asks everyday when it's his turn to go to school. So, we've been hanging out. I almost always use this time to clean out closets and drawers. Kase has been "helping" me. We've also thrown in some bike riding, game playing and movie watching. This morning we went to Lowe's and bought some clearance flowers to spruce up our porch for that last bit of summer. While school may have already started fall flowers aren't due in Texas for a while. So, we bought 7 plants and only spent $5.00. What a deal! Kase and I had a good time digging out the dead flowers and freshening them up. We also put many of the pots away in storage.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Summer is Over!

I know that many of you have several more days of summer, but in the Brant household Summer is over! Today we were up early for the first day of school. This year we went on a fun back to school shopping trip in early August. The girls each picked out their own outfits down to the accessories. Ally of course chose Hanna Montana, and Sam has really been into dresses.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Dallas

Just a little over a week after we got back from Vegas we loaded the family back into the car and headed to Dallas to see the cousins. We did lots of fun thing. We went to a Rangers game and cheered the team on. The kids went to see Kung Fu Panda, and we also went to a water park. There are no water park pictures, because I used a water camera and they are still not developed. Everyone also played a bunch of Wii.

We also did lots of swimming. This blue fish thing was the thing they all fought to get a hold of.

Kase really did not feel safe in the pool, because he could not touch the bottom. So, he decided he need a swim suit float and a ring floaty.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Las Vegas!

Less than a week after we got back from Colorado and just a few hours after Ally's baptism Arthur and I hopped a plane for Las Vegas. Arthur's work sent him for a conference and I tagged along for fun. We stayed at Caesar's Palace. It was a super fancy place. Pretty much every thing is covered in marble statues. The bath tub was the whirl poool kind.

Every morning Arthur got up and headed off to work, and I slept late. After sleeping in I headed for the forums shops in the hotel. I spent the afternoons sitting by the pool (in the picture) with and nice cool drink, and a book. It was sooooo nice! Once Arthur got out we headed for dinner and then out and about. One night we ate at Mesa Grill, Bobby Flays restaurant. I had Sixteen Spice Duck with Carrot-Habanero Sauce and Chorizo-Goat Cheese Tamale with Thyme butter. It was really good. We also ate at Treasure Islands buffet, saw several dueling pianos, looked at all the cool hotels, and listen to different kinds of music.

The last day Arthur got out early so we walked down to the other end of the strip. This is New York, New York. We went to the MGM Grand and went the the CBS survey. You can watch new shows they haven't come out yet and give you opinion. It was pretty cool. We saw Single Guy and commercial for several others. That night we had tickets to the comedy club. It was funny.

No we didn't win any money.

Ally's Baptisim

Our most exciting news from July is that Ally got Baptised! She was very close to this decision while we were in Colorado, and it was very nice to be able to talk with her and study is a place full of God's beauty.

Colorado

I guess you have all noticed that I am a little behind in blogging. In July we were only in town 14 days. So, it's time to catch up. Blogger wouldn't really let me line up my pictures and words, so it's kind of all over the place.

We started July with a trip to Colorado to see MiMi and Pa. We all had a great time. All the kids went fishing, however most of them ended up picking flowers instead. Arthur however did lots fishing and caught lot. We even brought some home with us

Mimi made a treasure hunt for all the kids. They are showing off their bracelets in this picture.

Everyone got to do some four wheeling. Ally is a cautious and careful driver and Sam goes full blast and crazy. (adult on back of course)

The kids had several tea parties in the fort Dad made for the kids. Kase thought is was time to add some guns and throw out the dishes and make it a real fort. We cooked out and sang by the fire. Uncle Brad brought his guitar, so it was really fun.

We had a lot of fun. We had cousin come so the kids had a lot of fun playing. Jaycie and Kase could care less if anyone else was there. They played hard all week.