Lincoln celebrated his 5th birthday and as usual, we spent the night at Great Wolf Lodge. This year was extra fun because his Aunt and Cousins stayed with us too, and friends of ours stayed with their two boys the same night so it was like a real birthday party! When Lincoln was born Joey and I decided we would skip the birthday parties and take him here every year instead (at least until he was old enough to ask for something different) and so far we have made it every year!

We went on a Disney cruise out of Galveston to Cozumel, this was our first "family vacation". We had some great times, but I think at times we could have done without the ship. Lots of great memories but next time we will just fly to a beach and stay! The day at the beach was by far our favorite of the trip.

The Saturday before Easter we went to the church for an event, Lincoln would NOT look at the camera but I managed to steal a few cute pics.

I need a new camera!

Lincoln, 4.5 yrs, 2012 (He wouldn't talk to Santa, but at least he smiled)

From Optimus Prime!

Joey goes dove hunting every year on Sept 1, and was supposed to do the same this year, but he got stuck at work the night before and was not able to go. We woke up Saturday with a 3 day weekend and no plans- so we said, lets go to San Antonio, and packed in 10 min and headed out! It was super last minute but a whole long weekend with Daddy NEVER happens. I am so glad we got to go! We stopped in Austin on the way down and ate at the Salt Lick, somewhere I have always wanted to go. It has been on Top Chef and Man vs Food and looked like some GOOD BBQ, and it was! Then we checked in to the hotel and spent some time in the pool! Checking out the view from the 15th floor Then we headed to the river walk for dinner at our FAVORITE place, Ritas on the River (I swear this is the only reason I go to san antonio, 5 hour drive for queso!) Lincoln was HOT or tired, or something but not very happy to be out, he wanted to go back to the room, it had been a long day so we did. On Sunday we got up and went to Sea World (Lincolns first time). We hit all the shows right in a row, spent time in the splash area, then went to see the dolphins, sharks, and stingrays- then got in the car AGAIN to drive back. It was ALOT of hours in the car in a 24 hr period, but Lincoln did great, he never complained and only fell asleep once for about 20 min.