GiGi's Birthday at Green Pastures

For GiGi's birthday celebration we went to Green Pastures for a fabulous Sunday brunch. We strolled the majestic Victorian estate located in South Austin and were greeted by numerous peacocks under the grand live oak trees. What a treat for all!

Happy Birthday GiGi!

"Wow mom, I see a peacock!"

Beautiful albino peacock

So glad our dear friend could make it!

F-i-r-s-t C-a-m-p-i-n-g T-r-i-p!!

Our first camping trip with E was exciting, exhausting, and fun all rolled into one! We ventured to McKinney Falls State Park for tent camping the first weekend in March. Unfortunately, there was a burn ban so no camp fires were allowed. Thankfully, the rangers were allowing charcoal to still be used for cooking purposes. This would not have been an issue but the Texas weather was unpredictable and got down into the 30's upon waking on Saturday morning. Can you say C-O-L-D! Despite this, we still made the most of it by hiking around the beautiful park. E kept us laughing out loud on Friday night as he verbalized all that he heard while "resting" in the tent. He would say, "I hear a birdie, hmmm...I hear an airplane, hmmm..." This went on and on until finally he went to sleep. We only made it one night but it prepared us well for our next camping adventure to Bastrop State Park the first weekend in April. Check out the pictures from McKinney Falls State Park here:

The BIG, BIG BRIDGE!

So thankful to have my Eagle and Cub Scout along!

New Nephew News

WE are so thankful to have met our new nephew on his birthday. Way to go, proud parents, on the birth of a beautiful and healthy baby boy! Our lives will never be the same as his life will continually enrich ours. Welcome to parenthood!

Hooked from birth...The newest longhorn!

Gigi's love has multiplied since the arrival of her newest grandson!

Auntie Em and her favorite nephew!

WE love you!

Voyager of the Seas

Looking back at our blog for our Christmas Newsletter entitled, "The Grigsby's Top 10 of '11," I noticed that we failed to post about our awesome adventure at the beginning of this year. Will and I celebrated our early 5th year wedding anniversary aboard the Voyager of the Seas Cruise. The cruise left from Galveston to Roatan, Honduras, Belize City, Belize and Cozumel, Mexico. What a blast we had!

Love those baby blue eyes and waters!

Aboard our booze cruise to our snorkel destination!

Ahoy matey!

Before our mystery dinner theater. E was the big winner for the evening choosing correctly on the mystery who-done-it and going back to our stateroom with some great goodies.

What a wonderful 5 years it has been...Soo blessed!

We decided to enjoy the amenities of the ship while others disembarked in Cozumel. Having a balcony to people watch was fun!

Yes, this is when we first officially found out that we were pregnant for a second time! It would be another few weeks before divulged our special secret to family at E's 2nd birthday celebration.

Happy Birthday Baby Jesus

The Reason for the Season!

Happy Birthday Baby Jesus...Pecan Street Preschool Christmas Pageant

What a sandwich of love!

Christmas celebration in Spring...good thing these antlers were inside the gate...

Big boys never have to grow up!

The Land of Leaves

"What a ride, Nana."

Oh Happy Day!

Check out this spread. Papa's turkey was again, a hit!!

Two happy boys!

A hug: the best gift ever given!
What a blessed holiday season our family had. Happy New Year!

Give Thanks

W.E.e. have a lot to be thankful for! One of those blessings is you, our family and friends, who encourage and love us. In this holiday season, we treasure time with family as we truly enjoyed our Thanksgiving feast and fun times at GiGi and Papa's house.

They sure are good looking grandmas!

What a sweet picture between his great aunt and uncle...
Ya'll really know how to make him smile!

"Hey dad, when can I go and dance with that pretty girl?"

All smiles before the game...at least half the household was happy!

A first for everything...

Learning the tricks of the trade...

Because he has BIG shoes to fill!

Fun this Fall

Fall is a fun time of year! Here is a picture of our neighborhood play group at Evergreen Farms. In the Fall they have a "Pumpkin Hunt" and in the Winter they offer Christmas trees.
It was a good time together!

Yeah, what a nice dinner out with Nana and GrandBob!

Buzz and GrandBob reading in the sunshine!

Riding off in the sunset!