San Antonio Sister Sleepover

December 2014

Our friends from San Antonio were going on a cruise out of Galveston and so they came out a day early so they could stay with us!  It was so fun to see their San Antonio sisters and for us to catch up with our friends we had moved away from a few months earlier, the Gregory family!  So we partied Chuck E Cheese and Chik Fil A

reunited!  Gwen and Lauren were both 3 (almost 4) and Lorelai and Samantha were 5 (turning 6 in a few months)

Katelyn is a year older than Lorelai and Sam!  So fun with all these girls

Charlotte, Samantha, Lorelai, Katelyn, Lauren and Guinevere

Oklahoma Weekend

Ian's aunt Gina Lowe came to visit Oklahoma so we decided to make a quick turn around weekend trip to Oklahoma to see her!  

Ready for the 8 hour drive to Yukon!

The girls were so excited to stay in a hotel.  We stayed the weekend at the Fairfield Inn
which really felt like a fun vacation!

Lorelai and her "nini" 

We hung out at the pool all day with our family

Cousins!  Charlotte and Kat sharing some custard!

Lane Girls: Melissa, Charlotte, Kat, Lorelai, Gwen, Gina Lowe and Amy Lane

Lorelai and Aunt Gina

Lanes: Lorelai, Elijah, Doug, Kat, Amy, Wyatt, Gina Lowe, Melissa, Gwen, Ian and Charlotte

The glare outside was really intense!  We were standing in front of the Oklahoma City Temple

Grandma and Grandpa Visit

May 1-6 2014

Grandma Susie and Grandpa Vern Sewell came to visit us in San Antonio!  We had fun showing them around and touring our new city!  The girls were so excited to be surprised by them and it was so nice to see some familiar faces!  We have only been here for three months, but it has been a LONG three months!  I miss home.  I miss my family.  I miss my friends.  I miss California!  So having some visitors was so nice! We had a wonderful time!

Walking the Riverwalk and stopped for some cool treats.  

dinner on the Riverwalk

we went to Sea World with my parents

the girls liked the octopus princess at sea world!  you can't see charlotte, but she's on my back

We went to the Witte Museum and did lots of exploring!  Here we learned how to build a log cabin

the girl's' favorite exibit was all the dresses of the Fiesta parade Princesses.  Each dress was themed
from a fairy tale so the girls were really excited to see all the dresses and at the end of the exhibit
they got to dress up themselves!

After the museum we rode the train through Breckenridge park

Texas New Years

December 2013 
From Oklahoma we drove all the way down south to Houston, Texas where we spent 2 days scouting the area.  Ian was interviewing with the Texas division of Ensign Group and we wanted to get a feel for southern Texas before we moved there.  We did a lot of driving around Houston those two days and decided our favorite area was the Woodlands.  We definitely liked the southern charm of the city.  After a short visit to Houston we drove back north to Fort Worth to spend New Years Eve with my cousin Katie Larson and her family.  We went to Dallas and rode the train, chik-fil-a for lunch and a New Years Eve party "kid-style!"  The party was complete with hats, noise makers, sparkling cider and a countdown!  The kids loved it!

the whole clan ringing in the new year!
Larson Family: Matt, Katie, Jagger (6), Jewel (4) and Royal (3)
Lane Family: Ian, Melissa, Lorela (4), Gwen (2), Charlotte (1)