July Outings

July 10th, Happy 5th birthday to Lexi! She woke up to a room full of balloons and a new princess bike. What more could a girl ask for?
Dad helped make her birthday cake. She requested a strawberry cake with strawberry icing, and strawberries on top, Dad made all her wishes come true.
Tasted as good as it looks!
Lexi's birthday was on a Sunday this year, so we headed off to church. She wore this princess crown the whole day, and most days since. On a side note, Matt brought these matching dresses for the girls from Vietnam, they've been a hit.
Alexis had her birthday party at Chuck-E-Cheese this year. I highly recommend it as a party spot. Definitely worth the money to show up and have the whole party taken care of, and everyone had a blast.
With a July birthday she has a hard time tracking down friends in town. Luckily for us Gwen & Harry, and Bradley & Sammy were around. We missed our Williard and Evans friends, among other school friends we've lost connection with. We'll have to work on that in years to come.
Pizza and cupcakes all around!
Dad even showed up for a little bit of Chuck-E-Cheese birthday fun.
Mom and the birthday girl.
Lexi got to keep as many tickets as she could grap out of the air, that was a good time.
Lexi referred to this life sized Chuck-E balloon as 'her man' and danced with him for days until he deflated.
The city of Austin does a free concert series called Blues on the Green. There are about 10,000 people packed into Zilker park, which provides a fairly intimidating traffic scene, but a great time if you're willing to brave it.
We met up with some of Matt's work friends, it was a fun group! The blur in the back is Alexis covering up our friend Myranda's head. Can't get that girl to hold still to save her life...or take a picture.
What could have been a nice family picture...
Even if she can't pose, Lexi did a pretty good job of taking our picture.

July has been a hot month, with lots of trips to the pool. We've been enjoying every minute though!