One last Summer Vacation!

Hi and thanks again for taking the time to view the Pavel Studio's Blog! Last week it was off to Galveston for one last summer vacation before school season starts again. My dad Ron and step-mom Nellie came down from Arkansas and we all had a wonderful time.

Ella has been so great taking trips in the car. She now enjoys little dangly things and loves to watch them hanging from her car seat.


Our first catch of the day! We chased this little guy around for a while and finally persuaded him into the bucket.


This photo was taken 4 years ago. It is amazing how time flies.


Several hours later and after letting the previous crab go, we decided to build a sandcastle. We are not sure if it was a different crab or the same one but this little guy had an affection for my shorts. I kept moving away from him as I wasn’t clear of his intentions but after a while he seemed friendly enough!




So we decided to make him the official king crab of the castle!


The next day we went down to the seawall for a stroll... Boy was it HOT!




Ron and Nellie bought little Ella a cute Galveston Island hat,


and a kite for Austin.


On the last day we went to Moody Gardens. First up was the Colonel Paddlewheel boat that took us for a ride around the bay.




Then we learned about archeology in an Imax 3D movie about dinosaurs.


The rainforest was a lot of fun. We saw alligators, eels, bats, monkeys, and a two-toed sloth.




Of course being a kid, all you must be able to think about is swimming! So we took Austin out to the pool for a dip.


And then back into the air conditioning and off to the aquarium for our last stop.


There we saw a ton of great things including seals, penguins, sharks, and more.




The day was at an end and we still hadn’t seen it all, just the more reason to come back again. What a great vacation.

Have an awesome week!

Matt Read More......

Busy Busy

Alright, I know its been way too long but what can I say... Ive been busy! Again.

So I wont overload you with too much information here, ohh Ok maybe I will. Here are a few images from the last month starting 4th of July until after our trip to Oklahoma. I cant take credit for all of the images this time however as I borrowed a few images from the family afterwards. So I cant tell you who took them and I'm sorry for not giving due credit if it was you.

Hope everyone is having a great summer!!


Here we have Ella on an awesome colorful quilt made by my aunt Sandy. Thank you so much Sandy, as you can see she is quite comfortable on it!!




Ella's first Fouth of July Parade in Downtown Arlington. A special thanks goes out to Jake Kaylor for reserving us the best seats!


















Later that night we decided to have our own fireworks show. As you can see, Austin was quite excited about this!








Here is Hope's cousin Mandy holding our little princess during Judy's Birthday Party.


Here we are on our trip to Oklahoma. From left: Janette, Jacque, and Sandy


Ella in her bathing suite at the lake!


And here Jaden drew an awesome picture of one of the cabins. We rented a total of 5 cabins to house all 32 of us. Yes, I said Thirty-Two!


Hope and her sister Jessica. Here is Jessica's Blog: http://jessicakaylor.blogspot.com/


And all those 32 people I mentioned, well it was my job to take the group photo!


We look like little ants at this size!! Maybe if you click on it, it will help??


Judy, Ella, Hope, Memaw, and Popo


Hopefully you know who this is by now


Ohh, and that is me!


The red shirts are starting to cause "burn in" on my screen, how about you?




Austin, Jaden, Gene, Kaylee, Mark, Ryan, (and Jake behind the camera) all went for a nature hike.


Me, Katelyn, Hope, Garett, and Mandy. Ohh by the way, Mandy has a blog too: http://mandykirwan.blogspot.com/


For some reason we all decided to go on a Canoe adventure by Ambush Adventures... Well, they must call it ambush for a reason. What you dont see in these photos is the 30 some odd times where all the canoes are upside down, filling with water, or going backwards over waterfalls. But all in all we had a great time!!






I am told this was just breakfast for one day!


What a great trip, after returning home all the kids went to the pool.


Thanks for staying to the bitter end!

Hope to see you sooner than later,

Matt Read More......