Weekend Update

WEEKEND BEFORE LAST:

Baby Keese


Sweet Baby Jax!!!


Lacey, me and Melany with Bobbi, the beautiful new mommy!

Mema came to Dallas!


So glad we got to spend some time with you, Mema!!!


Bailey and Baxter had a blast, as always

Baby Lily Kate


Mema and Kim got to meet Lily Kate


Look at that precious girl!


Can you say "baby fever"???


Mema with AJ and Mantha


LAST WEEKEND:

Dinner with Kristi and Colt:


Kristi and I got to have a girly night while the boys went fishing. At dinner, Colt proceeded to show off how he loves to eat lemons, peel and all. His face was priceless, sooo funny:)


Melissa's Shower


Some of the small group girls- Lacey, Melissa, Stephanie and I at Melissa's shower. They're getting married so soon!!!

Play date

Nightlee and Bailey got to play while we got to hang out with Josh and Suzie:)


Tonight, the girls (Brooke, Meagan, and Mallory) came over for dinner and the Bachelorette, a weekly tradition that I absolutely love. Other than that, Brandon and I have been doing lots of little stuff around the house and trying to stay cool in this 100+ degree heat. Good times. We are continually blessed and challenged by our wonderful church friends, but I'll post more on that soon. Hope everyone has a great week!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day, Daddio!!!



There are a million things I could say about my dad. He's simply the best. Thanks for showing me what a family should be to each other, teaching me to love the Lord, and for always being there for me. There's no way to say enough. Love you so much!!!


I also want to wish my wonderful father-in-law and my PopPop a very Happy Father's Day. Wish we could be there with you today. And today we also can't help but think about my Gramps and both of Brandon's Papa's. We are so blessed to have had such wonderful men in our lives to love us and show us how to live. Happy Father's Day!!!!!

Birthdays, Barbeques, and Babies

Our life has been crazy the past couple weeks. Every time I blog, I get all excited and decide not to wait so long until the next post. Oooopss!

So here's a 'TOP 10' synopsis of our lives recently...

1. PopPop turned 81 last weekend! Love you PopPop!!!


2. My parents celebrated 27 years of marriage. They're amazing.

3. Tim McGraw & Lady Antebellum concert- Brooke and I had sooo much fun!!!



4. Grilling out as much as possible+ good friends + Texas heat = perfect summer

5. I got crafty- Last weekend I worked on some projects- here are the candlesticks I worked on


6. Glee ended. Sad sad day.

7. We're resisting the peer pressure to hurry up and get pregnant along with all our friends. Here's a picture of me and Lacey with pregnant Melany (on the right)


8. Brandon's softball team didn't QUITE make it to playoffs, despite his amazing outfielding :)

9. It's 127 days till Jessi gets married. WHOA. (Not that anyone's counting)

10. Babies, babies, babies- Brandon's cousin had her baby on Tuesday and we got to go hold her Tuesday night (Also our friend Susan had her baby girl and Bobbi will be welcoming her baby boy any moment! Yay!!!)


Meet Lily Kate!!!


Awwwwwww look at her!!!


Brandon with Lily Kate


Uncle Jakey with Lily Kate


Colt was more interested in the Dart trains:)

Day on the Lake

Today we went out to Ray Hubbard to do a little water-skiing. It was the perfect day- hot as blazes but great out on the water. I enjoyed being out on the boat- doing something other than fishing:). My family always spent out summers on the lake when we were in middle and high school, so it was fun getting to do that again. Brandon and I hadn't skiied in years, so it was fun and we both got up pretty quick! Brandon took some time to teach me to drive the boat so I could conquer my fears. Here's a few pictures of our day...


Loving life


He's my favorite


Time to ski!!!


I've missed this


Learning to drive so Brandon could have a turn to ski


Brandon's turn!


So pooped out!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend! Brandon had a dinner with work people tonight and I got to do some shopping with Brookie. Fun times- why do Saturdays have to go by so fast!?

Lighting and Gardening

So I took a few more pictures to post with the most recent house updates. This past weekend, Brandon and his dad installed recessed lights in our living room, and it looks amazing. Then they also installed fans on my back porch, which I LOVE. Today I sat out there after work and read my book under the breeze from the fans. I also took some pictures of our garden today- hopefully my PopPop will be proud:)


Recessed lighting





Yay fans!


Just in time for summer:)


Chris, thanks again for all your help!!!


Tomato plants


My first tomatoes of the season- woo hooo!


The cucumber plant, our pride and joy


First cucumber, almost ready to eat up!

That's all for now- hope everyone's having a good week!

Austin Minus the Bats

Brandon's parents came in town for the long weekend. They helped with a few of our projects around the house (I'll take pictures soon) and then we headed to Austin Saturday morning to spend a couple days with Brandon's sister and her hubby. We had such a fun weekend, complete with tons of yummy food and lots of play time for the pups. Here are a few pictures I took in Austin...


Playing at Barton Springs


About to eat at Hula Hut- yum yummm


The girls at Bess Bistro, Sandra Bullock's restaurant downtown


The cousins


Us with our babies


Waiting for the bats


We waited almost two hours for the bats to fly only to come to the conclusion that the bats have decided to stay at home for now. How disappointing.


All of us (minus Philip) at County Line on the Lake


Me and my man

Update

Well, Brandon and I have been watching all the season finales of our favorite shows this past week. I've been pretty mad about it because apparently this was the year for every show to end with one of the characters getting killed. Brothers and Sisters, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, LOST, and 24. It's been a pretty emotional week. I'll stop there without going into so much detail that I again lose my calm. Sunday we had a LOST party with Josh and Suzie who we've been watching with all season. Bitter sweet because we were all ready for that wonderful part of our lives to end. I think my problem is that I like romantic comedies and sweet stories where the plot is wrapped up in a pretty little bow. So I don't like the cliff-hangers or even the series finales that don't end well. Here's how it should have gone- the last episode should have been the wedding of Jack Bauer and Renee Walker and then they retire to be together forever and have babies. See, so happy! And I have no IDEA how I would have had LOST end since I've been confused ever since I began watching it. The only good TV thing that happened this week was the start of The Bachelorette, which is sure to be another very dramatic season. There are lots of other things going on, but I don't have time or energy to write about them now. I'll update again soon after our weekend with Brandon's family:)

Baby Let's Cruise

So only a week later and I am FINALLY getting a chance to post pictures from our cruise. We had the best vacation and we're still friends with the two couples we went with even after a week together. We really had a great time. Here are a lot of pictures to sum up our week, so get ready...


First Night on the ship


Day 1- Bahamas


The girls


Kayak-ing


The boys


On the ferry back to the ship


Sunset up on the deck


Me and my man


Me, Lacey, and Melany


Lobster for the lobster



St. Thomas


Snorkeling- Chris hahaha, Melany, me and Brandon


We saw tons of cool fish (underwater photos courtesy of Chad)


Tryin out the hat


Say conch shell!


Puerto Rico- about to zip-line through the rainforest!


Brandon about to soar through the rainforest- so fun!!!


Cheese!


Getting all fastened in


Puerto Rico has several forts built in the 1500s to protect the city


Overlooking the port in Puerto Rico


View of the deck


Sunset on the ship


Grand Turk- look at that blue water!


Searching the beach for shells


Dinner- our favorite part of the cruise


Chocolate Bar yum yumm