Family Vacay

We spent a long weekend at Lake Livingston's Northshore RV Resort with Mom, Chuck, Memaw, Papaw, Jalee, Chris, Aunt Sheila, Jarrod, Jamikay, and baby nephews! :) The Resort was awesome with a man-made beach front, a splash park, a swimming pool, sno-cone shack, and a club house. We had a blast with family swimming and eating and more swimming and eating. We had a wide variety of burgers, BBQ, sandwhiches, snacks, and adult beverages to last the whole weekend. Memaw and Papaw took Caleb and Caraline home with them. We headed back for Tyler with Chris and Jalee, stopping at Olive Garden for a feast, a bottle of wine, and some adult conversation. The kiddos stayed a couple of nights hanging out at Memaw and Papaw's, a night at Aunt Deanna and Uncle John's to play with Tripp, then a couple of nights having a blast with Mom and Chuck. Mom took them out to eat, shopping, and even took them to the movies. Drew and I had lots of dates that week. We went out for drinks with friends a couple of times too. Caleb and Caraline headed back home with Nanna and Big Daddy after 6 days away from home. We were sooooo excited to see them... they looked so grown up! We spent quite a while getting hugs and kisses before they just HAD to see the puppies. This summer was awesome but flew by WAAAAYY too fast! Now back to school... I really am hoping for a great school-year though. I'll finally be teaching Pre-AP English II along with my two Yearbook classes. Caleb is going into the fourth grade and Caraline will be a big Kindergartner. They are soooo excited to start school! :) So, I must say 'goodbye' to SuMmEr now... sigh

Back in TyLeR...

Kids come HOME!!!!!!!!!!

Our Summer....

So... we have run from "here to there" all summer long! It has been very different from last summer: where the kids and I slept in every day, picked up lunch, hung at the pool, and came back home to be lazy. This summer has been jam-packed all but 3 or 4 days... no joke! We have been swimming, movie-going, and visiting family & friends... daily! I guess that's why I haven't posted a blog lately, so here I am playing catch-up. We are absolutely DREADING school starting up at the end of August, BUT!... we have one last hoorah! We are headed for a big family "vacay" to Lake Livingston this weekend. I promise to put pictures up of that when we get back! :)

School's out and we're busier than ever!

The last day of school was this past Friday... PRAISE JESUS!!! :) After playing photographer at Graduation, I was able to have some drinks with fellow teachers. More photography on Saturday of some pretty girls. Drew and I spent the next evening barbequing with the Larsens while the kids ran wild with water guns. Sunday was Laura's birthday, so we headed to Arlington for the horse races. Happy Birthday, Laura! :) Finally... a family day at the pool on Monday! I had to work Tuesday and Wednesday to help write ELA curriculum, but I am finally FREEEEEEEEEEE for the whole summer! Woo-Hoo!!! We have swam a lot and hung out with lots of friends all this week... we plan to keep this up all summer! :)

Family Post-Ike Crawfish Boil

We decided, last minute, to drive down to my cousin Missy's get-together at their newly remodeled home (since the last hurricane season). They decided to throw a family reunion/crawfish boil. She even had t-shirts made for everyone. The kiddos stayed in their swimsuits all day while everyone visited and enjoyed more than 300 lbs. of spicy crawfish... yummy! I sooooo loved seeing all of our family including our absolutely precious baby nephews!!! We LOVE them... isn't that what aunts and uncles are for though? :) Before we left, the next day, we took lots of pretty pictures of the kids with their Nanna... so cute! :)

Going out with friends

So, we have become quite the 'social butterflies' these days :) Well, actually we've just made some really good friends and we have tons of fun with them! Our new hot spots involve karaoke, dancing, and live music. This blog entry is for you... Pruitts, Griffins, Dudleys, Hoggs, Gores, Larsens, and Touchstones! :)