Family Pic 2010

Mom's Day

We had a wonderful Mom's Day this year. The kids and I (minus Jerrod who had to look after the ranch) drove to Abilene on Friday. We had a wonderfully relaxing night cooking out and letting the kids show off for Nana and Papa. My kids are all at such fun ages and it's so strange to watch them sometimes, because I can distinctly remember being 8 years old with two younger brothers. Saturday Lex and I took Gammy, Teryn, and Aunt Summer to lunch and had a great visit. That afternoon The Pittman family arrived and brought Queenie for the weekend too. We dropped by Western Heritage to watch the Matched Horse Races and had a blast while we were there and then headed back home for a relaxing night. The best part of the weekend was the message at church on Sunday. Beltway is such a spiritual place and I never leave there without feeling the Holy Spirit. The guest preacher was wonderful and had a great Mom's Day message, but the part that affected me the most was realizing that I am responsible for molding these 3 precious lives and even when I think no one is watching all that I am putting into my children and my home, God is always watching and appreciating. It was such a sweet message. After church Dad treated all of us girl's to a scruptious lunch at the Bee Hive. I'm so lucky that I still have both of my grandmothers!

Aub & Rob

Aubrey,Justin, and Ava Kate came to visit us this weekend and I miss them already! We had a truly wonderful time just eating, laughing, taking pictures, going to the zoo, and the park! Aubrey and I have been BFF's since 6th grade, never once getting into an argument, but getting into plenty of mischief! We were laughing this weekend while we were getting ready to take pictures and go eat that life is a little different than when we would get ready for a night out 10 years ago. This time we were entertaining kids while we were getting ready. They graciously took our family pictures for Mother's Day. You can see a preview on my blog, but I'm not posting anymore b/c they will be given out as Mother's Day gifts. They are wonderful! Afterward, we decided to relive our old photo shoots, and take some BFF pics. It was quite funny. I'm waiting on Justin to scan some of our past shots so you can see how far we've come!!

Spring!

Well, spring has officially sprung! This has been a super busy season for us so I'm a little behind on my blogging. Here are some of my favorite pics from this month! Hope you all are enjoying the weather as much as we are!

Our backyard view...

P.W.'s most delicious Strawberry Shortcake Cake...a new favorite.

Enjoying the weather. Every kid should live in the country!

Miss E & Tater Bug

Yummy Chicken Parmesan Sandwich

Round Top Treasure

Watchin' Daddy

Boys in the sandbox

The Magnificent 7 Easter Pic

Pretty Girl!
Handsome boys!

Our family...so blessed!

An All Star is Born

I don't want to be one of those mom's that constantly brags on her children, however, I do have some athletes!! I'm very competetive, so this exciting to me! Will had his first T-ball game this weekend, and I was expecting to get a few laughs out of it. Boy was I surprised! He played pitcher and since they don't actually pitch in T-ball, his position was to field all of the balls. He made 15-20 outs! He's got quite an arm and takes it very seriously! He also hit some slammers too! It's so much fun!

O.M.G. Round Top Rocks!

Okay...so I cannot express in words what fun a girl's trip to Round Top is! And what fun it is to share the experience with 3 awesome women...my mom and sis-in-laws! I'm pretty sure that Nat, Lauren, and I didn't know what we were in for. The weather was AMAZING as Nat would say, the food was AMAZING, the company was AMAZING, and the junk was AMAZING! All in all, it was an AMAZING trip! We came home with cars full of the fun stuff and maybe an extra couple of pounds to boot! Our families survived without us, and we've decided this is an absolute annual trip...or if we're lucky, semi-annual! Thanks, Dad for the trip! Thanks to mom for teaching us how to junk!

The big red barn....are we there yet??
Aunt Nat, Nana, and Aunt Lauren as we're getting started!

The sister's!

Miss E...the world's youngest (and best) junker!

Admiring the pies at Round Top! If you know my family, you know we love pie! I was so anxious to eat at the famous Royer's Round Top Cafe! An AMAZING food experience, but the crust still goes to Nana!

The PIE

Our orders..and yes, we were sick!

Las Vegas Trip

This Spring Break we took an 18 hour road trip to Las Vegas with Summer and Tooter to see Pop, Nanny Lisa, and Katie. We drove through the night so the kids could sleep and now we are all trying to recooperate from a long, but fun trip! Here are some things we did:

Lexi and Aunt Summer on the road...
Me and my hubby out for my b/day dinner...AMAZING restaraunt.

Summer and Tooter at dinner.

Nanny Lisa, me, & Aunt Summer at dinner.

Jerrod and Pop

The kids are enjoying Pop and Nanny Lisa's hot tub.

Uncle Tooter in his snuggie!

At the shark reef...see the crocodile?

Looking down at the sharks at Mandalay Bay

M&M World!

Lexi and Katie waiting for the 3-D M&M film. The Coca-Cola Bear.

Happy boys!

Pop and Aunt Summer

Being silly at the Rainforest Cafe!

What a trip!