Charley's Birthday

I find nothing cuter than two little girls extremely excited about their dads birthday. They helped me with all of it. We bought the gift together and they helped with his traditional Oreo ice cream cake, and made the best, sweetest cards for him. My sister and Charley share a birthday so we went over to Frisco for a day of Family fun with swimming and fun! Happy 35th Birthday Charley! We Love You Very Much!

Summer Spectacular-Noah

Every year the summer starts out with a bang with Summer Spectacular and we love it. This year was Noah and it was FUN! Our small group taught the 1st grade again and loved it. I had the lesson room and enjoyed teaching the classes to the kids. Both the girls brought a friend, Kylee invited Maddie and Katie invited Maya. For 3 nights, we learned all about Noah, did crafts, ate fun snacks, saw friends, watched the musical, got our shirts signed, petted animals, got special surprises, and had a blast. We are tried when this is over but always love it!

First Swim Meet

This summer we are trying out a summer swim team for the first time. I swam my whole childhood on a swim team and thought the girls should give it a try. So we signed up for the Hidden Lakes Lightning Swim Team. They have practice Mon-Thurs for 45 minutes and then have a meets on Wednesdays. This was their first one and they both did great for their first meet. Katie won her heat for Freestyle and Kylee really did great on both Freestyle and Backstroke. I am excited for them to do this on a low key level.

Mississippi Trip

This summer my mom, sister, our kids, went on an adventure back to Picayune, MS where we all grew up. It was time to show our kids (3 had never been there before) what life is like where we grew up. We left early, all 7 of us piled into my minivan. It was crowded but great. Everyone did awesome. We made it into town to eat at the best fish house in the USA:))! Cuevas Fish House, it was wonderful. The gumbo is the best. Then off to bed after a long day. The next day we toured Picayune, it is small, so didn't take long but we had great lunch at Betty K's with friends, played at the park, drove by both houses we lived at in Picayune, feasted on the best bunch of cookies around at Paul's Pastry, swam and wore ourselves completely out. Then Sunday morning we got up and went to church at our old church. To say people were surprised to see us is an understatement. It was great to see everyone. The church had grown but it is so different than church that I go to now. It was nice, really nice! Then after church we went to Slidell, LA to visit with a friend and her family. The lunch was great, but the company better. Then we drove on to Shreveport for the night. On Monday morning we woke up an met our family best friends, Buddy and Donna Christ, and had breakfast at Cracker Barrel. It was a wonderful time and the kids were so good. Then off to go home. We had the best trip. The kids were wonderful the whole time and everything went smooth. What will our road trip be this summer!!