4th of July

This year we went to Junction with John's parents to celebrate the 4th. They have a cabin there that they take care of for one of Bishop's close friends so we stayed there. It is right on the river and is really a neat place. We did lots of fishing and swimming and also enjoyed a fireworks show at Junction Lake. It was a great show that the kiddos were enjoying in the beginning but all it took was one huge boom and they were both crying. It was pretty funny. We finally calmed them down and they sort of enjoyed them. O-well. Maybe next year.

Screened in back porch.

Luke loves to watch Gig play music.

Once Luke got his hands on the guitar he didn't want to start. He was pretty good at strumming.

I love this picture of John and Luke's hands.

This was Luke's highlight of the trip. Obsessed with the Mule.

This was John's highlight of the trip. A 40 lb catfish!!! It was the biggest I had ever seen with my own eyes. It was as tall as Luke. Crazy!

Sorry for so many pics. I tried to narrow them down! Happy 4th!

Horseshoe Bay Trip

The past two weekends we spent at Horseshoe Bay. My Aunt Gayla lives down there and my Grandma and Aunt Sandy flew in from California to see everybody. The first weekend just my mom and I and the kids went. We went down there because we were going to bring Grandma and Sandy back to Abilene for a week. The next weekend everyone went including husbands and Sam and Lucy also came in. It was great to get to see everyone. We only see my mom's family from California about once a year so it is always a treat. They are some neat ladies. My mom has 3 sisters and a brother so not everyone got to come. My cousin Michelle and her kids were there along with my cousin Maury and his kids. Here are some pictures:

Aunt Gayla, Cousin Michelle, Me, Aunt Sandy, Grandma, My mom

(Each sibling in my mom's family is spaced 5 years apart yet they all look so young. My Aunt Gayla is 67 and my Aunt Sandy is 62. My mom is 52. They definitely don't look it. All of them try to stay young)


John and Kate at a street dance in Burnet


Relaxing in the Hammock

Kate starting to throw a little fit at the pool. She has become quite the outspoken one!

Just a cute pic of Kate


Kate eating Sand

Luke dancing with 3rd cousins at the street dance. Luke loved it. He is totally in awe of bands.


Family after dance


Aunt Lucy throwing Luke at the pool

Luke ready to jump in


All the kids after Merrick's b-day party


Sam and my dad

Sam and I. Sam was cheesin' a little bit :)

Birthday, Fathers Day and Jumpin around!

Last week was my birthday. I had such a great day. Meredith watched my kids while my mom took me to lunch at a tea room. I love me some chicken salad! Thanks Meredith for watching the kids. Then that night John and I went to eat at a new Italian restaurant which was wonderful and then went to see Made of Honor. It was pretty good. Just your typical romantic comedy but I really enjoyed it. John sent me on a scavenger hunt through the house that led me to all sorts of goodies one of them being a manicure and pedicure gift certificate. He said my big gift was on Monday. Turns out his gift was to stay home from work and keep the kids while I had a day to myself shopping! It was so much fun and I was so surprised. That was the best gift ever. He really did way too much and I told him that this counts for the next 3 birthdays. :)


Speaking of my wonderful husband, Happy Fathers Day to him. He is without a doubt one of the most giving people I have ever met. He is such a giving father. The minute he walks through that door at home he is into his job as a daddy 100%. I definitely could not do it without him and am grateful for all of his hard work. What a blessing he is to me and these kids. They have no idea how blessed they are to be his children.

John and Luke at 3 months

Daddy and Kate in the hospital

Introducing Luke to Kate (one of my most favorite pics of all time)



At the zoo with Kate Christmas morning "out of control hair" Like father like son!

Today we went to a jump around house with Meredith and Dani and their kids. It was so much fun! We are planning on going there a lot more this summer.

Fun in the Sun

I decided to take some pictures of the kids playing outside a few days ago. Sorry they have no clothes on. They were in and out of our little blow up pool.

Mischievous grins

Now some black and whites:

Kate playing peek a boo

Luke swinging on his stomach
I call these next pictures "Kate's modelling session" They cracked me up because the wind was blowing and her poses looked so funny and glamorous. She already has her first set of glamour shots!

This picture was all I could get of them together. I don't know if I will ever get a good shot of them together. They just look at me like "yeah right!"

Slip n Slide

Friday night we went over to John's parent's house and had a cook out with the whole family. They had a slip n slide and a sprinkler. The kids loved it and we all enjoyed watching Aunt Tara throw them down the slip n slide!

Even Daddy took a turn!

Kate is really into scrunching her nose when she smiles now so it is hard to get a real smile picture. She wasn't all that crazy about the sprinkler spraying her with water. Maybe she will warm up to the idea by the end of summer.