Fourth Of July Fun....

Well, we had a fun filled fourth of July! Our plans changed a little but we still ended up enjoying ourselves. We were going to head out of town to Bryan's parents lake house but then our HOA decided to put off a fireworks display right behind our house, so Bryan wanted to stay since it has been so dry. So on the fourth we had a block party, then went to some friends house to pop fireworks, bbq, and let the girls swim. Then, on Saturday our HOA put on a fourth of July celebration so we went to that, had some friends over to bbq, and then watched the fireworks in our backyard. I don't have that many pics of Madie this year because she was so busy lighting all the fireworks with Daddy. They make me so nervous so I just stay away and let Bryan have the fun with that one. Payton was scared of them this year, as you can see in the pics. Daddy kinda forced her to come out of the garage and watch one Madie lit and you can tell she wasn't very happy. Then when we were watching them in the backyard I took a pic of her closing her eyes, so I thought. Well, when I downloaded the pics I could see she was peeking the whole time! Silly girl! Well, I think I have updated all my blogs now! :) We are heading out Friday the 18th for our family vacation and will be home Saturday the 26th, so I will be updating with pics from Missouri, and Arkansas.



Lighting the dragster In our backyard. We literally laid on our backs in the grass to watch them right over our head.
Notice the peeking!?

Summertime.....

I know it has been a while, I am sorry, as usual things got kinda hectic around here. We have been enjoying the summer and cooling off by swimming often. Madie has an impressive tan line, while Payton is as white as ever. Bryan and I went with some of our close friends to float the Guadalupe and camp the last weekend in June. We had a blast, even though the water was 40 degrees, and it poured down rain on us for about 30 minutes while we were on the river. We were a little high maintenance this year and went and bought a window unit and put it in our tent, so we had some nice a/c while we were there. Yeah I know not technically camping! We stopped off in Austin on the way back so I could visit IKEA. WOW!!! It went beyond my expectations, and I can't wait to go back with a group of friends. Madie also went to cheer camp where she received an award for best jumps!! YAY!! She also went to stay at week with her Mamaw and Papaw. She loves it out there with all the land, and she can just run wild and not worry about cars. She got to spend time with her cousins while they were there too, and she loved that.









I had a little trouble getting in, the water was a warm 40 degrees.

Notice Bryan stuck on the rock!
Madie with her award