Happy 4th of July!

After a few days of catching up back home after our trip to Colorado. The whole family headed to Grand Lake for our annual 4th of July trip! I can only remember 1 time in my life we haven't gone to the lake for the 4th.

Tahoe and Indy love to swim!

All the boats tied up to each other and enjoying some time in the water!

Tahoe and Indy in their second 4th of July parade!

Airshow before the fireworks

Just before the fireworks began we celebrated mom and Suzette's birthday!

Happy Birthday Mom and Suzette!

We had a great weekend on the lake!! The fireworks were great and the rain held off until after the show was over!!

Keep scrolling for pics of our trip to Colorado!

"Colorful Colorado"

This year we planned an all family trip to Colorado. The whole gang was there...all 12 of us!!
Brian and I decided that we would leave a day early and drive. It seemed like a great idea at first, and then I started to dread it, but it actually ended up being a lot of fun. We drove out west towards Amarillo, and then headed north through New Mexico and finally Colorado. Colorado is beautiful in the summer, but it was definately different not seeing snow!

Brian eating the GIANT ice cream cone at Dairy Queen!
We add some great adventures during the week. Some of us hiked 5 miles down the Beaver Creek mountain. I really didn't think it would be that hard, but we were sore the next 2 days!!

The Aspen Trees were gorgeous!

I think we all enjoyed white water rafting!! I think some of us were a little nervous, but after learning one of our guides graduated from Baylor, for some reason I think we felt a little more relaxed! We got all geared up with wet suites, booties, splash jackets, helmets, and life jackets. We then headed into the water for our 12 mile trip! We all survived and no one got thrown in!!

One day we went to Glenwood Springs, Colorado and went to an adventure park and toured the caverns. We took the gondola up to the top of the moutain where the park was. We got to ride an Alpine Roller Coster, which was really cool!

While we were in Colorado we celebrated Adam's birthday and a very special Father's Day.

We had a great trip with lots of rest, adventure, laughs, and Guitar Hero!

Summer is here! Part 2

In April, the Broadway show Lion King made a stop in Oklahoma City. If you ever have a chance to see Lion King, I highly recommend it! It was amazing! Half the time I forgot they were real people acting as animals. The costumes were just incredible! We were on first level on the side balcony and we were able to get a close up view of the animals as they made their way on stage! I know its not the best quaility, but I was able to sneak this picture from Brian's phone.

Brian and I at the OSU vs. Baylor baseball game in Stillwater. The weather was the best for baseball, but we stuck it out through the rain and enjoyed the afternoon!

Tahoe patiently waiting our arrival to the lake! He loves going to the lake!

I think I am all caught up on pictures and updates!!

Happy Summer Everyone!

Summer is here!

Summer is finally here for me and I am about 2 months overdue for a blog entry! In the last 2 months we have refinanced our home, cheered on Baylor Men's Basketball team during Big 12 tournament and NIT Championship, watched Baylor baseball in Stillwater and

OKC for tournament, and already been to the lake twice!

Before the Big 12 Championship game

Tim, Lizzie, Cassidy, Adam, me, and Brian

We have also been working on updating our bathroom. We painted the walls, put up a new mirror, light fixture, other accessories and put down new tile. No, we didn't lay the tile ourselves, although it did cross our minds! We watched Brendan one night while we were in the process of painting, so he got to help!! I think he mostly enjoyed banging the stir sticks on the paint bucket!

The finished product, well almost! I am still working on the decorating part, but you can at least see the tile and paint!


More pictures to come....I promise!

Hoppy Spring!

So yesterday I was working in the flower bed trying to clean out all the dead leaves and weeds. I was working under one plant and noticed something move underneath. I kind of backed away, b/c the part I saw looked like it could be a small mouse. I left it alone and waited for it to come out. When it did, the cutest little bunny came out! I went back to the plant and oh yes, there was a second one! After standing by the planting and kind of moving the stuff around it, here came out one more! Three little bunnies that were living in my flower bed! We saw the mother all winter when we left for work, but I never thought there might be bunnies too! Of course I ran in and got my camera to take a few pictures, but when I came out I noticed that one was hopping into the garage. I definately didn't want it to stay in there, what if I ran over it when I left! So after trying to shew it out, I put gloves on and picked it up and moved it back to the flower bed. The poor thing was so scared! I kept looking out the study window all night checking on them. I was afraid I might have messed up their home, but I have found them still there this morning underneath another plant! With the help of Abby and Anna, the bunnies names are Thumper, Bugs Bunny, and Nutmeg. Nutmeg is the name of a bunny Abby just got from the American Girl Store. I hope I didn't just adopt 3 little bunnies!

Spring Forward

Well it has been a whirlwind of a month, but we are finally in the month of March and ready for Spring! We are all doing good though! Dad is healing fast! Mom released his car keys to him last week! She said it felt like she was giving the keys to one of her kids for the first time. But he failed the first test...We told him to call when got to the office and he forgot! If you had no idea he had heart surgery 2 weeks ago, you wouldn't be able to tell. I think the hard thing for him is learning how to take things slow!
Mom and Dad just moved into a rent house over the weekend. The reconstruction on the house is expected to take 4-6 months. They found a wonderful house to rent that is in Oak Tree on the west side. Mom has quickly made it look like home! They are excited to take on this new journey in their life!
Spring Break is just around the corner for me and I am looking forward to the break! We have some house projects we have wanted to get started and I am hoping this is going to be the week for it to happen! Don't worry...I will let you know!

Coming Home!

I just got word from Mom that Dad is coming home! Sorry I haven't updated the blog this weekend. Brian and I have been so busy trying to get our house ready for them to move in. Good thing is, we finally cleaned out rooms and got rid of things that we have been meaning to for a while! God has been so amazing these past several days. Dad has made a lot of progress this weekend. They had him up and walking the day after his surgery and he was quickly back to eating 3 meals a day! He was pretty tired on Saturday, but they say that is normal the 2nd day after surgery. I don't know if I had more emotions before the surgery or more after. I love seeing my dad walk down the hall! You all are so faithful and I appreciate many of you taking time to call and check on us and your prayers have meant so much to our family! Blessings to you all!