Dave & Bruce in TeXaS

I finally found a minute to actually sit down and update the blog. We have been super busy 'round here. Dave & Bruce were able to come out for their annual summer Texas trip. We had so much fun and maybe a few too many late nights. I'm still catching up on much needed sleep! We packed a lot in for a fun filled week including a trip to Hawaiian Falls, Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D, and an afternoon at the Zone for some laser tag which was a blast. Seth beat me but I did come in 2nd! I was also able to get my "game fix"! We played lots of Settlers of Catan,Speed Scrabble and a little Guitar Hero. This year Dave doubled the glow stick count for our 2nd annual "glow party" and even made homemade rootbeer which was a big hit! The kids loved having their uncles here to spoil them! The girls especially loved playing with their uncle Bruce and he such a good sport as they tend to be very possessive of him. Here are pictures from the week. (Just click on the collage to make it bigger) Dave took most of them on his super nifty nice camera so I can't take credit for them but he was nice enough to share and put them on our computer before he left. He is quite the photographer these days. Hopefully I can learn a thing or two from him!

Grandpa & Grandma Mac's Visit

We were so lucky to have Grandma & Grandpa Mac come all the way from Utah to visit all of their Texas kiddos. We had a fun filled week of swimming, movies, stars, shopping, decorating, eating out, games and just enjoying one anothers company! Here are quite a few pictures from the week.

Grandpa and Grandma with the kids on their last night here.

We went to Lifetime Fitness with Emily for an afternoon swim. Erin loved these fountains!

Grandpa was such a good sport! Letting the kids drag him all aound the pool. The girls were so brave too with his help! Despite their fears they went down a couple of really big and fast slides and loved it!

The boys worked up a sweat and tackled a home improvement project one day. They put new mulch in the flower beds. Two full truckloads! They did a great job!

The kids packed up for a little morning bike ride down to the park where grandpa even let them wade around in the yucky pond water.

Erin loves to go on bike rides!!!

We also went to a RoughRider baseball game. They totally lost but it was still fun to just hang out and be together. Plus the tickets were a great deal - $7 at Kroger and that includes a lawn ticket, free hot dog and hat! Not bad!

Sporting our free hats! Notice I chopped my hair off....summer fever I guess!

The girls with Grandma! All so pretty!

I just love this picture of Erin chillin with her hot dog at the game!

For the Fourth of July we went to McKinney for Red, White and BOOM! It was a really nice night and not a bad firework display either. Performing was Josh Gracin (former A.I. contestant). I thought that was pretty cool so I had to sneak in close and get a picture even though my ears were ringing for the next hour.

The girls with our patriotic red, white and blue.

The little gals with their glow in the dark creation.


Emma with Grandpa at the fireworks