Summer Recap 2010

I think that I should stop here with all the pics!  Are you confused yet?  A quick glimpse of our Summer through the eyes of the camera.  Our Summer was busy: Camps for Tucker;  Middle School prep. camp, Jr. High football camp, & Scuba certification camp(see pic).  A June trip to Galveston for Tucker with friends and we joined for a couple of days; fun with friends on the 4th and at the lake(see pic), an awesome trip to the Caymans(see blog entry below), Tuck & I visited Mimi & Poppy in PA and all the cousins were there, a pair of doves aka. love birds built a nest and had babies(2) in our rose arbor....so fun to watch, lunch in PA with Gram B.....she's amazing at 93,  the funky table and chairs are an original from Uncle Ed & Aunt Margaret....mom & dad said they would bring them down for us when they visit; the house I grew up in and mom & dad on their new, awesome patio....pretty enough to be in a magazine.  Well, that was a mouthful!  We had a crazy, busy, awesome, fun, HOT summer!

Cayman Paradise! July 2010

Honey Moom Hibiscus!

Diving with the mermaid @ The Sunset House!

Pablo's underwater photography!

After a dinner of all you can eat lobster!  5 tails for Pablo!

 We had an extraordinary adventure in the Cayman's this Summer & feel so blessed to have had this incredible vacation together that we can treasure always!

Where is Summer going?

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! Where is the Summer going?  It's been awhile since I blogged.  I've been trying to learn & acquire new blogging skills.  When I do that I don't seem to find the time to download the pics and write anything.

 A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE MAY!

Tucker graduated from 5th grade; he turned 11 on May 29th and he went on his first big trip without mom & dad!  As can be seen in the pic, he had a sleepover for his b-day.  Very fun for boys!  Nerf gun wars, a movie, ice cream sundaes, hotdogs and smores outside and sleeping (sort of!) in a tent in the backyard!  A perfect boys day and night!  The trip was to Galveston Beach with our friends the Fishers.  Tucker & their son Conner are great friends and they had a BLAST!  I don't think there was a lot of missing mom & dad.  We were so glad and proud of him!  Don't tell Tuck, but it was a nice break for us too.  Shhhh!

Spring Time 5/2010

Our front door!  Bright & Springy....in full bloom!

(these topiaries where a birthday project that I made a few years back)

My Mother's Day & Pablo ends up in the lake!!!!! LOL!  We had a fun, girly, mommy picnic!

Tuck, AJ & Steven at the Elementary School Track Meet.  It was a fun/hot day to be outside & out of school for the day with friends!  Jack Elementary WON the meet!  YEA JACK!

Pretty Girl Mango!

This is our sweet Mango!  She hasn't been in a blog yet, so I thought it was about time!  She is posed on "HER" chair!  This is the only piece of furniture that she us allowed up on.  So she thinks she is big stuff!

Easter @ Numa & Pop's!

We spent Easter (4-3-2010) in Athens at Numa's & Pop's.  Having Aunt Kat here was a treat and we met Lady Boggs, the new member in Numa & Pop's family.  The Bunny came again, for the 10th year in a row.....Tucker must be doing something right!

Is it Spring somewhere?

This is a picture of an incredible rose that was blooming in "MY" yard this week! It measured almost 6" across! Seriously! The snow is Colorado Springs, yesterday! Yes, yesterday....April 23rd. My friend Mary sent the pic to me. The kids had a snow day on April 23. There is something not right about that! Anyway, Happy Spring!

Easter Fun!

This was fun for all.....kids and grown-ups alike! We colored Easter eggs with our sweet friends, the Fosters! Thanks for including us guys! Happy Easter!

Soccer 2010

Soccer Season is upon us and Tuck is on a fun team called Crush. This is the real deal! Big field and lots of rough and tumble! Spring Fun!

Juicing 101

This is me juicing with my new Hurom juicer for the first time!

Spring Break 2010

We had a BLAST in Dallas & Ft. Worth over Spring Break! Did a bunch on stuff in a couple of days......Dallas Aquarium, Ft. Worth Zoo, Stockyards Rodeo, Midevil Times, swimming at the hotel, etc.....! VERY FUN and much needed break!

The Aldredge House

The Aldredge House, Dallas TX.

We took Tucker to show him where we were married almost 17 years ago.

Extreme Makeover Home Edition

Here are a few pics of the Extreme Home in progress!

Quite a chaotic process to get this all done, but with all of

the volunteers help it was accomplished.

*Can you see Ty to the left, up on the scaffolding?

Extreme Makeover Home Edition

What an awesome and fun experience! Stacey and I had the opportunity to help out with the Extreme Makeover Home Edition. The one that Ty Pennington is on! Knew you would know it if I said that! Ha Ha! The Extreme crew visited a town, Mineola, that is north of Tyler and gave a very deserving family a new lease on life. Watch for the reveal on Sunday, May 9th.

Tuck's Violin Performance!

A family pic at the performance! Tucker loved having family and friends their to support him.

 Thank you to Numa & Pop, A. Leslie, The McLaughlins & The Foster's for coming!

Virtuoso Tucker performing Rondo by Jean Francois Dandrieu at Braithwaite Auditorium.

Snow 2/12/2010

What can we say? We had to squeeze as much snowman fun as we could into 1 day!

SNOW MUCH FUN!

It was February 12th and we woke up to a glorious sight!
SNOW IN TEXAS!