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Monday, June 13, 2011

May 2011

May was such a fun, fun month! Even though the temperature kept going up, I still LOVE me some summertime!!

Well, hello there Mr. Handsome!! Oh my goodness I just want to eat him up... he's so cute! (taken one day after church)
North Texas had a huge hail storm blow through (actually while we were at church) and a lot of people had some serious hail damage... we lost this big tree in our backyard! Bummer!!
First time to eat a sucker (18 months) and loved it!!
Chalking outside on the sidewalk!!
Some artwork from school
My precious mother's day card that he made at daycare
Playing outside and eating a popsicle. My friend Carmen said that every southern girl needs a seersucker swimsuit and I agree with her... but I also say that every good boy needs one too!! How cute is this? We bought it last summer at A Tisket A Tasket in Marshall!
Modeling his new suit. Too cute!
We went to dinner one night and Charlie threw a fit to try the hot sauce. We pre-warned him... but he need none because he loved it! (evidence below) He licked it off the chips!!
A little card Carson and Charlie made for me.
For Mother's Day, all I asked for was to sleep in and breakfast in bed. Done. After playing in the backyard we headed to take a ride on the Forest Park mini train. Charlie was in heaven and completely mesmerized!!
With my two favorite boys... perfect day!
With my sweet friend, Courtney, on her birthday! We've been friends since we were in grade school. I love that our lives always cross paths. She's a sweetheart.
More fun, bright artwork!!
My mom's group (from church) decided to just have fun outings this summer and then start back this fall with another book. We started out with a bang!! (and we invited some friends to come too) Jill planned a really fun night at A Piece of Work. We brought our own snacks and wine, Jill picked a painting, we had a teacher, they provided the canvas and paints in our fee, and they taught us how to paint the picture!! I think it was a copy of a Van Gogh Starry Cafe or something like that. We had such a fun time!!
Me and Debbie hard at work
Our final products!!!
These next few pics are some of my new favorites....

Blowing kisses
Where's Charlie?
Pee-pie
(or as most people say, Peek-a-boo)
Waterfall
Pure joy
We went to Kerrville for Memorial Day weekend and then went out Saturday night to a dear family friend's wedding in San Antonio. Meredith and Cade had such a fun wedding and we had a great time being together. Gary and Wendy with three of the four boys. We missed you, Andrew!!! (Carson, Landon and Justus)
Me and Carson at the reception
My cute mother and father-in-law!! Love you both!!
In case you were wondering... yes he's still 150% obsessed with trains!
We also got to see our sweet friends, the Henrys, while we were in town. Baby Caroline is really growing up fast!! I think I gave her 100 kisses!
Charlie playing at Rio Vista
Carson and Nathan are very close friends.... we hope our boys are just as close as their daddies.
Throwing rocks and sticks in the river
Sharing their ice
Charlie took Landon's Bronco for a spin too!
Here's to having a fun summer!!

Looking back at these pictures, I'm reminded of how blessed I am to have such a wonderful family. Thank you Jesus.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Tortola & Virgin Gorda, BVI

Carson and I planned a Happy 30th birthdays/Happy 6th anniversary trip to the British Virgin Islands. We went May 17th-22nd and had a wonderful, fabulous, amazing time!! We went to St. John for our honeymoon and were eager to go back to the Caribbean!!
Seriously, we were the only ones on the beach!!
Loving this place!!
Carson fly fishing
Dinner at Red Rock
Our adorable Treehouse villa at Surfsong. If you by chance make it down to Tortola, mention our names and you can get 10% off your stay, a basket of fruit and wine when you arrive!! :)
We did some snorkeling too!! Yes, Carson looks silly but the view behind his is breathtaking!!
Carson swam down and found this little lobster!
My way to enjoy the beach... a BBC and a magazine!
We rented a jeep and had so much fun driving around. The island is only 8 miles long and 1 mile wide but because it's so hilly it takes about an hour to drive across it. Ironically, we got a little lost once and ended up here (below) by the radio towers!!
Dinner at Brandy Wine Bay
We made a day trip over to Virgin Gorda to see the Baths. It rained almost the whole time but it was so beautiful that we still had a great time!
In the Baths
The roads were seriously this steep! :)
Enjoying a relaxing time!
Dinner at The Last Resort
Such a wonderful trip! Thanks again, Mom, for watching our sweet little Bear while we went on vacation. We love you and appreciate you more than you know!!
Going home :(
We came back to a happy Bear... just a little spoiled!!