neighborly love

i watched the girls last night and got a quick pic of all the kids together

in-n-out

possibly the best burger. ever.

and now it can be found in north texas.

and we finally braved the line.

and loved every bite.

to our daddy

you are the best daddy ever in our eyes

and you are the most perfect daddy for us

thank you for teaching us about soccer and basketball and football

thank you for introducing us to 'good' music

thank you for dancing with us

thank you for watching our silly tv shows even when you don't really want to

thank you for making us laugh

thank you for teaching us about dinosaurs and monsters

thank you for praying with us and for us

thank you for playing cars

thank for you playing drums

thank you for making us tents

thank you for reading books to us

thank you kissing our booboos

thank you for letting us eat our snack in your bed

thank you for running around with us

thank you for teaching us about jesus

thank you for letting me (pierce) mow and blow with you

thank you for giving us our bath every night

thank you for snuggling with us each evening

thank you for loving us with everything in you

we love you so much!

love, pierce and stella

Grandad Bob...

is one of our FaVoRiTe people ever!

Thank you Dad for loving me and Alison with everything you have and for always making sure we had want we needed and most times what we wanted. :)

Thank you Dad for lovin' my 2 littles with everything you have ... you are one of their heros!

We love you!

hardest part about being a parent.

it's not the middle of night feedings

it's not the early early early mornings

it's not the poppy diapers

it's not the carrying that heavy infant carrier into places

it's not juggling 2 kids while trying to run a quick errand

it's not all the extra laundry

it's not the messy house with toys everywhere

it is trying to go out to eat at 'sit down' restaurant

i am sure that anyone who saw our family at dinner tonight that didn't already have kids went home saying, "we don't want to have kids." you see, p is at the point where he thinks he is ready for the booster seat. so tonight we gave in - probably not the best idea, but he has to learn how to do it, right? and miss stella can't fully sit up by herself in a highchair, but she is eating veggies, so she needed out of her carrier.

and we were in the both next to where the lady was making the tortillas and p insisted on watching her. so you see, there was a lot going against us tonight and this is the season we are in and we know that it will change very soon.

but this is us. really us. loud. laughing. rebuking. gruffing. laughing more. ending up with ground beef down our back. and laughing... still.

and we love it. even as crazy as it is.

summertime

ahhhhh....summertime.

you are our favorite.

and one of our favorite summertime activities is ... jack carter pool.

and jack carter pool is even better when a friend is there.

pierce and brady had fun playing -

running around together

splashing together

and snacking together

and stella was quite the cutie pie.

i love that sweet little one.

she and charlotte had fun 'playing' together but i don't have a pic.

a day full of color

today we added a little color in our lives...

water color paints

a blue snow cone

and little miss tried some veggies (carrots) for the first time

futbol night in america

celebration saturday

i am so thankful for the opportunity to celebrate.

and i am even more thankful for special friends - who are like family - that we can celebrate.

on saturday we go to celebrate 2 special people and 2 very special occasions. rebecca's graduation and katie's wedding.

rebecca is meme's oldest daughter. she graduated from flower mound high school and is headed to cameron university in the fall to play volleyball. we loved getting to see her (and meme too!) we are so excited for you becca and your next chapter!

after becca's party, we headed to fort worth to celebrate katie's (becky's little sister) wedding. the ceremony and the reception were beautiful. justin and i got to sit with little miss charolette during the wedding and sweet brady (the ring bearer) waved to us from the front of the church. too cute. thank you for letting us be a part of your big day, katie. we are so happy for you and trent.

a sweet treat