Happy Father's Day!

We are blessed with six amazing men in our lives that we get to call Dad or Daddy, Jimbo, Grandad, Grandpa, Papaw or Poppie!

Maddy wants to tell each of your Happy Father's Day and give you a big wet sloppy kiss (those are her specialty you know!).

Jimbo - it was so fun seeing you yesterday and playing at the pool with you. I can't wait to ride horses and drive a tractor with you some day. I love you thiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much!



Grandad - I'm sorry I can't be with you today. I love reading the paper with you and seeing your dogs. You are so fun and have great stories for me every time I see you! I love you Grandad!!




Grandpa - You always have a big smile on your face when I come around and I like that a lot. You were so happy to give me your mother's name and I like my name so much! Thanks for loving me and giving me such great hugs. I love you Grandpa!!



Papaw - You are a great shopping buddy when Mommy and Nana take off. You love pushing my stroller and always offer to hold me when everyone else is busy. You love putting me on your lap and were the first person to make me laugh. I love you Papaw!!



Poppie - You always sing me sweet songs every time you hold me. I love coming to your house and seeing all the big trees. I wish I could be in Knoxville more often to cheer on the Vols with you and sit on your knee. I miss you and I love you!!!



Last, but certainly, not least!

Daddy - Thank you for being my daddy. Thank you for letting me chew on your phone when my teeth are hurting. Thank you for taking me to church, teaching me about computers, sports, video games, and the guitar. Thank you for feeding me chicken nuggets and milk shakes when Mommy is not looking. Thank your for making me laugh and smile every time I see you. You are such a good daddy and I can't wait to learn more from you each and every year. I love you so much Daddy!!!

"Best Month Ever"

My dear sweet husband said that this has been the, "best month ever." (Next to getting a wife and a baby...those months were pretty great too he added.) I thought I better blog about it some to let you know why June 2009 has been so great.

Well, the first weekend in June we were in Knoxville for a weekend. I already posted about that, but here are a few more pictures.





The week after we got back from Knoxville we got our new i-phones and saw Coldplay all in the same day. I just posted about Coldplay today. (Side note, I had it saved as a draft for forever, but finally hit publish today. I'm still testing out blog writing tools for Macs to find one that is fancy!) I have a new phone number now, too. So if you don't have it, let me know!

That Saturday we made our way to Seguin for a LLYC wedding! Krista and John said, "I do" in an amazing outdoor garden with all of the plants listed in the Bible except for those that don't grow in Texas. We got to see lots of camp friends and enjoyed really good food by the river. It was a beautiful night.





On Sunday, one of our college students from Trinity University came to stay with us. Jenna and I met at LLYC in '05 and when she came to San Antonio, her and some other friends started coming to the AHUMC College Life. This week, she helped out with VBS and has gotten to hang out with us all week! We have been to some fun places with our guest: The Cove, Spectrum (of course), McCarthur Park, and Paloma Blanca (our fave Mexifood).

Jenna also came with me to my work's end of the year picnic. That night when we gave Maddy a bath, we found that her water was sooo dirty since she had played hard at the park. The rest of Maddy's fan club were there too to play!





Oh, but wait there's more! On Wednesday night, Jenna stayed with Maddy and we saw "Wicked." Here's the best part...on the 2nd row!!! I saw it in Dallas a while back and fell in love, singing with Cecily at any opportunity we could to captivate an audience, but up close was all I needed to fall in love again. It was awesome. Thanks for the special hookup Jessie and Sally! Well, there's still more to come, but I will just write another post since it has to do with Father's Day!

Coldplay

This was Coldplay on June 10th. It was amazing!









It was all yellow.


Near the end of the show the band came up to where we were sitting for three songs. They were about ten seats away from us!

Knoxville Nuptials!

Logan's cousin, Katie, celebrated with all of the family last weekend for her and Nathan's wedding! We traveled to Knoxville on Wednesday and had a full weekend of visiting family and friends, shopping, resting, and celebrating Logan's birthday and the Mize wedding. Now that we have been home for a few days, I'm finally posting about it before we head to our next wedding (John and Krista) in Seguin tonight.



I got to help cut Katie's cake right at the very end, but I still loved it, of course! Nathan's cake was actually mud cake with some hiking shoes on it. Maddy loved all of the desserts and would sit next to anyone that fed her a yummy treat.



Baby Reyna (sp?) was there at just 4 weeks old! She is beautiful and was such a good baby for her mama.



Cousin Bryan was there to entertain.



We were so excited to see Warren and Jill for an entire weekend. We also got to go to Warren's ordination on Sunday night. Jill and I got to shop with the MIL's and the boys got to play some golf. And we played spades...and the boys won...as always.



Beautiful wedding weekend indeed!

Not Me Monday...or Tuesday

I haven't quite figured out the link for MckMama's Not Me Monday yet, but here is my post that should have been for yesterday.

I did not stay up till 1:00 am and then wake up at 4:45 am for our 6:45 flight. I did not let Maddy crawl all over the (I'm sure filthy) airport floor because I was just too tired of her squirming in my lap. I did not pick at my split ends from two days of not washing my hair on the plane today. I did not "freshen up" from my plane ride by putting in a stick of gum and simply washing my hands before heading to work at 12:30 today. I did not go to sleep at 8:00 tonight and wake up late at 6:15, which means I did not sleep for over 9 hours and still feel tired today. Nope, not me!

Happy Birthday Logan!

Today is my amazing husbands 28th birthday! I so wish I was better at planning fun things for the entire day, but with our crazy schedule and my lack of planning after becoming a mother, we are enjoying some R&R in Knoxville with his family. His cousin is getting married this weekend so we are actually getting to be with his family on his actual birthday for the first time in about 10 years! (Nana is quite excited as you can imagine!)



The best part of Logan's birthday is that he is sharing his gift with me this year! We are going to see Coldplay in SA next week! I can't wait. Here Logan is showing all of the college students the latest fashion and how to carve meat. What a wise mentor they have.



This Daddy loves his Squirt Bug! She is his pride and joy and I know they will be friends, fishing buddies, and faithful Vols fans for life!



Can you tell where that little lady got her pretty blue eyes? Thanks Logan for giving her such a beautiful face so everyone stops us in public and says, "What amazing eyes she has!" Thanks....we know.



Logan will be the first to admit that our world was rocked significantly about 11 months ago, but he is an AMAZING husband, INCREDIBLE father, and FAITHFUL friend and minister to those around him. This was Maddy's very first bottle.



I love you Logan and I hope you have a fabulous day today as we relax and enjoy some time in Knoxville. Oh, Nana made him his favorite strawberry cake so we'll get some pictures of that tonight and show you more of the actual birthday celebration later!

Reality

Reality means that you don't find a house right away, you don't have people accept your offer, you don't have three houses you just can't decide between, you don't have a dilemma over peekaboo ocean views or the downtown mercado feel. Nope, reality means you have slim pickins, see so many houses you get them all confused, get your hopes up and then...go back to your apartment. Reality means a home must be made, not bought. We know timing is everything so we will wait for our turn. This is reality.