Today I finally uploaded all the pictures we took last weekend and over the July 4th holiday so this is a catch up post. I worked three days last week, filling in for the event coordinator at the golf club I worked at before Keegan was born. It was fun but exhausting and I had four loads of laundry to do and a lot of groceries to buy over the weekend so blogging had to take a back seat!
Last Saturday we headed to east Texas for the day to see some friends and family. My first job ever was at a nine hole family owned golf course when I was in high school. I spent two years with this family, working in the pro shop and often looking after their sweet kids. I think I needed them more than they needed me at that time and I was more than grateful for the job and my time with them. Jeff actually ran into Mark & Angela at the Byron Nelson golf tournament recently where thousands were gathered so I took that as a sign it was time to call and catch up! So that's what we did on Saturday after 10 years of thinking about it and it was as much fun as I thought it would be. They actually live on the golf course now so it was fun to see the course too. Here's a pic of me and Angela...
And the whole fam...minus Jacob who had to work. It was very surreal to see the kids again. I think all week long I had envisioned seeing them as kids but that was clearly not the case.
These are the last pictures I took with Lily & Joshua in 2001 just a couple of years before moving to north Texas.
And this is Birdie. She walked up as a puppy when I was there in '99 and she is still hanging out at the golf course. I loved this dog. She was less than enthusiastic to see me and refused to come out from under the deck. I couldn't be too upset with her since she's almost 100 in dog years.
The kids had fun running around. Ava made friends with this sweet kitten that kept her entertained all afternoon :-)
We stopped to have dinner with Grandmama & Grandaddy. The kids enjoyed running around the "piano room" at their new home. Keegan and Grandaddy played a little ball...
And Grandmama played a little piano....
And Poppy wore Keegan out which made for a long nap on the way home :-)
It was such a fun road trip and we are looking forward to going back!
On Wednesday we celebrated July 4th almost entirely outdoors. After the pool we headed to church for our life group's outdoor picnic.
Keegan obviously wanted nothing to do with my camera or silly noises before we left.
A family pic since it's been a few months....
Big boy Keegan decided he could eat at the table with Garrett & Ava.
Everyone brought fun treats to share and every time I looked up I saw Ava with yet a different form of sugar. I'm pretty sure she took down this cupcake, two popsicles, two cookies and a ring pop. Oh the holidays! She had such a fun night running around with her friends.
This little guy, however, struggled after the first hour. I think he was ready to go home at 7:30 and the fireworks didn't start until 9:45. We did our best to keep him happy! And he was usually happy as long as he was eating...
He couldn't get enough of the glow sticks that the kids ran around with at dark. Ava wore hers like a necklace but of course all he wanted to do was swing it around as hard as he could.
Although hours past his bedtime, he came alive for the fireworks show. He pointed at almost every firework that went off and clapped in between them. I enjoyed watching him more than the sky :-) 
It was a fun night but I don't think any of us recovered for a couple of days! But all exhaustion aside we are thankful for our country, our church, and our community. And of course the two that make us so tired :-)
