August...a love-hate relationship

Oh August you are here at last. It's been a while...at least a year right? So now that you have returned we need to discuss our relationship. You see I love you and I loathed you. I love you because it means it is still summer! and I hate you because that means its STILL summer! You bring a lot of things with you every year that you stay....3 digit temperatures to which we can't even attempt to go outside at any point in the day light. You bring with you the excitement of going back to school without the actual going back to school (new school supplies, clothes, and lunchboxes!). You bring with you some fabulous birthdays including my dad's, my father in law's, and two of my very special girls...Molly and Miller! So you aren't all that bad. No in fact I think I shall forgive all your faults this year August. Because although you usually bring me a classroom full of happy Kindergarten children (to which the previous months have failed to deliver me a job in order for this to happen... so no fault of your own really)...this year August you bring my husband home! (or at least you better...otherwise I will not be happy with you or with September for that matter). This year August I know you are just going to drag on forever. I know it. Its hot and I'm sort of done with summer already and I am SO done with this deployment already. I know that you are required by law to be here for a full 31 days, but could we make those extra speedy some how? I am not sure how since the sun is not setting until 9pm, but some how could you just at least make it feel like the days are going to fly by?! I mean the closer it gets, the harder it is for me to stand this any longer. I need my husband back now. You did take him a year ago and promised to return him this year. As soon as you do, I think we can go back to being friends, but really you do need to work on your temperatures.

Little Aggies!

So I forgot to include these cuties in the previous blog post. They were included in Chris' original scrapbook under the caption "Cheer for Aggies". I know that my fellow Longhorns would not approve of this. But how stinkn cute are these Aggies!...Even if they are Aggies! Jude loves his dear Miller!

Happy Father's Day Chris!

OK...so I know it's a little late for Father's Day, but I just wanted to share some pictures from a scrapbook that I sent Chris for Father's Day. You see Jude just can't wait until his dad comes home. He is excited to do some man jobs around the house as well as just have some fun. He has held off on walking for Dad too (although I don't know how much longer he can do it). He wants to show Dad when he gets home I guess. He did the same thing when learning to pull-up by himself....he waited for Dad to come home on his R&R. Good thing we don't have to wait much longer!

Thanks Dad for fighting for my freedom, but when you get home there is so much that I want to do!
Like ride bikes together!

Potty train!

Help Mom fold the laundry:)

Play baseball!

Just be lazy!

Drive around!

Fix the electronics!

Play in the sprinkler!

Take out the trash!

Do yard work with Grandpa!

Play on the playground!

Girls Night Out!

For Rikki's birthday we decided to have a Girls Night Out. It was some much needed fun! Porsche, Rikki's childhood friend flew in from across the country on her special day and we went out for dinner, drinks, and Sex in the City 2! We went to a near-by restaurant called Coco Lounge. It features and specializes in all things chocolate and there is a touch of chocolate in just about everything....dessert, martinis, and even a gravy sauce that was in my mashed potatoes! It was a yummy experience!

Here we all are in our luxurious booth...made of chocolate no doubt... Rikki and Ana and a rock'n birthday corsage!

Porsche and myself....especially happy at this point in the evening:)

Little Swimmers!

How adorable are these babies in their swim suits?! I am so thankful we have a neighborhood pool to go to. This was our first experience of the season and I am sure there will be many more to come!

Homegirls and Wine!

Two weekends ago I went to the Wein and Saengerfest in New Braunfels with two of my girlfriends from Jr. High. They are the only two friends that I really keep in touch with from San Marcos and we are trying to keep up a monthly meet up between our scattered cities, jobs and lives. It's always so great to catch up with these girls because we literally have known everybody who has ever entered and exited our lives since we were in 7th grade. We bonded through the Jr. High pep squad and they were bridesmaids in my wedding.

The festival was so much fun and somewhere between the third glass of sweet Pinot Grigio, the pork chop on a stick, the smelling of "chicken fried bacon" (not even kidding!), and rocking out to 80s music with the Spazmatics on stage....we realized we have been friends for 17 years! And since they aren't going anywhere...I feel confident that they will still be my friend after posting the following picture of us from 8th grade. Is it weird that we are standing in the same exact order?

Spring...eh...Summer is here!

Summer is here...well not according to the calendar, but according to my thermometer it is!

During the summer, we can just let loose, and take off a layer or two of clothing....



We can try new foods....

or hug some trees and be one with nature...

We can really stop and take a moment to smell the flowers....

and kick back and relax with our shoes off...

We can enjoy eating outside...

We can be silly and act like a frog...

Or just hang out with some friends....even if they are fish....

Or girls...