Houston Weekend with Blake, Camille and the Boys

Camille, Blake, Pierce and Asher finally returned from overseas.  They have been living in Singapore and Korea for the last 6 years.  It's been wonderful to visit them, sad to miss them and happy they are home.  Again, so much fun a so few pictures of our weekend together.
Pierce has always had the gift of entertaining.  He put on a great dance show (Unfortunately, I can't down load the entire video) but it was very entertaining.  KW was just as entertaining as his DJ.

Sometimes the DJ needs direction.

 Lauren and John can for dinner and the show.

 Asher's birthday was around the corner so he was learning how to say two with one finger.  So cute so who cares how old he is.

 Camille and Blake looked for homes during the two weeks Blake was home and found a lovely home.

 They are going to have to get accustom to space.  They have lived in high rise condos for the last few year.

 Pierce has his spacious bedroom that looks just like him.

 While in Houston, Pierce got to participate in the "Bee" thing and Juju's and KW.  We keep telling them we are just fine with the wine.

 Now sure who is having the most fun here but I'm pretty sure it's Juju.

Little Girls Weekend

Keith and Elysse went to their cousin Greg's wedding and we had the joy of having Anna and Baily for the weekend.  I started planning all the things we could do during the weekend and again learned the lesson to let the weekend unfold.  Love it when that happens because as it turned out, we had a so much fun.  The down side to keeping the grandkids is that I typically don't get many pictures as I'm on the move.  Here are a few from our outing at Grisham Farms.

 They had a petting zoo where you could feed some of the animals.

 A few toys for the smaller kids.

 In the barn, they brought out several animals for show and tell.  I was impressed that Anna wanted to touch them.

 Who needs animals when you have a sand box filled with toys?

Another fun filled weekend with the girls.

Austin Spa

Hal gave me a gift certificate for my birthday in 2013 to Travaasa Spa in Austin.  I thought I would re-gift and give it to him for Father's Day.  It was a wonderful weekend.

One of the joys of the weekend was that we had dinner with a few friends from Highland Lakes Software (HLS), where I use to work in Austin.  We met at Iguana Grill.  One of our favorite places to have lunch.

Steven and me.  I love this man!

 Annie and Charlie, PJ, Kathy and Jim, Leslie and Steve, Jim and Jan and Beth and Steven.  We missed all those who couldn't make.

 Iguana Grill still has a beautiful view of sunsets, not so much for Lake Travis.  The lake so needs water.

 I'm sure this was a very deep conversation.  Jim and Jan are building a home on their property in Blanco.  Leslie, always listening.

 Two of the funniest people I know.  Kathy cracks me up....all the time.  She pretty much says EVERYTHING she thinks.

 PJ was our rock of the company.  I really don't know how she stood us must of the time.  We were terrible.

 Steve and Leslie started their own brewery, Solid Rock.  Check out their beer when you are in Austin.

 Annie and Charlie...what can I say but these two are such an example of love.

This sums up our SPA time.  It was so relaxing.  Thanks babe for the gift.  Hope you enjoyed yours as much as I did.

 

 

Memorial Weekend

I can't believe it's mid July and I'm just now getting around to blogging about Memorial Day weekend.  We had the joy of having Betty Merrill, Hal's sister, come visit us.  We didn't make this trip quiet as crazy as we have in the past.  Julie came up and we had a little fun day over at Keith & Elysse's with the girls.
I bought a Slip N Slid for some fun.  I remember having one of these and my girlfriend Angie and I would play on it all day long.  This one wasn't very slippery.  Need to work on that.

 The next day we went over to K&E's.  Keith cook us a delicious dinner.  We swam and swam and swam.

 Betty Merrill just hanging out and enjoying the family fun.

 GP, Elysse and the girls were the brave ones.

 And here comes the rain and thunder.

 The smart ones.  Dry with beverages.

 And the rain just keeps coming.

 Lost the bottoms to the swim suite.

 One tired little girl.

  We had a Caddy Shack moment.  Elysse is directing where to scoop.  Keith has the scoop in hand.

A full day of fun and swim.  A little ice cream and I see bed in here future.

 Night night.  Great day/evening.

Shower for Stephanie and Jeff

Just one of the many things I love about our Small Group is that we share our kids lives with each other.  It's one of our common joys in life....our kids and grand kids.

Kevin and Margaret's daughter Stephanie and her finance were married June 7th.  We had the joy of having them join one of our Small Group nights and just hang out with us.  They are such a cute couple and we wish them the very best in their journey of life together.

I'm sure Jerry is giving Jeff some good advice.

 The evening was just lovely and we could sit outside.

 Babe just a grilling. 

 The girls.

 Poor Jerry.  He just drove in from Mo Ranch.  Can you tell he was a little tired?

 I let Margaret have my camera and she took pictures of food and drinks.

 And she thought everything was awesome!

 Love my BFF's.

 They look like sisters.

 So sweet when you catch that look of "I Love You"

 I love Margaret.  She is the most real person I know.

 Jeff trying to figure out what to do with some of the gifts they received.

 Prayers for a very happy life together.