Sweet July Summer Days

'Tis true that time flies when you are

having fun.  Our summer has flown by!!!

Bryson invited a few guys to Hawaiian Falls

to celebrate his birthday.  They had a blast...

Kyle, Bryson, Zach, Walker, Peyton

Hadlee had been wanting to go to

the new water park, too, so we took

advantage and made it a little date for us:)

Grandmother & PaPa kept Huds!

It was such a precious afternoon.  I

was SO happy to give Hadlee ALLLLL

of my attention!  I told her that I would

just follow her and we'd do whatever

she wanted!  She refused to do any slides

but we had a blast in the kiddie area,

the wave pool and on the lazy river.

Just being B/F/F's.

OF COURSE, she had to have a

hot dog though;)

This tiny thing sure does love

her a hot dog!!!!!

With ice cream for dessert! ;)

She is truly a delight!!!!!!!!

She LOVES for us to talk about

being B/F/F's and having to stick

together with all these boys!!!

Her little figure & tan = Perfection

Mommy loves a day with just you, little girl!!!

The next day was Cannon's birthday

party!:) Sweet girl asked me to

straighten her hair for the par-tay!!!!!!!!!!

A beautiful bit of Heaven on earth:)

Oliver, Haddie, Cannon

Hadlee & Shelby

That afternoon Daddy took us to Chuy's...

a storm was rolling in and we chose

to sit outside and enjoy a little bit

cooler breeze.  We had the patio

all to ourselves.........

Daddy & his Princess

The jealous prince;)

Here's my Prince Charming!!!

Hadlee has such a different look

with her hair straight...

so much older!

And still so pretty:)

I love her features so much...

His features, too......

Baby Love's features, too! Of course:)

Aunt Kity & Uncle Ron dropped

by a big bag of clothes from

our cousins in Dallas.  Hadlee was

SO excited to get some of

Lauren's hand-me-downs.

I'm really not one who begs for

hand-me-downs since I love

to shop & bargain shop....

but we love us some

Merritt Hand-Me-Downs!!!!!!!!

My favorite:)

Haddie Girl couldn't wait to put

together her own outfits

with Lauren's stuff...

Silly girl:)

We forgot about Lil' Bro during our

fashion show.  He had found Hadlee's

caboodle and was going to town

with some make-up!!!! ;)

An early morning snake hunt...

Hadlee is OBSESSED with the

weather.  She is constantly checking it on

my phone and watching the weather

station on TV.  She even talks like

a meterologist.  We will be making plans

to go somewhere and she'll say something

like, "It's going to be partly cloudly

on Tuesday."  ha!

Poor Thing is PETRIFIED of rain

and thunder and lightning. 

She was being so brave going out

in a light rain in her new raincoat!!!:)

Tackle those fears, Girlfriend!!!  ;)

Sweet Thing still loves her Barbies...

These two are her favorites because

they are the "Hadlee" Barbie Doll

& the "Troy" doll from High School Musical.

Uncle G (Garrett) came over to

eat with us one night and to

watch the All Star Baseball game...

He has become such a good friend to

Troy and me.  He's like family to us all:)

Back to the Troy & Hadlee dolls...

One morning we were playing Barbies

(which I love to hear what hers say

to each other...like "I'll text you later")

and she told me her "Hadlee" doll

was going to the school dance.  I asked

who is Hadlee's date?  She grabbed

her "Troy" doll and told me,

"She is going with her Daddy!"

Maybe Troy will get his wish

and she will take him to the prom???

Summer date night with my leading man!

Silly Sistah:)

Crazy Broham;)

I have a very unique friendship with

my former 7th grade English teacher.

He's the most eccentric, sweetest,

funniest man you could ever know. 

I now consider him one of my

dearest friends.  For the past

several years, we have e-mailed

each other on a daily basis. 

I write him at night and I wake

up to a morning e-mail from him.

He's delightful!

He asked the kids and I to come

by to see him and his mother...

Mr. V has an extensive Indian

collection and he wanted to give

Walker something from his collection.

He gave him a 'coup staff'....

which is a weapon that Indians

used.  Walker is SO PROUD of this!!!

Mr. V is a pretty famous figure from

Midway.  We just love him dearly!

Walker is really hoping to get to

do an Indian project in 4th grade

so he can take his "coup staff"!!!

Cattle Baron's Barge Party!

Summer is so fun...
I have so much to be thankful for

during the summer & all the year through!

Summer makes for sweet dreams, too:)