Well, Hello There, SUMMER!

Summer..........

we missed you AnD we heart you!!!!!

Summer lunch?!?

Summer also brings along the

realization that this KID is growing

way too fast!  ;((  So big and

handsome and sweet.

I love him more than life itself!

A Sweet Saturday Summer Morning...

Such a sweet soul......

Summer also brought a change for the

Pierce Party.  After nine years of driving

this car...through all three Baby Loves:(

it was time to get a new one!!!

And this nine year old was NOT happy

about it AT ALL..................

He was taking pictures to

commemorate the "last drive"!  ;)

So, I loved the 'old' car just because

it had been such a great one.  I was

fine to keep on driving it, but T-dawg

was getting too worried with us in it

especially since we had some road trips

planned for the summer.  I'm totally

not kidding about Walker being

SO upset over this......

I had no idea his love for our car!  ha

Huds was pretty clueless

and I think Hadlee was just

feeding off Walker because

she was upset, too!!!  

Such a heart in this kid!
At least I've driven in the fact

that cars and such do NOT

matter in this life!!!

I was cool with it...only a little

apprehensive because we talked to

the dealership on a Monday, told them

what we wanted, put some money down,

and were told to pick up our new

car on Thursday (WITHOUT even

actually seeing it!!!).  Yikes!;(

Walker getting out of old Bessie

(kidding...she never even had a name!)...

Troy and I were dying over the kids

being so upset!  The sales guy had

never seen such a thing!!!

Hadlee wanted to keep this car so she

could have it when she turned 16.  We will

see how she likes something like this

when she actually does turn 16!!!

She dealt with her emotions by

writing the "Old Car" several notes!  ha!

My poor Walker D!  :(
I can't even remember the last time he cried.

SO, what do you do while Daddy

finalizes the deal?!?

Behave very maturely in the

waiting room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 With your favorite peeps in the world!

WHAT?  A new car???????????????

This was the AGGIE CAR...and the one that

the kids really, really wanted.  I love my

family's A&M passion, but I just couldn't do

the maroon car! I don't bleed maroon like them!

Don't do a double take...............

I loved my old car SO much (maybe this is

where the kids get it! ha!) that I got the same

thing AGAIN.  Even same color!!!

Cars are of no importance to me..........

just something to get us here & there safely

with enough room for all our stuff

and with seats for SEVERAL!

She's much fancier than our old one though!

YAY...thank you, T-dawg Daddy LOVE:)

She's a beaut!  May we enjoy many years in her!

 Kids came around pretty quickly,

but they still talk about how they miss our

old one and wonder who has it now;)

Summer also brought some SUPER,

fun cool CARR play dates!!!

The Carrs have a pool

but were SO excited to play on

our $4.99 slip-n-slide!!!!!!!

Walker is too big for it!  ha!

Troy & I were their judges! 

Classic pic!!!!!!!!!!

All smiles for summer!!!!!!!

I love this picture!!!

It has SUMMER TIME

written ALLLLLL over it!!!!!!! :)

In a funny sort of way, this also

has summer written all over it.....

Walkman was getting a "talkin' to"!!!!!!!!!!!  ha!

Up next was our favorite date

night of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cattle Baron's Ball 2012

for the American Cancer Society

This beautiful girl is someone I met

several years ago at CB Ball and we hit

it off.  She had just moved to Waco.

We because fast friends that night,

but then never saw each other again

until the next year.  Then the next

and so forth.  THIS year we finally

decided to move forward with our

friendship!!!!!  ha!  She's a doll!

We have so many great friends

that we have met through CB

and its cause OR friends we only

get to see this one night a year!

We always have a blast that night...
but we miss Louis so much especially
at this time of the year.  Carla, too! :(

Doc G is one of our faves!

And of course Nancy is a rockstar

and we love her so much!!!

Another Super Sweet Friend...

So.MUCH.Fun

and for such an amazing cause!!!

Hi Clint Black

The Smiths are our other favorite

CB friends!!!  LOVE THEM ALL:)

But the best part is spending

the night with this guy...

I love me some T-dawg

and how hard he works for

this and how hot he is!  ;)))

The next week brought another

sports camp for Walker

and...............VBS for Hadlee

at our church!!!!!!!!!!

Lunch & Ice Cream Afterwards:)

Hudson and I enjoyed our morning

visits with our favorite Superman T!!!

Our VBS is the BEST

and I love that Hadlee had

such a great time attending:)

Play Date with Ryan

after Baseball Camp........

Buddies since Pre-K at South Bosque!

Caroline from school was in Hadlee's

VBS class.  She came home afterwards

with us one day!  Sweet girly girls:)

Sweet Summer

days can be tough on our Princess...

and her daddy!  ;)

Another red-neck summer tradition.....

WATER TRAMPOLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bring it on, Summer!!!!!!!!!!

"Live your truth.  Express your love.

Share your enthusiasm.  Take action

towards your dreams.  Walk your talk.

Dance and sing to your music.

Embrace your blessings.

Make today worth remembering."

- Steve Maraboli