Vacation Adventures

After Lisa's wedding, Dawson took a week of vacation! It was so awesome! The kids and I LOVED having him all to ourselves. We had planned to "spend some time at home and relax," but instead, we ended up touring Texas and having some fun adventures. We started the week in Hutto, then we traveled to Galveston for a quick 24 hour trip, and then spent the last couple days in Ft. Worth. We got to swim in some fun pools, stay in a hotel, play at the beach, hang out with some animals to the zoo, and go to a princess play!! It was an awesome week!! We took a lot of pictures, but here are some of the favorites....

This was our first "stop" on our vacation...a super fun pool in Hutto!

This is my super hot husband, pointing to the direction of the beach! :) Ha! I love this guy!

My Beach Beauties!

Caleb never wanted to get out of the waves...he loved every minute in that dirty water!

Daddy was a comfy place to rest...so cute!

My favorite 4 yr old in the whole wide world....

We got to rent a surrey bike...it was SO much fun! We toured the sea wall in fashion!

Best buds

She was the captain of our bike...she loved every minute of it!

We had so much fun hanging out with our family!

Daddy provided some much needed rest time for a tired, little girl!

Ellie was so cute with this big, scary snake...she talked to it like it was a puppy!

Then they got to touch this milk snake....yuck!

LOVE this sweet face!

I love this picture...it looks like we are about to feed Adelyn to this 12 ft. saltwater crocodile! :)

The rowdy crew of cousins

So cute, but tired, hungry and read for a picnic! I love Adelyn's "tough girl" stance!

Enjoying our picnic with the family!

Three little princesses, so excited to see Cinderella

Now we are broke, have mountains of laundry to do, and are ready to stay home for a while! But we were blessed with a great vacation and we made lots of fun memories!!

Lisa's Wedding

It was a blessed day and a magical evening. God was there, and I think He was smiling. :) There was beauty and love abundant......

The bride and the mother

the flower girl and her Pawpaw

sisters...sharing some laughs

The Lively ladies

the Taylors and the parents

My three cuties...tired of posing for pictures

the wedding party

The Fab Five...all dressed up!

Me and the hot minister

Let the party begin!

The reception was very "Hope Floats"....romantic and country :)

Sweet love between a big brother and a little sister

The most YUMMY wedding cake EVER!

Such a sweet Daddy

Me and my little man...the best dancer at the reception

The Taylors showin' some of their moves

Just like that ol' time Rock n' Roll.....the Lively's gettin' their groove on!

Getting ready for the good, ol' Aggie War Hymn

I don't know who was more nervous, AJ or Ellie?! :)

And off they go on their honeymoon!

Only 2 more days....

Until this sweet, beautiful girl...











....gets married. Somebody pass the valium.

Beginnings of Summer

It's almost midnight. I should be sleeping. But I am waiting up for my boys. Dawson has a "basketball small group" on Thursday nights. He loves getting to play some b-ball, but he also truly ministers to all of the young guys that come out there. He buys them water bottles, prays with them, and basically ministers to whatever need comes up. This is one of the many, many reasons why I love my husband. However, the court they plan on is in a 'shadier' part of town, and since school has been out, he has allowed Caleb to join him. It is the highlight of Caleb's life, but it totally makes me nervous. Anyway, I am really tired, and I want to go to sleep....but I am waiting up to hug them both before going to bed. So, while I wait, I'm posting some recent favorite pictures from the past month.....

At the end of May, Ellie had her dance recital~ She was a bullfrog for once dance, and a grasshopper for another!! Ugly animals, but made for a super cute ballerina!

Pointing her sweet little toes

Ellie loves to dance, and she doesn't mind being on stage either...:)

Her ballet sponsors... they are some of her biggest fans!

We adore our little ballerina!

Now, Summer is here! I love having Caleb home with us. He is a super cool cat. And I know I am partial, but he really IS the BEST big brother I have EVER met! He is so sweet and kind to his little sisters. They both adore him, and he loves them right back. I love that he still plays with them so well! He isn't "too cool" for them....yet.

Summer Lovin' :)

We've been spending a lot of quality time with the sprinkler!

What can I say...my son is a freak!! He gets it from his Daddy! :)

So happy!

Such a mess!

This past weekend was my little sister's Bachelorette party. It was a twilight zone experience in some ways. But so much fun! Tracy planned it all. We stayed at a super cool resort in Montgomery, TX in an awesome little villa. We had some relaxing pool time, went out for a fun dinner, played some super silly games, and then enjoyed a lot of girl talk time. It was the perfect weekend! And proof that you can get a bunch of Jesus girls together and have a lot of silly fun, without regret!

Can you believe this is my baby....the first one I helped raise, before I had my own children....can't believe she's about to get married....

She was a Rhinestone Cowgirl for the night!!

We had a SUPER yummy dinner at Chuys. It was so fun!

This is after Leah and I played a fun game. We competed, and I won, of course!! I wish I could tell you more of the details, but I would probably end up shot! I LOVE my sister-in-law!!

The next morning, of all the Lively girls! Love these girls so much it hurts!

That's all for now...until the next therapy session....and I think there might be need for quite a few in the next 8 days leading up to the wedding?!?!