Scarlett recently celebrated her 5th birthday with close family and friends at Lakewood Park in Dallas, TX. Brian and I brought George thinking we’d just let him run around the park to get some exercise. Little did we know we brought the pony to the party. hah. The kids were more entertained by George than the cake or park itself.
What a cute group of kids! Below are some of my favorite images from the party. You can view the entire set on Flickr.
It’s the one time of year that we usually all get to see each other. We never know who’s going to be at which parent’s house for the upcoming Christmas or Thanksgiving, but we can count on seeing each other at the beach each summer.
Every Summer my Grandma “Gammy” rents a beach house somewhere on the Texas coast – usually near Galveston or Surfside. For the past couple of years we’ve stayed in Surfside. It’s a tiny beach town that’s pretty run down, but does the job. The prettiest waters and coolest attractions don’t matter… as long as we can spend time together as a family (usually around food). The beach seemed extra clean this year for some reason. We were in an extra large house, too. Since most of the grandkids are grown-ups now (some of us married with kids, with the exception of 2 still in college), it’s difficult to get us all together for a week. Therefore, the majority of the grandkids only stayed for the first weekend- which included Brian and me. We were all sad to miss our cousin, Kayla, who drove in a couple hours after we left that Sunday afternoon.
This year our time consisted of long walks on the beach (no joke) catching up with each other’s lives across the past year while the water lapped at our feet, and enjoying good laughs over delicious homemade meals (specifically Gammy’s famous cheese rolls). We’ve each grown and changed so much, while still remaining the same at heart. I love my cousins so much. I wish we could get together like this more often.
You can view the entire album here on Flickr.
Here are some of my fav’s.
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Brian and I are so excited to have a yard, not to mention a new garden! We love Spring time because we get to spend more time outside cultivating our yard. What a blessing. My family has gardened since forever, so I wanted to continue to do the same. Also, there’s just something that stirs my affections for God by gardening and growing stuff. It’s so amazing and peaceful to me.
So, I researched how to build a raise garden bed and how to plan a garden we went to work. So far we’ve built a garden, planted a garden, planted gladiolas (bulbs), replaced dead oleanders with rose bushes, built a compost, and replaced the dead hanging potted plants with beautiful non-stop geraniums. Below are some photos of the process and the outcome. You can view all the photos here.
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