August 2011 - part 1

August 1-15... 

Celebrating National Chocolate Chip day!!

Such an insanely hot Summer... we're at 100+ days over 100 degrees... Our "lawn" has big dirt cracks in it... we're slowly slowly melting away.

We have a standing swim date every week at the Cooper's house... we love getting together with friends to swim.  Grateful for the Cooper's and their hospitality!

Lib and I were talking on the phone about how Mac & Cheese is not a dinner item... a couple of days later I got a package in the mail with Mac & Cheese in it... I LOVE the note that says its for "Lunch Only"... haha!

we went with friends to the Sherman Fire station with treats and cards to thank the firemen for ALL the fires they've been putting out this Summer.  They gave us hats and let us sit in the truck... it was every little boys dream come true!

Our craft for the day... we're learning about fish... Buddy LOVES it and calls it his "Buddy Fish"... so cute!

 Best friends watching soccer on a Saturday morning... he LOVES his daddy!

My Uncle Daniel passed away... we knew it was coming after a long struggle with cancer... but it was still sad... the good to come of it though was to get to see my family for a day and a half... (I wasn't cleared by my doctor to travel to the funeral).   They did a marathon drive from Utah to Mississipp... Mississippi to Texas and then back to Utah in just four days.

In the short time they were here we ate awesome Mexican food from The Bus, a tour of little historic town, a stop at the Katy Depot, a trip to the Eisenhower head and an evening at the Beach.  It was way too short and so much fun!

He'll be mad at me for this picture... but I LOVE his tan lines... its a sign of a fun summer at the pool!

p.s. the tan lines are awesome in real life... the picture doesn't do it justice!

 It's official... I'm a boy mama!  Soooo excited for this little one!

Joey and Thomas let Buddy and I tag along to their monthly lunch day at La Placita... awesome El Salvadorian food... sooo good!! 

 Angie and I spent the day together at the pool with our kids... it was so so soo hot... but so fun!  We've talked about doing it all Summer... I'm so happy we finally got to do it!

Oh the sensory bucket... such a fun idea gone terribly wrong!

Buddy dumped it while I was in the shower and I didn't even try to save it.  Goodbye sensory bucket... never again.