8.22.09 - Saturday

Hiking, swimming, waterfall hopping and spending the day with friends... our last summer adventure!!

Suphur Springs @ Chickasaw National Park, OK

8.21.09 - Friday

Meeting baby Charly for the first time through video chat... isn't technology wonderful!

Charlotte Sage Francks
August 21, 2009
5lbs 15oz
18 inches
2:48 am

We're so excited our very first Francks cousin is finally here!

8.20.09 - Thursday

Last day at the pool for the summer and a dinner party with friends... a fun way to wind down the summer!

8.19.09 - Wednesday

Today is our 12th wedding anniversary. We celebrated by cleaning the Highway with the Young Men/Young Women from church as our end of summer service project. Nothing says romance like empty beer bottles and used diapers :)

Happy 12th to my guy!

8.18.09 - Tuesday

We love reading time during the day... we're a family of readers... I hope little buddy grow up loving books as much as we do!

8.17.09 - Monday

This week is self portrait week.... self portraits of our daily routine.

One of my favorite parts of the day is little buddy's bath... he loves to splash and play and then we rub him down with yummy pink lotion and snuggle... its a great part of my day!

8.16.09 - Sunday

Some of the pretty faces I get to see on Sunday's... I took this picture from my view when I teach
...

Love these girls soooo much!

8.15.09 - Saturday

Oh my... can you seriously stand the cuteness!! He gets yummier and yummier each day!!

Today was busy but not very productive... a graduation party for a friend, grocery shopping, scentsy business, laundry... and yet here it is 10:30pm with nothing to show for the day... boo!

8.14.09 - Friday

Cleaning, laundry, scrapbooking assignments and a movie and homemade pizza with friends.

I took this picture from my car window on my iPhone (not too shabby!)... I love a Texas sunset and good friends... always a perfect way to end the day!

8.13.09 - Thursday

Fresh Tomatoes... oh how I love thee.

(camera cord missing... post when I find the cord!)

8.12.09 - Wednesday

Saying goodbye to Auntie Carrie! Its been sooooooo fun to have her here... I hate saying goodbye!

Now its back to real life...work, loads of laundry and young women's tonight... I definitely need a vacation from my vacation!

8.11.09 - Tuesday

Lions and Tigers and Bears.. oh my!

We went to the coolest Safari in Southern Oklahoma today with the Moak's... we had SOOOO much fun!! Feeding the animals, Camels in our car, scary Ostriches, and gentle Zebras and Giraffes... who knew that there was a Safari in Oklahoma!

Can't wait to go back!

8.10.09 - Monday

End of the Summer brunch with lovely ladies
Afternoon at the pool (random groups of church friends all showed up... none of it planned!)
FHE at the lake with the Moak's

My life is so blessed!

8.9.09 - Sunday

Church
Nap
Yummy Dinner
Reading
Skip-bo
Spending time together

Perfect Sunday!

8.8.09 - Saturday

San Antonio Temple
Sea World
Aquarium
Feed Dolphins
Leave San Antonio and get home at midnight

It was such a FUN trip!!

8.7.09 - Friday

Sea World!!!!!!!!!! Hooray!

Rollcoasters
Shamu
Water Rides
4-D Movies

One of the funnest days ever!!

We love Sea World!!

8.6.09 - Thursday

Road trip to San Antonio!

First stop on the tour... The Alamo (which closed five minutes before we got there!)... Dinner and a boat ride on the Riverwalk... We looove San Antonio!!

8.5.09 - Wednesday

A trip to Frisco to take Carrie to Sam Moon's... the cheap jewlery mecca... apparently you're not supposed to take pictures... oops! We finished the shopping trip with BBQ Pizza at California Pizza Kitchen.

8.4.09 - Tuesday

Auntie Carrie is here!

We slept in, went to the pool and got yummy hamburgers for dinner, bought ice cream and are now watching a movie.

Hoooray!

8.3.09 - Monday

Lots of hugs and kisses as we say goodbye... but this time Auntie Carrie is coming home with us!

It was long flight with way too many drunk people and we didn't get home until 2am... but we're excited for the upcoming week!

8.2.09 - Sunday

A belated birthday party for dad... I love Sunday get togethers with the family!

8.1.09 - Saturday

A busy shower day... a shower for my SIL Sara a shower for my sister Mariah... both expecting beautiful baby girls at the end of the summer!

7.31.09 - Friday

A trip to BYU to visit dad and Carrie... a trip to BYU would not be complete without chocolate covered cinnamon bears from the book store!

(I do have much better pictures than fuzzy chocolate covered cinnamon bears but they're on my mom's camera)

7.30.09 - Thursday

Making a baby quilt for Mariah... quilting (and watching LMN) is one of our favorite things to do when we're together!

7.29.09 - Wednesday

The first ripe tomato of the summer... the best way to eat 'em straight from Grandpa's garden!

7.28.09 - Tuesday

These two are bff's... feeding the cows, working in the garden or doing yard work... little buddy wants to be wherever grandpa is!

7.27.09 - Monday

A day with my sister Alicia and my nieces... chicken nuggets and photo books... a pretty great day indeed!

(picture on my sisters camera... but if I don't write it down I'll never remember!)

7.26.09 - Sunday

A trip up north to visit our Francks family... we can't wait for cousin Charly to make her debut in a couple of weeks!!