Summer 2009

I thought since it was summer I would be much better about updating my blog. I was wrong! Summer is pretty much over since tennis tryouts started yesterday and I haven't blogged much at all! It was a quick and busy summer with lots of projects and things to do. The weeks that Jeremy had Hayllee and that she wasn't visiting her grandparents in Kingsville, I helped Jeremy paint the inside of his house, scrapbooked, and scrapbooked some more! I got a few projects done around my house as well. When Hayllee was at Jeremy's we spent the days together doing fun and exciting things. We went to Hawaiian Falls waterpark several times, the Dallas Zoo, the

Children's Museum, rollerskating, played in the pool, art projects, and much more. When we were at the zoo, the animals put on a great show for us. The kids especially loved the chimpanzee who was not fond of us and showed her agitation by picking her nose, turning to us, and eating it...YUCK!!!! We kept our selves busy and always found something to do! In the evenings we enjoyed playing Frisbee golf, which we have learned is a fun, free, and active way to spend the evening. We also went to several Texas Rangers games and have enjoyed cheering them on as they battle for 1st in their division! In July, Jeremy and I went with friends to New Braunfels to float the river. About 20 of us rented a huge house on the Guadalupe. The river was low, but we still found the horse shoe to float and had a blast. Too bad summer isn't longer!

Just for you, Dad!

This is not an exciting story or event that we have done lately! This is just to show my dad the contraption that Jeremy built to lift the hard top off of my jeep! He went to Home Depot (his favorite store) and got the steel poles, hooks, nuts, bolts, etc and made the actual lift. Then he put the foam stuff around to prevent scraping the top! We found a hoist and he bolted it from the attic. It works great! We undid the screws, attached the lift, and up went the top!

Hawaiian Falls

Our new way to spend the hot summer days is at Hawaiian Falls, a waterpark in The Colony. We got season passes so that Hayllee and I can go enjoy the cool escape with all of our friends! We have discovered that is a great way to relax during the day. We floated and played marco/polo in the lazy river, went down waterslides, took tubes down waterslides, played in the wave pool, and relaxed in the lawn/pool chairs in the wave pool! We are expecting to spend many hot summer days here over the next couple of months!

Jeep Beep

After 7 years and 114,000 miles I traded in my Jeep Liberty. Since it was such a good little car to me, I stuck with the Jeep brand and now have a 4 Door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited! It's white to match my 4 wheeler! I haven't had the top completely off yet, but I have the option for the hard top that comes off all the way, over the drive/passenger seat, over the back seat, or the soft top! Hayllee loves crusing around with the top off over the driver/passenger seat!

Happy Birthday To Me!

Birthday dinner at Awe Shucks

This year for my birthday, I asked Jeremy to go to Awe Shucks for dinner. It is a cajun seafood diner that serves catfish, crawfish, shrimp, and I have no clue what else! It was so good. Then, the next weekend we went to the Highland Village Red, White, and Blue festival to listen to Kevin Fowler perform. We listened to music, the kids played games and in the jump houses, and then we saw a great firework display. Afterwards, we went to Sneaky Pete's.

Monica, Glennis, and me at Sneaky Petes

Dirt Car Races

Richard won 1st place and Hay got his autograph!


I guess I was born in the wrong state and I am just now figuring out that I am Texas at heart! The mechanic at Jeremy's work races dirt cars every weekend. Jeremy had promised him for 2 years that he would come watch him race and we finally made it! We drove out to Mesquite to the dirt track and I saw my first dirt car races! It was a blast! Apparently I enjoy dirt car racing and 4 wheeling...I am becoming a country girl!! What made the race even more fun was that Richard won for the 3rd week in a row! Go car number 6!!!!

Richard is Car #6 in first place!

Orange Belt!

Hayllee took her test to move up from her gold to her orange belt. She had to do patterns and certain kicks/routines in order to get to the next level! She did a great job and we are very proud of how well she is doing in Karate!