Working on the AC

Where else should we be on the hottest day of the year, but outside in the heat working on the AC? It's a must-have now that summer has arrived. And it was blazing hot! I can't say I did much to help, but Eric made big progress this weekend.

When we finished for the day, we took Lucky down to Dinosaur Valley State Park for a swim in the Paluxy River. The water levels are pretty low right now so we could see more Dino tracks than usual.

Our Staycation

I'm really tired of hearing that term, but nevertheless, the kids were here for a week & it seems like we had a staycation. We had the Daddy Daughter dance, bowling, putt putt, a movie (Up), NRH2O water park, a sleepover, a visit by the toothfairy, and my favorite.... the Bureau of Engraving & Printing. We weren't on vacation, but sometimes it is just as nice to take advantage of the local offerings.
Addison was also given a small budget to redecorate her room. She has put alot of thought into her selections. It's still a work in progress, but we love the color she picked for the walls!

Who doesn't love watermelon?

Daddy Daughter Dance

Father's Day weekend always starts out with Daddy Daughter dance at the club. They had a great time cutting a rug all night. Meanwhile, P & I had a date at the bowling alley, McDonald's, and some Fondue dessert.

Check out my new Ride!

We're doing a little bike switch-a-roo at our house. My mountain bike was sold, I get Eric's, and he's going to find something different. But in the meantime he found this steal on craigslist! It's so cool!

I had two thoughts when I first got on it: (1) the Wicked Witch from Wizard of Oz & (2) PeeWee Herman.

Eric & I had a great weekend; we rarely have this much time together!

Friday night, we saw the Charlie Shafter band play in the Stockyards. The singer reminded me of my brother-in-law.

I got up way too early Saturday & participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5k. Had I worn a chip, I would have come in 12th place in my category. Not too shabby for having not run 3 miles in about 3 months.

We had a team of 10 participating in honor of my co-worker Ann who was diagnosed this year. I was able to take a much needed nap, after falling asleep under the dryer at the hair salon!!

Saturday night, Eric & I went to see The Hangover. In the words of my friend Megan, "it was 'wear a diaper' funny"! It was hilarious. Absolutely a great movie to see. (I was going to include a link to the trailer here, but I highly recommend that you just see it & not let the trailer spoil it.)

Today we got up early, did some things around the house. Went to the Marquez Bakery for some breakfast. Afterward, we stopped at the new Cowboys stadium & walked around the outside of the facility. It was pretty impressive - I am very interested to see the inside. But a little disappointed to hear they are serving $8 beers.

We then spent the afternoon putting in some new color in the flowerbeds & lounging by the pool. It looks beautiful right now thanks to all of Eric's hard work draining/ painting/ fixing.

Note: this is not the new color. These are the roses we planted last year.

And finally Eric cooked me a fabulous shrimp pasta dinner. It was so yummy, that when I returned from doing the dishes, I found these two sacked out with the golf tournament on TV:

Shift Happens

I started my summer course this evening - Organizational Behavior. The professor seems energetic enough to keep us all awake late at night.

We watched this video tonight. We watch alot of YouTube in the classroom these days.

Hi Mimi!

Sergeant Eliot, on patrol.

Mimi, your car is in good hands.

Golf

We had such a fun time playing golf this weekend! We played an alternate shot game among the four of us.

Here's my 9 year old (a.k.a. 13 year old), who also made a 100% on
both of her TAKS tests this year: