a wedding and vegas.....

We have had a busy few weeks, full of fun and more fun!  What is summer all about, right??  We started off with a beautiful wedding in Amarillo on Saturday, June 25 for Ashlee & Brett.  {Brett is our friend Blaine's brother.}  That day, we met Juice in Plainview on the way to drop off the boy.  He wasn't too sad to be leaving us! :) Like I said, the wedding was beautiful and the reception was fun.  Amy and I decided to model for the camera a few times....

Then we decided to let our boys in one picture with us!

We spent the night in Amarillo and made our way back home on Sunday.  Then Monday, Derek and I left for Vegas (meeting other couples out there) for a few days.  I realized when I got to Vegas that my camera was in my purse, but the dang battery to the camera was on my kitchen counter at home.  So, I just got a few pictures with my phone.  Oh well...we still had fun.

Yes, I did make Derek go to the 4 story M&M store for Michael!  And yes, I bought him a few things! :)

We got home on Wednesday evening just in time for me to do some laundry because......Thursday, I left for the lake. {coming soon....}

my little waterdog...

Michael has been taking swimming lessons for about a week and a half now.  The first few days were rough....as in he screamed the entire 30 minutes!  AHHHH... but it's MUCH better now!  The water is a lot colder than Granddaddy's pool, so I think that was the biggest reason he wasn't liking it.  I will say that I think it has really helped him though.  He's learned to go under and hold his breath, open his eyes under water and grab a toy.  He's also learned to really kick and trying to use his arms to swim.  (He still is not too sure about letting go.)  We're also trying to teach him to get out of the pool on the side by himself.  This is a beginner class, so a parent gets in with the kids.  I think that by the end of the summer, he'll really be doing great in the pool.

farm day...

Last week, we had a fun morning with our friends, Kamryn & Travis (and their mommy, Amy).  Our county library has special events every once in a while during the summer. Last Thursday they had the milking cow come so we could learn about how important drinking milk is!  These two are sweet friends....

Cowcium the cow...

the official photographer...

sweet Travis and his momma....

watching the man milk the cow...

a momma and her boy...

all of us....

After we finished at the library, we decided to go to Blaine's (Kamryn & Travis's daddy) farm.  Michael loved seeing Sadie the buffalo and all the cows.  Sadie is a special buffalo.  She was the buffalo mascot at WTAMU when Blaine, Amy & I were there.  She is pretty special to us!

Michael also got to sit in a real live John Deere tractor!!  He was pretty excited, but didn't want to stay up there long.  Thank you Blaine for letting us tour your farm to see all the animals and tractors!

sprinkler fun

Since it's been in the triple digits around here for about 2-3 weeks, we've cooled off by using the sprinklers!!

like father....like son....

 I'm so thankful they let their photographer tag along...