Summer time, and the Livin' is Easy

We have had some fun at the pool this summer. Micah and Makenna love swimming.

This is Makenna being "funny like Donald Duck."

Here is Mark working the Adrian Peterson Camp. Mark's former Bible study leader from Irving brought his son to the camp. In the picture you can see Adrian Peterson, the Bible study leader's son in the red visor, and Mark leading the drill. Makenna, Micah, and I had a great time visiting with our friends in Norman while Mark worked the camp.

More fun at the pool...

Taylor and Megan swam with us one day. These babies love their Uncle T.

OK....so now that song is in my head....I copied and pasted the words:
Summer time And the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high. Oh yo' daddy's rich An' yo' ma is good lookin' So hush, little baby, Don't you cry.
One of these mornin's, You's gonna rise up singin' Then you'll spread yo' wings An' you'll take to the sky. But till that mornin', There's ain't nothin' can harm you With your Daddy an' Mummy Standin' by.

I love this little video...

Father's Day

We spent Father's Day weekend in Abilene.

We went to a home style country fried chicken place for lunch. At one point, everything in the restaurant stopped, and all of the waiters and kids stood up and danced the chicken dance.

Makenna wanted to play tennis with Bop, so we went to the club and played tennis for a while before cooling down with a swim. We had a super fun weekend.

Paul's Place

When we were in Abilene over Father's Day weekend, we visited Paul's place. He had two miniature cows and a miniature bull. They were so cute. Makenna had fun feeding the animals.

Smith Staycation

The Smiths gathered in DFW for a Smith Family Staycation. We had lots of fun enjoying each other's company. Neeny had planned fun activities for the weekend, and we all had a great time.

We went to a Ranger's game. Neeny made sure to get us tickets in the shade, which was a must, since it was about a hundred degrees outside that day. Makenna witnessed "the wave" for the first time. We had Lemon Ice and cotton candy, and David got a gigantic thing of nachos. I know that the Rangers were playing the Dodgers and that there were a couple of home runs....one of which was hit by a Dodger, but I still clapped (unknowing at the time that it was not a Ranger that hit it). Other than that, I am not sure much about the game, but we had lots of fun.

Makenna is always excited for her "Neeny time."

I fall more in love with these two guys by the second!

Here we are headed out to the car. Mark was totally Super Dad. It was so crazy hot outside. He took both kiddos with a smile on his face. I think he really is Mr. Incredible. I think I'll keep him.

Here is my cutie Hayden. I love these pictures of this little guy.

Hayden's favorite word is "bow," as in "bowl." He says this word to mean "bowl," as in the dog's bowl...one of his favorite splashing spots; or he also says it to mean "ball," of course, every little boy's favorite toy. The way he says it is so cute that I get tickled when I think about it. I was so excited to get the below pic of the "bow" face.

Tom had some sentimental items....tools and things from his father and grandfathers that he wanted to give to the boys.

One night we went to Joe T. Garcia's and had some good tex mex food.

We spent one morning at the Fort Worth Zoo.

Even though this pic is a bit blurry, I couldn't resist....cutie cousins!

Makenna kept seeing people wearing UT gear. Every time she did, she would get so upset. It happened so often that she stopped pointing it out and would just give her "horns down" when she saw it. I caught her in this one... She cracks me up!

Micah slept through the zoo trip; and, no, that is not a cool new hair gel, he was really that sweaty and hot.

Freaky monkey at the viewing window..... Tom and I have mutual feelings of ickiness when it comes to monkeys. The hands on this one really freaked me out. You could see the knuckles...ooooh!

Makenna and I wore our Smith's shirts to celebrate the Smith Staycation.