River Trip 2010

The Creed siblings took our second annual River Trip the last weekend in July.  Landon, Ash, Brandon, J and I loaded up and headed south for a day float on the Guadalupe River.  We had a blast!  Last year we got rained on but this year it was perfect.  We only had one or two "raging rapid" moments.  Perhaps the best of the day ... J took a tumble at one point and lost one of his Croc shoes.  A couple hours down the river a very nice lady saw that J was floating with only one shoe (nerd) and asked if we lost the other because she picked one up!  Who would have thought!?   We learned a lot last year and were much better prepared this year.  Music, water, food, drinks, and the best siblings around....it was a success.  Now, if we can take better pictures next year...

Yep, that's me.  Basking in the sun and maybe eating a Rice Krispie treat.

Superior.

Superior Lawn Care was back in full effect this past month for two different Saturdays.  Ashley and Landon built a BEAUTIFUL home and moved in this past spring.  My husband volunteered himself (which included all of us) to put in their sprinkler system.  J has done sprinkler systems a time or two (or 100)... no big deal, right?  Well, it is a BIG deal when it rains a monsoon the night before.  Let's just say we all could not move after day one so we had to postpone the front yard to a few weekends later.   I do not think any of us realized how big their lot was until we were digging in dirt and raking in trenches.  It is LARGE.  Perfect for a pool (hint, hint).

Here are some sweet treats I made for Day 1 (Backyard) which happend to be July 3rd.

And that is the extent of pictures from Day 1. 

Just imagine the four of us... wet, covered in mud, and grumpy. 

Ahh Day 2... much better weather.  Yep, that is my hardworker in the picture below. Check out the background.  That is the Smith House... isn't it beautiful!  Can you tell we are over-the-top excited for their new place!?

The Smith Boys.  Chance, Landon's youngest brother, helped us out on Day 2. 

After two long days, we were done! I have to admit, there were times I took the "I am a girl" way out of certain tasks but my sister...jeez. She is not afraid to get dirty.  I think we all made a great team. I know the Smiths are very happy to have it finished but I think their dogs may be more excited. 

No matter what we are doing, we always find a way to smile and laugh when we are all together.  J and I love spending time with the Smiths. They may only live an hour away, but we can always find a reason to still have sleepovers and I think it will still be that way when we are 50....

Summer Highlights

Where did May, June and July go? The summer sure has flown by for us. Here is a quick recap of our summer fun.

MAY: A month for two miracles.

I became a Godmother and the Garrey family grew with grandchild 21. Kate Isabel was born May ... . We are very excited for the Garreys. Aunt Amy and Uncle Bill make such great parents and Joe is quite the big brother already. Kate is such a blessing to our family and is loved very much.

Aiden Cole was born May .... I happened to be in Texas on business the morning Mom got the call from Heather. After a couple phone calls and tears thinking I had to head back to Oklahoma and miss Aiden's birthday, I turned around and met Mom just south of Dallas and off to Temple we went. What a fabulous day!

We headed back to Temple over Memorial Day weekend to see my brother and his family again. It is always so fun when we all get together. We find ourselves starring at Logan play half the time but what a fun sight that is!


JUNE:

In early June, we got to see some of the extended Garrey family at Kate's Christening in Terrell. Bill and Amy asked me to be Kate's Godmother.

Dad took us to the George Strait concert at the NEW Dallas Cowboys Stadium. A construction masterpiece, especially to the men!

JULY:

Sprinkler - no better time to put a sprinkler in your yard than over July 4th. Josh and I put a sprinkler system in our yard over the holiday. Yes - I really did dig, shovel and haul. Needless to say I was sore for about a week. There is a reason you pay people to put those in.

Happy Anniversary to the Smiths!

Float Trip 2009

Happy Anniversary to my man!

AUGUST: Here we are...