Bits of Life

Last weekend we were in Shreveport celebrating my brothers graduation from high school & this past week was the last week of school (whoa!)

We are enjoying the start of summer with a fun and busy month ahead of us. My room is almost ready to leave for the summer. I can't believe the year is already over! It has been such a blessing and I'm still in awe of how the Lord worked out (and is continuing to workout) all the details of my job.

Here are some of the things happening around here over the past two weeks:




Chad came in to town to enjoy some summer time with Matt including golfing, going to the Colonial golf tournament, summer cookout and doing a lot of house projects. Matt was beyond excited to install the new fan. This is the one thing he had been wanting to upgrade since we moved in. I was so proud of them for being extremely handy!





On the drive back to Shreveport chad and I had some sibling time and were amazed by the three lane drive thru at Wendys. "we are in Dallas" was chads country boy reasoning :)





And then 3 mins after Wendy's matt called saying a tire had blown out. Less than 30 min we were back in business thanks to the handy men. Sadly our drive was a lot longer driving the typical 3 hrs on the donut tire. Makes for a "fun" memory, right?





Graduation time! After this picture my phone died for the night :(

Also not pictured was a fun coffee date with shreveport friends & hubbys early Saturday morning!





Official high school grad!!





Puppy aunt love





Not posed at all. Pure doggy musical genius ;)




Hello Lousiana!!!!




New best friends :)





Brothers graduation party on the lake at my parents ranch





Family picture time





Mom thinks of all the details :)





Someone was missing her puppy cousin





Amazing student letter telling me I had inspired him to be a scientist! This was the best way to end my first year :)





Last morning of the year with the a nice 69 degrees to greet me!

Happy weekend :)

Week in Pictures {graduation round 1}

Baylor is totally an outside girl




Looking ahead to next month. Looks like its going to be a busy month for us!




Driving to Louisiana for my sisters college graduation!




South Louisiana is so classy




Graduation time!




She's a college grad now!







Wouldn't be a trip to Baton Rouge without beignets!!




We celebrated Chad's baccalaureate service at church Sunday!




And what would be a trip to Shreveport without the boys playing golf?!




We had a great {and tiring} weekend! So proud of you sister!!

This week in pictures

Last Thursday some friends from church and I had a girls night at a paint your own pottery place. This was my creation!




To celebrate having the day off we went out to play a round of golf. It was a beautiful day and so much fun! Plus we each had a couple of great shots!










Matt headed to oklahoma with my dad & brother to hunt/work on the ranch. While they were gone I watched the two dogs. They have come a long way & actually chose to sit this close to each other!




My Sunday break from the dogs was spent grading papers at starbucks.




My brothers graduation invitation came in the mail! He is all grown up!!




This week was a bit stressful as the end of the year wraps up in a few weeks. But going for a nice run helped relieve some stress.




It was teacher appreciation week at school & I got a few fun treats!







While Matt and I did some cleaning around the house this is where Baylor could be found:




Matt has been enjoying reading his new golf book & practicing his grip each night!




Love having a husband that will meet me at Starbucks for an afternoon date!




Oh yeah, a just a little good news from this week: Matt passed his CFP test that he has been studying for all year!!!




And the doggy will play with anything that is not officially "her toy". One was my parents dogs toy &

We've become "those" people

that talk about their dog like it's their child.




We were taking the other night and somehow got on the topic of me getting up with Baylor each day around 5:30 am. Apparently Matt has been sleeping through these puppy wake up calls and said "oh really? I thought she was sleeping through the night."

Yep, we are now officially "those" people.

Another favorite is when Matt asks if Baylor has been fed & watered.




And since we are on the topic of the doggy here are a few updates:

-she has learned how to come when called, go in her kennel on her own (still doesn't enjoy it through!) and is *almost* fully trained to let us know when she needs to go outside




-she really enjoys: chewing on sticks, being with us 24/7 (can we say separation anxiety? still working on it), eating, napping, sitting in the sun, running back an forth across the backyard, taking us on walks

We are so thankful for our little loving & playful puppy!