The Walker Wedding

We were so happy to be a part of David and Sara's wedding. They looked so happy and everything went so well. Bethany was a darling little flower girl.

This is the exit out of the Dallas temple as the new Mr. and Mrs. Walker. We were all standing out in 100 degree weather for pictures..so fun!

We have pretty cute kids in our humble opinion :)

We are so grateful for our eternal family!

Bethany and the boys really boogied down with their aunt and cousins at the reception.

The boys also had a front row seat to watch the wedding video and to make various animals on the screen with their fingers.

Bethany was so cute carrying around her little basket of flower and the boys took all the gifts really well. Carter took it upon himself to be in charge of the pen for the guest book. He held it the whole time, gave it to the guest, watched them closely as they signed and took the pen right back. It was a wonderful day and we are so happy for David and Sara.

Houston and Carter's B-day

We went to visit the Putnams and the Beams in Houston for a few days. This is our nice refreshing walk in the forest trails next to the Putnams house with the temperature in the high 90's and humidity just as high.

Here are all the Putnam, Crow, and Cheney children glued to the TV after a long afternoon of swimming.

It was fun to have the Cheneys over and catch up with them as well. They only live a few minutes away from the Putnams.

The former Lewisville chicks. Why are all my friends so tall?

Cameron enjoying posing for the camera (he is always ready for someone to take his picture :) on our forest walk.

The Beams only live about 5-10 minutes away from the temple so we went to the Houston temple grounds--they really are very beautiful!

They also live really close to this park that has the strangest little animals in their pond. They look like ROUS (rodents of unusual size) from the movie The Princess Bride. They are like a cross between a huge rat and a beaver and they are called Nutria (I had never heard of them before). Our boys were quite fascinated by them.

We loved seeing the Beams new home which is very nice and big and just enjoy being with family. We are so glad they live close enough that we can see them several times a year.

Carter turned 6 and got a new set of "War" cards from Nanny and Papa since the other set we have is almost completely worn out because he plays it so much.

Mom and Dad gave him a really cool Corvette remote control car. He is really into finding race cars on the road whenever we are driving. He recognizes all the different types and Corvettes are his favorite.

We gave Dad a Super Man shirt for Father's Day because he is really a super man to us as a husband and father. So, Carter wanted one to match his dad. Nanny and Pappa sent him one--don't they look cute?

And, of course, we had a fun b-day party at Gram's house where Rhonda made a "crocodile" cake (Carter's favorite animal) and gave him lots of crocodile related gifts. We were so lucky to have both Sarah and Whitney there for his birthday party!

More Summer Fun

There is a new mini Lego land at one of the malls here in the Dallas area. The boys got to go a b-day party here and loved it. This is the Lego Buzz.

The boys also got out of the heat and did some ice skating. They were so surprised how much harder it is than roller skating or blading, but they still did a good job and had fun!

Bethany and I watched the boys ice skate for a while, but we also played at the mall play area and did some shopping.

When Wesley is bored or really thinking about something this is where he goes. We call it "his spot." He usually is looking out the window, but with the blinds open there was too much glare.

For FHE one night, we went to the Lewisville Lake "beach." They actually bring in real sand not just the clay that is native around here. We went with the Normans and had a picnic dinner, swam in the lake and had a lesson about the wise men and the foolish men building their houses. We were able to use real sand and rocks--the kids loved it!

We really are blessed with children that love each other and play really well together. This is just one evidence of that!

Carter lost his first tooth a few weeks ago and the permanent tooth was already almost fully grown in. He is growing up :) Kindergarten is just around the corner.

Can you guess what these boys are doing? Well since we just watched Tangled with Rapunzel and none of them have long hair they had to improvise. So, they got some of my scarves and reenacted the movie. Luckily, they didn't hurt themselves too badly and my scarves survived as well.

Cameron played on a basketball team that had a perfect DEFEATED record. Only one of the boys on the team had played before and it showed, but the boys didn't seem to mind and they had lots of fun. I think the parents were more frustrated than the team.

A week in East Texas

Even though the lake is kind of greenish-gray and gross, we all had fun playing in it.

Bethany had perma-grin that she could float on her own...what a big girl.

Fishing and walking (well mostly exploring) on the many nature trails all around us.

The boys found lots of neat creatures and this one was one of their favorites...a tree frog!

Not the coolest sand castle, but when your dealing with Texas sand it's about the best you can do.

The result of Bethany getting into my mascara. Doesn't she look beautiful?

In about 15-20 years she is headed to Wimbledon (and then secure our retirement :)

We had microwave smores one night and it was a delicious mess.

We all tried out archery and were surprisingly pleased with our performance. Of course, if we had to actually hit a moving target like animals to eat for survival, we would probably end up to be basically vegetarians.

We each got a turn on a canoe and paddle boats. The boys were convinced that we would see and alligator, but no such luck...phew!

Some other favorite animal that we saw everyday was woodpeckers and deer. The woodpeckers were actually very beautiful and we were able to get really pretty close to the deer.

The boys had taken over 10 pictures of all different kinds of bugs that they found from spiders to dragonflys to potato bugs. I chose this picture to represent all of them because it was cool how the green caterpillar really stood out on the red railing.

They also had a swimming pool which always brings a good time.

The Normans (along with David--Sara's fiance) came out one night and we celebrated Grandpa's birthday. The cabin we stayed in was only 2 hours east of Dallas..so the drive was nice, but we still felt away from everything!

Just a cute picture I had to add :)