Day 120 - August 21, 2011

Another picture from the track from Friday night. There was a Pontiac Firebird there that liked to do some major burnouts before his runs. The smoke-screen the car made was huge and with the lighting behind the smoke and the official walking into the smoke, it made for a great picture.

Day 119 - August 20, 2011

This past Friday, Eric and I headed out to our local dragway with a group of friends. Of course, Eric couldn't go without taking a few runs down the strip. And I couldn't pass up a good excuse to work on my action photography.

Day 118 - August 19, 2011

I captured this awesome picture of Ashley licking her 'Krazy Kookie Dough' ice cream at the creamery. I never realized that she had such a long tounge. Haha!

Day 117 - August 18, 2011

This is my good friend's son, Gavin. The creamery we went to had large picture windows and the kids had a blast playing on them and looking out at the trees.

Day 116 - August 17, 2011

After 25 years of living in the state of Texas, I finally made it to the Blue Bell Ice Cream Creamery in Brenham, Texas. If you don't already know, Blue Bell is the best freakin ice cream out there. I went with my good friend, Joanne, her son, Gavin, and my girls. We all had so much fun and got a serious serving of ice cream at the end of our tour. Ice cream goodness!!

Day 115 - August 16, 2011

My girls are always playing with flowers. Even with our fields of hay (that is supposed to be grass) we do actually have a few areas of flowers. Too cute!

Day 114 - August 15, 2011

What's not to love about a sign like this? I took this picture a Morgan's Point liquor store. Gotta love their sense of humor.

Day 113 - August 14, 2011

This picture was taken July of 2010 on Ashley's first birthday! This, of course, was her birthday cake. And it was hand-made by the awesome, Amber Thomas. She is a really good friend of mine and I literally cried when I first saw this cake. It was beyond my expectations and it was just plain beautiful. I know it's been over a year but thanks again, Amber. :)

Day 112 - August 13, 2011

Ahhh....this picture to me is so breathtaking. It is my favorite place in the whole wide world...Lake Tahoe, California. My in-laws live about 30 minutes from there so whenever we visit them, I always have to take at least one trip to see my favorite lake. This one was taken in August 0f 2008. We were there to attend my sister-in-law and now brother-in-law's wedding. It was almost 3 years ago. Happy Anniversary Matthew & Holly!

Day 111 - August 12, 2011

I took this picture the day that our little Ashley was born. I was in labor at Scott & White and was in between contractions so I took this picture of Eric's eye. :) I wonder if that's the way his eyes looked when he watched her being born? Haha!

Day 110 - August 11, 2011

This sunset was taken in Wichita Falls, Texas sometime in 2008. Aubree and I took many trips from Lawton to San Angelo and Wichita Falls was on the way. Beautiful!

Day 109 - August 10, 2011

This was taken in Lawton, Oklahoma in January of 2009. It was the worst ice storm I had even been in and a year later, there was an even bigger one (thank goodness we had moved to Texas by then)! I was pregnant and Aubree and I were getting cabin fever so we took a stroll out to the park that was close to our house. I have a ton of pictures of the ice accumulating on everything. It might be cold (which I hate) but it was very pretty.

Day 108 - August 9, 2011

Love this kid! This one was taken at Medicine Park, Oklahoma in October of 2008. Aubree was only 3 years old...crazy to think. We went there with some friends to take pictures of our kids. I remember it being a beautiful Autumn day....and it was college football day (hence the reason Aubree is wearing a football jersey). :)

Day 107 - August 8, 2011

I love me some sunsets!! This one was taken from here in Temple in 2010 sometime. The amazing purples, pinks, yellows, and oranges will just take your breath away. It might get hot here sometimes but these things make it all worth it. :)

Day 106 - August 7, 2011

My mud kid! At this time, which was taken in Lawton, Oklahoma in 2008, I only had one mud child. Now, I have two. :) I like to live my childhood through my kids so whenever possible, I would encourage Aubree to play in the mud on the side of our house. I loved watching her have a blast and get dirty. I'm proud to say that I do not raise girly-girls. Haha!

Way Behind

I know that I am way behind on updating this past week. A few excuses: I was fighting a nasty stomach bug at the beginning of the week and then after I got rid of it, Aubree caught it. Then, on top of that, I have taken absolutely no pictures with my phone because the camera is on the fritz. I turn it on and it's a bright pink color. I just need to take it in to get it repaired but I just haven't had the time. So, with all this, I have not taken one picture in 8 days! YIKES! So my past 8 days' posts are going to be random pictures that I have taken since 2008. And I'm going to randomly choose them. So enjoy!

Day 105 - August 6, 2011

Aubree lost her 4th tooth! She's kinda funny when she figures out that one of her teeth is lose. She wiggles it like crazy until it gets really lose, then she comes to me and has me loosen it more with a piece of thread until it pops out. I took this picture just as the tooth was hanging by threads and one more pull, and the tooth came out. So funny!

Day 104 - August 5, 2011

Yesterday, we were invited to go swimming at our friend's swimming above-ground pool. It was soooo nice and I did not want to get out! All the kids had a blast and have all improved so much on their swimming. The sun was shining directly on the water and saw this beautiful picture. The blues, shimmers, and shapes were so beautiful.

Day 103 - August 4, 2011

Nothing like some homemade fruit sorbet on a hot Texas day! I made this with frozen strawberries, frozen peaches, and orange juice. The girls wouldn't stop eating it and it was actually good for them (my favorite part). I think I might go have some now. :)

Day 102 - August 3, 2011

I didn't take a picture this day so I decided to post a picture that I took back in January. One of Aubree's best attributes is obviously her beautiful blue eyes. I love them!! So I had her open her eyes really big while I took a picture. She did great...haha!

Day 101 - August 2, 2011

Our high temperature today was 107 degrees. Factor in the humidity, and we're talking around 111 degrees. Yeah, it was STUPID hot today. At 9pm, my truck thermometer read 100 degrees...and the sun was completely down! Can you tell I'm not enjoying this heat anymore? :) I took this picture around 7pm tonight. It is looking straight at the sun (I obviously wasn't looking in the viewer). I tried to give the picture that super hot look to it. Maybe another picture like this tomorrow? It's supposed to be just as hot.

Day 100 - August 1, 2011

I'd say our corn crops are looking pretty sad this year, wouldn't you? What's even more sad is that they were charging almost $1/corn!