Husband and Family time!

Steve and I have been away spending time with each other and my family. We don't get to go up to my hometown (Burkburnett, TX) very often since it's a 6 hour drive. We had missed out on getting to go up there when my brother's and their families went back in June. So, Steve and I took some time off work and hit the road! We went up to Burk for a few days and then went on our own little "get away" to do just that... get away! We haven't taken time off from work for anything other than a holiday or something in a LONG time! So, we took last week off work and spent time together.

Here's a run down of our week last week in pics...

Let me start w/ one or two of our "babysitting" weekend at Brad and Shannon's prior to our vacation...
#1- here are my instructions and tips from Shannon... SO HELPFUL!


#2- me and Mallory


#3- Me giving Morgan her bottle


#4- me and Steve w/ the girls on Sunday after church



Now for our "vacation"... We left SA on Thursday and stopped in to see one of my best friends from college... Karen (Milburn) Chandler. I LOVE to see this girl! When we're together, I just LAUGH the ENTIRE time almost! We got to see her, her husband Jason, and her sister Katy (and Katy's husband, Jason (not Karen's Jason) and their little boy, Denver). If you were at my wedding, Karen is the first bridesmaid that danced down the aisle doing the running man!!! LOVE IT! LOVE HER!

Here's a pic of me and Karen


Here's Karen and her hubby


Here are some pics from Burk (Jason came in w/ Julia and Johnathan for a day... so it was fun to spend some time w/ them... missed Jen though!)

#1- Julia and Johnathan


#2- me and Johnathan


#3- Julia saying "bye-bye" to Briley before we left


#4- mom and I got pedicures!!! Thanks Mom!!!!




#5- Dad in the backyard watching Julia swim and play in the sprinkler


#6- Uncle Charles and Aunt Tweety



#7- Uncle Steve got ordained at his church that weekend, so Mawmaw and Pawpaw came up for the weekend. Here's Uncle Steve, Debby, Tacey (not sure if I spelled it right), Mawmaw, Madison, and Seth


#8- Here's my cousin Travis and Pawpaw


After family time on the road, me, Steve and Briley headed to Round Rock. We spent Sun-Wed at a hotel. They let us bring Briley... it was suite... kinda like an apartment. So, Briley hung out in the hotel all day and did GREAT! Steve and I went shopping at the outlet mall in Round Rock- (FYI- they are not near as good as the San Marcos outlets) and then we even went to a mall. If you know me, you know that I HATE shopping... but it was a pleasure just to be with Steve and spend the day with him... even though it was shopping! Other than that, we didn't do a whole lot. We went to the pool at our hotel for about an hour... that's it. The rest of the time there we just chilled out, ate, shopped, and went to a movie. It was actually relaxing! The best part of the trip home was that it was only 1 hour as opposed to a 4 or 5 hour drive! It was great!!