The Lake Part II: Grapevine

We had a chance to get out on Lake Grapevine in July. We were on a two level barge full of Jessica's family with a huge slide and a top deck perfect for jumping off of. It's always nice taking pictures out on the water and as an added bonus the sunset was great.

Reunion

Cate made her first trip to Buffalo Gap for the annual family reunion. She spent a little time by the pool, hung out in the mess hall with grandparents, aunts and uncles and a whole bunch of cousins.

Cate Pre-Lake

Here are a few of Cate getting ready to go the lake. She mostly hung out in the chair while I gathered a few things.

The Lake Part I

One thing that had eluded us the first part of the summer was an oppurtunity to go to the lake. We have had several chances in the last month or so and that has been nice. Here are a few from our first trip out at Lake Allen Henry getting to get on the water a little bit.

July

July has been busy. We have been making short trips lots of places. And while I've been taking lots of pictures, I haven't really had a chance to post them. So I will be try my best to catch up over the next week or so. And as we start back to work tomorrow and we'll be heading out of town again this weekend we'll see what happens. To start off here are a few of the twins (and friend) at horse camp.

4th of July

Over the last couple of years our 4th has been pretty routine. We normally eat a hamburger/hotdog and go to the city fireworks show. But the last two years have been a little different. Last 4th of July Jessica and I (and the dog) ran a small fireworks stand outside of Slaton, Tx. It was a totally unique experience, Jessica blogged about it here http://hoping-to-fall.blogspot.com/2008/07/fireworks.html. This year we declined another chance to sell small explosives and went to the metroplex to watch a Ranger's game at the Ballpark in Arlington, and fireworks. We had several friends come and it was a great time. I took a few pictures at the game but tried not to miss the entire game doing it. So here are a few of the game, the fireworks afterward, and our outstanding babysitter who sacrificied her evening to watch Cate while we were at the game. Cate did get to see fireworks; she seemed interested but probably no more so than one of her ceiling fans.

Mexico

Over the last several summers Jessica and I have had the chance to go some to great places. And I thought summer time might be a good time to post a few of my favorite pictures from some of these trips. Here are some from a trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, this a little place called Xpu Ha.