July 4th Part 1

We had a great July 4th weekend!! We got to spend lots of time with family we haven't seen in a while. Taylor enjoyed playing with her cousin, Britten, in from North Carolina, and her cousins Addie, Chloe and Brett in from Minnesota! Taylor and Britten spent the night with Pop Pop on Friday night and he took them to get their toenails and fingernails painted on Saturday. The LOVED it!! We went to spend time with Dustin's family on Sat afternoon/evening and had a great time and ate great food!

Taylor and Ryan ready for the 4th

Miss Priss

Taylor and Chloe

Ryan and Brett...they are 3 months apart

Grandma and Ryan

Posing at Pop Pop's

silly girl

My mom got all the cousins matching shirts!

July 4th and Class Reunion

We had a great 4th weekend! We came to Lubbock Thursday for my last doctor's appointment and just stayed here for the weekend. I go into the hospital TONIGHT for cervidil and they will start pitocin tomorrow morning. Ryan Samuel will be here tomorrow...yay!!! We've had a great weekend with family and friends. Taylor got to hold her first sparkler last night and loved it! She also "swam" (floated) on her own in a big pool! I was so proud of her!

We also had our 10 year high school reunion this weekend. It was great to see so many people I hadn't seen in a while! Everyone met at Fox and Hound Friday night, then met up again Saturday at the Slaton Park. It was great fun. Here's proof from the fun weekend...

Taylor "swimming"

She loved the sparklers! So does her mommy!

Sidewalk chalk at Gammy and Pa-pa's house

One last belly shot...39 1/2 weeks!
At the park...Lori, Justin and Dustin

Brooke, Me, and Melody

Mike and Dustin being goofy
Me and Shannon

Me, Annetta and Ashleigh

Group Picture

Dustin and I before the reunion Friday night

4th of July

We had a very busy day yesterday, but it was so much fun! We started the morning at the 4th on Broadway Parade. We sat on our church lawn with some friends from our class. I think I got pictures of everyone's kiddos, except for Thatcher, who would not look at me all day!

Taylor and Dustin enjoying the parade

Kole after eating his donuts

Charlie is too cute in his sunglasses

Carley in her cute lawn chair

How do you not love that face?!

After the parade, we walked down Broadway, along with probably 100,000 other people, to get a corn dog. Taylor fell asleep, even with all the people and noise!!

I love this little girl!

After the parade and corn dogs, we headed to the park in Slaton for their 4th celebrations. Taylor got to see her Grandma and Grandpa and her Great Aunt Lynette and Great Uncles Don and Lonnie.

This is Taylor's "Elvis" smile

Taylor and her future boyfriend, Kutter, although she much prefers fighting right now. She pulled Kutter's bandana and knocked him on the grass! He is about 5 weeks older than Taylor and she's already 2 lbs bigger!!

After Slaton, we headed to Plainview to see some of my side of the family. Taylor got passed around all night and loved every minute! We ate really good food, and enjoyed good company.

My big girl clapping

She LOVED playing with Shebi's dog Mia. Mia was scared to death of Taylor! At one point, Taylor stuck out her tongue so Mia could lick it...gross!

Taylor so excited over Mia

My beautiful cousins, Kristin and Kelcee

Taylor and her Pop Pop

Taylor didn't get to enjoy the fireworks. She sacked out a little too early. She stayed inside while we enjoyed the show from my Uncles front yard.