Our fun filled weekend

This past weekend some of our favorite people came to Austin. Ben and Ashlee came through after camping while celebrating their 5th anniversary. I can't believe it has been 5 years since the summer of weddings. I'm pretty sure one of our friends got married EVERY weekend that entire summer!!! Ben and Ashlee happened to get married on June 26th- Happy Anniversary Johnson family! We had a great time eating, hanging out, eating, swimming, oh- did I mention eating???

They came on Friday and we ate dinner at Pluckers where we ate all things fried: wings, french fries, pickles, cheese, mac-n-cheese, Twinkies- that's right, ALL FRIED. It was great! The next morning we went to Kerbey Lane Cafe (an Austin hot-spot) for brunch. That was also a great meal, except for Jared's 'steak' and eggs. I think he would call me 'beef jerky' and eggs. We then went back to the house for a little rest before we dropped Katelyn off at Gera Beth's (thanks so much sister!!!) house while we went swimming and then to the most wonderful meal ever- MELTING POT!!!! I have never been so full and so happy at the same time. We finished the weekend off with a trip to church (where we repented for our gluttony) then to Guadalajara's for lunch. Wow, that was a whole paragraph about food!

Anyway, we had a blast visiting with the Johnson's. God has blessed us with some great friends and we are so thankful for their friendship! We pray for countless blessings for the Johnson's, they are such a blessing to those around them with their sweet and kind spirits.

This was so cute, the first night they were here, Katelyn crawled right up between them and cuddled with Ben and 'Ashwee'- whom she hasn't stopped asking about since they left. This was taken at Melting Pot-Ben, open your eyes!!! Maybe the smoke from the fondue got to him, or maybe it was the bee sting from the pool a few hours ago... poor thing...

Ashlee was cracking me up, she had chocolate on her lips for like 5 minutes. She was determined she was going to enjoy her meal and worry about clean-up later. Love her!This was the main course (before we ate every bite). It is soooo stinkin' good!!! I want to go back right now!Here is Jared and I at dinner- isn't he a cutie ;)

Our little FISH

Katelyn loves, loves, loves the water. She has been enjoying our little blow-up pool in the backyard and we joined the neighborhood pool and boy did she love that!

These first 2 pictures are our first trip to the pool this year-

This is a picture of our trip to the pool last year, goodness, time flies- Look at how much she has grown...

Visit with Amy

Amy 'Kolb' Garner, one of my very best friends from college, was in Austin last week for track and softball state events and we got to have lunch with her. I was so thankful to get to see her (although we missed out on getting to see Lane and Clint). One thing I love about Amy is that no matter how much time has passed since we last saw each other, it seems like it was yesterday. Love you girl!

May trip to Washington

I think I've finally recovered from our trip to Washington. We had a blast with Nanny, Pawpaw, James, Stormi (Sophie according to KG), Caleb, Micah and Ellie. We flew into Spokane on Saturday morning where Jean and Stanley picked us up. Katelyn was so cute with Stanley- she layed her head on his shoulder for the first several minutes- she knows how to butter Pawpaw up! And he knows how to butter her up too, hence the picture of him sneaking her a cheese cracker, her favorite!
Jared and I went to a cabin in the mountains Monday-Wednesday and had a great get-away while KG stayed with nanny and Pawpaw. I forgot our camera, so I didn't get any pictures of the beautiful cabin, rivers, mountains :(

When we got back on Wednesday James and Stormi drove in the their kiddos. Let me tell you, they have got some great kids. Ellie is too precious! Here she is with KG and PawPaw (KG just woke up, can you tell?)
Here is a picture of Nanny playing with the kids in the backyard. Katelyn LOVES to be sprayed with water, so of course Nanny made that happen!Here is an action shot of Caleb and Micah jumping on the count of 3, Katelyn was sort of participating, but didn't get the whole 'jump' thing.On the last day we took some family photos with Stanley's mega-super-amazing camera. I love the one with all the grandkids- Ellie is the only one not doing something silly with her hands :)
Just look at them, the cutest group of trouble I've ever seen!

Okay, this picture makes my heart melt, you can just see how much Jared loves his baby girl!

And here I am with Katelyn, what a cutie-patootie!

We had such a wonderful time with all the Hughes'. We are so blessed by our amazing family. Thank you Nanny and PawPaw for being such gracious hosts. We miss you all already!