Saturday Swimming with the Stamps.

The Stamps we're in town this weekend and invited us out to the Omni to relax by the pool. It was super hot this weekend like 102-106, so we couldn't resist. The kids swam their little hearts out and we enjoyed spending the day by the pool with our L-town friends. Thanks for the invitation.

1-2-3 Jump... Ava's new thing to jump and go under water .

Blaze and his tied noodle, worked out best...

I think there was a SWA airplane every 15 minutes...

No wonder my kids are white-white, look at all the clothes they wear.....

Champ was most popular with the kidos

catching some rays...and a few text...

Ava made a new best friend...

Mr. About to be in Kindergarten, himself!! Go Baise!

Told you.....

Virgina and her two kids joined us too...

Let's get out of the heat and go have some pizza....

or a few animal crackers....

Look at my 17 1/2 month old big boy!!!

All he could say was....yook mommy, yook!

Welcome to Dallas Texas....

High: 102
* SATURDAY
* Sunny

High: 104
* SUNDAY
* Sunny
* Hottest day of the year.

High: 104
* MONDAY
* Sunny
* Heat Index: 105+

High: 102
* TUESDAY
* Sunny
* Sunny and much of the same.

High: 101
* WEDNESDAY
* Sunny
* Slightly cooler.

High: 100
* THURSDAY
* Partly Cloudy
* A few clouds, no sign of any rain.

High: 100
* FRIDAY
* Partly Cloudy
* Heat wave continues.

Summer goes better with H2O!!!!

Remember being a kid during summertime? It was all about the H2O, whether is be through a water hose, jumping through the sprinklers or wading in the pool, it didn't matter as long as the water was on. Growing up on Adrian street we lived right across from the school. So on the days when the grounds we're being watered these huge, powerful sprinklers would come on and we would run around for hours having sprinkler wars against each other. There we're these 3 tall Evergreen trees close to the school where water would collect and make huge mud ponds(probably puddles, but at 6, 7, 8 years old they seemed like ponds)so we would jump, splash and make mud pies for each other....so much fun!

I remember so many other places where the water ruled my summer days. Kerry and I had our birthday(July 13th) parties at the water park in Plainview a couple of years. Mom would load up the van with a bunch of screaming kids and off we'd go for an all day adventure--we thought we we're the coolest. Then when we we're a little older Mom would drop us off at Maxey Pool or Clapp Pool for the afternoons to cool off from the summer heat. And I remember the summer we started building our house in Slaton, I lived to go to the Slaton pool. It was there I met some of my first friends in Slaton.

So when we say "Ava do you want to play in the pool," "Ava do you want to go swimming" or "Ava do you want to water the flowers." I understand why she gets a huge smile on her face and beams sunshine from her eyes....I totally UNDERSTAND!!"

Plano has some of the best community pools and spray parks around. So we started our day off today at Jack Carter Pool and plan on hitting all of them by the time summer is over.Last weekend my niece and nephew were in the Lubbock hanging out with Dee Dee and Papa. Here they are playing out in the sprinklers.....

We'll also have our pool going on in the backyard this summer....think I need to invest a little more $ next time....but to the kids, it doesn't matter.....

Saturday Night out with the Family...

After Church on Saturday night we headed over to the Shops at Legacy for a little Half Shells and some Coldstone ice cream. On our way Max spotted a Dog named Harley. After dinner he saw the same dog as we walked out the door. Heres how it went down....

"There you are Harley, my Best Friend....come this way please!!!!"

"Its been ages!! I missed you.....you look great!"

"I love Harley, I love Harley! Sorry Dad, I know your deathly allergic, but I LOVE Harley!"

Kisses Harley!!!

So we played with Harley for about 5 minutes and threw a fit when they had to go.....

I think we have a Dog Lover on our hands.....

Then it was on to Ava and Daddy's favorite thing....Coldstone Ice Cream....

Walking around and checking out the pond, then it was time to head home!!!

The kids played in the CHEAP pool and Daddy mowed the lawn...heres Max afterwards, mosquito bites on the face and all....

Ava holding on to the very end to get in the bathtub......look at Daddy go!!!