Summer Update in Pictures

Well here is a quick summer review....in pictures.

After I FINALLY got out of school in June, the first summer occasion was Kevin & Emily's wedding shower.

Me, Mom & Em at the shower.

Then that night was Tate & Sarah's wedding. We had a GREAT time!!!

This by far is the best Mother-Son dance I have ever experienced in my life. Gotta love when they break out the Stanky Leg!

Dancin' with my Daddy.

Me & Katie

Me, Momma Debbie (mother of the groom) & Booser.

Katie & me again

The next weekend we went to Midland for Jeff & Leslie's wedding. It was a TON of fun. It was so nice to hang out with the "orginal" Tulia coaches gang. How we turned out "normal" I will never know, but I wouldn't change how we grew up for anything in the world.

These are the people who raised us....so much is explained in this picture!! Haha!

We might have been the life of the party ;)

Me, Jorja (Jeri's daughter) and Katie

Emily flew back home and after a week of doing nothing we flew to STL for a week long trip in STL and Chicago. I also made a quick trip to Columbia to see some friends.

Me & Emily at the Cards game.

Mom & Dad at the Cards game.

The Fox Theatre to see Wicked. Amazing place and an even better show!

Me, Mom, Emily & Jaime at our girls night at Wicked.

Up entirely too early on vacation to catch the train to Chicago.

Kyle & Em waiting on the train.

Mom & Dad waitin' on the train.

Best. Pizza. Ever.

Even better was that I ran into a friend from Tech while here...he played football and is now with the Lions!

The family after stuffing our faces on the above pizza.

Picture in The Silver Bean...it does nothing for your figure.

Dad, Mom & Me at the Silver Bean.

The Millers

Kyle & Em being goofy at the Silver Bean.

Soldier Field. 'Da Bears.

Emily & Dad being goofy with a dinosaur statue outside of the Field Museum.

Walking. Emily loves these sculptures but had never gotten to take pictures with them.

Going for a ride.

Being goofy. We decided the arms were a little much...gonna have to repeat next trip.

Em & Me on the bus....who knew public transportation could be so much fun ;)

Dad, Emily & Kyle on the bus.

Me & Mom on the bus.

Navy Pier...one of my favorite places.

Me & Dad on the Ferris Wheel

Kyle & Emily on the Ferris Wheel.

The first Ferris Wheel in the world is located in Chicago. (See you learned something new didn't you!)

Em, Kyle & Me on the swings at Navy Pier.

Kyle, Em & Me at Navy Pier.

Lake Michigan & Navy Pier

Me Em & Kyle taking a tour of Chicago from the 94th floor of the John Hancock Observatory. It was really cool & very imformative....let me tell you Chicago is HUGE!

Dad & Mom @ the John Hancock Observatory.

Eating at Ed Debevic's

The family at Ed Debevic's

Emily & Kyle along the Chicago River

Dad & Mom along the Chicago River

Mom, Me & Emily out on Lake Michigan with the Chicago skyline behind us.

Me, Dad & Mom waiting on the L. We are all smiling because we had just eaten some great Mexican food at Uncle Julios (and we could finally hear each other talk...it was beyond loud there.)

The Chicago Skyline at night. Emily took this picture from the 94th floor of the John Hancock Building.

Wrigley Field...great experience.

Wrigley Field

My daddy and me on the train on our way back from Chicago.

After our Chicago trip I made a quick trip to CoMo to hang out with Tara and the Hairstons. This is the only picture I have, but can you believe how much Harper has grown? And she still loves and misses her Auntie Brooke. She cried when I left which made it so much harder to say goodbye once again. :(

The most amazing ribs I've EVER had. If you are ever in STL this is a MUST visit. It was featured on Man vs Food. Just make sure you get there early they serve 'til they run out of food & the sweet potato fries are awesome as well!

Me, Dad & Emily @ Pappy's Smokehouse.

Jenny's baby shower was July 10th in Kress. It was soooo great to hang out with her and all the other girlies and she got some really cute stuff. I am so excited for September to finally meet Baby Boy Bezner!!!

This is Nater-Tater (Nathan). He is the cutest little boy ever...he's JJ's son.

Jenny, JJ, Elaine & Me. This is quite the candid picture, but the only one I have until Elaine posts hers. We are all great friends who don't get to hang out near enough. It was so great to be at the shower together.


We went to Ruidoso for the weekend to celebrate Kevin & Emily Parker's wedding (July 17th). Kevin is Kyle's brother.....yes, you read right, there are now two Emily Parkers in one family.

Kevin & Emily

Watch out world.....there's TWO Emily Parkers now!

The family (minus Kyle) at Kevin & Em's Wedding.

And that's my summer. Most of the other days were spent visiting family or laying out by the pool. I have definitely gotten my money's worth at it this summer. I started working some this week and 2-a-days start August 2nd....so it's back to the routine on Monday. I have an inservice tomrrow and then plan on enjoying my last few "free" days relaxing. I'm so excited for the upcoming year though. I think I am really going to enjoy Bushland!