padre island

padre was lots of fun!! good friends, good food, good beach, good pool! it was nice to get away, although much to short. too many great pics to narrow down to only a few. :)

pudding is yummy!

summertime!

we have been really busy this month! i have had 3 trips for work: Oregon, Groves, TX, and an overnight Leadership Management seminar in Austin. craig has been busy acclimating to his new job. he is really enjoying it and starting to do very well. in the midst of all of this, we went to LA for my brother's 30th birthday, mom came to visit, and we have had various other outtings and events with friends. on father's day, we went to cori, trey, and remi's house and swam and bbq'ed and had a lovely afternoon. yesterday, we visited with jake dunham (an old friend of craig who moved to indiana). craig's work also had a grand opening and invited family members to visit their new facility. it is a very nice office and all of his co-workers were very friendly and we had an enjoyable time. earlier in the month, one of my employees had a little dinner party, and below are some great shots of kaetlyn. she thoroughly enjoyed herself! she is becoming quite the little person.... she LOVES nemo.... (momo). she is talking very well and it seems like she says new things on an almost daily basis. she also is able to piece some words together! 'where'd it go?' 'let's go!' 'hi chuck' are several examples. we switched her to a new school on june 10th. it is absolutely wonderful! by the 3rd day, she did not cry when i dropped her off. on the 4th day, she was waving bye-bye before i could finish signing her out! on thursday when i picked her up i asked her, 'did you have a fun day?' and she said, 'fun day.' craig was worried about the transition, and it has gone better than we could have hoped! next weekend we are going to port aransas to the beach, so i hope to get some good pics of kaetlyn and remi playing.

here are the pics from belen's empenada party: