Bye Bye Burches :(

Not really... The Burches are our good friends here in Lubbock. Must be a combination of their Louisiana accent, they're southern hospitality, fun sense of humor, and delicious BBQ that make them so darned endearing to us (and so many others)!! How bummed are we that they are in now LA for a month, then will live across town (Lubbock's across town is like 15 mins away - ha, not a big deal), but come August they may be gone for good back to LA. SAD!!!! I found it appropriate to blog about the last big bash we had at their house, in March while my family was here visiting. :) Enjoy it! We sure did :)

Right: Luke Burch tips in to say hi... :) (We're drinking root beer, guys!)

Crystal Burch - sweet face - love that girl!!!

Brandon Baker takes the stage for Wii's American Idol

The funniest clip - Jeff is a hoot on the microphone!!!


Here's Jeff Nicholas with his beauties :)
Karris (cool girl, love her!!) Baby Hanna is Drew's little bud


Above: Amy & Brandon Baker with Leslie on the mic :) Fun friends!

Peter had fun chillin' (on right)

So did Mom and Ash!

We all had a blast!

As a parting gift, the Burches did let us buy their awesome swing set... Sydney loves this so much!! She always hated leaving their house, partly because of this awesome outside attraction!! Dad has loved spending time with Syd lately, turned our backyard into a little water theme park... Go Daddy!!

I've decided Pace puts her suit on backwards on purpose :)
He likes to hear me smile, "Honey... really??"

Crystal & Luke, thank you again!! Come home soon, though!!
We miss you already... :(

One Month Later...

I'm playing catch up again with 4 special events to blog about:

1. Sydney's 3rd Birthday Party!

8 little friends

+ One Butterfly Pinata

Makes one sweet little mess

Notice the fake eyeballs in the loot... Sydney picked those out, wouldn't leave the store without them. She just laughed as she'd hold them up to my closed eyelids and say, "Eyes!" Sweet, a little morbid but fun to remember :)

What started out timid...

Soon made the crowd go wild as the bigger boys busted it open
(I can't believe I deleted the video of it actually breaking!! You get the picture though)


Happy, Happy Birthday Sydney Dear!

2. Drew cut his first two teeth!
I tried taking a picture of them, but this is all I got

He's now 6 months old, weighs over 25 lbs (was 22 at his 4 month appt), wears size 12-18 month clothing; 87 percentile for height and 97 percentile for weight, he's huge! And adorable! We just love him!

The T-shirt should say Linebacker wanted... :)

Sydney has a blast making him laugh lately...



He's not a thumb sucker but he'd be a cute one if he were!

3. Pace finished his 1st year in law school!
What a triumph! And his grades aren't too shabby! :) Good job, Honey!! Who says you can't do it with a family?? :) jk Pace, we know it takes a LOT of hard work and effort! We love you!!

4. Trip to AZ

What a fun, but tiresome trip! :) As soon as Pace was done on Friday the 9th we took off for Mesa. No sooner than we left Lubbock Syd got car sick (I learned the hard way, no books for her in the car!) She was fine once we got to AZ (13 hours later) so we played and played!!

First in Michele and Dave's pool...

Isn't he the sweetest little kid?? I love that face! Christian :)
Grandma Mona chillin' poolside

Syd spots a teasing Uncle Anthon...

Ahh! Run Syd!

Whew! That was close :)

Ha! Love you Uncle Anthon!
She's not been happy in the water lately :(

But baby Roman seems to be getting there already :)
Good work Nash!

Thank goodness for water toys - she loved cruising in this with Taylor
(another cutie of Dave and Michele's!!)

Drew and Roman got more acquainted indoors...


Then we played with the Rawlins!




Ahh this is the life, little cousin Brynn floats along





Dad worked all week doing pest control so this was a welcomed, cool break


Yeah, we had a great time :) Sun, family, and fun, but it's great to be home again!