Bubba's Birthday!

On Friday, April 17th, Scott and I headed for the lake again! This time, we were meeting my family to celebrate Tim's 28th bday!!! Mom and Dad made the trip from Wichita Falls and Tim and Amber drove in from Lubbock!

We all had a great weekend! We spent Friday night just visiting, eating, and celebrating Tim's special day. On Saturday, it was cool and cloudy most of the day, but we still rented a pontoon boat for several hrs and trekked around the lake to fish. By about 3pm, the sun was out and we were gettin' tan!

Tim, Dad, and Scott golfed on Sunday morning while the gals relaxed and cleaned up the house so everybody could leave at a decent time. I was sad to see the weekend pass by so quickly, as it often does, but I feel so grateful that we all were able to spend such a special weekend together!

Thank you, Mom, Dad, Tim, and Amber for making the drive down to "our neck of the woods!" We really appreciate being able to spend such precious time w/our dear family! Love you!!!

Tim and his homemade chocolate chip bday cake!

What a cute couple!

Marley girl - Tim's precious pooch!
Dirt Dessert - an old time Distel fave!!! Mom made this all the time when we were little and she still delivers it up quite right -- right along w/a terracotta pot, shovels, and gummy worms! Yummmmy!

I love these guys!

Amber and Dog -- How cute is this pic - they are posin' so pretty!

Scott and Tim were the lucky ones...

Fishing action shots! Tim and Amber...

Amber...

Mom...

and Dad!

Quite a catch! (the fish and Amber - hee-hee!!!)

The golfing trio

Easter

Easter was so fun this year! We spent our Easter Weekend and the lake w/Chris, Katie, and Macee! We were also excited to spend some time, on Friday night, w/Scott's cousin Jarrod and his two precious girls Savannah and Shelby (their mama was at home - we missed you Tana)!

The guys fished on Friday night while Katie and I stayed at the house w/3 little sleeping beauties! We watched "Marley & Me" and just relaxed. Saturday consisted of more fishing for the guys (while Katie and I, again, watched a movie - "Slumdog Millionaire"). All of us then decided to pack up and head into Burnet where the annual Bluebonnet Festival was going on! Even though the weather was a little dreary, it was still a fun time! Burnet did it up right - there were carnival rides, fair food to eat, booths to look and shop in, etc. It was a great afternoon. We then went home and enjoyed a wonderful ham dinner prepared by our sweet Katie!

Sunday morning started off rainy, but lo and behold, we were blessed w/warm temps and sunshine! Perfect weather for Easter morn! Chris, Katie, and Macee went to an Easter service at a church near the lakehouse, while Scott and I took a morning boat ride to reflect on the special day we were given! We also hid eggs for Macee to hunt! It was so fun to watch her walk around the yard and look for eggs, even though we had to help her w/the concept a bit! She did great! The rest of Sunday was relaxing - we all sat in the yard, in the sun, and soaked up the goodness of another beautiful Easter Sunday! I am so thankful to God for giving me such an amazing family to be a part of! I am also thankful to Him for giving us His Son, a Saviour who died on the cross, only to rise again for me and my imperfect life! How miracluous and wonderful is He!

Macee on the hunt for eggs...

I love this family!

Macee gettin' ready for church in her pretty Easter dress!

About to hop on the boat w/my wonderful husband on Easter morning!

The wonder of seeing the world through the eyes of a child - amazing!

Scott and I in front of the Fun House at the festival!

What a doll!

Best Buds

Just had to pose in front of the bluebonnets at the Bluebonnet Festival!

More fishin' pics of the guys...

Friday night they went bow-fishing for alligator gar!

Looks like everyone was victorious!

Chris

Scott

Jarrod

A Favorite Pastime

If Scott could do ONE thing in his life, I feel safe in saying that it would be fishing at the lake! He's enjoyed it for years! He has fond memories of fishing as a child with his grandfather, enjoying "guy time" at the lake, through HS and college, w/his buddies, and even now allowing me to tag along, every now and then, to toss in a line!

He is so patient in this sport and I love to watch how easy it comes to him and the simple joy it brings to his life! I can't wait for Scott to carry on this "pastime" with our own family someday - those moments he will share w/our children will be priceless!

These are a couple pictures from the past several weeks at the lake - fishing season is in full effect! We've actually found ourselves at the lake every weekend, over the past month, so Scott can get his fix!

*I am still learning all the names of these fish, so I won't try to post too many captions acting as if I am the fish guru!*

Scott and a pretty nice catch!

Chris, Scott's older brother, is one good fishin' buddy!

Always has been, always will be!

And another fishin' pal, Scott's long-time friend, Daniel!

Daniel caught some large ones on this particular weekend!

The guys were so pumped!

and, I was too!!!

The C.I.A.

The Chessher's. In. Action.

These pics are of Scott and I at one of our softball games a few weeks ago! I love these pics - we even made the Austin Sports and Social Club website!!! Our record is 4-1 w/our last game this Thursday at 9pm. We have made it into the post season and playoffs are on Sunday! Wish us luck!

What the HAIL???

Last week we had a hail storm! If any of you, reading this, live in the Austin area, you might have had it too! It came as fast as it went...after work, we started out w/sunny skies, then it turned gray, w/some thunder and lightning, and finally, kaboom - hail was hitting all over the place! Scott rushed outside to get at least one of our cars in our already packed garage! I laughed so hard when he came running back into the house, through the hail, w/his motorcycle helmet on (unfortunately, no pics of that!). All I could do was just stand in the middle of our living room and try to console Dog - she hates storms!

Scott snapped some great photos and recorded a little footage as it all was coming down! Thankfully, nothing was damaged, except maybe a light in one of our trees! It got pretty crazy for about 5 minutes! Scott says it was "HAILacious!!!" That is Texas for ya, everyone says the weather can change in an instant!

San Antone

A couple weekends ago we drove to San Antonio to visit w/Scott's Mom and Meemaw! We also were able to spend more time w/our newest niece Haylie, Scott's two sisters Lisa and Michelle, their husbands Chad and Steve, and Katie and Macee (we missed you Chris)!

What a great time we had - as we always do! Our time spent together usually includes eating yummy food and partaking in great converstaions, w/maybe a little shopping thrown in for good measure!!!

Thank you, Susan and Meemaw, for always being so hospitable and making our stay fun! We love and miss ya'll and can't wait to visit again!

Here is a look at some pics taken that weekend...

Macee at mealtime!

Our two nieces - Macee...

...and, baby Haylie! She is so cuddly!

Some fun w/Meemaw's wheelchair!

Lisa and Haylie - love her sleeping pose!

Katie and #2 on the way -- will it be a boy or a girl?

We have to wait until June to meet him or her!

What a great surprise!

Michelle w/the newest addition on the way in Aug. -- we just found out yesterday that she and Steve are expecting a girl!!!

How about all these nieces we are going to have!!!

Precious Meemaw!

Scott and our brother-in-law, Steve

our other bro-in-law, "Chad-ler"!!!

We love ya'll!!!