Thank you Lord for all those who serve so we can have the freedoms we do.
I pray you watch over them and their families while they are way.
God Bless this country and all that this flag stands for: Freedom, courage, honor, liberty and purity. I hope we can all someday get back to these things and why they are important.
This was a celebration in Trickham, Texas on the 4th. They had hot dogs, watermelon, homemade desserts, music and inspirational entertainment and a fireworks show that was as good as the last one I saw in Abilene! We went with my Grammy and my sisters. God Bless the USA!
Remi catching minnows, with a Barbie butterfly net!
Clint and Remi trying to set up a minnow pond.
My family always has the best reunion. We go for four days to Proctor Lake and take the camper. That's really the only kind of camping I like! We play in the water, tube, ski and just float around. At night lots of people sit up telling the same stories as the year before. All the little cousins run around with flash lights and ride bicycles, and blow bubbles, and cry when we finally put them in bed. Reunion comes but once a year....
Remi says:" I love Daddy and he's so great. I really love him and how he wants to do everything with me. And even though I'm about to be six I know he might cry but I will love him even when I get married. And Father's Day is so special for my Daddy because he is my favorite Daddy in the whole wide world. And he will love me forever and ever." 
I love my Daddy, too! He is the best!
Remington got to ride in the Coleman rodeo parade with her Daddy and man were they cute! Sam didn't ride in this one. (that's Remi's\Clint's horse) It was really hot and I think he has been in enough parades to know what was about to happen. Clint said he started limping and getting all stiff legged... We are pretty sure he faked it so he didn't have to do the parade. Because after it was over he was completely fine!! He is one smart cookie!
The parade was in the morning and we were parked under a shade tree on main street... it was perfect.
She is such a cutie! I love this little buckaroo!
We were on the way to go fishing at the lease in Santa Anna when Clint pulled over and had a little farming lesson for Remington. He was telling her that this is wheat, what they use to make flour out of and then people make bread. Well, he thought she needed to taste it and see the wheat seeds.
She is listening so intently to all his knowledge. I pray she will always want to hear what he has to say. :)
We all tried a bite and it really didn't taste that much, but man was it hard! Animals who eat wheat must have the strongest teeth! Or they probably wear them down from the seeds being so hard. I think I will wait until it turns to bread and then spread butter on mine with a dash of garlic salt.... YumYum!
We made a trip to Six Flags. Remi loved meeting all the characters and riding EVRYTHING she was tall enough for! 
Remi has been outside a lot this summer. One of her favorite things to do is catch bugs. These are some of her favorites. Millipedes. I have never seen them before we moved here to Sweetwater. They are long and pretty creepy looking but they have the coolest legs! There are so many of them everywhere, especially after it rains. Even when they poo on her hand, which happens a lot, she just wipes it off and never misses a beat.
Clint and I and several other coaches and their wives went to Las Vegas in early June. It was a lot of fun. This is us on the Gondola ride at the Venetian. It was really fantastic. Beautiful, beautiful hotel with lots of gold everywhere and paintings on the ceiling. He thought of this all on his own! We had a great time.
Remi swimming. She has done A LOT of that this summer as well.
Church program for the children's choir. She and Easton were so close to the mic they were pretty much all you could hear! But it was beautiful.
Our sweet Kayla is now a graduate of HSU. She has been around for many years. First for Clint as a STATE powerlifter, Remi's baby sitter, and then she has just been part of our family. We will miss her so much as she goes off to be an adult in Corsicana, where she will be teaching History and coaching basketball and softball. Thank you Kayla for all the sweet memories with Remington so far.... we know there will be many more to come. Love you!
