19 Towns and a lot of Drought

We spent the weekend in Abilene on July 22nd and got to see lots of friends and family! On our way back we counted the towns between Abilene and Houston and found there are 19 of them! I'll try to remember them all, but it'll probably take another trip for me to get it right. Oh and the drought was bad - everything was dry even most of the creeks.

Here are our pictures from the weekend...details to follow.

This was in Rising Star - it is a blade for a wind turbine. It is huge!

We arrived around 7:30 p.m. Friday evening and my friend Sara and her daughter Carly came to visit. Three hours later we decided they had to go home so the kids could get to bed, but we could have talked all night.

Reese loved sitting on this stool in Aunt Jamie's kitchen. She sat here and ate watermelon all weekend.

Saturday morning Grandma headed out bright and early to get a perm. When she got back with the car the kids, Mom and I went to visit Grandpa Jack and Norma. Grandpa will be 82 on September 4th.

For lunch, we met my college roommate, Jaime for lunch at Jason's Deli. The girls were so cute and we had a great time catching up. It had been almost 3 years since we had last seen each other.

Shortly after lunch we went to my brother's house and hung out with his family, Dad and Dana. The kids had a great time in the pool.

I got to see and hear the revving of Tyler and Kyler's new trucks.

Here's Tyler in his Chevy.

And Kyler in his Dodge.

Lane enjoyed all of the attention.

Especially from Riley who loved playing with Lane. When we first got there Lane was asleep in his carrier, so I left him inside while getting Reese ready to swim. About 10 minutes later they told me Lane was awake, so I went inside to find Riley talking to Lane and playing "this little piggy" with his toes.

Before we left Riley said, "Can we keep Lane?" And I responded, "For how long?" Riley answered, "Two weeks!"

Lane learned to scoot on his tummy just about the time we arrived at Aunt Jamie's. Perhaps because he was cooped up in the car for 6-7 hours. We quickly baby proofed as much as we could moving Jamie's decorations here and there and out of his way.

He liked scooting into this shelf.

Saturday evening (yes, we went non stop, but it was great) we stopped by Ashley's. Baby Sadie immediately began kissing Lane. She sat in front of him, held his shoulders and opened her mouth for a big kiss. It was hilarious. She is a tiny tot, but was showing Lane who was boss. I think she dropped this toy on his head twice.

Sadie turned one year old August 4th.

The gang! This is a classic picture we'll cherish.

We got back to Jamie's around 11:00 p.m. and Mason was there to greet us.

Sunday morning we tried to sleep in, but ultimately had to get up, pack and prepare to drive back home.

Tammy came to visit and meet Lane that morning. He loves necklaces (anything pretty, blingy, shiny) right now.

The cemetery was our final stop before getting back on 36 to drive East. When we hit Cross Plains we started the count down of towns.