Lightning Storms

Rhett has been trying to get a good picture of lightning since summer started, so anytime there is a storm we bundle up and head out to watch. So far no luck on any real prize winner pictures, but we still have a lot of summer to try and catch one. For now I just enjoy chasing the storms with these two!

Stinker Rhett!

Stinker Rhett and his selfies! Anytime I leave my phone unattended for even a few minutes I come back to these crazy selfie surprises.  If I'm lucky he usually changes them to my screen saver/wallpaper for me! 😏

Kilgore

Ryan and I got to take a couple drives up to Kilgore this spring and I can't ever get enough of it while I am there. Kilgore holds a special place in my heart. Our land borders the Sheep Station land and is close to the Hinegar Ranch the station owns that I grew up exploring and catching frogs on. We used to camp as a family in Kilgore and my years at girls camp were spent here as well. Such a neat thing that the Hawkins family ended up with land in such a special place to me. 

A Little Girlie and her Daddy

This girl has always been a daddy's girl. She still snuggles up with him anytime he will let her. 💓

The Babies!

Yvonne had a race in Utah and asked us to keep the babies for the two days and night that she was gone. Things are always a little crazy while they are here, but we always have fun with them. They are at such fun ages where they say and do hilarious things. We are blessed to have them next door! We decided while they were here to take them to the zoo and a couple parks. We wore them out, but had a great time together! 

My Garden

I have discovered that I actually like having a garden. I don't love weeding it, but do love the way it looks when the plants are coming up and it is freshly weeded. I love, love, love the years I can get pumpkins to grow. Not that I use them for anything besides jack-o-lanterns....but for some crazy reason I love pumpkins! Dallin was so sweet and rototilled over and over and over with this new itty bitty rototiller that Ryan got until the dirt was just perfect for his mom! (and his back ached!) I appreciated it so much! I sure love him!

Laiklie's Awards Assembly

It is so hard to believe that our baby is finished with elementary school! It seems like just yesterday we were taking Oakley to kindergarten there and now all 4 kids are finished. Time just won't slow down! Laiklie had a great year in 6th grade. She finished as the States Game Queen AGAIN! Two years in a row! Yay! She also received the highest award for having a 4.0 all year and scoring atleast an 8th grade level on her math testing. Sooooo proud of her for working hard this year and doing so well. She is such a sweet girl and is surrounded by amazing friends. She is more then ready for Middle School!