Very Cool Weekend

This was an awesome weekend for me because:

1. Billy fired up the grill and the smoker. The SKILLS y'all, the SKILLS!
2. Summer's afraid of dogs, but was all up in my spot with my girls Okie & Stella. Yay!
3. Her little boy, who just turned two and has never met 80 pound dogs before, met Okie & Stella for the first time, and was lovin' on them in no time.
4. My mom and Aunt drove down from Memphis for our (what has apparently become "annual") July 4th BBQ,
5. Which was great this year. About 30 guests came over...in spite of the rainstorm. The album is up, so you can view pictures HERE.
6. My house was full of people and kids and babies and Okie & Stella were lovin' it. It was awesome hearing the babies say, "Hi Doggy", "Hello Doggy", "Bye Doggies". When he was there, Summer's little boy rubbed noses with Okie and dubbed her "Okie Snokie". Y'all know I was eatin' up these little kids lovin' on my dogs, right?
7. And did I mention my mom was here? I had her for 5 days...I SO wasn't ready for her to leave, but what's new?

Needless to say, it was all tiring. All week long I've been looking forward to sleeping in this morning. I'm off to put some coffee on and to do a little reading before cleaning the house. Hope everyone's having a great weekend!

Comments

[Jennifer]

Sounds so nice to have so many folks for the holiday! I don't think I could ever get that many people down to Austin at one time!
PS- how are the hardwoods working out with the dogs?

[Quel]

Yep, it was nice. Only my mom and aunt came in from out of town. The rest of the folks were Austinites.

So far, so good with the dogs & wood floors. It's cabin-grade wood. Since they're big, heavy dogs with big paws and dull claws,Okie & Stella are treating the floors just fine.

[indigosoul]

and once again, i'm so jealous. but hopefully we'll be there in time for the '07 festivities, holla...

[Cymple]

Aaawww... looks like you guys had a lot of fun!

[summer]

we had a great time, too!! and i am still amazed at what nature can do. i was so focused on making sure my offspring was comfortable with the dogs, i forgot all of my own fears. much to quel's delight!

[Mwabi]

Summer's scared of dogs? Lawd these similarities are scary. I'm over her laughing cause my soon to be 5 yr old was behind me as I was looking at your pictures and he just knew he knew you....he's like Mama and there's Auntie so and so and Uncle so and so and the dogs at your friends house. It was too funny. Black people, I tell ya, we're all family :)