Longtime friends!

Glenda and Monty hosted the Watkins, Prince and Ross families for swimming and grubbin'! These families go WAY back. We all grew up together and our families have stayed very close friends. We also got to see some old friends Matt and Ashley Franks who stopped by.

The Ross's have a special way of throwing parties. Their house was "the house" to go to when I was in high school b/c it was stocked with all kinds of fun stuff to eat and any soft drink you could ever imagine. They hosted great parties around their pool and have always been extremely gracious hosts! Tradition still stands...Mr. and Mrs. Ross out-did themselves with the hosting.

The spread!

These were so cute. Each tag had a family name and a little picture with a fun personal picture.


The pool and backyard are like another living space...beautiful!


Papa and Brooks on Nemo

Ryann with her Uncle David

Anna jumping to Papa

Matt with Rowan, Glen and Gavin

Honey and Graham

Then (began almost 20 years ago)...

Now...

Watkins, Ross, Prince Originals

Mr. Ross...ALWAYS the entertainer. Has always had a reputation for jumping in pools fully clothed. He did and then played with the little ones.

Jill and brave Kate

Julie, just a few weeks away from being a mommy herself (of twins)!

What a treat to have spent such a great time together. Only thing missing was Nick! Bummer he missed it! Since all of us went to Baylor we have shared a lot of memories.

Watkins Fam!

My dad is one of 4 Watkins siblings and its a blessing that most of the Watkins crew lives in the Dallas area. The youngest generation keeps growing and growing with little ones.


Would you call these 3rd cousins?

Soccer game with some fierce competitors!

Barrett playing "football" instead of "futbol"

Barrett doesn't understand, there's no sharing in soccer!

Love you Watkins Crew!

Good Times!

These posts are jammed packed with pictures. I can' t leave anything out plus we had a ton of sweet friends and family to visit with in a short period of time. Thank the good Lord for these supporters of us and our Doha adventure.

Tracy left her sweet babies to come visit and spend some quality time with all of us. We rimeniniced about good old Baylor days, swapped mama stories, shopped til Georgia dropped, and as always got a spiritual boost.

Tracy came bearing lots of fun treats for the Bees and Georgia. Tracy's love language = gift giving! She's one of the absolute best! Great taste and so thoughtful.

Cup cakes from a special Houston bakery!

This is what the Bees call their "Boys Club". With given some uninterruped spare time...this is what we found. Honey and Papa's bathroom with every towel, blanket, pillow and chair transformed into a "Boys Club". I guess Anna got a special pass.


Brooks was on a roll with his artwork. These are mostly pictures of Georgia. As you can see she is swaddled up in her Miracle Blanket looking like a glow worm (with a bow and/or hair). He likes to have art shows...this one was specifically for the Sip and See party for Georgia.

Aunt Monica, from Houston came to Dallas bearing all kinds of fun gifts. Then took the boys for a full day of fun to the park, movies, swimming and a hotel nap. Thank you Aunt Mouse for giving Mommy a full day of running errands and spending some quality time with the Bees!

Spent the evening with some of my oldest friends Jill and Cabell. Both are high school and Baylor friends. We couldn't stop talking which led to an even later night. I accidentally left my keys in another store that closed well before we finished catching up. Thanks for the ride Cab!

Georgie


More Houston friends in town that we were able to catch a lunch date with!
Brooke is an awesome photographer in Houston and took these cute pix!
Caroline and Georgia

Caroline, Ben and Brooks

Brooks

Our friendship is 10 years old and I'll always be thankful for the blind date we went on with the Martins. Brooke called us to have dinner without having ever met or laid eyes on the Junods. The rest is history :)

The LaRovere's have moved back to Texas but thank goodness for our Plano roots and Houston connections. Jackie and her boys came to Little Elm to play and enjoy Babe's Chicken for the first time!
The boys!


Hokie Pokie at Babe's

Horse-like eating Brooks!




Catching some play time with Anna's cooking toys!

She's found them...will it stick?

Sweet Lou Lou!

This is sweet because Graham loves his mommy SO MUCH! Brooks is only trying to help but G's heart is with Mama!

Happy Birthday to Brooks from Honey and Papa. We had an early birthday opening party so Brooks could be all set for ASD!

Two Peas! Barrett and Buddy!

One last visit with Aunt Rosie before leaving for Doha.



There they are again...those fingers.

Filling up on TexMex and family time!


Cousins!