Weekend Fun with the Hammerluns

A few weekends back, the Hammerlun clan came over for a little Saturday fun. We went to lunch at Cowboy Chow in Roanoke and then headed next door for a little pool time while our neighbors were out. Sneaky! Sneaky!

Mrs. Lacey and her beautiful daughter, Rory.

Rory chillin' in her chair.

When Maddie is rocking her Shamu tongue, she is in full 'think/work' mode. At this moment, she was working on opening a mini-fridge to get to the water and stuff inside.

Our handsome men and our beautiful daughters.

Maddie and Daddy.

Greg and Rory!

Before going to swim, we put the girls in Maddie's big girl chair to watch them have some fun.

Even Reese got in on the action.

Alex's Graduation

Memorial Day Weekend we packed up and headed South to see Max's little brother, Alex, gradaute High School. It was fantastic to see the final DuBois cross the 'Cougar' line in order to flip the tassel and toss the hat. Mr. Alex is now attending Texas Tech Summer School and training with the Tech Football team. We are so proud!

Miss Maddie at Texas State for the graduation (the High School graduation was held at TSU)....please note the maroon and gold bobcat flag above her head. Yup, that was strategy in my photo taking skills.

Maddie played nice with one of Max's High School friends son, Luke.

She has caught on to cameras in her face and is very hard to get to smile anymore on film. We will prevail!

Or end up with a lot of photos like this. I imagine the thought in her mind to be.....'why Mom, why?'

She got some pool time with her Grandpa Greggy

.....and her Mimi

.......and her parents.

And ended up with some sweet wrinkly toes from being in the water so long.

Congratulations Uncle Alex!

Walking with Assistance

Look who is out and about. Won't be long, folks and she'll be walking to a town near you!

Into Everything

Another candid shot of Maddie. This time, she had gotten into the pantry and I wanted to make sure I captured the moment.

Crawfish Boil

Last weekend, a co-worker had a crawfish boil at his house. And of course we took 'the Moose'. She had too much fun hanging out and playing with everyone.

Recognize this handsome blue eyed fella? .......it's Henry!

Mmmm...... snacks are good!

Mother's Day - Church

At church last weekend, they had a few different photo stations set up for family shots. This is my beautiful family..... and gee isn't Max's message so appropriate and true! :)

Mother's Day 2010

My first Mother's Day was a success! I got to spend time with the family. Got some alone time and also got pampered. Saturday night, Max planned a dinner out....just the three of us. :) We went to a steakhouse in Grapevine called, JR's. This is Maddie and I before our 4 course meal.

Then on Sunday we just hung out and had some fun. Madison sporting her summer shades.

..... and playing with electric cables. Hahaha....wait.....

Lastly, a new nighttime routine includes pulling all books off her bookshelf and then looking surprised when I catch her doing it. This is probably the first of many....'who, me mom?' faces.

To all mommies out there, I am so thankful to be a part of the club. No one can ever explain how rewarding the experience is. I'm thankful for being a Mom, but most of all I am blessed to be Madison's mom.