Summer Smile

I haven't blogged about my little girl in a long while--perhaps because she's always dodging the camera now! It's feels so long that she's hardly even a little girl anymore; she's a very happy and sweet little lady who plans to marry Jesus...or her little brother (obviously too small to understand so what do you do?). She's mentioned both... Haha!

We had an awesome getaway to Sea World this summer and visited family in Austin. On the way, we had to stop at a lake as we passed through Bastrop. We needed a break after the kids woke up from their nap and were getting restless. So what does mommy do? Hmmm...there's a sign for a lake right there, let's go! Seriously, it was only a few miles from the beaten path, so we stopped to let the kids play. Of course, I had recently been getting motivated about taking pictures of her again since every time I get within 50 miles of Austin, the nature juices start flowing. I wish I could just always have that nature, water, and hill country at my disposal! I know, I know, just move. That's a great idea, except I haven't felt the need from the Big Man upstairs yet. So, we'll just have to go with what we have for now.

There was a neat pier and Rio took to it right away! Here she is being a great sport for mommy and letting me take these.









I got so many great images, it was hard to choose! I simply love taking pictures of her! My favorite one is this one since it captures her personality; it seems I'm looking at this face all the time. The focus was off, but I still like to keep them since it depicts her so much!



Add a little water play for Rio!


Daddy and Lathan were being great sports as mommy and Rio played.


He likes to take daddy's hat off and attempt to put it on...except it ends up landing in the water. Oops!