Father's Day Weekend

Ben and I spent Father's Day weekend at the lakehouse with some friends. 

 It was a trip we have been planning for a long time and took lots of discussions on timing and babysitters to make sure everyone could get there without kids for an entire weekend. 

 Father's day weekend just ended up being the weekend that would work. 

 There were six couples so we took some notes from Ben's birthday weekend and each couple had a team color for the weekend with the intention of playing lots of team games, 

which we didn't really do. 

But, everyone looked cute in their team bandanas. 

Team Black

   

But, there was some game playing... 

 

LOTS of eating...  

And there was lots of boating and jet skiing and fishing. 

 

and even a little off-roading 

 

Since Saturday was national Flag Day, we had a little flag dedication ceremony around the fire pit. 

 We sang every patriotic song we could think of. 

 

And Rodney serenaded us into the night with his guitar. 

It was kind of amazing for the girls because the boys totally took over meal-preparation for the weekend. 

 They like their outdoor cooking so there was a fried turkey and steaks on the grill and all sorts of "man food." 

 But, Sunday morning on Father's Day, the girls planned a special meal for the dads. While they were away working on putting the jet skis and boats back on the trailers we prepped a big breakfast and put out some Father's Day decorations. 

 We had also brought each dad a little something from their kids.

   

We relaxed and ate breakfast and had each dad go around and read their notes from their kids. 

 There was lots of laughter and even some sweet daddy tears. 

 It was a pretty special moment. 

 

It was a great, relaxing weekend with good friends. 

We came straight home from the lake and spent some time at my parents with my dad and Pepa for Father's day. We pretty much swam the whole time so, I don't have any pictures. And we went out to eat at Esparza's on Main Street with mom and dad and Matt for a Father's day dinner. 

 Picture opportunity fail. 

 But, afterward, we stopped by the airport on the way home to watch the airplanes land. This is one of our favorite things to do.

   

Family selfie!

   

 I truly praise God that He intended for Ben to be the father of my kids and that this is true for him. 

I am humbled and grateful that my children have a father that is leading our family spiritually and prays with and for them daily. 

Happy Father's Day Ben!

#kinggeorge

Directly from Inie & Bull's party, Ben and I drove straight home to drop of the kids with the Harrison's and booked it to the stadium to see George Strait's last tour concert. 
Kristen and Jeff had invited us a few weeks back and were beyond thrilled to be able to go.  It was an unforgettable concert with headliner after headliner in country music making guest appearances with George.  It was just the perfect night with a perfect group of friends and is something I will never forget.

Allison texted me the day before the concert with a pic of a shirt saying..."this will be here for you at the concert if you want it"  Duh!  How cute are these?  I bet we all got 10 compliments a piece on these shirts.  One random lady asked if Allison would sell her one or if she had a store. 

The back was a line from George's song "East Come, Easy Go"  it said "Goodbye, Farewell, So Long, Vaya Con Dios" which he sang with Eric Church. 
And his first song of the night was "Check Yes or No" which was awesome.

George ended up having 9 guests sing with him and we were excited for every single one.  Vince Gill was first...and I didn't get a pic of just them.
Then it was Jason Aldean (you can kind of see the massive crowd in this pic)

Eric Church

Sheryl Crow

Martina McBride

Alan Jackson

Miranda Lambert

Faith Hill

and Kenny Chesney

He finished his set and the place went dark and lights went on everywhere begging for the Encore. There were over 105,000 people at this concert and it was amazing to see.

Then during the encore, they all came back out again to sing with him on stage.  They sang "All my Exes Live in Texas" and it was unforgettable.

He sang well over 30 songs for over 3 hours and it was amazing.

 There was confetti and balloons at the end and we didn't want to leave.

Thanks for such a fun night Kristen & Jeff!  It was unforgettable.