Summer is definitely in Texas

Can I just say that it is way too hot in Texas this summer!! Every summer I think I am not going to make it. Little did I know that this summer was the hottest one yet since I moved here almost 9 years ago. (Wow time flies doesn't it) I have always been more of the indoor type anyway, but I have found myself not wanting to even get out in the middle of the day unless I have to. I want some rain to cool things off. Does anyone know a rain dance??

I hope when we go visit family in Tennessee that it is much cooler. Andrea is so looking forward to going to TN. She never gets to spend time alone with grandparents and she is really looking forward to it and has talked about it a great deal. She has her special moments planned with both sets of grandparents. Memaw & Bullett and Mimi & Papa. These are the kind of memories she will always treasure.

I can remember spending time in the summer with my Grandpa Glynn in Alabama. I have very few memories of him because he died when I was very young. It was never the same at his house after that. I remember just being heart broken when he was gone. I loved snuggling up with him in his chair and his breath always smelled like a mixture of coffee and cigarette smoke (sounds gross I know), but a memory nonetheless. He always wore coveralls and owned a pawn shop. He had a big heart!

I also remember going to Mississippi to spend a week with my Grandma Willie. I loved going to her house. It always smelled like a Grandma's house should smell. She had this huge stuffed toy dog in her floor that almost looked real. It was for "show not play". She had the prettiest yard and we would run and play hide n seek in her bushes. She made us yummy southern cooking and you never left her house hungry. I spent many summers at her house until I got older. Now Grandma is in a nursing facility in Mississippi with Alzheimer's. We don't get to see her very often any more.

I just hope that my girls get to have some of these memories like I had growing up. With the way times have changed and how busy we all get - it is hard to do. I know Andrea will enjoy every minute that she gets to be alone with her grandparents. We don't live close so her visits are few and far between, but I know she will treasure it even more because of that.

To Memaw, Bullett, Papa and Mimi, we love you very much and thank you for being such wonderful grand parents to Andrea and Kimberly!!

PS - Next Summer BOTH girls are coming for a month!! Ha Ha Ha

Love you!!