Duncans lake trip & My sister is engaged!!

Several weeks ago Trey's best friend from high school and college (he was also best man in the wedding) Chad Duncan and his wife Jana and 3 children (Miles, Jack & Ava) came over from west Texas to stay with us at the lake house! It was such a treat because their kids have never really been on a boat before and they all had a ball. Camden and Brooks loved having someone close to their age there to play with as well. We enjoyed several cruises around the lake, tubed some and the kids fished and played on the water slide and at the pool as well. It was such a fun weekend and we loved having our good friends the Duncans there. It was a special treat because we usually only see them at Christmas when we make our annual trek to Texas. It is such a long drive (around 12 hours!) any time we have a long trip to go on, Camden always asks "is it as far as Texas??!".

Only one missing is Camden, but Jack, Ava, Brooks and Miles are represented!

Chad and his cute kids!

The boat is so relaxing!

The kids riding on the ranger around the neighborhood. They loved it!!

So fun! It was like a roller coaster!

Waterslide fun at the lakehouse.

 

Jack getting some baseball instruction from Trey. He was grinning from ear to ear the entire time! These boys are so into sports and they knew Trey used to play professionally, so it was a really cool treat!

 

 

Jana and I decided to take the little ones into Savannah to check out some of the little downtown shops and then let the kids get some frozen yogurt, I made the mistake of allowing Brooks to eat his on the road and when I looked back this is what I saw!! Brooks covered in chocolate ice cream and his own hair gel! Haha! The messes this kid gets in never ceases to amaze me!

Messy Brooksie :)

In other news, my little sister Tracy just got engaged!! We all knew Kyle was planning something and the ring had been purchased, but didn't know exactly when it might happen. He asked all of us for our blessing, which we of course gave him and he took her to dinner and then to a rooftop at the Madison in downtown Memphis where he and she had their first official date. They were just sitting there talking and they looked so in love that a bystander snapped their picture with her phone to send to her friends with the tag line "this is what true love looks like!" Little did she know that moments later, she would witness Kyle crouch down on bended knee to propose!! He even went as far as to have a friend of his from the news station capture the event on film! It was so special to look at the photos especially because we were not there. It made us feel apart of the experience! They are super happy and the wedding is set for January 18, 2014. We are so excited and busy planning the special occasion! Can't wait for more wedding fun!! I was graciously asked to be the Matron of Honor so I'm pretty pumped about this honor and have already been busy planning all the fun activities!

This is the photo the lady snapped to send to her girlfriend (prior to proposal!)

We went several weekends later and picked out her stunning gown!! I cannot wait for Kyle to see her in it is going to DIE! It's incredible and just what I always pictured her in!!