4th of July 2023

The 4th of July was on a Tuesday this year and I was very disappointed to hear that all of the area parades and celebrations were on Saturday instead of the actual 4th of July. 

But we made the most of it. We opted not to go to the parade. We did, however go to view fireworks from the dam! We also got to see an amazing sunset! 

It turned out to be a perfect location. From where we were we could see various shows all around the lake!

On the 4th of July we had some of our favorite friends over for hotdogs, sparklers and water games!

We played kids versus parents. The kids won!!!

We all had fun, though! There was a lot of laughter!

And it was a good way to stay cool on a hot summer day!

We had lots of fun with sparklers, too!

Happy birthday.....

 

Celebrating 25 Years!

On June 20th we celebrated our silver anniversary! Byron sent me beautiful roses with silver accents.

That evening we drove to Dallas to eat at the Reunion Tower - just the two of us.

Dinner was delicious!

Dessert was even better!

25 years ago Byron was 19 and a freshman in college. I was a senior in high school. Neither one of us had a job. Byron was taking care of his dad who had muscular dystrophy. When we started talking about getting married, there were a lot of logistics to figure out. Because of that, there wasn't really a surprise proposal. And my engagement ring (though very special) was what we could afford at the time. 

This year, Byron got on one knee and asked me to continue being his bride.  

He gave me a new beautiful ring - silver for our silver anniversary.

I was completely surprised!

It was an anniversary to remember!

 

How our summer started...

Our summer had a rocky start! 

On the way to Gabe's graduation ceremony, Byron noticed that his elbow was a little sensitive. 

As the ceremony went on it bothered him more and more. 

After Gabe's party Byron took some Tylenol, grabbed an icepack and went to bed, hoping it would be better in the morning. 

It was not. Early that morning he drove himself to the ER where they kept him that entire day, though the night and finally released him the next morning. Somehow he had developed a stubborn infection. 

Well, even after IV antibiotics and oral antibiotics, it did not get better. 

So, the next Friday we went back to the ER. This time I went with him - and we went to his hospital instead of the stand alone ER he went to before. 

They took one look at him and said, "You are not going to go home. Plan to be here for a few days."

I am SO thankful for Nicol and Felix who literally dropped everything and were up at DFW in just a few hours time to help me juggle the kids and Byron. Mig was leaving on Saturday morning for his Middle School Choir trip, so it was SO helpful!

Byron ended up staying until Monday. He got more IV antibiotics, he developed an allergic reaction, he had imaging done. 2 of his doctors argued about the best treatment. It was crazy! 

When he finally got to come home, he left with a PICC line and had to do IV Antibiotics for another 10 days. 

Another blessing was that our neighbor is an RN! She was able to come by and check on him while I went on choir tour. 

He is totally healthy now. We never figured out what caused his infection. I guess it will always be a mystery!