The "Suite" Life

For any of you out there who know me at all, you'd know how family oriented I really am. I mean, when Casey and I bought our house, we moved right in between my parents and his. My immediate families all live within about 5-10 minutes of each other... I'm also blessed to have my extended family in the metroplex as well... just not quite as close. Well, all except my dad's oldest brother and his immediate family who live in Ohio. With the exception of Robin and Brad and their kids, we haven't been able to see that part of the family in about ten years. So you can imagine our excitement when we found out that Uncle Johnny and his two younger kids (not so young anymore) would be coming in town at the end of the summer. When they finally arrived in the great state of Texas on Wednesday, we all met up and went out for dinner at Matt's in Lakewood. They must have known we were coming because we had the entire upstairs to ourselves (which was probably the best thing they could have done-separating us from the "normal" people). It was so great to see everyone after so many years and so many changes in our lives! I couldn't wait for more time with everyone... so Friday night we all met up again at the Ranger game. I mentioned before how blessed I am to have this great family and part of that is all of our great "connections" :) I mean who doesn't love getting a suite at the Rangers game because your uncle knows somebody who let us use theirs for the night! So, that's exactly what we did... we all (all 19 of us) piled into this FANTASTIC suite right behind home plate and were catered to all night, with all the food and drinks we could want! The Rangers won, there were fireworks and we had an INCREDIBLE time! Thanks again Uncle Jay!

the view from the suite

#1 Rangers fan!

aunt zz, lee-lee, and momma

all of the guys: (top) colton, casey p, jay, casey j, miles, jeff

(bottom) hunter, keith, buddy, johnny, andy (casey j's OU buddy)

all of the ladies: cyndi, cathy, kenz, leslee, ashley, susan, milly, lauren

my little love!

he had a BLAST banging and pressing on the glass doors

making faces with momma

didn't take his eyes off the fireworks

Ok, I had to add these in here... My dad ALWAYS gives my sister a hard time about her posing for pictures because it NEVER fails that the hand migrates to the hip -- so enjoy them!

making fun of kenz...

and again...

and now she is EMBARASSED!! HAHAHAH

all of the brothers - together AT LAST! never a dull moment...

The next day was my 26th birthday... 26 just doesn't sound as cool as 25 does it? 25 was a great year... I found out I was pregnant, I became a homeowner, I went on a fabulous "last adult" vacation with Casey to the Riveira Maya, and then most importantly I had a son. I don't mind getting older... it doesn't freak me out like some people, but seriously... 26 just doesn't sound as fun! Anyway, we decided that Saturday would be more family time for the Johnson crew so we planned a cookout/swim party in Forney at my grandparents. As always, lots of fun was had and we were sad to see it come to an end! Sadly my two cousins had to fly out on Tuesday and then my Uncle flew out today... We had an amazing time catching up with them and I can't wait until we are all together again!

SO BLESSED with an incredible family.