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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

The Dog Days of Summer bring a smile to my face!

Ahhh...How peaceful the neighborhood is in the middle of the day. Too bad those moments will be missed by the Banks family all too soon as teachers start back to school next week :( But, we are enjoying it while we can!

Greg and I recently celebrated our 4 year anniversary! Crazy! Am I old enough to have been married that long?! I guess its true that time flies when you are having fun:) Em'ry stayed with Aunt Brandi so that Greg and I could go into the city for a date night. But, we wanted to include Em'ry in our celebrating so we went to dinner as a family the night before. Here are a couple of pics of Em'ry and the beautiful flowers Greg bought me.















Em'ry and I made a trip to the zoo last week while Greg was working freshman football camp. Now, my dad gave me a really hard time about it because he ALWAYS wants to go to the zoo when he is in town and we never do. But, let me clarify....In order to enjoy the Houston Zoo in August, you MUST arrive when the gates open and be done viewing the animals by 11:00 am. This is because it is so hot that the animals are asleep by then anyway and it is too hot to walk around and look for the animals who are napping in the shade only to be disappointed because they are nowhere in sight. So, I talked to my dad and he agreed that the next time he is in town we will leave the house by 8 and thus enjoy the zoo :) But, since he missed our trip, these pics are for him.





















I guess I should note that Em'ry's favorite animals right now are elephants and frogs. We visited the elephant yards 4 times! It seems like we had to go back there between each exhibit.


















Hot, sweaty, and ready to see the elephants again!




















Greg's mom came to visit this past weekend and we had loads of fun! Em'ry loves being spoiled by her MiMi. We played outside alot, played putt-putt, and Em'ry talked MiMi into trying out her new pool.

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