We had another great time in Estes Park this year. We stayed in a cabin with Bebe, Pop, Patrick and Molly. Gigi and Dada came up later in the week and stayed at the YMCA as well. This year we hiked to Black Lake which was a 10 miles roundtrip. The kids came with us to Bear Lake and Clark hiked to Bible Point. 
Sorry for the lack of updates lately. We haven’t been taking many pictures but have been up to a lot lately. Last weekend, we went to New Braunfels for a conference. We managed to have some time to make it to Schlitterbahn. The kids are crazy. They want to ride every ride, no matter how much Shannon is scared of it.
We had a great Father’s Day today. A very laid back day spent with our good friends, the Cartwrights. My lovely bride made a great pot of gumbo. Be warned grandmothers- she’s getting really good. This is a pretty important quality if you are married to a Beaumont boy. We went to Toy Story 3 and my little man sat in my lap the whole time. So other than having both kids sit with me, which isn’t to practical anymore, it was as good as it gets. The kids and Shannon decorated the pigs across the street with some of my ties. I also woke up to find my favorite breakfast waiting on me made by the only and only Fur-fur. 
We celebrated David’s graduation from UT this past weekend. Uncle Lloyd let us go to his land down at the Hollows on Lake Travis. It has some amazing pools, that the kids swam in for about 4 hours. We loved getting to see
baby Calvin and Stephers. Congrats David! You can always share a room with Fer-Fer if you fall on hard times.
Clark’s Terrible Eyes from Where the Wild Things are.
Audrey finished her first soccer season. We were really surprised at how much she liked it and she’s looking forward to playing again. 
We had a quick trip to Fort Worth to go to Sarah’s baby shower and see the Lowes before they had off to Missouri. Then we had a Boy’s night at the Rangers game with Wes and Danny. We even took Clark to the Waffle House after the game. Sure would be nice to have one of those here in Temple.
We took Clark to the golf course for the first time. No matter how many shots he took he remained persistent. If you ever want to feel better about yourself with any sporting event, Clark is your man. Constantly he would say "Good shot Dad" and "Wow that was a good one". That was just because my ball went a little further than his. I didn't really hit many good shots.
We had a great time in New York City! Audrey acts like a teenager going around the city since she's already been once before. The trip got off to a rocky start as Clark couldn't handle the turbulence and he let loose all over the front of his shirt. We did a ton in just a couple days. The weather was great so we spent a lot of time outside. We revisted Battery Park (where we got engaged). Clark was selected/volunteered to be in a street performance in Central Park. He even got paid to be in it. The boys caught a Knicks game while the girls went to Mary Poppins. We rode the ferris wheel at Toys 'R Us and went to Dylan's Candy Bar. As we took a car back to the airport, Audrey broke down saying, "I want to stay in New York City." She finally calmed down after the promise of 13 more trips to New York. Not sure how I'm going to deliver on that.
We went to Waco in early March while Gigi and Dada were in town. Clark had been begging me to take him to a Baylor baseball game so we went to the baseball game and met everyone else at Cameron Park. Audrey loves hiking, so she led us on a hike. 
Audrey had a game on Thursday and scored not one but two goals! She was very excited. Just thought everyone would like to know how much progress she's made. Clark is Audrey’s best cheerleader. The last game he wore a red shirt, black pants, and red socks. Just in case someone gets hurt, he’s ready to go in. 
Clark and Kendall had their joint birthday party yesterday. The Lord again gave us perfect weather as we had the party outside. Strangely most of Clark’s presents involved sports. Jacob and Kalan came as well and took the kids to an Easter egg hunt. 
