a tribute to our four-fathers...

this father's day we were able to make a trip to san antone and spend time with each of our fathers!! [3 out of 4 joyous occasions pictured here] first stop was dinner with the schwarz fam at j. alexander's [pictured below]. mom on the left with an arm out for our missing bro timmy- who is currently working in the great state of Utah. tim to my right and matt to my far right.

My oldeset brother tj, who is now a father too, hosted a BBQ for papa joe and all his wonderful children ... on our left we have matt and mindy up top, teej and meliss down below, the favorite child there in the middle, pappa joe holding his grand-daughter- lila ann...sweet-pea/bebe (still working out the grandma-name kinks) and then of course uncle aaron and guinn.

below you'll see bud and trey! trey's birthday always falls within a few days of fathers day so we tend to celebrate the budman and guinn throughout the whole weekend. coco and bud took us to "the grill" in leon springs. it was quite a treat!

and below-- here we are fathers day morn celebrating in an authentic mexican way at marksmama's and rogers. roger is an incredible chef and can whip up one heck of a fiesta on demand. we ate things like menudo (yikes), barbacoa, queso, and tamales... just to name a few... and all topped with homeade salsa!

and one thing we can always count on is to never leave empty handed...they love to shower us with gifts...especially authentic clothing all the way from juahaca, mexico! check out trey's super cool tiny-top!

so out the door we went...in our sweet new outfits and off to the next party...@ the gossett's!

not pictured here (but coming soon) was a celebration with the guinn fam!

we were so thankful for the opportunity to spend time with all four families and are blessed to be surrounded by so much love!!

omb...

so, apparently, i've found everything under the sun to do besides upload pictures to our blog. but here is just a brief on the guinn-life as of late...

this summer has probably been our most enjoyable as far back as we can remember. our university appointments are 10 months of the year. meaning, this fine university is allowing us to live in their facilities and eat all of their food- even though we are not working a single hour - all summer. so, we've been waking up to coffee and news and then spend our afternoons working out, laying out, and swimming at gregory gym. i love the college life! much more now than my own college life, because, now, i do all the same things except the only classes i take are P.E.

in spite of all the fun, trey is taking required statistics courses and is working on different research projects within his department.

as for piper, she has taken to running. apparently, she is a sprinter and only knows one speed -full blast! i take her on a mile jog most days. it's been 105 degrees around here so it's hard to get much exercise done outdoors unless it's before 8am or after 8pm. but, she's a good little runner and absolutely loves it.

that's pretty much all that's going on. running, swimming, and hanging out with friends in atx.

oh, and i may or may not have watched 12 straight hours of mj coverage yesterday...and taught myself the thriller dance...and had a karoke session in his honor. i know he was kind of crazy and all, but he was quite the musician /performer/entertainer...and will be missed.

until something more interesting comes along,

the guinns!