NOLA

For the Fourth of July Mom, Dad, Jon and I took a trip to New Orleans, LA for the weekend. We stayed at my Aunt Carol and Uncle Oscar's place in La Place, LA. It was so much fun!

Jon and I in the car

My Dad and Jon being silly on the way there

Jon, Me, My Cousin Nicole and Mom eating

My Big Avila Family!
Me, My dad, and my Cousins

Jon, Dad, and I with our Hand Grendaes

Somos Avilas!

Kissing on a boat

Family down in the French Market

The girls!

We went to look at the damage from Hurricane Katrina almost 5 years ago

Homes still abanoned and wreckage everywhere

Out on Bourbon Street

With margaritas in hand

Family

Me, Mom, and Carol

It was so great to see my family and have a relaxing Fourth of July. I hope to be back soon!

Lubbock Trip

Jon and I went to Lubbock last weekend to attend my Big Sis's wedding! It was such a fun weekend hanging out with my sorority sisters and just being back where Jon and I spent 4 years of our lives. It was nice to go back to where it all started. Lubbock, although small, really is a great place, and maybe I'm just biased because the best thing in my life came from that city....but it is a great city and fun place to have had my college years. I can't wait to let my kiddos visit Texas Tech and Lubbock..I hope they choose to go there! Hehe.

Pictures

My beautiful big sis (bride) and my other beautiful Gamma sisters!

Gamma Alpha Omega now and forever.

Feliz Cumpleanos Kristen!

We celebrated Kristen's birthday at her parent's place where we ate bbq, drank cold beers, hung out in the pool, and just really enjoyed each other's company. Jon and I love hanging out with Kristen and Joel and Kristen's parents are always so sweet and loving. They are such an awesome family! I wish we could hang out with them more, it just seems Jon and I are always out of town for something....eh the busy life we weave...haha.

Happy B-Day K!!

Happy 27+1!!

Thirsty Thursday

Just a few pictures of a Thursday night Girl's Night after work at The Red Balloon Cafe. Sharron, Toni, Kristen, Blanca, Jacquie and I all went to TRB after work and had a few drinks and listened to some live music. It was so much fun! I am going to miss working with all of them when I head to grad school.

Holly Lake Ranch

Jon, Myself, and Will (Jon's brother) spent Memorial Day weekend out at their mobil home at Holly Lake Ranch, about 30 miles north of Tyler. This place is so much fun to go to and the boys spent a good amount of time fixing up the place and working on the property. We went fishing every morning and went night fishing a few times. I wasn't that lucky compared to the boys while fishing, but I did catch one fish. Jon caught about 2 or 3 and Will was the fish master for the trip, catching 2 big fish.

The community is such a great place to hang out and I can't wait to bring our kids here during summer to relax and enjoy all of the community amenities. They have so many different activities to do such as: swimming, fishing, tennis, putt-putt, archery, boating, golf, and so much more! I am so glad that the boys now have ownership of this great place because it is going to be really cool for our kids to have summer trips there. I can't wait!

Some pictures of the fishing and the fun!