June 14

Happy birthday, Owen!

Take me out to the ballgame!

Well, first take me to church. Then take me out to the ballgame. Then take me to the Dallas Summer Musical's production of "The Wizard of Oz." Oh yes, this was our day. Our 12-hour day.

I can't complain, though. First we went to church with Angela and said goodbye to her (awww), then we met Sarah and Owen at the Ranger's ballpark for the game (and it was 95 degrees! We were completely soaked!), then Jack and I ate dinner at Chili's, changed into nice clothes (after a quick wet-paper-towel wipe-down!) and headed off to see the wizard! It was a very long day, but we decided that it was worth it!

June 13

It's my brother's birthday!

Today Angela and the Bedenbaughs and I went to a great little outdoor shopping center and had lunch together, then went shopping. (Here, Angela's modeling a terribly ugly outfit that we decided nobody would buy ever at NY & Co.) It's so nice to have girlfriends to hang out with sometimes!

Later, Jack, Angela and I went out to dinner at On the Border (where we ran into my middle school band director, Mr. Smith!), and after that, the three of us got some ice cream and rented a movie! I love Saturdays!!

June 12

Yesterday, we didn't have too many power outages during the storms. Sure, the power went out a few times, but it didn't stay off for longer than a minute or two. Today, however, in the middle of the sunshiney day, our power went out. For a few hours. For no foreseeable reason. As soon as we got ready to leave the house and Jack opened the garage door manually, however, the power came right back on (of course!) But at least we got the power back eventually!

June 11

Today we had a very bad storm. Living in tornado alley, it's pretty common to have, well, tornadoes. And storms. Today we had a tornado come right through our town (look how dark it was! That was only at about 6 p.m.!), and while storms don't make me particularly nervous, it's still smart to take precautions. So...

Maggie and I hung out in the laundry room for a while. (Jack was safe at work.) And yes. I went and got the dust-buster in the middle of the tornado. Because my laundry room was dirty. If my house was going to be torn apart by a tornado, I did not want the rescue workers finding lint on my laundry room floor.

June 10

Today I redesigned our blog! It's very pink! I love having the opportunity to be creative!

June 9

It isn't often we get a picture with all three of us in it!

Just another normal Tuesday night for the Hornbuckles!

I love this view.

June 8

My view at work.

I mean, usually my feet aren't up on the desk like that.

But, you know, other than that. My view at work.