The Lasater Family: Amarillo Trip!

So we got to go to Amarillo this past weekend for my friend Leslie's wedding and since Chuck and his family live there, we got to stay with them and visit, too! We had such a good time! The boys had a blast hangin' with their cousins, and Matt and I had a great time watching Psych with Chuck and Heather and going to the wedding. Here are some pictures of our mini-vacation:

OK, Cyn! You made the blog! This is me and my best friend, Cynthia. We haven't seen each other since Dan's wedding which was about 2 years ago? I think?

OK, so my camera is not working so well, but this is my friend Lindsay, me and Cyn again...so much fun to see everyone at the wedding! Leslie, you should get married again soon...j/k! Oh, and I got no pictures of Leslie because my camera was in the trunk until AFTER the wedding...oh well,

This one deserves explanation. As the bride and groom were headed out the door, we all had sparklers for their send-off! It was a cool idea, but a lot of people were gone before the send-off happened, so there were loads of sparklers left. The pink sand was in vases with the unlit sparklers stuck in there for us to grab on our way out. Leslie's mom didn't want to keep the sand so Paul, Cyn's husband, took it out and poured it into these pots at the front of the country club. Then he had the brilliant idea of taking the left over sparklers, sticking them in the pot, and lighting them from the bottom. Man, did they burn hot and fast! It kind of reminded me of a certain chemistry lab. It's amazing that we didn't burn the place down! Here is the aftermath:

The pinkish/redish glow in the middle was the smoldering afterward, not the pink sand:

Here's Paul distinguishing the leftovers:

And then here are the kids playing at Chuck's house:

Reilly and Brett coloring:

Me and Chuck with "our" birthday cookie. Matt ordered the cookie before we left San Antonio as an afterthought, not remembering that Chuck's birthday was the following week and that we should celebrate it, too! Sorry, Chuck! The cookie was still good, though, even without your stinkin' name on it!!!

And for Chuck's birthday, I got him so smart alecky signs for his classroom at Tascosa High School where he teaches Spanish:

And, my personal favorite, Chuck with the only Sandie allowed in his room, the Rebel blowing the Sandie away. For those of you confused, Chuck (and the rest of us) went to Amarillo High School and our mascot was the Golden Sandstorm, or a Sandie (basically a small tornado), and now he teaches at the rival high school in Amarillo, Tascosa...