On Friday, we invited the family (by now, you know what THAT means) over for a true Fourth of July celebration - hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad and potato chips, along with my John Deere cake.
Some of my cousins went to the Martha Stewart show, and donated their decorations to our party. How festive!
In true PEI kindness, the "lawnmower tractor" man took me for a last tractor ride on the island. 
Afterward, we waited for our guests to arrive....all 51 of them! 
William, 3 weeks older than me;
his older sister Claire;
Peyton (cheeks!).
Ga's siblings Marilynn, Michael, Ellie and Nora, with Peyton. 
Cousin Ruth Anne and cousin Josh. 
Cousin Rachel and her daughters Rebecca and Erin.
Cousin Leah and cousin Alexis. It was fabulous to see Phillip and Lorraine; Pam; Peter; Russell; Maribeth; Jennifer, David and Zoe; Jacinta & Chris (parents to William and Claire); Nora and James; Meemaw and Peepaw and dada; Leo and Marilyn, Donald and Kelly Mulligan, parents to Alexis and Jarrett; Jason and Karen; and Ruthann and Gary. A GRAND TOTAL OF 51 PEOPLE (and one cocker spaniel) attended the celebration!
No worries, there was plenty of cake!
On our way out of town, we FINALLY stopped at John Deere. We had passed it several times where my shrieking of "JOHN DEERE" got to incredible decibels, so mama and dada took me there on our way to do some last errands in Summerside. Who knew JD could be such a cool place? 
Not only did I get to climb on some super cool tractors, there was a clothing section for mama to find me the "cutest" green tractor sweatshirt that I'll wear, like, never in Texas (good thing we're in MN for Xmas!) and a limited edition three part tractor series. Cool!
After that adventure, we packed up the cabin with the amazing help of Marilynn and Leo, and headed for home. I set a record by not sleeping one wink on the entire ten hour journey, but did sleep in the next morning. Overall, not so bad. I'll get to leave Texas again.
To all our friends and family in PEI, thanks a bunch for such a wonderful vacation. We can't wait until our paths cross again!
And two more from the boat show...thanks to dada for the guest post, but mama's gotta make sure we've got it all. Look at me and Luke laid back in mama's "race car" [2007 Dodge Calibur, not so much]
We are really making the most of Ga and Papa's new beach house. So much that I had to wake up at 5:30 (ahem, with dada who went fishing) on Saturday. I never do that, so mama and I enjoyed the morning.
On Father's Day, Dada, PaPa and Luke's dad (Mr. Matt) drove down to Port O'Connor to pick up his new boat. I even woke up at 5:00AM to see them off (Mama was really happy with that one!). While they were down there, they decided to go ahead and do a little fishing.
Mr. Byman was very excited about the new boat! He even caught the first keeper! Although Dada had already gotten the new boat slimmed up with 3 fish before Mr. Byman or Papa caught any.
High-Five Dada!! I love going on rides on your new boat! 
This weekend, mama had a lawfirm retreat, so I went to the beach with Ga on Friday, and then dada and Uncle Justy met us down there on Saturday. Mama slept in, rafted on the Colorado, went to the spa, the pool, ordered room service, and then joined her buddies for a concert at the resort. She's a very happy lady. 
Of course dada brought me to the beach, and up top of our agenda was kayaking. 
I made dada do the heavy lifting. 
After catching some waves, I hung out with the guys.
Me and mama and me and ga have been taking swimming lessons at the YMCA from 6:40 to 7:10 when it finally cools off in Texas. 
I got in trouble for running almost as soon as I got to the pool... Mama wanted to explain that I really just don't have a walking pace, but figured we'll just have to work on that.
Once we got in the pool, all was well, except that I kept trying to drink the water. Mama said "gross, Keegs."
My Ga has a serious green thumb. Just look at her priddy roses.
When I'm not ridin' around...
This was at Cindy and Brittany's graduation party - they are two of dada's dear students, and my babysitters, off to college and we will miss them. Congratulations ladies!!!
Last Saturday was the last class of the spring session at the Little Gym. We are taking off the summer because we'd rather be at the beach at Ga and Papa's house. I will really miss the bubbles - look how much we love them!
Last weekend after we got back from the beach, I was feeling very crabby. So, mama plopped me in the tub with finger paints and let me go to town. See my masterpiece! I felt much better after, having fully released my creative juices by banging my paint-loaded hands on the wall. I even helped mama wash it off after.
Last weekend, Ga and Papa had a party so that all their friends could come down to see the beach house progress and enjoy dada's fish catching bounty. Luke and I aren't real big on fish yet, so we shared a plate of turkey dogs and watermelon instead. Luke was very well behaved, as usual, and sat still in his chair while he was eating, while I ran circles around the table, only stopping for a quick bite. 
Luke, Mr. Byman and I played in dada's kayak. 
The Howell's boys visited too. In this picture, they were catching a frog. Luke apparently doesn't suffer from the same fright of frogs as his mama. I wasn't a huge fan either, and preferred to stay in the kayak.
Papa tried on his kilt he got for Xmas for everyone at the party. Doesn't he look snazzy? Well, except for the shoes - we need to get him some next shoes for Xmas.
Of course, there was time for playing in the sand, but we didn't make it down to the beach. It was too crazy with all the drivers and a high tide. 
Thanks to everyone that came down - we all had a great time - even Mac!
