Friday, April 3, 2009
A Day in the Country
What a beautiful day it was today! There isn't a much better way to spend it than we did. The kids and I took a trip to Brenham with Gram-E (my mom), and Aunt April (my sister) met us there. We took pictures in a field of bluebonnets just outside of town, toured the BlueBell Creamery, and had lunch together. On the way home we stopped at the outlet mall on 290 to do a little shopping. When I asked Lauren what the favorite part of her day was she said "Eating cookies and cream ice cream!" Of Course!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Family Fun, Great Weather
Last Saturday we spent the day visiting several parks in our neighborhood while our house was being shown by realtors. We just drove around finding all of the little pocket parks in each subdivision and let Lauren pick out which ones she wanted to play at. It was a beautiful day and we had some very relaxing family time together, something we don't do enough of. The Lord has blessed us in so many ways, we just need to take more time to appreciate everything and give him thanks.
I love the following pictures. The first one was taken when we were exploring the neighborhood and playing at the park with Lauren when we first signed the papers to buy and build a house in our neighborhood. The second one was taken last week. Lauren has grown and changed so much in the short 3 1/2 years that we have been here. We have such great memories of living here that we will always cherish.
I love the following pictures. The first one was taken when we were exploring the neighborhood and playing at the park with Lauren when we first signed the papers to buy and build a house in our neighborhood. The second one was taken last week. Lauren has grown and changed so much in the short 3 1/2 years that we have been here. We have such great memories of living here that we will always cherish.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Spring Break at Winter Park
There is so much going on right now with the move, but I am going to get to that at a later post. I just wanted to share some pictures from our ski trip with you. It was Lauren's first time to ski and Justin's first time to Colorado. Both of them had a great time being with family and enjoying the outdoors. We rented a house in Fraser, CO, which is near Winter Park resort. It was a great family gathering with Jason's brother Mark and his family, his cousin Teri and her family, and his uncle Joe and aunt Pam. Lauren and her cousin Kaitlyn took 4 days of ski school together and by days 3 and 4 they were skiing down the bunny slope with no help. Jason and I were so proud of Lauren, she did awesome! The weather was beautiful and Justin loved being outside. Jason unfortunately was stuck working offshore the first 2 days of the vacation so the 2 kids and I flew to Colorado without him (don't want to do that again!) and he was able to make it there on Tuesday and salvage 2 days of skiing. I think both the kids are going to like skiing which makes Jason and I very happy!
Lauren is the skier in the back.
Lauren is the skier in the back.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Everything!
It has been over a month since my last post. That is awful! A lot has happened and I will do my best to cover it all. So, you should probably make sure you have a few minutes before you sit down to look at this.
Justin had his 1st birthday and birthday party. The theme was "Snips, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails". He is all boy and I thought it was very fitting. He had a great time playing with his friends and cousins. He is growing sooo fast! He is running, or at least jogging now. He says mommy, daddy, bye, and uh-oh. He says things that sound a lot like, thank you, Lauren, dog, more and eat. And he shakes his head yes and no. He definitely knows what he wants and tries to make sure we know too.
Soon after that, Jason celebrated his 32nd birthday. Unfortunately, he was out of town that day, but we had a cake for him when he came home.
My sister April treated us to a "Girl's Spa Day" and we had a wonderful time eating lunch at La Madelaine, getting pedicures and shopping. This day long affair included Aunt April, Aunt Laurel, Gram-E, Aliska, April's mother-in-law, sister-in law, niece, and Lauren and I. So much fun!
Lauren had a blast at her friends "rock star" birthday party where the girls all got glammed up in fancy dresses, and had their hair, makeup and nails done. They also sang several songs. They are too grown up!
I also celebrated my birthday at the beginning of this month. 31, and feeling older every day!
This weekend we visited some friends in College Station. We had a great time hanging out, letting the kids all play together and going to the Aggie basketball game. We also took the kids on to the Texas A&M campus to Research Park and the Century Tree and they loved it. Lauren of course wants a tree like this at home. I wish! We just bought a new camera (awesome!) so there are a ton of pictures.
Some miscellaneous pics.
Lastly, today the house is finally "on the market". If by some chance you haven't heard yet, we are moving to the Netherlands at the end of May. We have been busy going through everything and deciding what we are taking with us to the Netherlands, what we are storing, and what we are getting rid of. It has been a very involved task, but I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel. Now, I just have to keep the kids from making huge messes since we will be showing the house. Wish us luck!
Justin had his 1st birthday and birthday party. The theme was "Snips, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails". He is all boy and I thought it was very fitting. He had a great time playing with his friends and cousins. He is growing sooo fast! He is running, or at least jogging now. He says mommy, daddy, bye, and uh-oh. He says things that sound a lot like, thank you, Lauren, dog, more and eat. And he shakes his head yes and no. He definitely knows what he wants and tries to make sure we know too.
Soon after that, Jason celebrated his 32nd birthday. Unfortunately, he was out of town that day, but we had a cake for him when he came home.
My sister April treated us to a "Girl's Spa Day" and we had a wonderful time eating lunch at La Madelaine, getting pedicures and shopping. This day long affair included Aunt April, Aunt Laurel, Gram-E, Aliska, April's mother-in-law, sister-in law, niece, and Lauren and I. So much fun!
Lauren had a blast at her friends "rock star" birthday party where the girls all got glammed up in fancy dresses, and had their hair, makeup and nails done. They also sang several songs. They are too grown up!
I also celebrated my birthday at the beginning of this month. 31, and feeling older every day!
This weekend we visited some friends in College Station. We had a great time hanging out, letting the kids all play together and going to the Aggie basketball game. We also took the kids on to the Texas A&M campus to Research Park and the Century Tree and they loved it. Lauren of course wants a tree like this at home. I wish! We just bought a new camera (awesome!) so there are a ton of pictures.
Some miscellaneous pics.
Lastly, today the house is finally "on the market". If by some chance you haven't heard yet, we are moving to the Netherlands at the end of May. We have been busy going through everything and deciding what we are taking with us to the Netherlands, what we are storing, and what we are getting rid of. It has been a very involved task, but I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel. Now, I just have to keep the kids from making huge messes since we will be showing the house. Wish us luck!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Happy Birthday Justin!
Our baby boy turned 1 today! My how time flies. We had a great family day. We went and had pictures taken of Justin as well as some family pictures. We then went to Chuck E. Cheese for dinner where both kids had a great time. We are so blessed. We love you so much Justin and we can't believe what a big boy you are. Happy Birthday!
Friday, January 2, 2009
Happy New Year!
We hope that everyone's year is off to a great start. 2009! I can't believe it. We rang in the new year with our family and friends. Jason and I enjoyed a great night at the Hyatt Regency downtown. They put on a great party! We started the evening with dinner at The Strip House, a steak house, and we ended it with 50,000 balloons raining down on us. The kids also had a great time at their aunt and uncles house, who were brave enough to watch 5 kids plus their own 2. Thank You! May 2009 bring everyone wonderful blessings of good health and great memories.
What a Blessed Christmas!
It has been a little while since I posted, so I am going to play catch-up. At Lauren's school, the kids put on a beautiful Christmas program and their voices rang out the true meaning of Christmas. After much traveling, Jason made it home from Malaysia in time to celebrate Christmas. Lauren was the star in the Christmas Eve children's service at our church and despite being a little nervous, she did perfect. We had a great Christmas, 7 celebrations in all. It started on the Sunday before Christmas and ended the Friday after Christmas. We are blessed to have such a large and wonderful family. What is even better is that family is such a priority for us all and we truly enjoy being together. The kids got spoiled of course, and I think Jason and I also got what we asked for. The kids loved opening all their presents. Justin's favorite thing about Christmas was climbing on top of the boxes. He is also quite the poser and loves to say cheese for the camera. It has given us some great laughs.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
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