My Awesome Family!

A week ago, we celebrated my cousin, Vero's 22nd birthday and here are some great pics. My cousin, John Mark, enlisted in the Navy and he leaves for his training day before Thanksgiving. So we want to get some great time with him before then. We're all very proud for him! He will be missed!

Friends Forever!

This is Angie Mitchell holding Justus and her little girl, Elle, kissing him. Their family will be moving one hour north of Paris, France in November. They have been wonderful friends while we've been here and we will miss them alot. We'll be caring for their house while they're gone(renting it) and we're really excited about that!
Their little girls, Annabelle and Elle, will have an amazing experience learning a new language and living in a different country for a while. We will miss you, Mitchell's!

Move out of the Way....Here Comes Grace!

Need I say more?

Fun in the Sun (in September)!

It's still mid 90's here so we will be swimming into November, probably. The pool is open year-round and we love going! Especially with a great Francine Rivers novel and some cold grapes....

Glory is treading water but not quite a strong swimmer yet. Getting better, though! Grace just wants to hold onto someone else while they swim. We'll get the hang of it, though!

All Girls!

Glory has finally completed her amazing castle! It's a work of art!

On the end, Grace is telling us to be quiet so she can read about Zaccheus, the wee little man up in the tree. Then, she shouts real loud," Get out of that tree.I'm eating at your house today."

What peaceful, calm morning devo's!

Date Night!

Well, our date night last night was awesome although one of our friends couldn't be there at the last minute. Their little girl, Elle, fell and broke off half of her front tooth!!
SOOOO, we cancelled our reservations for PF Chang's and went instead to the casino buffet, right by our house,which is de-LISH!. $8.95 for an all-you-can-eat buffet. It was great!!!!! Then we went to the movies with our friends, Austin and Cami, and saw Eagle Eye. Great, action-packed movie! We hardly ever go to the movies so it was an awesome treat. Then Jonathan and I came home to find ALL our kids asleep and we sat down with some wine and some presidential debate!!! Exciting!
This morning, Jonathan's at drama practice. He has a big drama at church tomorrow about hypocritical people and how not to be one. Can you think of anyone like that! Hope it's not me!! Ha, ha! It's gonna be really great! When he gets home, we plan to go swimming and have some family time. I'm still getting used to the fact that Jonathan has Saturdays off!!! It's been very good for the girls.

Question to you bloggers- I want to have music on my blog background that I choose. How do I do that? Tell me, please!!! Love you all!

MORE!!!

Here's some more pics! What did people do before cameras? Top middle is one of my awesome aunts, Aunt Debbie. She keeps Grace and Justus sometimes while I'm sleeping and she's very special to us. Today she made Double chocalate brownies with Grace and they were the sauce! No joke!
Little Glory like to pose for pics before school. This was her Wednesday morning at the breakfast table after she had eaten her toast and apples. As I blogged earlier, she loves jeans!!!!!
Next is a beautiful quilt made for Justus by my friend, Wendy, back in Houston! Isn't it awesome! She has amazing talent!!And She put orange in it!!! YES!!! My fave color!
Lastly, a simple reminder with our busy lives to remember each other. So Jonathan took this pic while we were sitting on the couch together watching the Discovery Channel( where you see the lion eat his prey up close and personal)! I love that kind of stuff!
Tomorrow we're going on an awesome date night with two other couples to PF Chang's. We haven't been out for a while and I'm pumped!!! Just to sit and eat and drink without breastmilk all down your shoulder and baby farts all over your arm will be awesome!!! Yes, Justus, I still adore you! But you're all boy, my love, all boy!!!