more memories

our girl loves ballet and sugar. our friendship with the greenes has grown and we are so thankful they came for the rodeo. in march troy was diagnosed with kidney cancer...shock..fear...faith...and a ton of love poured into our home. our church community embrassed us and served us as well as houston northwest, providence and our bsf friends. haddon had a sleep over with us and we went to see a three d movie....and last but not least....a new family has moved to spring and blessed our lives. the schorlemers invited us to their ranch and memories galore were made.......

I am way behind....

so many months have passed since i last posted pictures...many many trials and tribulations and we continue to give God all the glory. sunshine took mckenzie grace and i to a tea at gladney. melissa and her girls joined us as well. dixie sent me an old photo of dad and tom and amber and i..memory lane....
daddy mel came for his birthday and we celebrated 69!
the greenes from baton rouge came for the rodeo....

Some of our winter 2011 memories include...baking cookies, licking the spoons, singing loudly as we bake, the West family took our kids for an overnight in a hotel and to Rain Forest Cafe, Daddy Mel performed some kereoke and Memommy taught me how to make her pecan pie!! Daddy Mel's basketball goal was the bomb digity!!!

Christmas 2011. We continue to be humbled and blessed beyond measure. The day after Thanksgiving our home flooded. But inspite the mess, we still decorating...even if a wreath was hung to a stud! Memommy, Daddy Mel, Sunshine and Kerstin spent the night with us. On Christmas eve Owen opened and dino kit from Pastor Isaiah and we had a blast! Owen also performed his first piano song...Jingle Bells for the family! I was offered a part time job at Providence that begins in January and am thankful for the opportunity to keep the kids at the school.

celebrating daddy!!! thanksgiving!! grandparents day!

november is so busy for our family! troy's birthday was the day after thanksgiving this year! bill and rebecca and memommy came for thanksgiving and we also had a few friends who had no family in town! daddy mel and memommy attended grandparents day at providence! i took mckenzie grace to a local poduction of the nutcracker and it was such a magical experience for her. i couldn't stop watching her glowing face!the day after thanksgiving we awoke to busted pipes and a flooded downstairs! the movers arrive on the 26th and we will then know what we are up against!! trusting....

tcu!!!

daddy mel always treats us to a tcu game in the fall! this year we got to celebrate with the sigma chi class at joe t garcia! then on saturday we went to the game!

dallas texas american girl doll store!

mckenzie grace finally got her dream...her dolls name is madeline grace! we had lunch and the quads came for austin and the sielings from pine cove!