Elia's First Swim!

Elia loves the water, but hates her sun hat! We took the kids to the neighborhood pool a lot this summer to cool off. Nana also bought Elia a swimming pool to use at her house. She loves to blow bubbles in the water!

Julian's Birthday!

Julian's Birthday was July 6th and we celebrated his 9th birthday at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas. We played at the indoor waterpark all day, then he and dad stayed in the hotel overnight. He had a blast! Julian was really brave to go down the "Howlin' Tornado" thrill ride! Daddy put on his brave face, too!

Father's Day

On Father's Day, we all celebrated at Trail Dust where Isaac finished off a 34oz steak nicknamed the "stud"!
Julian and Elia are having a great time together this summer. She adores her older brother. Elia will yell out, "bra, bra" (her version of Brother) until he comes to see her!

Trip to El Paso

We had a great time in El Paso this past weekend celebrating our niece's graduation. We brought Julian home with us for the summer, too!



On Saturday, we took the kids up the mountains and drove the scenic route to this lookout point.

Where has the year gone?

Elia is nearly 11 months old and I can't believe how she's grown. It's so cliche to say, but where has the time gone? Where's my little 8lb 11 oz newborn? Oh, right, she's the 25 pounder on my hip!!! This little girl is amazingly bright, funny, full of life, and is developing one HOT temper! Ha! We would not have her any other way that what she is...a truly God given blessing each and every day of our lives

Perfect First Mother's Day

We had a wonderful Mother's Day Sunday. After church, we joined my mom and dad for a great lunch at Pappadeaux's! The weather was wonderful. The live band at the restaurant really excited Elia and everyone laughed as she danced and squealed!


Elia is ready to walk any day now. She pulls herself up on furniture, and walks while holding on! She thinks she's very funny!

My First Fiesta

We took Elia to San Antonio for the first time this past weekend. Isaac picked out the most special B&B right on the river! It was beautiful and in a perfect location.


We started the day with our wonderful friend, Arden, and watched the King William Parade. This has become an annual event for us, and a great time to catch up with old friends.

We then went to the King William Fair, where we met Meredith and Christian, and their precious little Adrian. Meredith is one of my most special friends, and has been since high school. Our children are only 6 weeks apart! Elia and Adrian were fast asleep when we met up, but soon they were awake and wanting to touch each other's faces! Elia LOVED little Adrian. What a doll he is.

Later that evening, we met up with Arden and all our King William Fair friends for dinner at Azuca.


The next day we traveled back to Denton, but stopped in Waco to have dinner with "Buffy" and Matt. Buffy and I were college dorm mates and boy, could we tell some stories! But we won't!! Ha! We had a great time catching up. Although time and distance separates us, we didn't skip a beat when we were reunited with dear friends. What a special weekend it was to be able to be surrounded by such wonderful people!