Happy Birthday Alys!

  

Wow!  Our little girl is 4.  We love her to death and she is definitely a girly girl.  She had a great time for her birthday.  I think she missed some of her friends, but enjoyed having her grandparents and some of her cousins over to celebrate with us.  This year her choice of cake was a castle.  She loves to dress up like a princess and her favorite right now is Cinderella.  Alys loved all of her gifts and wanted to play with/use them right away.  I just love to watch how excited the kids get over such small things.  To see there face light up is priceless!  Thanks for bringing so much love and joy to our home.  Happy Birthday Alys!

The Castle

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful mothers!

We Have Arrived!

Well, we finally made it to Idaho!  We've been here for almost two weeks and are almost settled in.  It was a loooong trip but the kids and the dog were real troopers.  Even Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa made it through without too much stress.  I think the only things we suffered from were TBS (tired butt syndrome) and movie withdrawals.  Thank goodness for those portable DVD players!  The drive without them could have been quite crazy.  It even took a couple of days before we got our first "Are we in Idaho yet?"  Ethan and Alys also had a great time taking turns riding in the rental truck with Dad and Grandpa.  Our journey took us through a few states...we left Texas and headed for Oklahoma.  The following day we hit Colorado, then Kansas, Wyoming, Utah and on up to Idaho.  Anyway, we're glad to be here and everyone's enjoy the much needed space of our new home.  The kids want to go see their cousins everyday and are enjoying the weather and playing outside.  Woody's trying to get the kinks worked out at the office and I'm trying to get us all back to a routine.  We miss our friends and family in Texas and hope ya'll are doing well!  Lots of love!