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2008 State Fair with the Stephenses
We LOVE the State Fair! At the end of the summer when we are a little sad cause its over, we cheer ourselves up with the thought that the fair is right around the corner. We did miss going with our...
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Arboretum with the girls....
The girls and I and my mom ventured off to the Dallas Arboretum after biblestudy a few weeks ago. I had always heard it was beautiful with all the pumpkins. I cannot believe I had never been in the...
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Fall Festival and Pumpkin Patch 2008
Here we are at the Fall Festival at our church. Riley as Tinkerbell and Kelsey as a peacock. Riley could not wait. Pridefully, I upgraded her wings. The ones that came with the costume were nice, but...
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The numbers of November
So sorry to all 3 very loyal viewers that it has been so very long since a post. Life has been a bit crazy to say the least. Not terrible, but just busy. November was a tough month. Lots of challenges...
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Christmas catchin' up.....
To keep you on your toes, this entry is written backward (chronologically). So scroll to the bottom and read up.... I wanted to spice things up, plus I downloaded the pics forgetting about the order...
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Sob...Kelsey...sob sob...turned...one! Sob...sob...sob
Kelsey's birthday morning. My baby girl turned one. One year old. Wow. It flew. Riley's first year - a 747. Kelsey's first year - a jet! I woke up early. Got my grieving and reminiscing over with and...
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Big girl chairs....
One of Kelsey's gifts was this cute chair with hername on it. She got it from her aunts and unclesand loves it. Big sister has a big pink chair andthey can sit together and share a snack - yeah...
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TOOT....TOOT!!!!
nope, i am not referring to a train. i am tooting my own horn - not really (just yet) but i thought that would be a funny title. at the moment i don't think i could lift a horn to my mouth to toot...
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shades of pink...and green!
yes, i can barely type this due to bootcamp. still loving it. my knee and elbow are not however. im not quite to the worried stage. i think all sorts of parts are in shock due to working out, but im...
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No more chocolate...but pickles and ice cream are ok!
This post has nothing to do with any cravingsdriven by pregnancy, so don't flip out. PDA at Lowe's. This affection lasted a good15 minutes and the paint we were having mixedtook over 30 minutes to...
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Mamma Mia!
Riley has become so interested in being a big helper. Especially in the kitchen. What an answered prayer. She loves to set the table, help get out ingredients and the pots and pans and clean up. Her...
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did you miss me????
people who still love us. please accept my apologies. i have not gone over to the facebook side (no offense to those that have). we are still alive and well. life has been crazy busy and i have had...
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riley's idol...
about once a year riley's idol, miss patty cake, comes to prestonwood. this year (a while ago, but i am catching up) we had the opportunity to meet her. riley was in hog heaven. she was actually...
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splish... splash....
we spent the afternoon at the dallas aquarium. this was kelsey's first trip, riley's second.it was lots of fun with daddy.some crazy bird was chasing riley around atthe beginning. that little thing...
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Life is precious....
Riley took a tumble down the stairs tonight (she is fine). She slipped (literally) in her slippers about half waydown and went for a ride - like a rag doll. Of course,I had a view of it from the dinner...
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M J
I know I am not the only one who is staying up till 2am watching all the Michael Jackson tributes. Can I get a witness? I am so sad and so sleepy because everyone is running tributes now. He completed...
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Hang tight!!!
I promise. I will be updating the blog in the next few days. The London and Romania trip was absolutely amazing. Cannot wait to share the details. We had inconsistent access to the internet (especially...
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London / Romania Mission Trip 2009...post 1
Here we go:let me give you a little history on how we got on the trip. didn't want you to think we weren't good enough friends that you didnt know we were preparing for a trip like this. well, we...
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London / Romania Mission Trip 2009...post 2
Sunday, July 5After all the church services we met some of the high school choir crew (the service team) who help run the behind the scenes stuff along the trip. my definition. they were all nice and...
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London / Romania Mission Trip 2009...post 3
Monday, July 6dinner at this amazing and very fancy hotel- the regent, i think. it says it on the plate, but i can't read it. us, the seals, the grahams and todd bell (our music minister) and his son...
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Lo / Ro Mission Trip 2009...post 4
i cannot remember the area, nor read the sign on the street, but I do remember being told that the architect purposefully built the 2 buildings and the street to form a semi-circle. its really cool. we...
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Lo / Ro Mission Trip 2009...post 5
sorry for the delay in updating. the last 10 days has been hectic. i hope to finish posting this trip this week. we arrived in bucharest and were taken around town by a new friend, lydia. first stop,...
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Lo / Ro Mission Trip 2009...post 6
same day of touring with lydia. drove by the arch d'triumph. alot like the one in france. in fact, a lot of the architecture (well, before that dictator bulldozed it all and built up the ghettos and...
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Lo / Ro Mission Trip 2009...post 7
Four hours from Bucharest was Braila and Galats. Don't check my spelling please. This is where we spent the bulk of the time in Romania. Our first outdoor concert was in this town square in Galats. It...
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Yes, we are back from romania...
life has passed us by. way too fast. we are long home since romania, i may finish out those pictures later and post all that has happened since then. here is what has gone one since then.1) we took a...
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