Dance Your Shoes Off!

What an amazing day today was! Today our church performed "Dance Your Shoes Off" in front of City Hall at the Houston Children's Festival. Over 800 children from all of Second Baptist Church's 5 campuses gathered to publicly worship and praise God. At the end of the song, the kids stepped out of their shoes and then all shoes were gathered and donated. It was so moving to watch the kids dancing. Earlier this week Jenny asked me if the people would think they were performing. I told her maybe. Then she said that they aren't performing, they are worshipping God. :)

Excited and ready to worship!

Jonathan fell asleep in the tub after the busy and long afternoon in the heat

(I couldn't figure out how to get the picture to move to the end)

Time to Dance!

New Home Update... 9-25-2011

Just a few pictures from our walk through our house today. We are still on schedule for mid to late November (since there hasn't been any rain). Sheetrock is done, brick is done, stone should be finished tomorrow. Feels more like a home and not a bunch of wood on a big piece of concrete :)

Mark & Jonathan in the entry hallway

Jenny in her room...no longer interested in being photographed

A view from the front door

In Jonathan's room...but he didn't want to have his pic taken either

Again in Jonathan's room... ready to say cheese this time

Sneaking by...didn't think I'd catch her in a pic

A view from the kitchen, looking into the family room

Another view from the kitchen, but shows the gameroom too

Back of the house...

10 Years... and many more to come

On July 14th 2011 Mark and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary...oh how the years have flown by. In the last 10 years, we bought our first house, have had two amazing kiddos, have changed jobs and/or careers and have signed on to build our next house. Mark and I met at Beall's department store in Huntsville, TX. He was an amazing jeans folder :)

With the upcoming costs of moving, we debated whether or not to take a vacation, but since it was our 10 year anniversary... we went anyway. We went to Punta Cana in June and it was amazing. We relaxed and just enjoyed the scenery. We went with our friends Barry & Kelley (whom we like to travel with). Here are a few pictures of our trip... (a few months late :) )

No...not caught in the act....just one of the pool side beds (bali?) to relax on :)

Yes...a square toilet...

At the airport on the way home

In Punta Cana, you walk up to your plane. It was an amazing experience to just walk out from a grass covered "terminal" and follow the paint on the ground to walk up to your plane. The airport was open-aire and had enormous ceiling fans to keep all of the tourists cool. Strange to walk into connected huts to claim your baggage.

as the title says...10 years... and MANY more to come :)

New Things to Come

After searching in Pearland, Friendswood, Sugarland and Missouri City for previously owned homes that would accommodate Jonathan's physical needs, we decided to build. We broke ground in July and anticipate moving in around Thanksgiving. While parting with our first home, we are ready for the new chapter to begin :)

Field Day 2011

A few pictures from Jenny's field day in May... It was hot, but they all had a blast :)

Spice Up Your Life!

Its recital time again....

This year Jenny switched to Jazz instead of the ballet/tap class. She loved it :)

Their routine was to "Spice Up Your Life" by The Spice Girls. This was her 3rd year at Stephanie's School of Dance so she got a trophy. The girls get trophies at 3, 5, 7 & 9 years of dance. She was so excited and kept talking about how special it was to her. It's amazing how much "easier" the whole rehearsal and recital get with each year. The first year (she was 5) was complete chaos...red lipstick not on even close to perfect...but this year, it all went smoothly :)

Love that blue-eyed girl of ours :)

after getting her trophy at dress rehearsal

After the recital, we all went for frozen yogurt at Swirll

Tree hugger?

Jenny has become much more adventurous lately. While I was cooking dinner, I let her go and play in the front yard. I looked out the window and she had taken our recycle bin and used it as a step so she could climb the Oak tree in our front yard. What... a tree climber came from me?!

This is a picture of her...on another tree at a nearby park. I love my little girl...