Xander's 1st Birthday

Last saturday we went to Houston where we had 2 birthday parties for Xander. His first one was with his birth-mom and her family. We had a great time seeing them all and Xander had fun too.

Xander with his birthmom, Corie

His birth great grandmother, great great aunt and 2nd cousin were
there too.

He got lots of presents.

Liza and Corie helping him to open gifts.

We made him a cake. Chris did the writing. :-)

What's this?

Yum!

Wow, I love this!

The party.

A kiss from Nana.

Getting ready to leave.

Group picture.

Happy 11 Month Birthday Xander!

11 Months old today. Another couch picture.

Can't really sit still for pictures though... 

Xander loves playing in the tupperware cabinet.

It's so much more fun to get it out than to put it back. :-)

Isabella's first movie

Isabella made this little movie for an art contest at school. The theme of contest is "Together we can."
Isabella thought up the idea, shot the video on her camera and then made the movie with iMovie. I helped her by telling her where to click to see options and then she would choose the options and type in the text that she wanted. She really did about 95% of all the work and she was pleased with the results. :-)  I'm proud of her too...

Xander: super crawler

Zach and Xander love to play together. Today Zach was crawling and Xander was chasing him. They were having a great time. He's getting FAST!

Liza's quilt for Nancy

Liza has been working hard to complete the quilt
she is making for her friend Nancy's wedding.

After stitching together all the squares we had to pull the paper off the back.

A closer look at the pattern.

One of the squares before they were sewn together.

Liza giving it to Nancy at her wedding shower. Now she has more
of the borders on is working hard to get it finished.

Camping

Last weekend we went camping with our friends the Cavanaghs. It was the first time for Xander to go camping with us and he had a great time.

Xander enjoying a breakfast bottle on the first morning.

Liza doing story time for all the kids.

Zach and Isabella with their feet in McKinney Falls.

Xander enjoying the water at the lower falls.

The second morning Xander was cold so we wrapped him up tight.

He was happy after he got warm and had his bottle.

We called this "The Council"

Xander looking very tired on our first night out. 

Zach making chalk art with a paper plate. They also colored all the stepping stones at the camp site.

The Best Key Lime Pie I Ever Had

First Soccer Game

Today was Zach and Isabella's first day of soccer with the "Bulldogs." They are playing with a YMCA team. They had a lot of fun. They figured out pretty quickly that Isabella likes defense and Zach likes offense.

Zach and Xander take a break.

Zach ready for his kickoff.

A good action shot of Isabella trying to get back down to the goal.

We were there for the game but have no idea who won. :-) The kids didn't seem to care at this point- they just had fun playing the game!

Xander's play time

Playing in the living room... he is one happy kid.

He loves to swing with his brother and sister.

He really loves to eat watermelon.

He loves to play with Zach and will crawl all over him.

Here he was getting in to Mommy's things and had a blast doing it.

Here he is at Zach and Isabella's soccer game.

He loves to steal those glasses and play with them.

Global Short Film Network

Here is a quick 5 minute video that explains our ministry with Global Short Film Network.