Jaxon Finishes Swimming Lessons

Jaxon just finished his summer swim lessons. He is brave as they come now. It seems that when you live in Texas ,and it is summer for 9 months of the year, you become a fish. Here are a few pictures of his last "show off" day at swim lessons.

Toothless Sydney

I love these pictures because we all remember when we had lost the majority of our top teeth. I don't remember really caring what I looked like when it happened. Sydney however, is feeling the loss if a different way. I find it sweet that she does not like to be toothless. She is starting to only smile her "little smile" as she calls it, which requires shut lips. I don't blame her as one large tooth in the middle of your smile is not ideal. It was a big deal to allow me to take these pictures. Love her.

Sydney Graduates the First Grade

It is so nice to have your kids love each other. These two are best friends. Sydney and Jaxon at Syd's Graduation Party

Syndey was awarded the best researcher award. She is always looking up information on the internet and reporting new facts. Yeah she did not get that from me!

Mrs. Sanders...a great teacher who we will miss. She just "got" Sydney and she loved her.

The Three Stresses

I have heard that the following three things are great causes of stress in a family... 1)moving 2)new baby and 3) changing jobs. Well we are close to doing all three in one year. The reason I say "close" is that we do not know what job changes are ahead of us now that Countywide has been purchased by Bank of America. We gave it a run though.....We had a new baby and moved all in one weekend...you have seen the baby now here is the house.

This is our new home...there is a long story behind it, but this is where we are now living. Cameron did a great job in my opinion in designing it. He showed amazing talent I never knew he had in him.....should have known.

The breakfast nook. One of my favorite things about this house is the view from the kitchen table. We feel like we are up in the mountains there are so many trees!

The Kitchen. This is another thing I really love about our home...it is nice to cook in such a beautiful place.

This is the view from the kitchen looking toward the front door.

There are some great things about Texas and this night in the park seemed to be just that.... A great night. The weather was perfect which is rare here, and the company was fun. We went with our good friends the Sivleys, the Cranes, the Wardells, the Barlows, and the Fredericks. Sometimes sitting outside in nature is just...peaceful. The music was fun but the best part was seeing how much fun our kids had. They were dancing their hearts out up front. Sometimes the most fun a parent will ever have is seeing there kids enjoy life.

Music in the park

Sydney and Mason seem to get along great, he loves her and she can calm him right down...What a good mother to be.

Jaxon will always find the sporting event no matter where the party is. Here he took over the Wardells giant Frisbee!

Jaxon and Scotty Frederick

The girls loved the music. They spent most of their time up front dancing! I love pictures and memories like this...its what summer is all about.

Our most updated picture of Mason. He also loved being outside in the park. He hung in there like a champ. What a blessing this third one is.. he is such a mellow joy!