Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad (Pops and Mimi!)

Today is my parents' 34th Wedding Anniversary. I feel so blessed to have parents who are still married and have raised us to love God.
Thanks for being a great example to us, Mom and Dad. Love you!

More company

Okay, so here are more of our pics! Top left is of my parents, Caleb, and the kids at the Health Museum, where we visited an exhibit "Grossology." Caleb loved it. Enough said.

The next pic (which I think is really cool) is my cousin Tasha's three boys, Bryan, Dylan, and Joel. We were in Galveston. The next is a picture of her gorgeous daughter, Olivia.

Then is a picture of my cousin Nola from South Carolina with the kids. She was in Houston for work and we had such a good time hanging out for the first time in 4 1/2 years!

Last but not least are Lindsey and Alan (my sister and brother-in-law) at the fireworks for Fourth of July. I think Lindsey should get frequent-driver miles as she is the one who appeared most at our house this summer! Don't go back to work, Lindsey!

I didn't get any pictures when Mandy visited with her three boys. :( But we had such a good time as well.

I guess life here in Houston will settle down to normal now, whatever that is!

Company, company, company

Over the past month or so, we have had TONS of company! I have enjoyed it so much, and know that it is over for a while now that school is starting. :(

Thought I would share some of the pictures from over the weeks: top left is Landon with my cousins Peyton and Emilyat the Hays family's first Astros Game! (Emily is 2 days older than Landon!). They were visiting with their parents, Stephen and Holly. (Stephen is my uncle, but we won't tell! :) )

Second pic is Landon with Cameron, one of our former youth and now a very good friend. Happy 21st birthday this week, Cameron!

Next is Allison, with my college friend Nicole's daughter, Allison. Yes, they are both Allison! So cute. Mine is Allison Danielle and hers is Allison Noelle, which was almost our Allison's name! Wow, that was a mouthful!

Then, Landon is shown with Nicole's son Zethan. They had such a good time together!

The last picture is of my cousin Mitchell. We went and saw his family in Galveston, and then they visited us in Houston! (yes, that is Caleb buried in the sand behind him! My mom did that!)

I'll have to add more pics on another blog because I couldn't put all of them on one post!

suckers for sweets!

Just to show you how much my kids love sweets, here are some pics of them actually sucking through the gum wrappers to get to the flavor! Came up with that idea all on their own, I'm sure!

When I caught them doing it, I took the gum away, but then gave it back for a few pics! Decided I needed to capture the moment, and not stress about it!