Graduation

This past weekend we went to Dallas. My sister in law, Jillian, graduated from law school - we are so proud of her! We had a nice weekend with family. The photo below is right after graduation, the boys did real well at the ceremony...after they called her name Kurt took the boys outside to run around.

Saturday we had a picnic at the park...the boys found a tree to climb.

Blake with his auntie

On Saturday evening we took the boys and caught the free trolley. They live downtown and it was only a few blocks to the stop- they loved it! Truitt wanted to sit by himself.

Makes you think....

“You and I, we are the Church, no? We have to share with our people. Suffering today is because people are hoarding, not giving, not sharing. Jesus made it very clear. Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me. Give a glass of water, you give it to me. Receive a little child, you receive me.” -Mother Teresa

The Little Things

Today I was at the gym and I heard this LOUD clank of the weights being dropped. Many people turned to look, turned away and said nothing. He was obviously hurting, grabbing his knee. I was finishing up my set and was about to walk over there and see if he was ok when a young man, (maybe 16?) did exactly that. As I saw him do that I thought to myself "his mom would be proud". It is just a little thing but lots of little things make up who we are and what we become.

Lord, I pray my boys will love people - all people. When our society pushes them to choose themselves over others, great things over small things, that they would choose YOUR way. I pray that each 'little thing' they do will show your glory to others. AMEN.

Mother's Day

Do you have a mom that you want to honor with a special card? You can honor her by helping another mother across the globe - love Mercy and your Momma! Check this out:
http://wearethatfamily.com/2011/04/honor-your-mother-in-the-name-of-mercy-fundraiser/

Wimberley

We went to Wimberley for a girls weekend to celebrate my Nana's 83rd birthday. My grandparents used to go to Wimberley years ago and swim at blue hole with freinds (bummer, it was closed due to renovation - my grandma was was really wanting to see it again after all these years!). We had a nice time relaxing, shopping and playing games.

This is the house we rented, loved it!

Birthday girl :)

This was a photo from Pioneer town, really neat old building that had been moved to one area. We got a tour from the one guy working it...it was interesting. Admitedly had I been on my own there would have been no tour guide and I would have missed a lot of history about this neat little area.

Feeding the horses....they were very friendly. They were out front at the ranch where we stayed ...so pretty!

What's happening

Blake's is consistently using the toilet - we are very pleased. He is by no means potty trained but we'll get there, slowly but surely. Truitt loves toads! I came outside and Braden was doing this, cracked me up. He told me he could see a lizard on our porch :)

Run4theChildren

Saturday was the big run - we had over 450 runners! AWESOME! Such wonderful runners, running for a great cause. Amazing sponsors and adoption organizations. Thank you to our friends that sponsored us in the run. Admittedly I did not run myself - I'm not a runner :) BUT I did organize the volunteers, does that count?? Kurt ended up not running because he twisted his ankle (it was swollen) at Braden's soccer practice...we were bummed! A shout out to my sister Melissa who helped TREMENDOUSLY with our boys and The Smiths who took Truitt to baseball photos/game. Sadly I had my camera out for only a few photos (we had a photographer there and we should have some great photos!) and none of them included myself, Kurt or Braden...again - bummed about that. Oh well, next year! I did get this cute photo of our sweet friends with Ms.Texas.

Zoe, Lilly and Isabelle

The awards

T-ball

Truitt had his first scrimmage this weekend. He still has lots to learn but he's so cute in uniform...they all were!

Support Adoption!

In just over a week we will be having our soon to be annual Run4theChildren at the Fellowship of Cinco Ranch. This is a 4 mile chip timed run with all proceeds benefitting adoption and orphan causes. There will be a concert after the run and plenty of activities for the whole family.
The run is March 26th at 9am, you can donate to the cause:
https://run4thechildren.kimbia.com/donations?kwoAdvocateId=3RDGLQ7
or even better register to participate:
http://www.run4thechildren.org/
I am in charge of volunteers for the race so if you're interested in helping out please let me know!

BBQ Cook off

Last Saturday our family went to the BBQ cook off with my mom and sister. Melissa's company has a huge booth, VIP parking etc - it was great! We had lunch, did a few booth activities and then the kids rode some rides...it was a fun day!

Each of the boys had caricatures drawn....so cute! This guy is really good, he was there last year too.

Braden and Camryn going down the big slide. Truitt was too short to ride.

Riding with Grandma