The Big 3-0

After months of wearing me down, Bryan finally convinced me to let him throw a 30th birthday party for me, as long as it was only family. The big event followed an amazing weekend of fellowship with friends and family, including Robby's first tee-ball game, a trip to the zoo, a neighborhood birthday party for a boy on our street, and lots of great food (both at home and out).

But, the culmination of the weekend was definitely the big party. We are so blessed to have such an amazing family who kept things lively and fun for the whole day:

 Sweet Baby Henry--Newest Addition to the Family (. . . so far)

 Abby is our youngest niece.  She was a trooper to come despite an earache!

 Collier the baller.  Nuff said.

Lucy and Robby have been close playmates since they could walk. 

Robby and Grandpa playing baseball.  Robby got about five different pitchers in on the action before all was said and done.



 Juliet loved borrowing SueSue's pretty earrings

Juliet also loved talking Pahpah into "sharing" the majority of his food with her

 Layla and Justin made their first trip to our house

 Jenna came despite still rehabilitating from her latest knee surgery

Michael and Ali spent the whole weekend with us.  Their birthday present to me was to let me win several games over the weekend :)

The whole Harris clan

The Sloan clan that were able to come.  We were sad to have three siblings and their families who were unable to attend, two because they were out of the country and one out of state.

Thanks again to everyone for coming out amd making it such a special day for me!

Nine Months

Here is me 10 days to due date. My mom says that I don't look all that far along. My brother (pictured) says that I look as wide as I am tall.

You decide.

New Neighbors, New Friends

The best part of our new home may just be our new friends. I don't have pics of them all, but here are just a few of the sweet memories we've already made.

So Big!!

I can't wait to mark and chart the kids' growth from this point as we are brand new in our house to when the time comes from them to leave the house, whether because we move as a family or (hopefully) because the time has come for them to go to college.

This is My Husband. In Waders. In Our Front Yard.

I knew that I married a country boy from small town Texas, but I've never really had the opportunity to see the country come out in him until we moved.

Instead of a lawn guy, I now have a lawn mower and weed eater and trimmer. What's rocked my world though is suddenly having a husband who takes great joy in the care and maintenance of our yard. Even if it requires him to don waders and go sloshing through our swamp creek.

I've got to admit, I find it kinda sexy ;)

As Promised--A Couple of Pics of the New House

With the flood and other issues, I really only have pics of the outside of the house, but I promised to post some, so here you go :)

And It Begins . . . First of How Many Baseball Practices in Our Lives?

Robby is playing t-ball this year.  While he is a bit younger than I had anticipated, all of his friends are on a team together, and he really wanted to play.  So, we bit the bullet and signed him up.  He had his first practice last week.  It didn't go so well.  He was too intimidated to participate, so instead of playing with his friends, he apparently just clung to his daddy.

So, this week, I decided to go too to serve as a cheering section.  We also talked about it all week long, preparing him to go.  He was super excited to go the first week, and then this week, he did not want to go at all.  But, we went anyway, and it turned out great!  While he was initially shy, he quickly warmed up and by the end of practice was actively participating in all of the different drills they were working on.  He was on cloud nine the whole way home and can't wait for next week.

So, that leaves me with just one nagging question.  ....what was I thinking???  Knowing how baseball seems to get into people's blood in a dramatic and irreversable way in my family, I may have just added the newest member of that group.

First attempt at running the bases--still very unsure

Playing catch with Daddy is really fun



 He was the last hitter at practice.  This hit was a really big one!  Great way to end the practice for all :)