Our First Trip to the Dentist

We took our FIRST trip to the dentist yesterday for a checkup. Dr. Kendra Wren looked at all their teeth and said they looked healthy and clean. She just counted them and they each have 8 teeth!! She said Isaac should be getting some more in the next couple of months.

Dr. Wren said that Isaac had GREAT spaces between his teeth. She said when they are young, spaces are good....more room for permanent teeth to grow and less likely for braces.

As for Hadleigh, she said she could definitely use some more space!! You can't have it all right?

They did pretty well and THANKFULLY Mema had her appointment right before us so she could help since Daddy was away at camp!

So now we have to start BRUSHING and FLOSSING!!! So far it's going pretty well. We tried our first flossing tonight. They weren't too sure about it, but didn't complain! YEAH!!!!

New Tricks

Okay so this video is a little long, but you HAVE to stay tuned until the end! I don't know where Isaac has learned this, I am guessing at school, but it is so funny! And there is a SURPRISE at the very end!! It might not seem like much....but it's there I SWEAR!!!

JULY 15, 2008: Hadleigh's 1st Birthday

Happy First Birthday Hadleigh Jane. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to post these pictures! What a wonderful year it has been! We are so blessed to be your Mommy and Daddy! We just thank the Lord for allowing us to take care of you for a while! You are so beautiful and full of personality! We love you!!

Thanks to the Harper's for the slide! They just love it!

6 Years Married: JULY 13, 2008

On this day Erik and I were married for 6 years! I cannot believe how fast it has gone by! I wish I was a great writer and could write a great story for everyone, but I am a terrible writer although it is easier for me to write things down than to say them out loud. I prefer to just post pictures....in case you couldn't tell! But none the less it has been an almost GREAT six years despite some minor ups and downs. But as for my husband I will say that he has been so good to me! He pretty much lets me have whatever I want...heeeheeeheee!! I always find something to complain about even though he does a lot of things around the house. He ALWAYS does the dishes, b/c I HATE to do them. He is such a WONDERFUL dad...our children adore him! In the past 6 years we have traveled a lot...which we love to do! We have owned 2 houses..which is so crazy. You feel like a real adult when you get to buy a house! Anyway, I know I never tell him what a great job he is doing, and I am not very good at encouraging him, but he is great at his job both at church and with his family!

So for our anniversary we went to eat at August E's in Fredericksburg. Our friend Molly Harper suggested it and it was WONDERFUL! We had an awesome waiter and we even got FREE dessert b/c it was our anniversary. Erik had a steak with potatoes and asparagus and a yummy salad, and I had the Lobster Tempura Roll (sushi) and a yummy salad! It was so great! We had ice cream for dessert! If you have never been you really have to go here! It was FANTASTIC!!

Sea World

This was Isaac's first trip to Sea World. Yes we only took Isaac. We were originally going as sponsors for Greg's youth trip, but he ended up not really needing us. We figured it would be too hard to take both and be sponsors at the same time. Anyway, needless to say we spent most of our time at the kiddie pool & he LOVED it!!! We pet the dolphins and went into the aquarium. We did see a couple of shows, but mostly played in the water!! We can't wait to go back and take Hadleigh as well!!

4th of July

My mom was the only one of my grandmother's children at the family reunion. She has 2 brothers and a sister.



The Aldridge Family: Some LONGTIME friends of ours from Midland. Nick and I grew up with this family. They have 3 boys and Brandon (in the yellow shorts) was one of Nick's best friends. We visited them while we were in Dallas.





For the 4th of July we went to Plano for a Family Reunion. We watched Fireworks on Friday night and then on Saturday went to the park to see all of our family. This is my grandmother on my mom's side of the family. My grandma has 4 sisters and so there were a lot of people there. Some we haven't seen in many years. It was the first time for almost all of them to meet Hadleigh and Isaac so that was fun. Here are some pics from the weekend.

Surfside Beach Part 2

Well it's been a while since I posted. Things have been crazy around here. I will try to get caught up this week. We'll see. So Erik, Hadleigh, Isaac, Mema and me all drove together to Surfside to meet Scott, Leighanne, Jayden, Payten and Madison. Here are some other photos from our week. We mostly spent the morning on the beach, came in for lunch and spent the afternoon on the beach. We cooked in our condo and grilled out one night and even had smores. We (Pay, Madi, Jay, Scott and I) attempted to fish. Also among the adventures was the rescue of an injured bird. We had a blast. If I would have posted this sooner I probably would have given a few more details, but if I want to get caught up I better move along. Hope you enjoy!