Somebody is 84!!

Sammy is an official grandpa dog. His 12th birthday was this month, December 9th.

Happy birthday Sammy! :)

This year was a very important year for Sammy, lets look back.

Adapting to our home in Maine. :)

Getting attention from ALL the ladies from my volleyball team :) he is really cute

Snoring on my lap after Thanksgiving dinner.

Enjoying the cool Maine breeze.

Enjoying summer vacation

Look at me! not that silly bike.

Beach day.

This water is too cold. :P

Being a bad boy jumping on Grandma Kathy's windows....

Texas beach day :)

I think this is the biggest day of all. His first day in the ocean!

Sammy is the best dog ever! I love him so much

Happy Birthday Elliot!

Elliot's 12th birthday was on October 25th

for Elliot's birthday we went to Quintana with Sammy, so Elliot could use his new skimboard

Travelling

Hello everyone! Just a heads up. We'll be in Missouri this weekend for my Grandpa's retirement party. We'll be so close to Omaha I wish we could come see ya'll but it won't work this time. I just wanted to give you a heads up in case you're in the area too :)
This picture was taken after a long day of volleyball in the Springfield tournament. :) Thank you Grandpa, Rachael and Aunt Tracy for coming to see me. Thank you Grandma Kathy for coming to see me too. :)

Missouri wins!!

Hey all! I went to a Aggies vs. Missouri game Saturday with a friend from volleyball. I had soo much fun! I love the Aggie spirit yells they do during the game. Anyways the Saturday that I was invited they were playing MU. What an awesome game for me to go to since my family is from Missouri. Yeah! Well the good news is Missouri beat the Aggies in overtime on their home field!
(sorry the picture is so small)

Winners!

My team won 3rd place in our bracket in the Springfield, MO tournament!

Happy Birthday dad!

Dad got a iPad for his birthday. :D

Dallas!!!!

Here we are! Left to right: Elisabeth, Meredith, Catherine, Natalie, Abby, Caitlin, Me, Kimsherion, and AmberLynne. We're all decked out for Breast cancer awareness month.

Hey everybody, happy October! This weekend my team is in Dallas for a volleyball tournament against the Dallas Angles. Yeah! Tomorrow we start playing, I'm super pumped! I'm planning on playing so hard that I get myself hurt. :D

pictures by Hannah

Discovery Green, 4 blocks from our house.

Wells Fargo Plaza, taken from car while moving. That's impressive Hannah!

Discovery Green whispering well. You really can sit at both sides and hear the other person whispering!

my silly face...... :/ nice picture Hannah! haha!

I miss you girl!!!! :D

friends :)

WE LOVE IKEA!

my favorite polar bear rug....

Elliot and Josiah demonstrating how fun the kids toys are...

Hannah and I modeling the comfortable sofa bed :)

Yummy Ikea food!

We love you Kolars!!!!!

a great time!

more pictures coming soon...

A visit to the midwest

It was SO pleasant to visit family and be in a place that is so familiar and like home. This weekend I had a great time in Missouri. It was a short trip, and we are now back in Texas but the 12 hour drive both ways was well worth it!

I Love Rachael's kitty named Mittens :) She is the sweetest thing. I love to hold her, Grandpa says she is the most spoiled cat there ever was.

I even curled up and took a nap with her on the floor.

Saturday was a Missouri Tigers game. We went to Applebees to watch it, we were there for 3 hours! Towards the end Elliot said he felt like he had lived at Applebees for the day. haha!

We took Rachael out to the stables to see her friends horse she helps take care of. I love going to stables, to see the sights and have a reason to wear cowboy boots, but otherwise I'm a little awkward there. But not Rachael! She loves it there.

This is grandpa's latest thing, his scooter. He gave both Elliot and I rides and let us drive it in a parking lot. I worked my way up to doing a tight U-turn at 10 mph. Later on that day Aunt Tracy let me drive her manual Saturn, It was my first time driving a stick shift car and I only killed it a few times...... :P

It took mom quite a bit a bravery to drive the scooter, but she did it anyway.

Friday night we went to a craft fair in Independence, its a tradition for us.

On our drive home today we went through the Boston Mountains in Arkansas. Wow! it was beautiful there. Later on in our drive while going through East Texas, there were a lot of wild firers going on because of the extreme heat. Not good. For most of the drive there a huge cloud of gray smoke looming ahead. Be praying for those people who don't know where the fire will go next.
Tomorrow we will have company at our loft apartment! :D :D Yeah!