Since my new thing seems to be a "monthly blog" instead of a weekly blog, prepare yourselves for a long one.
Our sweet friends the Bailey's made the trek from Abilene Valentine's weekend for a chaotic but fun weekend. 8 adults & 9 kids under one roof-CRAZY, but so fun!! The adults were able to enjoy dinner out w/o the kids Friday night. The weather was cold but pretty so we were able to spend a lot of time outside. Dad was kind enough to let us use his house for the weekend which was great. Despite the craziness during the day, the evenings were quiet and filled w/ fun fellowship w/ the bestest friends in the world!
Late February we got to enjoy snow (yes, for those of you not from Texas it is possible for it to snow here). Sweet Greyson has been praying for snow a lot ever since it snowed last year and his prayer was finally answered. We enjoyed a fun afternoon of daddy coming home from work and playing in the snow with the Moffitt's and Strickland's. Greyson loved it, Davis lasted about 15 minutes and was ready to come inside where it was warm.
Jason celebrated his 31st birthday on February 28th! We decided to celebrate by going camping that weekend with our friends the Shannon's. The Shannon's are responsible for introducing us to camping about 9 years ago way before kids and are the best people to go camping with. We always joke that we eat better camping with them than we do at home! This was Davis' 1st time to go camping and she did great. All the kids had so much fun being outside, exploring, eating s'mores, and just enjoying the simple things in life. Jason and I enjoyed our time in the evenings catching up w/ Heath and Sandy after all the kids had gone to bed. We decided it was a lot of work to go camping w/ kids, but so worth it to get away from technology, stress, etc. and make the memories with our kids. They are still talking about camping and wondering when we are going to go again.
We had our ultrasound on the 22nd and our little baby is healthy and growing just like it should! We did not find out the sex and are so excited to learn if it's a boy or girl in 12 short weeks! We are trying to gear up by getting some projects done around the house. We will be moving Greyson and Davis into the same room in the next couple weeks which they are excited about. They are so excited about the baby! We joke that Davis is going to have her own little baby doll to take care of :)
I have started a new part-time job at our church in the Children's Ministry department. It is a perfect fit for our family and a nice little outlet for me! The Lord is perfect in his timing.
A few weekends ago I was able to get away on our church's women's retreat. It was a sweet time w/ my 2 best friends and the ladies from our homechurch. It was a very relaxing time to reflect on how the Lord is working in my life. I appreciate my sweet husband so much for being super dad that weekend so I could get away!
Spring has arrived and we have enjoyed being outside after the cold winter we have had. We have enjoyed lots of afternoons at the park and enjoyed a beautiful Sunday at the park last weekend. You'll notice in the pictures that Davis got a haircut-almost 5 inches off. It was a little sad I must admit, but we have decided it fits her "sassy" personality perfectly! :)
Greyson has become quite the Lego builder. He is such a creative little guy and it's so fun to watch what he builds and creates.
I'll close w/ this sweet pic I was able to capture this evening as we were leaving Research Park w/ the Moffitts & Stricklands. We enjoyed a late afternoon feeding the ducks and turtles and an early picnic dinner before heading to get some ice cream. As we were walking back to the car we all looked up and saw this. Such sweet friendships have developed b/t the 4 of them that we pray will last a lifetime.
