The McLain's

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Our journey began October 2005 when we met in our Single's class at Prestonwood Baptist Church. We were engaged in June 2006 and were married on November 17, 2006. JP works for ROMCO as a Product Support Sales Manager and I will begin teaching part-time for the Dallas International School in August 2011. We have one little boy, Merit Cross. God has truly blessed our family.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Sand Art

Merit and I are always looking for new art projects. This beautiful art was created using our Destin sand! A little glue, sand, and food color and there you go!
 

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Merit's Art Wall

Another project once again and I really love how this art display area turned out. Sweet pics of my boy doing art projects with Mommy, a place for his 3D type crafts and plenty of room to display his work. Perfection!
 

Christine's Wedding Shower

What a wonderful time we had celebrating our dear friend Christine! The wedding is just around the corner!
 

Sunday, April 21, 2013

My New Home Entrance!

My Spring Break project took some serious elbow grease but I certainly love the way it turned out!
 

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Play with Mimi!

The boys got to spend more time with Mimi on Saturday. She didn't work Saturday either which was really nice for her and us! Love these pictures of our morning play time at the park.
 

Friday, April 19, 2013

An Evening with Both Cuties

I got to keep these two cute boys while Alicia and Mom went to visit Dad. It was a busy but fun evening to say the least! I sure do love both of them so very much!
 

Aquarium Day

Mimi took Friday off and we planned a fun day for her to spend with the boys. They both had a great time at the aquarium! Merit didn't quit talking about it for days and he still talks about the various sea life that we saw!
 

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Northpark pics

We enjoyed a delicious dinner at Mi Cocina and then took the boys to the courtyard for some pics and exercise. They both had fun running and getting out some of their energy!
 




Dinner at Northpark


Fun at Stonebriar Mall!

So, what do you do with two active boys on a cold and rainy day??? This is what we did!
 

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Monday, April 15, 2013

Spring Break is Here!

We started the week with a quick trip to the doctor and running by my school to pick up some things. Merit once again has the Croup. Hopefully he will outgrow this very soon! Obviously he isn't very sick, just look at that smile.
 

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Daddy's Monster Jam Shirt

David found this shirt in some boxes. JP wore it when he was about Merit's age. Merit thinks it's really cool that he's wearing a shirt that used to be Daddy's!
 

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Snickerdoodle Blondies

JP and Merit both like Snickerdoodle cookies so I thought they would definitely like these Snickerdoodle Blondies. I was right! They were a big hit! I made a few modifications to this recipe.
Modifications include:
1/2 cup coconut oil softened + 1/2 cup butter softened instead of 1 cup of butter
1 cup brown sugar + 1/2 cup Stevia instead of 2 cups of brown sugar
I also used 1 1/3 cup of white whole wheat flour + 1 & 1/3 unbleached white flour instead of
 2 2/3 white flour