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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.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Car Show in Boerne

Papa 'D' and Daddy left early Saturday morning for the car show in Boerne. It was a beautiful day! The weather was perfect; sunny and warm, with a nice breeze to keep you cool. David's beautiful, red corvette won best in class! Yea! Merit had a great time. He especially enjoyed the old time rock'n'roll they had blaring. He danced probably 75% of the time we were there. So cute! People kept stopping to watch him and he just kept on dancing. :) What a memorable and fun day!

Daddy and Merit talking about the corvette and all of it's features. Merit is becoming quite the car expert just like J.P.

Admiring an electric blue Mustang


Taking a drink break

Merit really liked the water sculptures. As soon as he saw another little boy getting his hands wet in the water he decided he needed to do the same thing.


Merit really adores Papa 'D' and I love watching them play together.
Grammy and Papa 'D' with Merit

Cute family pic!

Friday, April 20, 2012

Cousins

Merit had so much fun playing with his cousins, Aidan and Ella. They took turns riding in the wagon and pulling eachother in the wagon. It was great fun watching them together!





We Arrived!

What a great picture! Love this boy and his sweet smile!


Look what Papa 'D' and Grammy bought for Merit!

He was very surprised and couldn't wait to sleep in this CARS bed!

 Before taking a nap we got in a little playtime.

Merit pretended to cook brownies for me...yum!

Merit's favorite dog at Papa 'D' and Grammy's house is Big Josh. Merit was leaning in for a kiss in this picture.

Naptime...he slept great!

San Antonio Bound!

These are a few of my favorite pics from our car ride to San Antonio. We played hide 'n' seek, read books, sang songs, played on the leap pad, played on the iPad, watched movies, played games and colored too! What a fun ride!

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Mimi's Day Off!

My mom took the day off on Thursday so she could spend a little more time with Alicia and Luke before they headed back to Houston. Merit and I began the day by making homemade chocolate popsicles. Thank you Alicia for the neat popsicle molds! Merit had much fun doing this. Mimi came over and ate breakfast with us. I made yummy homemade zucchini bread and scrambled eggs. Mimi enjoyed some playtime with the boys in the morning. Later that day, we took flowers and a card to cousin Jenny. We then made a trip to Barnes & Noble for a little reading, playtime with the train table and the LEGOs. It was truly a great day!


Merit shared his Snuggies with baby Luke.

Merit also showed Luke some of his favorite books; Clifford of course.


Check out the book Merit is reading, a book about construction equipment. Oh goodenss. :)


Aunt Alicia enjoyed playing with LEGOs too!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Wednesday Dinner at Mimi's

Wednesday night we went to Mimi's place for dinner. Mimi picked up yummy burgers from Twisted Root. I love their buffalo burgers! I made peanut butter cookies for dessert. Mimi gave Luke his Easter basket which included a really sweet Winni the Pooh book. Merit really liked the book and wanted to show Luke how to press the buttons to hear the sounds.
Another wonderful evening with Alicia and Luke!









Delicious!

Merit really enjoyed the ice cream at Jason's Deli today!

Wednesday with Alicia

On Wednesday we took the boys to Northpark for the 10:30 puppet show. We also visited our friends, the ducks and the turtles. We left Northpark around noon and met Mimi for lunch at Jason's Deli by her office. She really loved getting to spend some time with us in the middle of her workday.

Luke was really excited about seeing the puppet show at Northpark! Look at that smile!


Merit wanted Luke to see the turtles too!


Ready for the show to begin!



Big Bird and Elmo were the stars of the show!