January and February, 2025

Two months for the price of one!  I honestly don't have a lot of pictures from the past couple months, but here are a few...

We went to brunch at the Maple Leaf to belatedly celebrate my birthday, since Eric was sick when we had originally planned to celebrate.

We got a little snow in January- not enough to do much with, but enough to cancel school for a day, which is good enough for us!

Gratuitous cat picture...

Elizabeth and I took CJ and Eli to "Aggieland Saturday" so they could see what A&M has to offer.  We had a great time together!

Our Superbowl fare...

For Valentine's, we continued our tradition of making crepes together.

We had to cancel a little camping trip we had planned this month because the weather was awful, but we did get to spend a fun Saturday out together, which included lots of time for Eli in the sports card store.  :)  (Photo taken from my comfortable chair, where I read a book while he shopped.)

Eli bought a set of "throwing knives" and has been practicing in the back yard.

Eric and I went away last weekend to the Cooper Hotel, our favorite spot in Dallas.  We walked around White Rock Lake on Saturday.

And more walking at the Cooper...

Now on to SPRING!  Much love!

 

December 2024

Alrighty...  here are some mixed up pictures from the last month of 2024!

The McDonalds came to visit after Christmas.  We love and miss them so much and are always so thankful to get to spend time with them.  Baby Theo was fascinated by Eli!

Cousins in Christmas pajamas...

Kelly and I got to go see Andrew Peterson's "Behold the Lamb" concert this month.  It was, as expected, so beautiful and meaningful.

Jumping forward to Christmas Eve...  after going to the church service, we spend the evening with the Heinzes, playing games and eating yummy food.  I love this tradition!

Back to the beginning of the month when Eric took me to the Meyerson for dinner and the symphony to celebrate my birthday...

The boys decorated their tree...

Elizabeth and Jacey and I went to see the Mesquite Symphony Orchestra's Christmas performance, which was great as always!

Our traditional "Christmas Adam" dinner- steaks and scallops!

This was on Christmas Eve before church...

And Christmas morning...

Back to the McDonalds' visit after Christmas- all the kiddos.  We have known and loved each of them since they were born!

The year wrapped up quietly and calmly with some time off and lots of time spent with family.  On New Year's Eve we played games and ate more yummy food with the family, but I didn't take any pictures.  It was a great ending to a great year, and we're so thankful for all of it.  Bring on 2025!

 

November 2024

Alrighty...  a few pics from November, all mixed up as usual!  :)  

We drove to Oklahoma to visit Eric's step-mom and sister and had a great day talking and laughing together.

The boys went on a camping trip to Atlanta State Park...

At the beginning of the month, Eli got all dressed up and went to homecoming with his school friends.  He cleans up nice, eh?  :)

Elizabeth and I went to the symphony to see them perform Elgar's Enigma Variations.  It was INCREDIBLE.

Back to homecoming...

On Thanksgiving Eve, we did our traditional pre-Thanksgiving dinner at home.  I love this tradition!  

This Thanksgiving was quieter than usual, which was LOVELY!  We enjoyed our monkey bread breakfast and then took a walk together.  We watched the dog show with my family and then had an amazing Thanksgiving dinner all together.

We always do this little "Thanksgiving door" in November.  I love seeing it all filled up with things we are thankful for.

And we got our tree up and decorated.  Bring on the Christmas season!  :)

LOVE to you!!

 

October 2024

Here are some pictures from October...

At the end of the month, we went to Daingerfield for our annual fall family camping trip.  We had a blast being together, outside in our favorite spot.  I didn't take a lot of pictures this time, but here are a few...

Heather and Michael and I took Jacey and Eli on a college visit to UT Tyler...

We went to the State Fair with Elizabeth and CJ...

Michael and Heather and Eric and I went to see the Avett Brothers in concert, which we had been looking forward to for almost a year!  It was AMAZING, and we so enjoyed this evening together.

Eli got to go to a Mavs game with a couple friends...

The boys did their annual "Go Fish" game at the church fall festival...

And that concludes October!  LOVE to you!!