Birthday Party

Elias had his birthday party at Chuck-E-Cheese a couple of weeks ago. He invited his whole class, plus a couple of kids from another class and a neighbor. He also invited Jeff & Jenny who traveled all the way from Indiana for the event! (ok, the event was scheduled around their already-planned trip. still, it was really special!) I think it is safe to say that everyone had a great time!

Wordless Wednesday

I post a photo, you post a caption.

Old and New

For some reason I thought of a random idea for a blog post a few days ago. This requires participation though. I am about to reveal something to you, and so you must reciprocate- at least with comments, preferably with pictures. :)

What is your oldest pair of shoes that you own? How long have you had them? How about your newest pair? How does the difference between those two pairs of shoes speak of the span of your life between them? Does that even make sense??

Here is a picture of my oldest and newest pairs. I have owned this pair of Berkenstocks for 16 years. That is HALF MY LIFE!!!!! Is that crazy?! I think I have had the hot pink crocs since May, so about 6 months. I guess that pretty much says that I have been kind of a tree-hugger type shoe-wearer for quite a while. 16 years to be exact. Which is pretty funny because I don't even recycle. I just like hippie shoes I guess.

Who Is He?

The Kindergarten kids got to dress up as a Bible character for school on Friday. Can anyone guess who Elias is? Leave your guess in the comments.

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

For the Jordan prediction of tomorrow's TTU vs. UT game, see the photo at http://www.hcbcredraiders.blogspot.com

Good Friends, Good Food, Great Memories

Jeff and Jenny (aka Uncle Jeff and Aunt Jenny) came to visit us from Indiana last week! We had such a great time with them- talking until late in the night, eating all the best things TX has to offer, and introducing them to our life here. Really, the whole story of the weekend can best be told in pictures (except for Jeff playing the Wii. I didn't get any pictures of that, so you will just have to take my word for it. He was good. And what he wasn't good at, he practiced until he got good.)

After a late flight in Wednesday night and and even later bedtime because none of us could resist staying up to talk despite the exhaustion, we all got up early Thursday morning. Jenny and I went to my women's Bible study and to have lunch at school with Elias, and the boys went downtown. You can see them exploring Whole Foods here, which Jeff referred to as "Georgetown Market on steroids. All natural ones at that."


This is an actual product that our husbands found in Whole Foods. Naturally, being the boys they are, this deserved a picture of its own and a spotlight on the blog.

Then they went to tour the statehouse. Now Jeff wants to visit the Indiana state house when he gets home. As a Texan I am obligated to say that it won't be as cool as ours.

After Texas burgers for lunch, the boys headed over to the University of Texas campus. Not to be confused with Texas Tech. They are the longhorns. We are the red raiders.

Jeff decided to try on some UT paraphernalia at the campus store.

Adaryll almost left him to ride the bus home for the previous picture.

Friday, Jenny and I got to have lunch at La Madeline. I got to have lunch there with Lori when she was here. Now we just need to all have lunch there together! :) Think you can swing that, girls? Friday night we had Elias' birthday party, which will soon get a post all of its own.

Saturday morning we went to Ikea. J&J had never been in an Ikea and enjoyed being able to try out the furniture.

Elias enjoyed it too. :)

A totally impromptu dancefest broke out right in the middle of Ikea!

Of course, you can't come see the Jordans and not have Rudy's BBQ!

If you stand in front of this Texas flag long enough, you will want to move here and become a Texan yourself...

Saturday afternoon, everyone except me and Elena (we chose sleep) went to a TX band competition. Again, something about bands in Indiana but on steroids was mentioned. I guess it is true that everything is bigger in TX. But, c'mon, we don't use steroids for all of it!

After a nice dinner out with just the grown ups Saturday night, we all got to go to church together Sunday morning. This is our standard "church fountain" picture we take with all our visiting friends.

Doesn't that make all you Indiana folks want to come to Texas?

Seriously, it is 81 degrees here today. Tomorrow's forecast is 84. Think about it.

Wordless Wednesday

A whole week and no blogging?! I know- I can't believe it either! But when I find time to upload pictures and post what we were up to, you will understand why there was no time to blog! Fo now, here is Wordless Wednesday. What's this little girl thinking? Leave captions in the comments section...

Wordless Wednesday

Two pictures this week, but they are going in a frame together, so I couldn't post one without the other. I had these taken today. Leave a caption in the comments!

Boyfriend

Elena's "boyfriend" visited from Indiana over the weekend.

Let me explain.

Brion and Beth had baby Isaac exactly 2 weeks before we had Elena. They were fond of each other from the very beginning. When Beth and I would both happen to be standing in the back of church swaying our fussy babies, they would reach out and hold each other's hands. When they got a little older and we had playdates, they would just look at each other and giggle. They were friends. So we started to call him "boyfriend" and they started to call her "girlfriend". Not that we are in any way encouraging any sort of dating relationship at age 2, but we are hoping that one day they will get married and we can be in-laws with people we already know and love! (not really, Elena is never going to get married. or date.) :) Here are some sweet pics from their trip.

The Most Awesome Day Ever!

When I picked Elias up from school on Friday, he informed me that is was "The Most Awesome Day Ever!!!!" It was his 6th birthday and he had taken multi-colored cupcakes to school to share with that class. That alone probably would have been fine, but we proceeded to drive home and open presents with Daddy.
Unbeknownst to Elias, I had combined ALL his and my birthday money and purchased a Wii. He has been asking for a Wii for months and I had told him it would probably be Christmas before we could get one. So, thanks Honey & Raun, GrandDad & Oma, and Grandma-Great for contributing to this great gift! Thanks Brent & Jenna for the LeapFrog book and to GrandDad & Oma for the flight suit! He loves all of it and concluded the night telling us that it was the best birthday he had ever had. And we haven't even had his party yet!