Easter 2015

This Easter was kind of special because we are finally getting to the point where Emmy understands the concept of holidays and their special meaning.  We read books about Easter and we had a talk about how this is a special day for Jesus.  I'm saying she really understood all of the intricacies, but our level of comprehension was light years ahead of previous years.

We started off the morning with some photos of the princess in her Easter dress.  This was followed by a small freak out on my part when my CF card malfunctioned and I lost everything.  Luckily we were up early so I popped a new card into my camera and did my best to recreate everything that we had done.

Look at my sweet girl with Teddy.  They are best friends and pretty much inseparable.



I thought that she would wear her pretty church shoes, but of course my sweet little girl insisted on wearing her cowboy boots.  They have been in every major photograph that we have taken for almost two years.  At least we got our money's worth out of them I guess.





Our flowers just happened to bloom the day before Easter, so she needed a picture with the "pretty flowers."



My sweet baby girl and I





Our big group after church



Our family of three is becoming four!











After church we went to Mom's house for lunch.  It was AMAZING!













Later Emmy had the opportunity to search for Easter eggs.  It was quite a sight to see 12-15 adults following this little girl around the yard as she looks for the eggs.












It was a beautiful day spent with family, friends, and our church.  May we always remember that this holiday is not about food, bunnies, or eggs.  It is about the fact that HE IS RISEN!

Bluebonnet Photos 2015

We took our annual bluebonnet photos near Hempstead while on our journey back from the DFW.  We kept driving along looking for a great patch, and I was keeping my eye on the sun waiting for it to go down enough so Emmy wouldn't be in lots of full sun. 

There were lots of great spots, but most of them were in the median where I felt like it was too dangerous.  We finally came upon the perfect spot.  Lots of bluebonnets and paintbrushes on a slight hill to block the sun--PERFECT!

She wasn't crazy about sitting in the flowers, but eventually she warmed up to the idea (there may have been bribing involved).






She's definitely has diva qualities.



And she definitely has a little sass.



At one point when a certain little person was not cooperating, I turned my attentions to this guy.  I love this photo of him, but he kept trying to get me to delete it!







Cheese!









I was definitely showing the wear of a five hour drive, but I still love this of my little girl and me.





Glad we got to take our photos in such a pretty place.  We truly are blessed to live in such a great state with beautiful wildflowers!

Jonathan's Getting Married

We traveled to Fort Worth for the weekend for the wedding of our fellow Hart Hall resident Jonathan!

We didn't get to Fort Worth until the wee hours of the morning.  The next day, my first priority was getting this little diva down to the pool area to play for a few hours.  The Radisson had a great heated pool and hot tub area for her to play in, and BONUS there were a few other kids and moms down there at the same time.  Built-in friends!








After her two hour pool session, it was time to get ready and go to the wedding.  The ceremony was held at at beautiful church on the TCU campus.  Unfortunately, they did not allow photography of any kind in the chapel, so I don't have any shots from there. 

Below are some of my favorites from the ceremony.  I didn't really keep my camera glued to my hand, so there aren't the normal pleathora.



We lovingly joked that we had made some imaginary cut by being invited.







Emmy latched on to Elisa and followed her around all night.





He had an amazing groom's cake!













Of course these two had to work the dance floor a little!





When Dustin started singing "Don't Stop Believing," Emmy rudely covered her ears.





The next day, we met up with Dustin, Christina, and Caroline in Dallas for lunch.





Caroline is just so sweet!







After lunch, we hit the road and started our trek home.



When we got to Waco, we made the executive decision to stop by the Magnolia Farm store.  Unfortunately they weren't open so we couldn't go in, but we did take a couple of photos out front.  We love Fixer Upper!







We stopped on the way home and took photos of Emmy in the bluebonnets as well, but that's a whole other post.

Congratulations Jonathan!  We are so happy for you guys, and we can't wait to see where your story takes you!