Uncle Nick is a Quarter of Century!

Nick turned 25 on September 17th. He is officaly in a new age category... mid to late 20s.
Welcome to old age... He's already complaining of sore knees ;)

Can I please have your glasses?

 We tried to get a family pic... there was something goofy in each one... this is the best we could do :)

Everyone is smiling... and my mom is snapping?

So Proud of Daddy!

Brian played the Northern Texas PGA Championship, back in September.
AND HE WON!!!

I was so proud of him!
He was able to over come some big hurdles, with hard work and diligence, and it all paid off!

The win was especially sweet because we found out we were going to have to have piers installed to fix our foundation (welcome to home ownership in Texas). We were able to use his winnings to pay for the piers.
Our original quote for the piers was $7,326... and he won $7,300.

The Lord promises to provide for us, and we didn't doubt that He would, but He really blessed us!!!

The card on the couch is an exemption to play at the Byron Nelson next May... a PGA event!

So proud of my daddy!

Shinny...

Mine?

Labor Day Weekend

Evie and I headed to California for Labor Day weekend. This was her first plane ride. She did awesome on the way there... she slept for two of the three hours. It was so sweet to hold her while she was sleeping, she is definitely not one to cuddle usually. On the way back she fought sleeping for an hour before finally giving in.

Our time in California was wonderful. It was great to get back and see family and friends.

We bought Evie a tent to sleep in, instead of a pack n' play. It was so cute!

Uncle Chris and Aunt Barbra cooked a wonderful brunch for the family.

We went to an art festival in the red woods, and Karen (my non biological mother) spun wool on a spinning wheel.

This is what the art festival looked like, so beautiful.

I had an Evie on my back.

Grammy feeding me breakfast.

Fog rolling in over the mountains.

There were hand made leather masks at the art festival, and I made my mom and Karen put them on.

Uncle Mike and Aunt Marilyn with Evie at the beach.

Our first trip, hopefully one of many, to the beach.

Evie loved to play with the pebbles, she tried to eat them too.

We looked through the tide pools to find sea creatures.

Evie kept sucking her thumb, so we all started to suck ours.

Danielle, my non biolgical sister, meeting Evie.

This is the park Nick and I grew up playing at. We have several pictures of us playing in the same plane.

...and we used to play on the same fire engine.

Rub-a-Dub!

Bath time now involves everyone getting wet... and the floor...

Evie absolutly loves water.
Water in a cup, in a tub, out of the hose, from the shower, in a straw, in a pool...

These are some pictures from a recent bath time:

Evie laughs when Brian cleans her feet. He calls it "toe giggles"

She tries to eat the water

She is fascinated with the water spray

"Gettin' my face all clean and shinny"

Notice all the water on Brian's face

Water!

Teeth cleaning.

Water!

I like to eat water!

Snug as a bug in a rug, with my daddy!