Happy Birthday Cory James!

Happy Birthday to Cory! We hope you have a wonderful day and know that we are thinking about you! We are all very excited to see you soon!

Here is your birthday song from Merideth and Samuel in their "cowboy" attire:

Fun in TX

We went down to Robert and Danica's this last weekend and had fun in the pool, relaxing and getting our Costco fix in. The kids were so ready to swim that they really didn't notice that the pool was around 70 degrees until they were in for a while and noticed their teeth chattering! They loved it regardless of how cold it was. It took some convincing to get the adults in though."Come on mom!"

This girl belongs on the beach!

Some popsicle time with Evalina. Thanks for a fun weekend Whitlocks!!

Finishing Up

This week has been full of finishing things up; soccer, gymnastics, school. It was a very fun week and special for both Samuel and Merideth as they got trophies, M&Ms, and said goodbye to some very special teachers.

Samuel's soccer banquet with coach Dan.

The M&M Olympics!! This was the last day of their gymnastics classes, they loved it and felt very special with family and friends there to watch every "event".

Gymnastics buddies Lauren, Merideth, Ben, and Samuel gearing up for the show!


Ms. Erin and Ms. Darcy, Samuel's teachers who genuinely loved and cared for their class and strived to help them know Jesus. Thank you for a wonderful year, thank you for loving Samuel!!

Storm Trackers

We have had some crazy weather here the past couple of days and I thought it was quite ironic that we were at the Science Museum the other day and the kids spent most of our time there in the "news room" reporting the weather. Check out the mural in the background of the tornado...that night we had two tornado warnings!
Samuel was concerned about the weather in "South America" until he saw "Dallas!", which is really the entire state of Texas to him.

DJs Crepes!

We saw this crepe trailer at an art festival last week and it reminded us of my (Erin) dad who is "world famous" for making crepes and is named Denny J. My grandfather, my dad's dad, was often called DJ, so it was a nice little reminder gift for us. Can't wait to have some crepes dad!!

Great day for Lemonade!

After our neighbors had a lemonade stand a couple of weeks ago and Samuel studied the art of business he has wanted to have one of his own. We had a nice warm afternoon the other day so we stirred up our lemonade and set out for the curb. The kids had a lot of fun. Lucas, a friend from up the street, stopped by to help us out. It is amazing how generous people are when there are cute little kids jumping up and down and waving!

Shopping around for a Rumble Song

Rumble is in need of a song. Marc and the kids tried out one that was made...it was a pretty big hit, easy to dance to and pretty catchy!

Story Teller

Merideth keeps us laughing with her constant story telling. This video doesn't quite catch the essence of it, but it gives you a glimpse into how it goes. We imagine her coming home from school someday and us hearing about EVERYTHING that happened.