Marc and Samuel's Trip

Marc and Samuel got to take a little trip to New Orleans then to Sacramento. We are so grateful that they get to spend time together seeing new things and experiencing fun stuff!

Samuel in front of the French Market in New Orleans where they picked out some sweet gifts for their girls, Merideth and Erin.

On the street car.

Bourbon Street

New Orleans Hornets court.

Sacramento arena.

Samuel got to be Little Slamson in Sacramento and help Big Slamson defeat the other mascots in the wrestling ring.

Happy Valentine's Day and Beyond!!

Merideth and Erin got to take a little weekend trip to Dallas while Marc and Samuel took a whirlwind trip to New Orleans and Sacramento. Merideth had tons of fun entertaining Tanner and Dylan, they are super fun at 18 months!!

Merideth had a special Valentine's lunch with two of her best buds, Mason and Kate, at a tea room.

Grandma had a big spread ready for the kids to decorate cookies, so fun.

Samuel and Grandpa taking a break from cookies for a little reading.

Merideth's Valentine's party, so fun.

Samuel with his sweet friend Mason at their Valentine's party.

It was a nice afternoon after the day of parties so Samuel and Merideth set up their book club/library on the top of the swing set where they stayed through a snack and dinner! Erin had to convince them to come down as the sun was setting.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Just Livin' Life!

Haven't had a ton to blog about recently...we are great and just livin' life. Elevation, the trampoline park, is still in the works, hope to be open in the next few weeks. Samuel had his last basketball game of the season today, it was a super fun season with great kids and coaches. Merideth has taken a couple of fun art classes which she loves, see art work below. We are great!
Merideth and the bear she decided to take to school for a teddy bear picnic!!

Winter scene. This day she learned about foreground and background.

3D snowflakes.

So ready to get back on track!!

The last couple of weeks, since winter break, have been...not crazy but continued to be off track. Merideth had her second set of tubes and her adenoids out on the 30th of December which made the first week back to school a little random. She went to school a little here and there because she wasn't feeling 100%. Then the next week, last week, Samuel got strep throat which made that week a bit off track with him being in school a little here and there also. So, hopefully after our holiday off today we will be back on track!

Merideth's surgery went great, she was a trooper and hopefully on her way to fewer ear infections. Samuel is almost 100%, he shoots hoops for 35 minutes at a time opposed to 45 minutes at a time.

Hopefully this week we will be back to school, guitar, basketball, gymnastics, church, etc. Merideth feeling pretty confident while she waits her turn!

Now in the gown, not so super confident...

Resting at home with Izzy.

Merideth new friends due to her surgery.

Happy New Year!! Can you believe it is 2012!

New Years day breakfast.

We had a great morning at church then hit the ice rink for some skating fun with our great friends, the Smiths!

Skating with daddy, no better place to be!

Gavin and Samuel, skating pros!

The Taylors and Smith kids!

Merry Christmas to you all!

Merry Christmas! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and were blessed by the season with the amazing reminder of Christ's birth! We had a wonderful Christmas with lots of family and great memories. We celebrated the Advent season with two great families, we got together every Wednesday to help us focus on Jesus, it was a very special time. Marc's sister and family came in from Seattle to spend some time before Christmas, it was so great to see them! Marc's Uncle and wife and Grandmother came in from TX for a day, they are always fun to visit with! Erin's mom, sister and her family came in for Christmas, what a super fun time!

This year Santa brought a kitten to the kids, check out the video below to see how happy they were:

Here are some pictures from Christmas and surrounding activities, not in chonological order:

We had family pictures taken with Marc's sister's family and the Taylors!

Snow tubing downtown OKC.

The sun just starting to come up on Christmas morning!

Merideth with two of her sweet friends at her school Christmas program.

Tanner in his new chair.

Dylan sitting sweetly in his chair.

Family toes painted in Christmas colors, one of our Advent activities!

Merideth, Erin, and Grandma Taylor went to the Nutcracker!

We snuk into the Granpa and Grandma's house to set up a little tree while Grandpa was in the hospital.

Our Advent group of kids in their jammies on our last evening together.

Christmas Eve.

Merideth and Izzy.

Samuel and Izzy.

Thank you everyone for a great Christmas!!

Samuel's Baptism

Samuel has been wanting to be baptized since Septemeber when he asked Jesus into his heart...dad and mom got over their need to make it happen how they thought it should happen and he was baptized yesterday and he loved it!

Since it was a holiday weekend, we had a private ceremony in the chapel of our church. We had family in town, which is one of the reasons we chose this weekend, and friends came to celebrate too.

It was a great experience for Samuel!

Samuel's good friends who came to see him baptized.

Pastor Micheal Milligan performed the baptism.

Uncle Denny, Aunt Danica, Uncle Robert, Dylan and Tanner got to come!!

It is pretty awesome that Uncle Denny got to share in the morning. Thanks for being with us Denny!

Grandpa and Grandma Taylor bought a pretty cake that Samuel shared with all his friends, thank you!