She should have been born in the 80s!

"Mom, I am ready for church!"

Current Art Work

Both Samuel and Merideth enjoy writing and drawing and it is so much fun to see what the lines end up turning in to! Here is some of their current art:

Here is a picture Merideth drew, always on pink paper..."It is a big monster with a smile on its face, and that is me and mommy on the bottom, and those are four crosses for our family, and the monster is smiling because he just learned about Jesus that died for us on the cross." The scribble lines are Merideth's way of writing, usually she does it as Samuel is asking me how to spell something and then she goes in to writing.



"Mom, I made a book!"

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2 days, 2 boys!

Erin, Samuel, and Merideth got to go to Dallas this weekend and spend a couple days with the Whitlock family! Dylan and Tanner will be 8 weeks this week and both have grown in the last 3 weeks since we have seen them!
Merideth was of course VERY excited to take care of the boys.

Samuel was more excited than he anticipated. This was his first time getting to hold them and see them beyond pictures.

Only 4 years different, it goes so fast!

Out for a stroll. It will be so nice when it isn't quite so hot and they can spend much more time outside!

A proud builder of the Eiffel tower.

The happy family...newborn pics are SO easy to get!

Dylan had his first swim and he really enjoyed it, fussy moment turned happy baby!

Samuel and Merideth really love being in the water.

Happy Birthday Auntie Heather!

A big Happy Birthday to Heather! We hope your day is great and filled with what makes you happy!!

Colorado Fun!

We got to spend the Labor Day weekend in beautiful Colorado with family and friends!

We stayed one night with the Wells in Denver. Samuel, Merideth, and Charlie being silly in the morning.

Then on to the Air Force Academy to celebrate Denny for Parents Weekend! We are so proud of him! Papa, Merideth, and Erin took him a cheeseburger...he hasn't had a greasy one in a while!

Erin and Denny after the cadet parade.

Future cadet?

Samuel and Marc playing some football while Denny played in a rugby match. CO is so beautiful, there probably isn't a better place to be outside!!!

USAFA football game.

Up to Breckenridge for a couple of nights, a great place to explore the mountains!!

Up at the slopes they had tons of stuff to do. We got to wait about an hour for Merideth to jump!

On the gondola up the mountain, so much fun!

Heading up the chair lift to go down the alpine slide, again, beautiful!!

Merideth took Erin for a fun fast slide!

Samuel and Denny outside our townhouse.

The Taylor family...Merideth as a pink cat and Samuel as a blue tiger.

Thank you Papa and Denny for a wonderful weekend! Can we do it again next year?!

One week down

Well, we are one week down in our first year of school!!! Samuel is really enjoying it, is excited about homework, likes to share about new friends, loves to ride the bus, and seems very content after the first week. Yes, he is riding the bus. Yes, I (Erin), want to follow it every day to make sure he gets to the right spot at the right time. He is so excited to see friends on the bus and go for a little ride before school. It just means to us that he is truly growing up, why does that have to happen?!

At the bus stop, just three houses down from us, Samuel ready to go, us still in our pjs.

There he goes!

After going over bus rules mom says, "Samuel, if any thing happens on the bus that you want or need to tell us please do." Samuel responds, "mom, I don't have a phone!" I don't think it was a push for a phone but maybe a good start.

Thank you Papa and Maudy!!

Thank you Papa and Maudy for thinking of us as you biked around Paris! We love what you sent and look forward to putting together the Eiffel Tower with Papa in CO next weekend!