Monday, September 22, 2008
Finely St Louis!!!
Deborah and I taking random roommate pictures
The polar bear, named Hope at the St Louis Zoo
Some friends from the seminary on our trip to the zoo
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Hawaii 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Homecoming
WELCOME HOME CHRIS!
Chris returned home from a 15 month deployment at the beginning of this month. We have all welcomed him home and are blessed in knowing that the Lord's hand of protection is over our troops. Please continue to pray for our soldiers my friends that have just left for 15 month deployments this past week. Also, for their families that are still here with their children being heroes here at home!Thursday, May 15, 2008
New Orleans
Road trip to New Orleans led us through all sorts of interesting sites. We saw lots of working oil wells, lots of bridges, and lots of swamps. We did come across some Hurricane Katrina damage. It was really nice to see many of the buildings and sites that had significant damage have been restored.
I have always found it interesting how the graveyards are all above ground. I just had to take a picture.
Sydney and me having fun at the Audubon Nature Institute:
OH NO! Josh and I were playing like we were getting eaten by a great big mouth shark.
Wilma, Joshua, Sydney, Hope, and Wilma's good friend Holly. We had a great time. It was one of the coolest parties. It was actually in the aquarium. The different foods were served at different animals. Very cool!
They got their faces painted, at a welcoming party for the Acog conference 
I decided to take the kids on a swamp tour. We had a few of more friends of the family come and join us. It was quite interesting and a lot of fun. We got to see lots of alligators and turtles.
YES IT IS REAL!!! I HELD A LIVE ALLIGATOR!
Joshua and Sydney in front of the fountain on the river walk
We got to take a day to visit the sites downtown. We are standing in front of the famous St Louis Cathedral.
We had to go visit the French Market in the French Quarters. We found lots of good deals.
Here is Syd and Josh right before we got Beignets at Cafe Du Monde - Original French Market Coffee Stand New Orleans
We got to hang out with our good friend TJ while we were there. He was so cool and the kids really enjoyed looking up to, and imitating EVERYTHING TJ did.
We finely made it home after the very long 9 hour drive home but this is one last picture of the good ole Mississippi River.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Covenant Seminary trip!
For all those that don't know, I am going to Seminary! I am planning to move to St Louis in August and attend Covenant Theological Seminary in the fall. To prepare for the move, last week I went to visit the school and see the city. I could not have done it without my sister, Susannah there with me. We had just 3 days but had a great time!
The first day we woke up and went apartment hunting. It was pouring down rain so it was kind of hard to look of different places to live so we decided to go site seeing. We first ended up in Forest Park at the St. Louis Art Museum. This is the scene in front of the museum. SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!
We then ventured over to eat some lunch right outside the park. These men were outside a Starbucks. We thought it was really funny.
We then found our way to the St. Louis Arch! This is Susannah at the top. It was really windy that day so it rocked a lot at the top.
This is the view from the top overlooking the city and the St Louis Cardinal's stadium. It was absolutely gorgeous!
Here is Susannah and me at the base of the north wing of the arch. Yes, it was rainy and cold!
The daffodils were in bloom! Which happened to be my favorite flower. It made me so happy! We do not have many daffodils here in Texas.
The second day we were there, we got a opportunity to view the campus and meet with some of the students at the seminary. I even got to attend some classes that day too. It was great to see what school is going to be like. I got to meet with other female students, also to get a better idea of what is to come. Over the weekend there were other perspective students visiting also. These girls in the picture below were visiting the campus for the fall semester too. We went out to eat with them that night at the Cheesecake Factory! Really Yummy!
The third day we had to leave but before flying out I got to visit with one of my old roommate Ashley and her husband, Ryan Steed. After they got married she moved to Illinois. It was so good to get to see them. Thank you for coming out and for the fun times at The Lone Star. Overall it was a fast but good trip. I did not find a place to live yet or a job but God was very good, as always! He secured in my heart that this is were He is calling me to be this next year. Please be in prayer for me as I follow Him in obedience and pursue this calling He has placed in my heart to become better equipped for ministry. (To find out more about Covenant you can visit: Covenant Seminary - The Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA))
Friday, March 28, 2008
California Trip!
This is looking over the harbor at Dana Point. The beach was wonderful. We had such a great time playing and running around. The view was absolutely georgous! 
Sydney, Joshua, and I on the beach of San Juan Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day waiting for the swallows to come in. Sadly we did not see any that day but it is the traditional day that they usually come in.
We took Grandma to the San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park with us
Beautiful scenery as we get ready to go on our Safari
Lions on top of a park vehicle. Kind of scary! Don't take your car out in the bush or you might get overtaken by lions!
We saw lots of babies and pregnant animals. Here is a very pregnant gorilla.
Having lots of fun at the Park!
Lots of love going on.
This baby African elephant was so cute. He was only a month or two old. He reminded me of little Dumbo. It was so much fun seeing so many little baby animals. The main objective of this particular park is to help animals that are becoming extinct to have a safe environment to live and breed.
The landscape was just breathtaking. Lots of Asian elephants!
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