Friday Night Out

Friday, August 15, 2008

Our Bible Study class meet up for our monthly class social. We had a great time at Kart-Trax in Lewisville . We left Melissa at home with Aunt Maggie. It sounds like they also had a good time.

We had fun on the Go Karts and playing Glow in the dark 3D Golf.

Since we have moved closer to Aunt Maggie Paul and I can go out on more dates!

Thanks Aunt Maggie for babysitting Melissa.

Paul, Amy, Brian, Joe and Paul waiting to drive the Go Karts

Amy, Terria and Me

Go Terria

Amy Playing Glow in the Dark 3D Golf.

Having Fun!

Melissa loves being outside so our patio is great for her. She loves to play with her ball. Melissa got a cool bubble maker for her birthday and she loves how the bubble maker makes big bubbles.



We also have a nice park down the street from us so we tookMelissa to swing and slide down the BIG slide. Melissa is growing up so fast. It's hard to believe she can go down the slide by herself.

Happy Birthday Aunt Laura

On Thursday, August 7, 2008 we celebrate our Aunt's Birthday! Cousin Jana and Jamie also join in the celebration. Aunt Laura we hope you had a great birthday we love you.

Friendship Dinner

I'm so behind on the blog, that this post is about two weeks old.

The women's ministry at Prestonwood had a Friendship Dinner on August 5, 2008. Some of the ladies in my bible study class hosted a table. It was a fun night with the ladies. We had a great meal, nice visit and the best part was the special guest they had for us.

Lisa Smith, a young woman with Down syndrome who passionately shares God’s message of hope through the gift of signing. She was amazing!

Featured speaker Thelma Wells, formerly of Women of Faith, spoke about her life trials and blessings, tackling the question: “What do you do when you don’t know what to do?”

Thelma was also amazing, she has been through it all and it gives you hope.

Here are some pictures from that night.

Future Shopper!

Melissa received this shopping cart for her birthday. I wanted to wait until we moved to put it together for her. I didn't know what she would do with it, but as you can see from the video she knows what to do. She didn't put the teddy bear in the cart, I did that.

Summer Fun!

I found the cord to the camera so here are some pictures and video of Melissa.


I bought Melissa a kiddie pool and a slide. Melissa loves our new patio so I thought well it's shaded so she can play in the pool and give her something to do. I also found a little tikes slide for $10 and it has been the best $10 I spent in a long time. She loves it!


Enjoy!

Melissa and Kaelyn

Thursday, August 7, 2008



Melissa and I went over to our friends Lena and Kaelyn for a play date. We had a good time. The girls played more this time then they have ever played. Here is a funny but sweet video of the girls at lunch. They are having their own conversation. You can hear Lena and I laughing. Thanks Lena and Kaelyn for having us over!



I have more to share with you, but still can't find the cord to the camera. I have 4 more boxes to unpack and I bet it's in one of them.

Moved and unpacking

Thursday, July 31, 2008

It's been a week since we started moving. Last Thursday DD came in to help me out while Paul was still out of town. DD helped me out so much. If she wasn't watching Melissa while I packed she was busy helping me pack. We could not have done this move with out DD's help. Thank you DD for all your hard work.

I think we have about 90% of the boxes unpacked. I hope to have them all gone this weekend. Melissa did well during the move, she seems to be happy hear. One good thing about this new apartment is that she has a big room that she can play in. It helps to have all her toys in her room and not all over the living room. Ie like the new apartment it has more room and feels like a little home. One thing I have noticed is we can hear our upstairs neighbors walking, but we can get use to that.

I have some pictures of Melissa , but I haven't found the cord to the camera to download them. Once I do I will share with you.

Moving!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Have you been wondering where I have been? Since we have been back from vacation, it's been all about the move. We aren't moving to far, just closer to Paul's work. We will be moving into another apartment with a little more room. Paul will have about a 10 minute commute so that will help, since gas cost an arm and leg these days. Last week I didn't get much packed because Melissa came down with a cold/infection and that put a stop to packing. I'm hoping to get a lot pack this week because the move is on Saturday the 26th!

I'll share these pictures with you! Melissa loves her hats and can even say hat and sign it also!

Back from Vacation

Thursday, July 10, 2008

We're back from Florida and had a great time!

Day 1 July 2nd:
Our vacation started out flying to Tampa Florida and then driving to Tarpon Springs about a 45 minute drive. Melissa did well on the plane and the car ride, but was ready to run around. Uncle Steve was home to welcome us to Florida. Melissa hadn't met Uncle Steve or Aunt Cynthia so she was getting a lot of love. We also met Amy the cat, Melissa was chasing Amy all over the place. We didn't do much that night. They had dinner ready for us and then after Melissa went to bed we went swimming.

Aunt Cynthia meeting Melissa for the first time


Uncle Steve meeting Melissa for the first time


Amy the cat trying to figure out Melissa

Day 2 July 3rd:
Started off early! Melissa thought we all needed to be up at 7:00a, that's 6:00a Texas time! Aunt Cynthia and Uncle Steve have a nice back yard with a pool. There is also a pond outside there back yard that has a lot of wild life. It has an alligator, lots of turtles, ducks, all kinds of birds and big fish. We never saw the Alligator, but could hear it at night making noises.

We had breakfast and dinner out on the patio almost everyday. Melissa enjoyed eating outside and listing to the birds. After Melissa's morning nap we heading to Honeymoon Island. It's a state park with great beaches. This was Melissa's first trip to the beach so we didn't know how she would do. She loved every minute of it. She saw the water and was ready to walk on in to the ocean! We forgot her floaty that day so we had to hold on to her tight. When we weren't in the water we were building sand castles or laying out working on the tan!


Ready for the beach


This sand is fun







It was getting time for Melissa afternoon nap plus we had already been at the beach 4 hours so it was time to head back to the house. Melissa took her nap and us adults played in the pool. We then went down to the docks at Tarpon Springs. This is the home of the historic sponge Docks.





Day 3 July 4th:
Up early again thanks to Melissa! Same thing eat breakfast, Melissa takes her morning nap and then head out to another beach. This time we had to take a boat ride to get to this beach. We went to Caladesi Island state park. This beach is ranked among the top 5 beaches in the nation. We had a good time, but the only thing wrong with this is you can only stay on the island for 4 hours. Once again we had a great time sun bathing, playing in the water and building sand castle with Melissa. We took her floaty this time and she loved that. She thought she was big girl plying out in the ocean. She loved it when the waves would splash her. At one point the water was getting her relaxed he fell asleep in her floaty. It was so sweet to see her sleeping in the water. If I would had had a floaty I would have been a sleep myself.












Melissa fell asleep in the ocean!

After the beach we went back to the house got cleaned up and went out to eat. We had plans to go watch fire works on the beach at Aunt Cynthia's friends house, but the street was blocked off and the cops would not let us get to there house. So we had to do like everyone else find a place on the street and stand outside of your car to watch the fire works. The fire works were still good. Melissa fell asleep in the car so she didn't get to see the fireworks this year, maybe next year she can see them.


Happy 4th of July!

Day 4 July 5th:
We thought we would just stay home today and play in the pool. Melissa was loving that. After her her naps she got to play in the water. She loved it when Paul and I would jump in the pool and make BIG waves.












That night Paul and I went out on a date. We left Melissa with DD, Steve and Cynthia. Aunt Cynthia loved having Melissa around. Paul and I ate dinner at Shells in Clearwater and watched the sunset. Then we walked around for awhile and headed back home. Paul had to catch an early flight out the next morning so we didn't stay out to long. It was nice just having dinner with out little hands getting into everything.




Day 5 July 6th:
Paul and I got up early so I could take him to the airport. That afternoon Steve, Cynthia, DD, Melissa and I went on a boat ride looking for dolphins. We didn't see any, but still had a good time. No beach again today just hanging out by the pool.









Day 6 July 7th:
Steve and Cynthia had to go back to work so DD, Melissa and I headed to the beach for our last day. We had a good time at the beach. That night we all went out to eat and to see the sunset. That was a good way to end our vacation.