Thanksgiving in Port Aransas

This year for Thanksgiving we drove to Port Aransas Tx. for a fun long weekend with Nana and Pop pop. They have been a few times and love to spend time in this quiet little beach town. The ride down was beautiful!



Rach rode with Nana, Pop pop and Annie almost the whole way down there (7hrs!)

Port Aransas is almost completely surrounded by water so you have to drive your car onto a water taxi to get across. It was super fun!

Rachel and Nana checking things out!

We're here!

Annie loves the ocean and had so much fun chasing the Frisbee

Rachel loves the ocean and had so much fun finding sea shells

Preston loves the ocean and had fun drawing gorgeous pictures of the beach

I love the ocean and had so much fun relaxing and spending time with my family

We can't wait to go back when it is warm!

Wrestling Action Shots!

Team Captian!

Preston made captain for the wrestling team! He will be co-captains with his good friend Michael. It was kind of a big deal this year. He had to go through a whole interview process with the coaches and the assistant principle and write an essay about why he would be a good captain. When the coach selected him, he told him he couldn't think of a better person to represent what he wants the team to be like. I have to agree with the coach!

(Preston and Michael checking out the order of the wrestling match)

Congratulations Preston!
(Check out the Wakeland website link on this page to see the new wrestling poster! Preston is front and center!)

Halloween 2009

Rachel waiting patiently for it to get dark!Have you ever seen a cuter ladybug??
Happy Halloween!

Gary Burns 5K

Last year Preston did the Frisco 5k and took 19th place out of 800 people! Jeff and I were so inspired that we decided to run it this year too:)

Jeff, Heather and Preston getting ready for the race!This year there were 4200 participants!!!! To say it was crowded is an understatement!

Rachel and Daddy following the crowd.
Nana and Pop Pop got up at the crack of dawn to cheer us on!


Here is Preston rounding the corner to take 21st place over all with a time of 19:30!!! He beat his time from last year by 30 seconds! We are all so proud of him. Too bad he doesn't really like to run because he is REALLY good at it:)
After Preston passed, Rachel, Nana and Pop Pop still had to wait 10 more minutes for Mommy and Daddy to pass!!!



We made it! Our goal was to run the whole time and try to beat 30 minutes. We did it! in 29 minutes!!

It was really fun and I might be hooked!

Neighborhood Fall Festival

Every year our neighborhood throws a big fall festival. It is really fun and all the kids dress in their Halloween costumes. This year Rachel decided to be a ladybug like her cousin Meadow in Arizona!That's one cute ladybug!


Their was an amazing face painter there.


Look at this gorgeous face!

Rach had a blast running around with her friends:)

Their was all kinds of fun things for the kids to do. Check out this human hamster ball!!

They also had a really cute train that went for rides all around the neighborhood. According to Rachel's face, it wasn't THAT fun!

See ya next fall!

Rachel is 7!!!

Good morning my sweet little 7 year old!Rachel woke up to the house decorated in 7s!
For her birthday this year we invited 15 girls (and their families) to the pumpkin patch!


We started off feeding the animals...

posed for a group picture...


we all took a fun hay ride...

pop pop and Preston too...

ate pizza...

and pumpkin cupcakes...

opened a bunch of presents...

thanked our friends...

opened a few more...

and passed out goody bags. It was a GREAT party!

Back home with the family and opened a couple more presents. Heeleys! Just what she wanted!

A new bike! Just what she needed!
It was a great birthday. I think next year we will go backwards in age. Our little baby is getting way to big:(

Happy Birthday Rachel! We love you!!