Toy Story on Ice

For Audrey's birthday this year we bought her tickets to Toy Story 3 on Ice. I am pretty sure Austin was more excited about this event than his sister!! He couldn't WAIT! It was a fun family day! We are so truly blessed that we can give our kiddos experiences like this. My favorite part about the whole day was watching their sweet faces during the show. It made me want to take a trip back to Disney world real soon! ;) Here are some pictures from the show:

The best picture I could get after the show. They had a blast, but at this point all 3 were a little hungry and tired. :)

Audrey's 4th Birthday Party Day!

Our sweet girl had a great day of parties this year! It was so fun for her birthday to be on the actual day of her party with friends!

The Birthday Girl - she talked about having a pajama party for like 3 months before birthday, so a pj party is what we had! It was so much fun! All of her sweet friends arrived early in the morning in their cute pajamas. This was also Audrey's first "friend" party and she was sooo excited!

Her little sis was too! when the girls arrived, we took each of their pictures...

And then put their sweet faces on a fun bag for them to take home as a party favor (thank you Mandy and Stephanie for helping make these bags so cute!!)

The mustang was a hit!

All the fun friends wearing their cute pajamas!

Daddy cooked all the girls and Mommies an awesome breakfast. Thanks, babe!

We sang to the birthday girl and then passed out the princess cupcakes.

Happy Birthday, Princess!



One of my favorite pictures of the day! Love it!

Opening presents

It was an "All Girl Party", but thankfully Audrey was fine with Austin inviting his bud, Cade over to hang while the party was going on. ;) LOVE their sweet friendship!

Kinsey and her Mommy drove all the way from Waco. We had fun girl time the night before the party and Audrey got to have her first "slumber party". They were both too cute! Another sweet friendship that I am so thankful for!!

After the fun party, we got online to talk to Aunt Zuzu. Birthdays are hard days for us because we miss her so, but it was fun to talk to her and for Audrey to open up the gifts Zuzu gave her right there with her. We love you, Zuzu!

After naps, more family came over to celebrate our big girl again.

Love those cheeks!!

It was a wonderful, jammed pack day of birthday fun! And I know one girl who will never forget it!!

Our Baseball Boy

Austin is playing t-ball this spring for the first time ever. He asked us repeatedly for months if he could play baseball. He is a HUGE fan of his Papa and since Papa loves baseball, so does he. :)

Here he is about to walk out the door to go to his first practice. He was mostly excited about wearing his cleats. (The things boys love! ;)

Daddy was excited to start this whole baseball adventure as well. As it turns out, he has become very involved with the team and he would have it no other way. Andrew was never much of a baseball fan...until his son started playing. :)

Here is a pic Daddy took of his 1st batting practice. So fun!

And here he is in his game day uniform, being silly of course.

Go Rangers! More pics to come of Austin's first game!

More New Wheels

For Audrey's birthday this year we got her a 'pre-loved' bike that she can learn to ride. Our sweet little girl isn't as adventurous as her older brother and would most times just rather be hanging out with Mom and Dad than riding or playing around. We know that she will love it once she figures it out, but want to wait until she wants a new bike to purchase one. :)

Such a cutie!!

Ainsley 'helping' her sis. ;)

Love his sweet smile every time!

Daddy coaching his little girl. He was a mountain bike racer, after all. ;)

Happy 4th Birthday, Audrey! You are getting to be such a big girl!

My Man is a Stud Marathon Runner!

On Saturday, March 19th my amazing husband ran his first full marathon!! He did awesome and I was so very proud of him.

Here is the marathoner! The day started very early in the morning. It was the Grasslands Trail Run, so we had to drive way off the beaten path into the LBJ National Grasslands near Decatur, Texas.

And they are off! Run, baby run!

There were about 100 people running the marathon that day. After I saw Andrew off, I headed back to the hotel room to have a wonderful and relaxed morning where I was able to take a shower and get into the Word. Andrew texted me at the half mark and he was feeling great and making good time.

And here he is about to cross the finish line! He did it! Way to go babe!

LOVE this pic! Love you too, babe!

As it turns out, he had a little hiccup at mile 17 where the race officials made him sit for about 15 minutes to get some color back into his face. He didn't realize it, but was pretty dehydrated. It got very warm AND he was running trails pretty much in sand the whole time. Many people couldn't believe that he chose this as his 1st marathon and kept telling us that this is one of the hardest courses in Texas. Who knew?? He did awesome and we loved being in the temporary community of runners and spouses. We also learned a lot (the hard way) about trail running. :)

He was wiped out when he finished, but he FINISHED! One of the many qualities I love about this man is that he finishes what he sets out to do. So proud of him! (And pretty sure he will be doing a road marathon in the near future. ;)

While we were out of town, Grandpa and Grandma Werley came to spend time with the kiddos.

They all had a blast together!

And they worked hard on a beautiful new flower garden in our back yard! Love it!

Thank you so much! We love you both dearly!