Christmas 2011

My new kitchen!

She literally sprinted across the room when she saw it Christmas morning.

Trip to Iowa...

We just got back from a week in God's Country...Iowa. We had a great time enjoying colorful trees, falling leaves, parks, seeing family and friends, and taking wagon rides with Grandpa. Below are a number of posts with pictures of our trip. Enjoy!

Fun in the park...

We took advantage of the parks in Cedar Falls while we were back. Lily loves to swing and we taught her to go down the slide by herself. After showing her twice, she had no problem marching up to the top and pushing herself down the slide. Wish we had good parks here in Texas like they do in Cedar Falls. I think Mom enjoyed the slides too!!

Playing with my cousins..

It was so fun to watching Lily play with her cousins, Kira, Dylan, and Eva. They got along so good and had such a fun time playing with each other.

Enjoying the fall leaves of Iowa...

Ahhhh cooler weather...

This has been one heck of a hot summer here in Texas. We had 67 days of 100 plus degrees, so we were quite excited this last weekend when things cooled down. We now have 60's at night and about 85 degrees during the day. We now can actually get outside and enjoy the weather, which Lily really likes!

Visit to Michigan...

A few pictures from our trip to Michigan to visit Valerie's family.

Lily's first trip to Florida!!

We spent the last week in Florida thanks to a conference that I attended for work. We went down a few days early and spent some time on Melbourne Beach. Great weather, beatuiful view, and alot of fun watching Lily explore the beach. She loved the sand and ocean and would run right at the water and then turn around and run from the waves. Very cute. She also loved picking up shells and digging in the sand.

The second part of the trip was at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando. Valerie and Lily spent the days walking around the lake and playing in the pool, while I got to sit inside at a conference.

It was a wonderful getaway for our family and Lily did great the entire trip. We look forward to heading back to the beach in the future.