Saying Good-bye to Case...

Our good friend (and Jerra's Godfather) Case has moved to Brazil. He left last Monday for a 2 year committment to teach math at a private high school in Bahia, Brazil. While we are sure proud of him and excited for him, we will sure miss him and we are not quite sure how Jerra is going to deal with not seeing him. (she adores him). We can talk through Skype and he gets a couple weeks off around Christmas, so we are hoping he will be back to visit then. The weekend before he left we went up to the D/FW area and spent some time with him at his going away party at his brother's house in Frisco. Then that Monday he went with Geoff, Jerra and me to the local water park, called NRH20. Jerra had a BLAST and we had a good day with our friend.









the following weekend, he had to go to Houston to pick up his travel visa's, so he spent the night/day with us and we had a final goodbye.





We wish you the best of luck Case - just make sure you come back to Texas when your 2 years are up!!!

Happy Birthday Jorja Lynn!

Jorja turned 1 on July 9th and we held a birthday party for her at our neighborhood clubhouse/pool and invited all the street's kids to come play and swim.

Jerra came up with the "ladybug" theme and our neighbor Brandi made the amazing cake!
Jerra had to wear her ladybug dress - for about 5 mins then it was time for swimsuit and the pool!


Camyrn and Lilli making Jorja laugh

my sweet girl and me

It's my party!

another view of the rockin' cake!


love these shoes!!!
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daddy and me

singing "happy birthday...."

mmmm.....cake!

yep, I think I like this stuff! (so funny, cause Jerra did NOT like the cake at her 1st bday)

Llano, Texas

We spent the 4th of July weekend at the Walden Plantation in Llano, Texas....more on that to come in a future post -- but I had to share this series of photos....

what do you suppose she is doing?

trying to give us golf pointers?

going to measure the distance b/w the hole and the ball?

just being a silly 3.5 year old?

well, if you know Jerra you have probably already guessed.....

yep - she is marching around the green with the golf club in hand pretending she is the head drum major for the Aggie Band. Singing aloud and everything! She knows the entire War Hymn by heart....

This girl makes me laugh so many times a day!

Happy 1st Birthday Ms Jorja Lynn!

I can't believe that a year ago I was in the hospital holding my newborn. Where has the time gone!?
Happy Birthday my sweet baby....we love you more than words!


photo by Sarah Giles (www.butterflychasherphotography.com)