San Antonio trip

A couple weeks ago we made a trip down to San Antonio to stay with Geoff's grandma - we wanted to visit with her, but we had an extra bonus this trip - Kristin and Tim flew in from Michigan and we got to meet our nephew Gavin! He is a handsome guy - going to look like his daddy for sure...and we had so much fun with them. Kristin is the best I could have asked for in a sister-in-law and I have so much fun with Tim - he is so funny and he makes me laugh nonstop. I am so glad we are family, I do wish we lived closer - but despite the distance we are making it a priority to stay close in each other's lives. We were so excited to meet Gavin (3 months old) and are excited to see him grow. Kristin and Tim are such great parents and Kristin looks like such a natural in the mommy-role, it really fits her.

Here we are on the river walk - we enjoyed a nice BBQ dinner.

Uncle Tim and GavinGeoff and Jorja taking a mid-day nap
Great Grandma Eva and her 2 great grandaughters
The Cousins - Jorja 7 weeks, Jerra 2.5 yrs, Gavin 3 months
Jerra and Gavin
Uncle Tim meeting Jorja
Uncle Geoff meeting Gavin
Eva, Kristin and the newest family members
For breakfast one morning, we went to LuLu's - we saw it on "Man v Food" the week before our trip and wanted to make sure we ate there. They are home to the "Texas Sized Cinnamon Roll" And let me tell you, its true! Check out the size of this 3 pound roll! and it was SOOO good!


Geoff is really not mad in this picture, he just thinks its funny to mess up pictures by making weird faces....
the babies are not really all excited about the breakfast...

hanging out in the car...

We had a great visit, too short and it went by too quickly (as usual). We can't wait for the next visit, hopefully sooner than later. We love and miss ya'll!

Jerra and Jorja

Jerra is loving her new big sister status...

wedding....

I want to get married again -- just so we can do this!!! (be sure to pause the blog music at the bottom of the page) This just makes me smile!!!



For those of you that were either in or at our wedding...can you totally see our wedding party doing this! I can! Jess, Jess, Kristin, Mandy, Marcy, Dana, Nicole, Datra, Steve, Mark, Jason, Jake, Louis, Case, Jeff, Davyd, Justin, and johnny would have been great at this!!!

Aunt Ebe's birthday

We got to spend the weekend before Aunt Ebe's (kristin, Geoff's sister) birthday with them in San Antonio (pictures coming soon)....however, on her actual birthday we were back home. So, since Jerra is such a fan of birthdays, we decided to make cupcakes in honor of Aunt Ebe....(Ebe is the name Geoff called his sister growing up). And of course, they had to be pink....or pinkalicious, as Jerra would say!


Happy Birthday Kristin!

"I like Texas"....sung to the tune by Pat Green...

Its no secret that most Texans are very PROUD texans. We are no exception. Our family room and guest bathroom decor is what you would consider "texas" style - lots of stars, metal and rustic looks.

So, we needed to add to the look on the outside. A good friend of Geoff's owns a custom concrete business. We had our front porch stained and etched, Geoff helped Cy sweat it out and make sure that it would look good ....I LOVE IT!!! I think it looks amazing!

its a little hard to tell in this picture - but there is a star in the middle of the glass on the door...

And no post would be complete without pictures of the girls...

Jerra this morning checking out our new star...

Jorja taking her morning nap, in her aggie outfit of course!

new school year

When either Geoff or I run into old college friends we always get the same reply..."you still live in College Station." Yep, we do. And we really love it. We live far enough away from campus that it doesn't really affect us - and its not like you see all 60,000 students at one time - Unless you go to a football game. We live on a great street with awesome neighbors and we love the small town feel of our city.....The only time I am really reminded of how quickly the years are going by is every fall - when the signs show up on stores welcoming the new freshman class....this year its the Fightin' Texas Aggie Class of 2013! Holy cow! Yesterday I had to run into Walmart and had to smile as I passed a small group of guys - all with shaved heads - buying cleaning products for their dorm rooms. (For those non-aggies reading this...they were Freshman corps boys, easily identifiable by those clean heads!) It seems like just yesterday I was buying things for my dorm room and looking forward to the start of my Aggie life.

Today, I had a photoshoot on campus - in front of the building at the main entrance. There is a flagpole out front that I stood in front of for a few minutes. That flagpole changed my life. My senior year of high school my mom and I went on a driving tour and visited schools. First stop - Southwest Texas State (now just Texas State). After my visit there I thought, yep I can go here. Next on the trip College Station. We didn't really know where to go when we got to campus, so we stopped at the big white building at the main entrance. 2 corps guys (at the time I didn't even know what the corps was) were standing down at the flagpole...they asked me to come over there. They were 1 guy short and needed someone to hold a flag for them while they folded another one. As I stood there holding the Texas flag, I looked up and saw what was written at the top of the flagpole, on all 4 sides: "Lux". 'That's my last name', I told them. They replied with, 'well guess you are meant to be here.' And that was it. We toured the school, I got a real quick introduction to the traditions (hadn't ever heard of any of them before) and I was done. Told mom we could head home, I didn't need to see any more schools. This morning, I smiled as I glanced at my maiden name up there on that flagpole. I like to think i would have become an aggie no matter what was written up there, but I know that it definitely had something to do with my journey to Aggieland.

So, here I am 14 years later and I still call Aggieland my home. While its a completely different experience now than it was back then, I still love everything about this place. Yes, I STILL live in College Station. I am going to raise my girls to be Aggies and maybe even influence some nieces and nephews to come this way one day too! ;-)

Welcome class of 2013. I am looking forward to the class of 2029 (jerra) and 2031 (jorja)

Uncle Jeff...

Since Uncle Jeff is offically "retired" now he came to Texas for a couple weeks, and spent a few days with us. Jerra loves playing with her Uncle and they had a good time chasing each other around. Jeff taught Jerra how to do the "claw" and J thinks its so funny. We hope we get to see him more often now...we are not sure where his life is going to take him now, but he deserves a nice long break more than anyone! Come back soon Uncle Jeff!

Nana/Papa's house

I am a little behind on my blogging these days....so I am going to try and play catch up in the next couple of days! Have lots of pictures to share!

2 weekends ago we traveled up to Grapevine and stayed with my parents. Jeff was in town from Little Rock. We got to hang out, swim, see Case and even go to a Rangers game with friends.

Case and Jorja

Jerra and Case watching "Belle and the Beast" - jerra's newest fave movie.

Our seats at the Rangers game -a Private Suite. NICE!

Geoff, Aaron, Jeff, Mark and Steve (jake and ashley arrived later)

Jorja was so excited to be watching the Rangers - at least the suite was air conditioned!

jake and his little one - Abby. I haven't seen her since she was a few weeks old! She is the spitting image of her daddy!

swimming with Nana. One of Jerra's most fave things to do! She talks about swimming at Nana/Papa's house almost every day.

1 Month!

Yesterday we hit the 1 month mark with our sweet Jorja! Time just goes by faster and faster.

Picts from this week...

Here are just a few updated pictures from this week...for some reason I am finding myself with less time to actually upload and edit any pictures!

Grandma and Grandpa came in town on Saturday...jerra is reading to Nana here..

Jorja got her 1st and only bottle so far monday night...

Babies, babies, babies!

Apparently Wednesday, July 29th, was a good day to have a baby! 2 of my good friends both had their babies that evening!

First up is my friend from college, Datra - Little Marshall Benjamin Quin! He was born at 8:53 pm. He weighed in at 8 lbs 7 oz. Mom and baby are doing great!
Congrats to Datra, Paul and big sister Molly!!!


Next is my childhood friend from Minnesota, Jess. Logan Holland Fedje, who arrived at 6:58 p.m., weighing 7 lbs., 11 ozs. Mom and baby are also doing great!
Congrats Jess and Jim on your 1st!!!