I haven't forgotten....

I know I promised updates...and I haven't forgotten! I have a few minutes right now while the girls are napping so I am going to try and do a couple updates here.

Jerra's preschool had a great halloween party for the kids. it was so fun to watch the kids get dressed up and go "trunk or treating" with each other. 2 parents from each classroom decorated the trunks of their cars and lined them up and all the kids walked from trunk-to-trunk getting fun treats. Then they had a pizza party complete with halloween cupcakes.

jerra and some of her friends!

my little Dorothy

With Ms Karlene, aka Cinderella

Our Halloween here at our house was just as much fun! I've mentioned before that I think we live on the best street ever and nights like Halloween just confirm that! We had a pot-luck dinner and had tons of food set out for all the kids, then some of the dads hooked up a trailer complete with hay and we took the kids trick-or-treating on the hay ride. They had so much fun and really thought the night was special...

Dorothy and Toto

The 2 little ladybugs
Dorothy and the Scarecrow
so cute!

Halloween!

I am sorting our Halloween pictures tonight, and I've got plenty of cute ones to show off. But for now (and to say I finally posted something!) these 2 will have to do for now!



Hope everyone had a great Halloween Weekend - it's now November and I can not understand where the year went!!!

Updates?!

What has happened to the Spahr family!? My goodness, it has been a while since I have posted any updates! Check back soon - lots going on and tons of pictures to share!

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)

"Dad Life" by church on the move

Hilarious!!!! (mute song at the bottom of the page first)

Pool time at the Grandparents house

We headed to my parents house a couple weekends ago to hit the pool for the 1st time this summer. Jerra we knew would love it and it looks like Jorja is taking after her sister in the swimming department. She had the best time, she just wanted to splash, splash, splash. Jerra has gotten really good with her swimming - she holds her head under water for a good amount of time and can float on her back. Geoff has been taking her to our neighborhood pool often and they practice a lot. Both of the girls are water babies!




We also made a stop at the park near their house- they have a very cool park with lots of fun things for Jerra to play on, and its within walking distance, so Jerra always wants to go. Jorja loves the swings, it 'tickles her belly' as Jerra would say.

My favorite things...

Jorja's favorite thing.....to eat! The girl can eat - and eat - and eat! She is so funny too, when you put her in her high chair, you better have the food ready - cause otherwise the screams are coming! As soon as the food hits the tray she is ready. She doesn't eat much baby food anymore, I give her a jar here and there and applesauce or yogurt. But for the most part she feeds herself. I could list out what she likes, but so far I haven't given her anything she didn't like! She loves mac n cheese, which is good since that is one of the foods my picky 3 year old will eat and she got some of dad's lasagna tonight. Fruit and veggies are her fav's and she gets blueberry waffles every morning for breakfast. She LOVES cereal bars and when she sees it coming she can barely contain herself....as soon as I put it down, she pushed my hand out of the way so she can get to it! She recently discovered Goldfish (thanks to Jerra) and she goes crazy for those too! She makes us laugh!

mmmm.....peaches!

Happy Birthday Hailey!

Happy Birthday to Hailey Kate Lux who was born yesterday in the early hours of the morning. And Congrats to her proud mommy and daddy - April and Jeff. My little brother is a daddy! wow! We can't wait to meet her!

I only have 2 pictures so far of her, Jeff said he will send more on soon!

The nurses just told her she is a "Lux"! LOL!