Obama pays Aggieland a visit...

It's not all that unusual for this town to have a president (or two) visit. It is just usually one that has the last name of "Bush." George H has his Presidential Library here on A&M's campus and George W has visited often. Today, under the invitation of George H, President Obama arrived. It was for a forum supporting volunteerism.

Now, Geoff is pretty much non-political, and I tend to lean to the far right. He was not my choice for President and I disagree with most of the things he says/wants/does. However, it is not very often you get the chance to see a sitting President speak...so, when the chance arose for a press pass through our magazine, I told Geoff to jump on it. Just another bonus for owning your own magazine!

The speech aired on tv here and it was a very good one. Everyone here loves George H and another local hero, Robert Gates (former A&M President and current Sec. of Defense) made a surprise appearance.
After the forum was over, I loaded the girls up into the car to pick Geoff up and we parked out at the George Bush Library to watch Marine 1 take off. The president was heading back to Houston to meet up with Air Force 1. They had 5 helicopters take off, so no one knew which one he was on. But it was a pretty cool site nonetheless.

Aggie Game day

I am a few weeks behind on my posts, so I am going to try and play catch-up over the next couple of days...

Starting with an Aggie Game day from Sept. 26th. We got some tickets to sit in the Zone Club thanks to Geoff's boss (thanks Louis!). Geoff and I took Jerra and the 2 grandpa's. Jerra is still in love with the Aggie Band, so we got there in time for March-in. She enjoyed the game, holding her arms out and saying: 'look at all the aggies!' Her favorite part was keeping track of Reveille on the field and watching the band.

waiting patiently for march-in to start

Are they coming yet?

I hear them!!!!

Here they come...

It's the aggie band!

just showing off the cute bow!

Happy Fall

Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin. God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. He opens you up, touches you deep inside and scoops out all the yucky stuff-- including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside you to shine for all the world to see. This was passed on to me from another pumpkin. Now, it is your turn to pass it to a pumpkin. Happy Fall!


Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right.
Love the ones who don't just because you can.
Believe everything happens for a reason.
If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.
If it changes your life, let it.
Kiss slowly.
Forgive quickly.
God never said life would be easy.
He just promised it would be worth it.

bath and bed time

We have a nightly ritual of giving the girls a bath and then having some family time in Jerra's room. We finish the night reading books before lights out. Here's a couple shots from tonights bedtime.

Another birthday...

I try not to think of my birthdays as actual 'birthdays' - I'd rather continue to celebrate the anniversary of my 27th birthday...Not because anything was special about 27 that year, actually my birthdays after it have been better because I've since had Geoff, Jerra and Jorja join my life. I just like the number 27.

But, never-the-less I turned another year older this month.

Geoff and Jerra made me breakfast

I got a gift I have been wanting (and Jerra decided to play with it)

And of course...we had cake! What would a birthday be without cake?

(yes, Geoff is wearing a shirt that says 'married w/ children' - its the name of his softball team)

my girls and me....

It was a pretty good day. And in the end, I wouldn't go back in years at all, I am very happy and beyond blessed with my little family...So, maybe celebrating birthday's is not all that bad.

This past week

We had an eventful week! Here's a quick re-cap!

Starting last weekend when Grandma and Grandpa came to vist. We went and fed the ducks...


And its FOOTBALL SEASON! We went to A&M for pre-game activities - mainly watching March-in, since Jerra (and my dad!) LOVE the band. She still asks us to watch the Aggie Band on youtube, so we plan on taking her to all the march-ins this season. My friend Taylor's brother is a senior in the band and he let the kids check out his bugle before they stepped-off! Jerra was a little unsure of being so close to the band members, but I am betting after a couple more times she is going to a pro! We didn't stick around for the game, its still too hot outside for all that.



And this is pretty funny....We found Chance sitting on our couch like this (he never sits on the couch)...

So Jerra joined him! They had us laughing.





Finally, Friday night we went to Playhouse Disney at Reed Arena. Jerra LOVES Mickey Mouse and was so excited to go and see Mickey, Handy Manny, Little Einsteins and Tiger & Pooh. It was toddler overload for sure, and Jerra really had a good time!

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!