Jan and Feb 2011

It actually snowed here one day in February! Jerra was so excited to wake up to all the snow and had to go outside at 7am in her pj's and all! She was over it pretty quickly when she realized how cold it was and she didn't want to go back out -- even when all the other neighborhood kids were out playing. She is definately a summer lover.... It did look pretty for the few hours it stuck around. As hot as it gets here, I much rather have the heat then the cold...
Jerra helped her daddy paint Bradyn's new room. She was so proud of her wall!
Jorja likes to eat. period.
Jerra's 4th birthday was held at the "Party Palace" complete with Snow White as the host. She loved every minute of it.

Jorja is our little stinker. a cute one though...

Trying to update! May 2011

I am going to try my best to keep this updated more often -- even though I've said that before. But I know a lot of our family from out of state follow this to stay up to date on our family.

Here is a quick view of our May 2011 in pictures...


Our little guy is growing fast!

Jerra loved learning how to play the drums with Geoff's friend Travis -- who is the drummer for the GSB!

The girls love going to the park and swinging...

Love this little guy

We spent a weekend at the beach. The girls had a blast, especially Jerra who has turned into a little fish when it comes to swimming. We also fished in the canals, hunted for hermit crabs and had a great time on the island.

It got hot quick here this year....we brought out the kiddie pools early and they are out most afternoons....only good way to beat the heat!

A quick overview of June will be up next -- and then I'm going to stay current!

Updated pictures

Well, its been a challenge trying to find time to stay up on reading my fav blogs, let alone posting on my own!

So at least let me update the photos!

Here are some of the pictures taken when Bradyn was 8 days old.







We are a happy...yet busy...little family of 5 now~

Hello World...

We are so pleased to welcome to our family Bradyn Andrew Spahr. Born on Thursday, March 10th at 12:77pm, weighing 7 pounds, 15.5 ounces and 21 inches long. We came home Saturday night and our family is now complete.

Today marks 1 week that Bradyn has been here and we are adjusting slowly. Once I am healed and able to do more and we figure out our schedule I think we will all do just fine. The girls are thrilled to have him here - Jerra is very proud of her little brother and Jorja gets very excited when she sees him.

We are beyond blessed!

New photo's

We had Jerra's 4 year old picts and Jorja's 18m old picts done a couple weeks ago by our favorite photographer Sarah (see Butterfly Chaser Photography on the side links). Jerra really likes her and Jorja is starting to remember her.

Here is a sneak peak, hopefully I will get the rest in a couple weeks!

jerra is 4!

I have no idea how it happened, but apparently 4 years have gone by since Jerra's birth....

I have TONS of pictures from her birthday party - a princess party complete with Snow White herself...and I am slowly getting through them all. But I wanted to post Christmas first! lol.

Here is Jerra on her actual birthday - we went to Gattiland as a family for dinner.
Happy Birthday sweet girl! you make us laugh everyday.

New look

In anticipation of the new arrival soon, I've updated the look of the blog. I'll update our December and January soon!

Big bows!

I'm know to put over-the-top sized bows on my daughters heads! I love them, Geoff hates them! LOL! I saw a t-shirt the other day that said: "the bigger the bow the better the mom" - i think i may need to get Jerra and Jorja one of those!

This Santa bow is no exception -- How totally adorable is Jorja in in??!!

Happiest baby on the block

Jorja is such a happy baby! She laughs all the time and is so much fun.

How big is Jorja?

SO big!

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!!!