a win-win situation

yes, i am aware that i am about a month late on this post, but not documenting this monumental day would be very un-mother-like. jackson started preschool the beginning of september. he loves it and i have almost 12 hours a week to myself!

how cute is he with his backpack?!?!

family vacation

due to the unusually high heat in texas and the fact that i always choose a beach vacation, colin decided we were gonna head to the mountains this summer. we went to gunnison, colorado for a week and had some great family time.

we went hiking

goofed around

rode the ski lift, played mini golf, went rock climbing and did a euro-bungee

and, as always, found some time to fish!

the weather was wonderful and just being in the midst of God's creation was at times overwhelming.

mexico mission trip #4

in my opinion, this was the best mission trip yet. we had a fantastic combination of people from fbc and grace that went to doctor arroyo.

during the day we ministered at the hospital and in homes of local church families.

in the afternoon, we organized vbs in some villages outside of doctor arroyo. we had bi-lingual worship services and at the end of the day walked in town for some 'helado' (ice cream), nachos con todo (ultimate nachos) or hamburguesas (hamburgers).

one day we went to real de catorce, the town where they filmed "the mexican," and shopped and fellowshipped with the group.

as always, jackson looked "extra clean."

funner than heck

that is the term my nana used to say when she had a great time. this friday was no exception. for Christmas, my mom and mark gave me and colin a guided fishing trip on lake texoma. rex and shane were interested too and so we scheduled the trip on my birthday.

off to a beautiful start...at 6 a.m.

our spirited guide did not want me taking pictures on the boat because i would miss out on fishing. so...we waited until we returned to the marina.

we rolled in around noon with the above fish in tow.

needless to say...fun birthday!!