A photo that is sure to make their wedding slide show! 

Does it look like we are interested in getting our picture taken? We were having a great talk about our chips! 

the babies are entertained by their older siblings 

I don't need a daughter of my own. I can borrow Elise...Isn't she adorable? Such a diva! A girl after my own heart!! 

Luke is crazy! The only reason he is smiling in this picture is because he has all his balls, none are touching the sand and MOST important he isn't touching the sand! For some reason my fearless child found fear at the beach. He didn't like the water or the sand. 

Hey, you better not have my ball...I'll send my mom to get it if you do. I may not be able to get you on the sand, but just wait 'till we get to the car! 

How dare they? I think they have one of my balls! 

Do you think they have one of my soccer balls? 

This is all Luke wants in life...his pacifier, blankie, soccer ball & cup. 

I wonder if there are any cheetos floating in the water? 

lookin' for cheetos 

I'm not sure if this is a cheeto or not, but I'll put it in my bag just in case... 

Does anyone know where I can find some more Cheetos? 

we're just friends...I promise 

okay, so maybe I like her... 

A couple of young love birds! 

Beach Beauties!! 

Since Luke (the one who is always getting into something) was confined to a 3x3 space, Daddy was able to relax and enjoy the day! 

This was Mike's job at the beach.... 

Texas, our Texas, all hail the Mighty State!

Well we had a fun, productive and too fast trip to Texas. Luke and I left first and my mama was able to take the week off from work and help me with Luke while I looked at houses. She was a blessing and that was a HUGE gift from God! I don't know how I could have looked at the 30+ houses that we looked at by myself with Luke the Bear!
Caleb meanwhile was in Delaware with the Zeiglers for a couple of days and had a great time with them. When I called him he said, “I miss you, but I don’t want to talk too much.” So much for all my fears that all that time away from Mommy and Daddy would scar him.
Joseph and Caleb joined us in Texas and the kids stayed with my parents while Joseph and I looked at houses. We had a good time together without kids, found a house that was out of our price range and bought it. Joseph came home to take a test at school and the kids and I spent some time with my family. That was our trip in a nutshell!
We are so excited to be moving to Texas! Even Joseph said that he feels like Texas is home (although I don’t think that he is ready to hang the TX state flag off our porch like Texans like to do!) It will be great to be that close to family and we are planning on taking FULL advantage of it!!

Caleb getting ready for some soccer! 

Caleb in action! 

Luke and Gee-pa playing ball. I think that Gee-pa really enjoyed having a ball player around. 

action shot 

Poor Caleb - he got sick on our trip and actually fell asleep in his Nana's arms. Nana slept with Caleb everynight we were there and apparently they had some pretty great talks together! 

My beautiful sister, Sarah, on her way to a dinner.