Celebrating Life

We had much to celebrate the week after Josiah was born. We were thanking God for the delivery of a healthy baby and we also were thanking God for a wonderful grandmother. We travelled to Bryan to the Foxes house to celebrate Dottie with all of her children, grandchildren and great-greatchildren. It was a fun day to all be together again.

Lily LOVES Dottie!

Lily and Silas both had fun with their first, second and third cousins. (Lily is the one flying on the far right).

Lily and Silas with the younger crowd.

The kids love being out in the backyard and they have many adventures together there. Here they are learning how to climb up trees.

Just sitting in nice green grass is fun.(we didn't have much of that stuff in Phoenix)

Swinging in the backyard is a definite favorite of both kids.

And the sprinkler is a special treat now that the weather is hot.

This has been a normal sight in our yard: B and Grandad working hard at making it beautiful. We are so thankful for all the hard work they have done and we are enjoying a beautiful backyard because of them! Thank you!!

Looking cute.

Josiah at 5 weeks old. He's a good baby: eating and sleeping well, getting along well with his siblings and making his mom and dad proud.

Lily adores her baby brother and is already proving to be a very good babysitter.

We are loving the outdoors here in Austin and have visited the nearby state park the past two weekends. This past Saturday we had a picnic, fished and went on a hike in the woods. It was very refreshing for all of us and the kids loved the fishing part of the day. Here's Lily learning how to cast a line.

Lily helping her daddy put the bait on the line. This is one of her favorite things to do... play with worms!

Lily and Silas both caught a fish.

Our new favorite spot to go and hang out... by Onion Creek at McKinney State Park.

Our most recent family picture.