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We set up our adoption blog so you can get to know our family a little better. I started blogging back in 2007 and have kept up with it over the years. At the end of every year, we print off our blog for that year and give it to Daniel's mom for her Christmas present. She keeps all of her children's yearly journals in a notebook that we will get back one day to pass down to our kids. I try to keep it up to date as much as I can.


When we decided to start the adoption process, I decided to make an identical blog for birth mothers to read. Everything that I write about my family on our personal blog, I copy it over to my adoption blog. I understand that an adoption profile only gives limited information about us and we want you to have the opportunity to really get to know who we are and what we like to do as a family. Our adoption blog will show you who we were even before we adopted our boys. Feel free to read as much as you want or click on the links up above!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Houston Vacay

Daniel had a course to had to attend for work and so we all went down to Houston. We both have a lot of family that lives there and so we try to make it down a few times a year. I grew up in Houston and Daniel spent his last two years of high school there.



My parents watched the boys one night so that Daniel and I could have a date night! We started off by going to eat at Carrabbas, did a little shopping and then we went to see Contagion. It was a late showing and the movie had been out for a while so there was no one there at the beginning. So we decided to waste time by taking lots of pictures of us (since the only pictures we ever take now are of our boys)!



Daniel being silly!


Carter and Talon had so much fun being carried around in the container.








One night, we had my brothers and best friend from my childhood come over. Jennifer and I have been friends since we were 5 years old so that is 24 years now! We try to see each other every time I come down to Houston. It's sad that I don't have a more recent picture of the two of us that I can find! She is the kind of friend that every time we see each other, it's like we've never been separated. We've even moved away from each other a lot (several times to different states) but we always stayed in contact with each other. She is definitely someone who will always be in my life.



My brother brought over his three kids and they all had a great time playing together and with Daniel (kids are just drawn to him).

I love Parker's face in this picture...lol!