Merry Christmas 2011

We have had a Merry Christmas and hope you have too!

Resident Wives Dessert Party

One thing I was excited about T.R. coming back to OU to work was getting to stay involved with the residents and their wives. When T.R. was in residency, I had a the wives over every July for dessert and coffee to meet the new wives that had moved in. It was always a lot of fun, and we would all sit in the living room and each give them a piece of advice for residency. I thought it would be fun to continue to have them over every year, so I started it back up this year! I thought it would be easy to make everything myself, so I did. It wasn't easy! It was fun though! I borrowed lots of cake plates and decorations from my friends, and I think it turned out great. I wanted to get some pics of the girls and all of us as a group, but I totally forgot once everyone got here. Maybe next year...can't wait!


The dessert spread.


Red Velvet cake balls! I found the recipe at www.bakerella.blogspot.com. They were YUMMY!


Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter icing and peanut butter cups.


Lemon Tarts with berries


White cupcakes with buttercream icing.



Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream icing and shaved Andes mints.

All About Beau

I don't think I have done a post on Beau since he was 2 months old! So, i just decided to post some pics of him. He is 7 months old now, and time is flying by. He is rolling all over the place, and I am hoping he is late when it comes to crawling. :) He rarely has to play by himself because one of the girls is always with him. They ADORE their baby brother, and it is really sweet to watch. They laugh at everything he does, and I can see this spoiling him in the future. He LOVES his big sistets too! He smiles from ear to ear when they talk to him. They are good at the baby talk! Beau is such a blessing to our family and we are so thankful for him.


Cuddling with big sister, Emma.


First taste of green beans...he is still not a fan.


Listening to big sister, AnnaKate.


Just a favorite picture...I want to eat him up!


Just like this one too...my baby boy. :)

AnnaKate is 5

AnnaKate turned 5 on July 24th, and she finally got a birthday party! She wanted to go to Build-a-Bear, and that we did. :) She has such a sweet group of little friends...it was just perfect. After making their bears we had chick-fila and cake. Isn't that what every kiddo loves?

I can't believe that AnnaKate is 5...it just seems like yesterday that she was born. She brings joy, laughter, and sass everyday, and we love her! Happy Birthday, AnnaKatie!

Art Camp

Wow! This has been a busy, busy summer for us! The girls have had so many fun things to do! We went to Family Kamp, VBS at our church, tennis camp, art camp, and the beach. These pictures are from the girls' art camp at the Oklahoma Museum of Art. There were 7 little girls from our church that all went together, and they had a blast! It was an awesome camp to have on those 100 degree days. :)


AnnaKate standing behind all of her projects for the week.


Love her puppet!


Emma's puppet


Emma showing off her picture.


Emma's work


Good friends!

Kanakuk Family Kamp

We weren't planning on going to family kamp this year! Our friends, the Loughridge's were over having dinner one night and told us that some openings had come up during the week they were going. The more we thought about it, the more we thought we should go! Come to find out, another couple from our Sunday school class was going that week too. I knew the girls were going to love it, but I had no idea that I would love it as much as I did! It was fun to be at camp again!

Our days started out with breakfast together in the dining hall. Then the kids met with their counselors and went with their groups for the morning playing games, doing the ropes course, swimming, etc. Beau went to his special place for the morning too. He was very popular among the camp...he was the youngest baby there. Everyone LOVED Beau! He got to go on walks in his stroller visiting everyone in the office. While the kids were doing fun things in the morning, T.R. and I got to listen to great speakers and worship in the chapel. We often had 45 min to an hour before picking up the kids for lunch to hang out too. One day we did the ropes course together. After lunch in the dining hall together, we would go back and rest for a while. Beau would go back to the Alo Moana for his nap. T.R., the girls, and I would go to the pool and play. T.R. and Emma did the ropes course two days, we went on a pontoon boat one day, and canoed another. We would have supper in the dining hall, and there were a few nights of dress up and activities. One night was a date night for the parents.

I had no idea that I would love it as much as I did, and we were all sad to leave! Emma cried the first night we were home because she missed her favorite counselor, Elise. I missed my favorite counselor too! I absolutely loved Jena...she took care of Beau and was such a sweetie. We all had so much fun, and we are already looking forward to next year's KAMP!

The song on the slide show was from Kamp. It comes from the verse for this year: "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15

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