ring bearers...

allison and sean got married last weekend! they have been really close friends in denton, and tysen has had a special relationship with allison. he's always adored her, and i still miss how he called her "ahl-see"....he talked about her wedding for weeks!! He just couldn't wait to be her ring bearer...all the boys did great!

hanging with max at the wedding!

letters

tysen asked to practice his letters the other day....this little dry erase board has been an incredible $5 investment! all the boys have used it now....and they love to draw with dry erase markers, so this is a great way to have fun and be educational! i'm really wondering if i have a 'lefty' on my hands...he still uses his right hand sometimes, but he seems to use his left a lot. we will see!!!

hanging out...

this is our little friend madeline bell...she and the boys are good friends, but she and tysen are super close! she has a new little brother, so we picked her up to play the other day...they have so much fun together!

graduation!!!!

sooooooo proud of andy!! he finished the 4 year, masters in theology....in only 4 years!! what a huge accomplishment...and he managed to complete it with amazing integrity, and incredible balance of school, work, and family!! love you, babe!

Easter

a few pictures from Easter...

moving...

everything is official now....

andy graduated from seminary...
he got a job as a student/worship pastor in bryan, tx...
we bought a house...
we close on june 2nd...
and we move on june 7th...

after months of deliberating and interviewing, it's nice to know where we are going. the next few weeks are jammed full, but i sorta like staying busy. i want to just breeze past the part about being sad to move out of the metroplex. we've known for awhile that after seminary we would be going wherever God called us...and i was seriously concerned about where that might be! :) i was actually relieved that it is only 3 hours away from family/friends...it could have been a lot worse! we are really exited...and we're ready to start the next phase of life!

diego party

for his 3rd bday party, tysen wanted a "diego" party (from the 'diego' tv show)...so we did a sort of diego/jungle safari party....i totally ripped off another party idea from online...but it was a lot of fun! we had binoculars for each friend to decorate, and they used them later in the "animal rescue" (we used tiny little plastic animals and put them in the yard like an easter egg hunt)...and there was jungle puzzles and coloring sheets. my favorite part was the "lion" cupcakes we made. (with the help of one of our youth leaders!) i'm not usually one to decorate the cupcakes much, but these were easy enough and really fit our theme, so we did it! and thankfully...the rain held off, and the weather was perfect outside!!!

finding the plastic animals and bringing them to the "animal rescue center"

the "lion" cupcakes