welcome little vandy....

graham david vanderveer is our newest little cousin! he's the sweetest little thing!! the whole family went to visit over the weekend...and then tysen and mommy stayed for a whole week to help out! oh, it was sooo fun to snuggle with that little munchkin! and tysen loved playing with max every day!!

tysen asked to hold him every day! he adored little gra!!

logan held him and just talked really sweet and quiet to him...then he kinda chuckled and said, "his hair looks like a highschooler"....LOL!!!

love this bunch of boys!!!

when i told tysen we were going to visit max in denton...he said "can i go to cuin's house?"...he misses his buddy cuin! we got to visit, and they played like old times...

one last hug before heading back home!!

1st and 2nd grade!

we're in a new town, and the boys have a new school! they loved their first week! we are just under a mile away, so we've enjoyed walking to school each morning! :)

he knows what he wants!

he asked specifically for his three monkeys....usually i find them on the floor later, but i guess tonight he knew exactly what he wanted!! :)

the fam's in town!!

i loved having my family in town visiting!!! the mcclures came first...then the spooners...then mom and sam...then the kazees came in as the mcclures headed out...and we got to have a big family lunch together....and of course...mom made us take a family photo!!

whew!

we've had a lot of visitors come in the past few weeks. we've really enjoyed having friends and family see where we are and get to be a part of our lives here...

joey, kyle and max came...the boys were sooo happy to have max here! and i think he loved getting to see 'the boys' new home! here's ian and max snuggling for a movie...

kelly karr and kelley butler ford are friends from highschool! it was a blast having a girls night out and remembering our dorky highschool days!!

cousins katie and haley got to come spend several days with us too! one night we had dinner with some friends at church, and katie and logan both caught their first fish! we love summer visits!!!

Thursday, August 11, 2011

it was a sad day on earth to lose this special man. my granddaddy went home to be with Jesus...and there is some major rejoicing there! he was very near and dear to my heart, but he lived a full life...and is much more comfortable in heaven.

love you, granddad...you will always have a piece of my heart!!

back to the city...

went back to the city for a few days...the cousins were so excited to see max! got a few pics, but my iphone doesn't shoot great indoors...

best buds....

boys with grammy....

with ana and papaw....

this is our special group we call "the newlys"...all of them are newly married (andy and i just pretend to be :)...the hollomons, the dalys, the deals, us, and the andrews!!! the deals were the last to be married off...(this is their rehearsal dinner!!)