welcome, summer!

Summer has officially begun here in Texas... its not even June yet and its already so hot! Swimsuits have been dragged out, maternity shorts bought, and to make it officially summer, we took a family trip to Brusters... our fave ice cream place! Benton loves Brusters because they give him a free doggie sundae (vanilla ice cream with a dog treat on top - cute, i know!)

M and B pulling up to Brusters

The Benton waiting patiently  for his sudae

Begging for more of ours once his was gone... begging is bad, but he is so cute :) 

For the first time in a long time (like since I turned 16) I will not be working this summer... just spending time with a few of our FH girls, hoping to read a couple of books, get BH's nursery ready, taking a few trips to STL, and spending my days with this guy... who annoyingly LOVES laying on my white bedding! Ugh. Why does he love the ruffles so much?? 

Happy Summer to YOU! 

the bump

my whole life i have waited patiently for a bump, and finally, i have a tiny bump! yay for Baby Hunter! M and i got to hear BH's heartbeat yesterday at our appointment with the midwives, and it was nothing short of amazing!! So awesome the way the Lord creates this little person growing inside my tummy... He is so SO good to us. Most of these pictures were taken in the evening when my bump is a bit bigger for some reason, sometimes in the morning the bump disappears, but i know that won't be the case forever :) 

 telling some of our sweet students about BH :) 

 Drew's "bump"... weird, i know. for those of you who don't know Drew, I promise he is handsome and has NO bump :) 

my dad is cooler than your dad...

My dad is an incredible craftsman. Seriously. When I was growing up he was always building something or starting a new project. He re-finished our entire basement all on his own and has built my mom some pretty great things in the past - he is the best. Really. The last time he came to visit us I had mentioned that I wanted a window seat in our kitchen... and so, sweet dad came down and did the entire thing (straight from the pinterest picture I provided :)) Doesn't it look awesome! I love it... and love that I was able to cover the seat with cushions for under $30! wohoo! Thanks dad, we LOVE our window seat! and love YOU!! 

before and after our beautiful window seat :) love how bright it makes the kitchen! 

a dream coming true...

We are very excited to announce the newest addition to our family! 

Baby Hunter, due to arrive November 2012!! 

Rimstone Ranch

This past weekend we joined our small group at Brooke & Josh's Ranch! This was a real Texas experience for M and I :) Of course, we were totally unprepared, we don't own boots and M didn't bring any jeans! It was pretty fun to see him out and about with nikes, basketball shorts, and a dri-fit :) i love him!

We had so much fun at RS Ranch... it was a weekend of fellowship and relaxation!! So fun!

Matt, Tim & cutest Ben about to tour the property on the Mule

Pretty Meagan and baby Ben

M trying to keep the cattle from coming to close to the Mule... funny!

love my nike wearing hubby!!

M & Josh grilling us a delish dinner!

check our M in his Ranch get-up... snake boots (hiding camo socks) a nerf gun, and later he added an awesome hat :)

Thanks Brooks & Josh! We had such a great time! Thank you for a weekend of relaxing and for showering us with all kinds of RS apparel ;) Y'all are a blessing!!

firsts...

First Mavs game with my hubby :)

Benton's first Mavs jersey... he is not too happy about wearing it!

First time at the Cinderella Ball, a charity event here in A-town for the Boys & Girls Club... loved getting all fancy and having a night out with my man! Isn't he lookin' good?!?!

Our first time to do Easter all by oursleves... I had a little help from the Honey Baked Ham :) and I just love my new little bunny who was only $5 on clearance!!

We hope you and your family had a wonderful Easter, celebrating our RISEN LORD!! Thank you Jesus for your work on the cross and for taking the sting out of death!! You are SO good to us!!

proud of the hubs

matt had the opportunity to speak at

this past weekend. This is matt's brother Phillip's ministry in St. Louis. What a blessing for brothers to be a part of what each other are doing in their seperate ministries! God is good. Phillip will be coming to Arlington to speak at HouseLife at the FH... we can't wait! :)

ZOE means "life" so,

"all that life is intended to be" through Jesus of course! :) Phillip is so creative and always does such a good job of decorating and making the ZOE house look so cool. He is very talented.

matt and drew, as the Velveeta Brothers, dancing with the kids...

and M sharing God's Word with all of them... so, so blessed by this man! love you Matt!