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!

a little love... for my laundry

So blessed to be celebrating this Valentines with the sweetest, cutest man on the planet... but even more blessed to have a husband who loves and cherishes me all year round. Therefore, no pressure on Valentines, just another night just the two of us :)

Anyways, I am showing a little love to my laundry... homemade laundry detergent. Thank you Pinterest :) I would always rather do laundry than grocery shop, so Im pretty excited about this! Nothing like bringing a little happy to your domestic bliss, right?? :)

Smells great and should save us some $$$ which is always great!

4 simple ingredients:

castile soap

borax

baking soda

lavender oil (or just get lavender castile soap)

find exact instructions here

happy LOVE day!

birthdays and AIO 2012

This year was the 2nd Annual Air It Out football tournament at Cowboys Stadium. So proud of my sweet hubby for working so hard to make this event a success! Of course, he wasn't alone thanks to the awesome FH Staff.

Can you find Matt??

(Hint: He's walking up the 30)

Drew as the best ref!

My baby brother turned 20!! Ahh!

So blessed to have Drew live with us this year... we have seen him grow in his relationship with the Lord and in maturity. We are so proud of you Drewman! I know we will always look back on this year as one of the most fun years of our marriage :) Love you!

"Bound to Please"

this past week Matt and I joined my family for a trip to the British Virgin Islands... we chartered a sailboat "Bound to Please" and were out on the Sea for seven days!

about to get on the 9 passenger plane to Tortolla Island, Yikes!

the cutest 1st mate :)

matt as co-pilate on our tiny plane

Drew and Matt really did a great job sailing... they got the sails up and down every time, sometimes it was a bit scary but they did it!!

hottie!!

a cute little port where we stopped for water, ice, food, and gas

love my husband. love my family. loved the BVI :)

christmas 2011

we had a sweet time in St. Louis this Christmas, and our family was sweet enough to wait on us to arrive before celebrating. We went to church Sunday morning in Arlington and then headed straight for St. Louis... we were exhausted, but so excited to be there!! We spent had a great time with family and our best friends.... the highlight of the trip was getting to meet our new nephew Britton. I didn't get any pictures with him but Julie did, so hopefully she will share them soon :)

our family Christmas morning :)

our flower girls from our wedding... all grown up!

Bent was worn out from terrorizing my parents two dogs all week... pretty sure he slept for two days straight when we got back :)