A friend forever...

My Sweet Jenny - You will forever be a dear friend to me for so many reasons... and I hope that I have told you all of reasons why before now... but one is you are just easy to love... we all need people like that in our lives... I could never count the people you have touched deep down to their core... may your crown of jewels in heaven be so heavy that you will need all the people that you have helped in your life to carry it... I will be there.

Here is a picture of some of our gang back in college... Some of the girls from the "Aggies for Christ year 2000"... wow what great memories.. I will leave it up to the readers of this post to see who is who... wow we were so young...
Just a the right moment (typical Jenny style) I got a package last week with these goodies... goodies that Pierce enjoys everyday and goodies that will feed my soul for years to come... thank you sweet friend... You have never liked recognition for your talents, gifts and or blessings you give to so many... but "here's to you" sweet friend... thank you!

There really is a pink transformer...

OK... a few weeks ago I had written a VERY long post stating all the things I loved about Pierce at 3 years of age... I had stated that Pierce likes the color Pink and Transformers and we had yet to find a pink transformer... well thanks to one of our dear friends Jerrod and Ashley Core back in Houston (and thanks for reading the whole post by the way) they have found a pink transformer... there really is a pink transformer...

Don't think Dad will let me buy this one... he he he... Thanks for finding it... you guys rock.

Going to and fro...

Since Jan. 2nd our family has been literally traveling around the world... although we will always consider this a blessing to be able to see some incredible places there are always some challenges when traveling with a 3 year old...blessings and challenges.

To get from Singapore to Texas takes about 27+ hours and to get our little man comfortable, to eat, to sleep and behave on such a long journey is tough and we are willing to do what ever it takes... on the way to Texas in Jan. Pierce did great (I have not written about this yet bc when we arrived to Texas it was a surprise to most so we could not write about so 2 months later here we go)... He was awake most of the time but there was a period on our second leg where he fell asleep in his car seat and usually he will get tired of sleeping in the sitting position and just get really mad and wake up so while he was asleep we picked him up and placed him in the seat... were he continued to sleep in our seat for 4+ hours until the seat belt sign went off due to turbulence... we had to wake him up bc Daddy was standing in the back reading a magazine for 4 hours and he needed a sleep and I was sitting in his car seat watching a movie for 4+ hours and his car seats seat belt would not fit me... HE HE HE...

While I was in the seat Blake got a great (terrible) picture of me... I look monstrous in this little chair but it was quite comfortable for 4 hours... but I do have to say that when I got back in my seat later I have never been more thankful for an airplane seat.

All in all Pierce did great on the way there.. when we arrived to the airport we got a taxi and Pierce passed out again... he was so tired that he even stayed asleep while we carried him still in his car seat out of the taxi to place him in the stroller while we unloaded the bags.

He stayed a sleep for another hour while we got settled into the house... we had to wake him up to do our first errand to Target... oh how I love Target (and already miss it so).

Look at all those bags....

That night we were up as long as we could make it... playing with Grace and the toys at Aunt JuJu's house... and of course while we were at Target we had to get this Spiderman t-shirt...Pierce picked it out of course... hence the size...

We all did well staying up which helped us get over jet lag pretty easily... we did make the couch our home but our eyes were open...

I know this is really late blogging but I just found these pics and forgot that I have not put them in my blog life book yet... this makes me miss home again but reminds me how hard it is to get there... so until next time... we will rest up...

So glad to see Daddy...

After the game we all headed back to JuJu and KW's house but Pierce was long asleep... so the next morning was fun seeing him get his hands on his daddy and vice versa... they were instant buddies.. and with daddy being so tired they watch alot of movies together...
The last week we were in Houston Pierce was going to a mother's day out program and he needed a mat to rest on... and sweet JuJu came to rescue she had picked up this sleeping mat for Pierce a while back but little did she know that it would be a life saver.... and it is so cute... of course covered in A&M logos... GiG'em and thanks JuJu and KW... you can tell by the pics that Pierce loved it...

Happy Birthday Kathy May

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We love you and miss you sweet friend...party like a rock star...oh wait you just did that...thank you for all that you are to so many.

From nose bleeds to hard woods...

With Houston being our home town we are fans of the basketball team the Houston Rockets... Blake and I typically sit way up in the nose bleeds but having the Williams as a sister and brother -n-law has many advantages and this is just one of them... They are a blessing to so many people in so many ways but one way they love on people are being the human version of "ticketmaster"... they have some of the best seats for the Rockets and while we were in town Blake and I went from the nose bleeds to the hard wood floors...

Before the game we stopped in their suite to have some good food and get pumped up for the game...

The great thing about this night is that we had good seats yes but this was the first time that I had seen Blake in 5 weeks... he had been working in the gulf on the rig and I was traveling around Texas visiting friends and family... his plane landed, a taxi dropped him off at the game with bags in tow and we picked him up to go to the game... It was so good to see him... long hair and all.

Check out these seats... right behind the camera people that are sitting on the floor (no chair)... pretty cool to be that close but I was paying attention the whole time to make sure that no one landed in our laps...Here are some of the pictures we got of the fabulous night.

Pierce loves this picture... the mascot...

And someday he will love this picture... but not yet Thank God.

Terrible picture of me but my man looks good... I love the long hair... lets just say that the next day it was cut off...

The half time show is always my favorite part of a basketball game... everyone else likes to leave during this time and go to the restroom and get drinks but I love talent and these guys were talented...

Not sure if you can tell but his spinning on his head while taking his coat off at the same time...

The 3 of us... Keith could not make it that night... we missed you and thanks to JUJU and Uncle KW for the seats and a great night...

Missing Friends back home already...

I am taking a hiatus from blogging about Japan for many reasons... still waiting on some great pics from friends, overwhelmed in trying to catch up and there is something a ittle more heavy on my heart to talk about... I miss my people back in the states... and one of these people is Kara and her family.

We got to spend some time with the Hobbs clan and every second was a blast... it is such a blessing to have a friendship that last through the thick and thin, where when someone knows all there is to know about you and still love you and a friend where you can pick up where you left off... Steve on the other hand... still not sure... JUST KIDDING... we love you too... S-DOG...you guys really are the package deal.

Pierce loves playing with Harper and especially their 2 dogs... and I think they like him too.

Since our last visit a year ago there has been a new addition to the Hobbs Clan... baby Hudson and he is so cute and sweet... even let me feed him when I was there...

Pierce loved playing with all of Harper's toys...the desk was his favorite... Harper kept wanting to play upstairs with her doll house but Pierce was not really keen on that...

Pierce was introduced to Hudson and they were instant buddies... P was telling H man to hurry up and grow up so we can play tackle and kick a ball... not really but not sure what they communicated back in forth while they stared at each other... Pierce was very gentle with Hudson.

Our last night in Texas we went to Pappasito's and Harper gave Pierce his Valentine... so sweet... we miss you guys like mad and can't wait to get back to hang out all the time... LOVE LOVE...

Scrapbook Retreat with Lisa...

One of the last weekends I was home... my friend Lisa Carr and I went on a scrap booking retreat... Shelly was suppose to come too but she had to stay home... we missed you so this is for you... I know you wanted to see my pages so here they are... I did not get that much done... not as much as Lisa... bc the first 2 days I had a bad cold that turned into bronchitis... and I felt like I had been run over by a truck... but I suffered through it and stayed up until midnight but I was extra slow in making each spread... Shelly enjoy... and next time you are going... and so are you Christina...p.s. you might need to click on them to blow them up.

Here Here to another great Scrapbook retreat... where you can let your creative juices flow and spend some good times with friends and no kids... Here Here.