Asher's First birthday DAY!

We arrived in Texas just days before August 4th which would be Asher big ONE day... The party was small but it was fun and special.  We missed Daddy but took lots of pics and video for his viewing.  We had found Pierce's 1st bday hat and shirt so we had to get Asher all dressed up for the cupcake pics.

Check out the next comparison of my boys... In Pierce's words "we don't look a bit different"

Pierce on 1st bday

Asher on 1st bday

The hat was a bit small... he was ready to take it off.

Cupcake time

 

Asher's first cupcake

Pierce's first cake

 

Asher above and Pierce below

 

 

One year later.. look how we both have changed.

We had a wonderful morning with Aunt JuJu and then we joined some old friends back at Second and then had some lunch... they had also had their first baby just a few months before Asher... and it was so good to get Asher and Kitty at the same table.  I just love friends and their children.

 

 

Happy Birthday baby boy... oh how time has flown by... If I could lock you up and keep you small forever I would.

Love me some time with friends from Singapore...

The friendships we made in Singapore will last forever... I love these girls and all their children.

We all call Texas (Houston) home so it makes it a great meeting place in the summer...

Three of us had had children since we had last seen each other... God is good.

 

 

 

Isaac and Asher are a couple of weeks apart and I hate that I could not be with his mom during our pregnancy, birth and baby stage... but look at these two now... they will be friends for life I am sure...

Isaac was very sweet and still... however Asher was taking his toys and moving all around.

 

The four amigos... love these girls.

Look at all the children... makes me smile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just couldn't decide which pic I liked the best... so you got them all.

GiGi's new summer house... pretty nice... and a great place for our kids to run and play.  Can't wait to do it again next summer.

 

Someone had so much fun... they passed out on the way to JuJu's.

Singapore in Texas...

One great thing about being in the oil business and traveling the world... is that you meet other oil business families that travel the world... but the best thing is... a huge percent of them seem to be ending up in HOUSTON, TX... this trip back home was the first time where I got to meet up with some good friends from Singapore... it is crazy how we all had to travel half way around the world to meet/or get closer... I am so thankful for each one of them.


The Willerton's... I actually went to college with both mom and dad Willerton but did not know them that well... we became great friends and neighbors in Singapore... they are back in Houston and will always be a stop on my list when I come home... and our boys are the same age... Pierce is sandwiched by their oldest and middle... and the babies are weeks apart.


The Harkless's... met them in Singapore and so blessed by their friendship... we have spent many dinners/holidays as "make-do" family in Singapore and will always have that bond... and love their girls...

 

 

Buds... sad to see these two say goodbye to each other... again.

Asher and Isaac... they too will be buds someday.

 

 

 

So wish we were neighbors again...

 

And here are more Singapore friends... we were all spread out in Houston... and some surrounding cities... so we picked a central Chik fil A and meet up... We were all so happy to see each other I felt I had to explain to some people around us that were there just for lunch, what was going on.

So So good to see them all again... 

Love me some Lori.. she set up the whole thing and was headed back to Singapore... I asked her if I could fit into her suitcase... such a sweet heart.

 

 

It was kind of sad to see Pierce with all his friends again... it was like they could just pick up exactly where they left off... refreshing and sad to say goodbye yet again... When I stop and think about Pierce and all that he has to deal with as a child of living in a different country and visiting "home", saying goodbye to friends all the time and really not being able to count on "what tomorrow will look like"... I am amazed at his ability to do so and still function... at times it still gets me all confused and seems to take awhile to get my head out of the fog... but not Pierce.. he is resilient and capable.  Love this little man to pieces...