Date Night

So we went to D&B's last night and their photo booth does the "see what your kids would look like" feature. We tried it (heated debate as to whether we selected boy or girl, so that's up in the air), check it out for some laughs:

Kenan beat the snot out of me at basketball (no surprise there) but I wiped the floor with him on the auto racing game :)

Happy Easter

After church yesterday Kenan and I loaded Madison up and headed to El Campo for a family dinner and Easter egg hunt. We had a great time - here are the pictures:

 Mom and Dad

 Me and my darling husband

 The kiddos looking for eggs - do you know how hard it is to get decent pictures of kids on the run?

 Aaron got Mom and Dad's help opening his eggs

 That look on his face is classic Kevin, so I had to include it

 Kenton looking for his eggs

Aaron taking a break with his "gun"

Happy Easter!

New Project

So Kenan has always wanted to buy a vintage Ford pickup and restore it himself (for the fun of it - it's a guy thing). He recently found pretty much exactly what he was looking for in Arkansas and went to get it this past weekend. Here it is, a 1952 Ford F1:

Here it is loaded up for the trip home

 Here it is in the shop! I got to be the first one to "drive" it (I steered while Kenan towed it into the shop with the tractor)

It will be a long-term project, so it's great fun for Kenan, he gets to decide exactly how he wants to restore it. More to come soon!

More Garden Progress

Our garden is taking off like gangbusters! Kenan keeps it on a drip irrigation system and weeds occasionally (we're lucky to not really be overrun by weeds) and it it looking great!

 This part is the herb garden, squash, watermelons and cantaloupes.

Everything is doing really well - check out how big our tomatoes are:

Our trees are also all healthy and thriving, even the one crepe myrtle that we thought was a goner:

I also have a few plants (roses!) out back to take care of. The roses are easy; it's a special variety that's much harder to kill, clearly developed for people like me!

A Joyous Occasion

It's my favorite hymn, so it's appropriate to use for Chase's baptism! We were delighted and honored to be there, and help document the whole thing! Here are a couple of pictures (I can't resist posting them):

 The beautiful family

Chase slept right through the actual water part (like someone else I know) and never cried at all. 

Then later I was supposed to be feeding him (which I did, eventually) but we were too busy flirting at first :)

Look at that gorgeous smile! This is my favorite picture with Chase ever!

Thanks for including us, Machicek/Friesenhahn family! We love you!

Happy Birthday Kenan!

Yesterday was Kenan's birthday, so we went out for steak to celebrate with our dearest friends. We had a great time:

 Birthday boy!

 Machicek family - look at those cheeks!

Almost ready for night-night :)

Happy Birthday, Kenan! I love you!

Another New Addition

There have been blessings all around - Brandon Gage Stewart was born April 6 to Chris and Bonnie and isn't he just gorgeous? It's a very lucky birthday if I do say so myself...

He's precious beyond words...one more family we're so lucky to have in our lives!