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Christmas Carols At the ECDC

winz — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:21:09 +0000

Right before our Christmas break Dean’s school blessed us with a Christmas carol concert. It was precious! I love watching all of the babies sing. Of course, just like last year, Dean was more concerned about me than singing with his class. Once he located his “number one fan” he happily started singing with his class but chose to sing his carol to Ms. Molly instead of the parent audience! Oh that boy is something else!

Miranda was sweet to share her video.

I arrived at the concert a little late and wasn’t able to get the best seat for pictures with my camera. The low light and distance were not the best combination. Note to self: Bring Matt’s Nikon next year!

Grapevine Parade of Lights

winz — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:31:45 +0000

We enjoyed the Grapevine Parade of lights with the Mclarens and Glenda again this year. Dean and Gavin were so much fun! They were excited about the lights, the floats, Santa and Baby Jesus. The parade was about an hour and a half long and the boys were troopers. Deans favorite were he high school bands. He loved the loud music but more specifically the drums! The evening was a great start to our Christmas season! Merry Christmas!

Thankful Desserts at the ECDC

winz — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:14:52 +0000

Each year Dean’s school hosts a Thanksgiving dessert party for the parents and students. I enjoyed attending this year and sharing a yummy dessert with Dean. It is a great way to move into the Thanksgiving break. Dean’s class sang a few songs for the parents (video coming soon) before enjoying their yummy treats. We are continually thankful for the ECDC!

Camp Hopkins!

winz — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:48:50 +0000

For Dean’s third birthday everyone was invited up for Camp Hopkins. There were a ton of activities going on this weekend. Hopefully this post won’t overwhelm too many of y’all!

On Friday, November 4th Dean celebrated his birthday with his class at the ECDC. They have a party the first Friday of each month and celebrate with ice cream, party hats and fun! Dean enjoyed spending this time with his special friends as well as Addison and Leslie Walden.

After Dean’s school party we headed home to see Uncle Layne and Logan. In addition to celebrating Dean’s birthday there were events planned to celebrate Layne. One part of Layne’s birthday celebration was the NASCAR truck races on Friday evening. Matt, Logan and Layne met up with some friends and enjoyed watching the trucks run in circles. A second day of races were enjoyed on Saturday with the entire male family – Layne was in heaven! While they were enjoying the races Dean and I spent time with Granny and Pop. Granny and Pop came up early on Friday in order to go to the Winstar with Glenda. After a full day of fun for them we enjoyed Babes chicken and a relaxing evening. I was thankful for the time with my grandparents and their help getting things ready for the party. I know Dean enjoyed having them here for the night.

At exactly 5:00 PM Camp Hopkins began. Dean enjoyed having his friends from church and school over to play in our backyard and enjoy a performance by Mr. David. The birthday celebration was a blast! Matt and I were able to enjoy the party and hang out with Dean’s friend’s parents thanks to our awesome servant team of grandparents and Glenda! I think Camp Hopkins was my favorite birthday party. I’m sure they will continue to get better and better but for now, this was the best! Happy 3rd birthday Camper Dean!

Go Rangers!

winz — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:17:01 +0000

Here are Matt and Dean cheering the Rangers on to a game 5 win!

Dean sported his homemade Rangers hat all over the DFW area. He made it at school for their Rangers pep rally and wore it over to a neighbors watch party Saturday night. On our way to the party we stopped to share some treats with Ms. sharon. She let Dean cut a few lemons off her tree which Dean thought was pretty cool!

Southwest Classic Weekend 2011

winz — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:26:21 +0000

Whew, we have just wrapped up another fabulous Southwest Classic Weekend. Man how I love these weekends. This year Carla, Ronny, Mason and Genie headed up on Thursday night so we could go to the State Fair on Friday. After a long 6.5 hour drive on Thursday we greeted an exhausted car full of family. Matt and I were so happy they had finally arrived. We enjoyed winding our night down with a bottle of wine and a good conversations.

Friday morning we headed out for the opening day of the Texas State Fair. Mason and Dean were such troopers! They were in great moods and enjoyed seeing the animals, playing on the steps of the Cotton Bowl, and riding in the Texas Star. We all enjoyed corn dogs as well as a few other Sate Fair foods like turkey legs, fried kraut balls (not Genie’s favorite), the Fried Bananarito (not my favorite), and piping hot funnel cake. Dean shared a special moment with Pops as he went through his first fun house. We returned to the car with 2 VERY tired boys. Adam joined us on Friday night just in time for our traditional Friday night meal of burgers and beers.

Game Day Saturday brought high hopes for each of the respective teams. This was the first year there were not any babies to take to the game. We hired a sitter to come play with the boys and the mommies and daddies all set out for an afternoon of relaxing fun. We had a great time enjoying the INTENSE game together. Sadly, my dear Aggies ran out of time and were defeated with a score of 42-38. My Razorback family was very excited about the victory. We arrived back at the house just in time for a Babes chicken dinner with Matt’s cousin Sarah and her friend Jason. It was a great night of reminiscing and story telling.

We surprised Ronny and Carla with a Sunday morning photo shoot. Genie and I have been eager to get Hopkins’ family pictures and figured this was the perfect weekend. Ashley came and shot our family for 2 hours. I can’t wait to see the photos she capture. I think the suspense over the next few weeks might kill me! After our lengthy photo shoot we enjoyed lunch before everyone loaded up and headed back to Houston.

2011′s Southwest Classic Weekend was certainly the best yet! We had a great time and ended the weekend completely exhausted. Time with family is so good and I always hate to see it come to an end. There are such great memories made when everyone is in one small house together. I’m already looking forward to our next family weekend! Until Then.

My First Facial!

winz — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:56:49 +0000

Tuesday was an early release day for CHHS. Because we had a few student free hours Martha, our lead counselor, arranged for us to go tour Paul Mitchell Beauty School. Along with our school tour came one free service. After looking over the menu of services I chose a deluxe facial. It was wonderful! The estetician was so sweet. She took the time to answer my one million questions and encouraged me in my beauty routine. I loved everything about the experience and can’t wait to go back and do it again! A day of work well worth it!

Dinner at the DePetros

winz — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:53:14 +0000

Our friends Jennifer and James invited us to spend Saturday evening at their house along with the McLaren family. I enjoy going to the DePetros because the kitchen is not connected to the family or play room. Because Miranda, Jennifer and I are usually preparing food or supporting Jennifer while she prepares food the child refereeing usually goes to the men. Its heavenly to have the opportunity to speak with women and drink a glass of wine. I’m already looking forward to our next evening social. Who’s hosting next? Until then!

Recharge!

winz — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:28:08 +0000

I have started volunteering with the children’s program at Compass. Once afternoon the associate children’s director posted a need for small group leaders. When I read the post it made me realize how much I missed working with younger children and teaching them about Christ in cool ways. So, I committed! Every Wednesday Dean and I head to the church; while Dean plays in the nursery with his friends I work with a very rambunctious group of 1st and 2nd graders and love every second! They order pizza for the kids and volunteers. The pizza is the highlight of Dean’s week. He also enjoys seeing his friends Wyatt and McKenzie.

Here is shot of Dean and Wyatt enjoying their pizza while watching Cars!

Fire Station Grand Opening!

winz — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:41:49 +0000

Trophy Club has a new fire station. On Saturday afternoon they celebrated the grand opening with a party. Dean and Matt drove over to the station and enjoyed seeing the fire trucks, touring the fire station, eating lunch, and visiting with some “celebrities”. Dean had a blast and Matt won Father of the Year for attending the party in 100+ degree temps.