04.04.10

Christ has Risen Indeed

Posted in Dean Thomas, Family Events, Friends, Ft. Worth Life, Holidays at 2:40 pm by winz

On East Sunday morning we were a bit rushed trying to get everyone ready for church. Matt and I had decided to attend The Village church but were sorely disappointed when we arrived and learned that the service was full and we had to be turned away. We drove the 30 minutes back home and along the way we decided to attend FUMC Grapevine and stopped for a bagel to kill some time. Dean enjoyed his bagel breakfast while Matt and I sipped some coffee. It was finally time for us to try our hand at church for a second time! We enjoyed the experience and were able to snap a few Easter pictures with Glenda and Bill on our way out of the service.

Since Matt and I were staying in DFW for Easter this year we decided to steal and idea from our friends Patrick and Myra and host an Easter lunch. We invited our friends the McLarens as well as Leslie and Wayne Walden to join us for lunch. Everyone brought food to share, we enjoyed a wonderful lunch and a time of great conversation afterward. After we ate we even initiated our guests into the tradition of Carrot Pictures. We abstained from the traditional carrot fight thinking that the carrot picture might be a stretch for these friends. We’ll keep working on them and maybe in a few years (when Gavin and Dean are older) we will get the carrot fighting going! I enjoyed spending the holiday with some of our Ft. Worth friends, it helped us not miss home too much!

*** Pictures coming soon!!!**

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04.01.10

Scouting Out the Eggs

Posted in Dean Thomas, Friends, Ft. Worth Life, Holidays at 2:36 pm by winz

We had a great time with Dean during Easter this year. The celebration began on Thursday with an egg hunt at the ECDC. Miranda, Glenda and I walked over to the school to witness the fun and watch our boys “hunt” eggs. Gavin’s infant class enjoyed sitting in the grass, touching the eggs, and pretty much being outside. It was nice, low key fun until the toddler class came to join them. Dean’s class was eager to find the eggs and fill their baskets. DT did a great job locating eggs, shaking them, placing them in his bag and scouting out another. I was amazed. I had no idea my little guy even knew the first thing about hunting eggs. It was so much fun for me to be a part of something that Dean does at school and for me to see his classmates, meet their moms and enjoy the moment. I look forward to his next school activity.

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12.31.09

Dean rings in a Happy New Year with an overabundance of innocent cheer!

Posted in Blogging Shorts, Dean Thomas, Holidays, Videos at 7:34 pm by mathagat

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12.25.09

White Christmas Eve

Posted in Ft. Worth Life, Holidays, Jiff, Videos at 1:30 am by mathagat

A North Texas record! Today, for the first time in recorded history on Christmas Eve there has been enough snowfall to be measureable. 3 inches is what was reported near us at DFW Airport. 3 inches is exactly what I measured in our yard! I know that’s small potatoes to you northerns, but for Texas today was a big deal!

Lindsey and I both shot some photos and video of the excitement today. Her from home and me from the office. Enjoy!