"All the Poor and Powerless"
(by All Sons & Daughters)
There's no particular reason for today's song other than the fact that I love All Sons & Daughters and haven't posted this one yet! :)
And now for another post where I catch you up on the past few weeks...
We co-hosted National Night Out with Kristi's family for the 6th year in a row! We had around 35 of our neighbors come over for a little ice cream social! ü
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Cody had a meet clear on the other side of Houston a couple of weeks ago. Though it was a struggle to get up earlier than usual, I got to see this gorgeous sunrise!
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Cody finished 5th on of his team of 10 and around 30th of 150+ overall!
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We watched Evie Kate one night, and the following picture shows how she feels about Dulce! ;)
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{not one bit interested in rubbing her belly!}
Speaking of Dulce, she must think she's a parrot because she perches on our shoulders a lot!
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We had another youth event last weekend! One girl brought a friend who is three days older than Elly, and her brother is one day younger than Cody! Weird, huh? That's totally unrelated to the following pictures, but I just had to share...
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Cody's District meet took place on Thursday! His team finished 3rd and is headed to Regionals!!
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This was the only meet that Cody ran with Alex & Isaac's school this year. Matt (our new Youth Associate) and Aaron came out to support our boys!
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Cody placed 23rd and was the first finishing freshman on varsity. {Alex & Ike's team had some faster freshmen on JV, but their team is crazy awesome overall!}
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In addition to Elizabeth's birthday festivities, we had a pretty full weekend...
Our Fall Fest was on Saturday...
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Lindsay & I celebrated Laurien's birthday by taking her out to dinner and spending some time at CityCentre...
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Our missionary partners in Romania were at church on Sunday...
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And my adorable little neighbor was baptized!
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I hope y'all are having a super great week! ♥
There's no particular reason for today's song other than the fact that I love All Sons & Daughters and haven't posted this one yet! :)
And now for another post where I catch you up on the past few weeks...
We co-hosted National Night Out with Kristi's family for the 6th year in a row! We had around 35 of our neighbors come over for a little ice cream social! ü
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Cody had a meet clear on the other side of Houston a couple of weeks ago. Though it was a struggle to get up earlier than usual, I got to see this gorgeous sunrise!
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Cody finished 5th on of his team of 10 and around 30th of 150+ overall!
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We watched Evie Kate one night, and the following picture shows how she feels about Dulce! ;)
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{not one bit interested in rubbing her belly!}
Speaking of Dulce, she must think she's a parrot because she perches on our shoulders a lot!
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We had another youth event last weekend! One girl brought a friend who is three days older than Elly, and her brother is one day younger than Cody! Weird, huh? That's totally unrelated to the following pictures, but I just had to share...
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Cody's District meet took place on Thursday! His team finished 3rd and is headed to Regionals!!
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This was the only meet that Cody ran with Alex & Isaac's school this year. Matt (our new Youth Associate) and Aaron came out to support our boys!
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In addition to Elizabeth's birthday festivities, we had a pretty full weekend...
Our Fall Fest was on Saturday...
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Lindsay & I celebrated Laurien's birthday by taking her out to dinner and spending some time at CityCentre...
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Our missionary partners in Romania were at church on Sunday...
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And my adorable little neighbor was baptized!
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I hope y'all are having a super great week! ♥
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