4 Years Old

Today, July 31st, is my baby's 4th birthday. He's grown up so much and he's brought so much joy to our lives. We're very thankful and blessed to have Dallas as our son. Here are a few pics and videos of him throughout the years.

Count Down

Only 30 more days until we leave for Disney World! We're so excited!

Dx

The TMF Clinic called me yesterday and I found out that Dallas had salmonella poisioning! He's been taking the antibiotics though, and he is doing a lot better now. Thanks for your prayers!

Dallas' 4th Birthday Pary

Dallas had his 4th Birthday on Sat at the Putt Putt place. Unfortunately he was a sick, and we ended up taking him to the ER on Sunday morning, per the request of the pediatric on-call nurse. Results concluded that he had a bacterial infection, and is now on antibiotics and doing a TON better. I say all that to say he's not his usual bright and cheery self in most of the pics. He still had fun, but not very energetic.

Here are a few pics...

Mommy and The Birthday Boy

Daddy and Dallas

Papaw, Dallas, and Gigi

The First Round of Putt Putt

Happy Birthday to You...

Driving the Car

Opening Gifts: Dallas, Eden, and Skylar

All of Dallas' friends: Caleb, Devon, Eden, and Skylar

Praying for God's Perfect Timing

A lot has transpired since I last blogged...but in a nutshell, I am looking at starting my practice. Not really sure of exact timing at this point, but both Adam and I feel feel very peaceful about me starting this. It's no coincidence that God brought us to Tyler, and that the church we just joined wants to start a counseling minsitry. I've been praying about this for so long! I'm so ready to get back to what I love doing so much.
This past year has been such a struggle in my heart, mostly because I've been unhappy about my job. God has been teaching me a lot about His timing and has lovingly given me a daily dose that He is Sovereign over ALL things. Why is this trust so difficult for me? I couldn't really answer that, other than to say my flesh just fights it, CONSTANTLY!!! I guess, that fight will be complete when I'm with the Lord, until then, I'll just daily give it to Him.
I've been praying a lot for hope, hope that I can start counseling again. He's started to retore this to me in the last 2 weeks, and I'm really thankful.
Also, I have to brag on my hubby! He's been so supportive of me and my dream. He's really been a constant for me and I'm so thankful to have him.
Before I got married, never really knew the meaning of "in good and bad" (how could I really?), ...but it's true, I'd rather be going through the good and bad with him. This has been a rough year...but very thankful God has given Adam to me to help me walk through it.

I'm in love

Since having Dallas, all I really crave anymore is sour and tart food/snacks/drinks..whatever! I'm a total addict of the Cherry Limeade's from Braums. We have 2 fairly close by, lucky me! Anyways, we ate there last night, and I dont' usually get ice cream, but when I saw they had Cherry Limeade Sherbert, I had to try. That is the BEST stuff!!!!!!!!!! If your ever at braums, and you're in the mood, it won't diappoint. Yummy!!!!!!!!

July 4th Weekend

First of all, I'd like to congratulate my cousin Angela for the delivery of Jaxon, a healthy 8 lb 4oz little boy, and to Shannon, one of my best friends since High School for the delivery of Piper, a healthy 8 lb 12 oz little girl. Both mommies are doing good, but I'm sure getting tired by now. Shannon's blog spot is to the right of this post/ Mathis Family / if you'd like to see some pics.

For the 4th we drove out to LA (that's Louisiana, not California) to visit with Adam's family. Dallas swam, played with the wagon, ate, swam, played with the wagon, ate, swam, played with the wagon....do you sense a pattern here?! It was fun, we had a good time, just relaxing and visiting. Here are a few photos...

Your Preppy Name Is...

Keene Carlisle Phinney the Third But most people know you as Tibby

What's" Your Preppy Name?

Seriously frustrated!

Okay, can I just vent for a few minutes????!!!!

I had somewhat of a heated discussion last night about politics with my husband. Don't let me mislead you, we are very likeminded. We were talking about how scary it would be to have Obama as president.

First of all, he's democrat which turns me off right there. Don't EVEN get me started about how I feel about that.

But my point today is how liberal his voting record is. It is ridiculous! He calls himself a Christian, but doesn't know if life begins at conception...what a bunch of crap! I don't want a man like that running my country who doesn't even know what he thinks. He has voted in IL against banning state funds for partial birth abortion. Do you even know what that is??!! It's murder, how horrible for those little babies! So if you believe in this type of abortion or abortion at all, vote for him.

It's obvious who I'm voting for, McCain. Don't agree with all his policies, but he doesn't have an agenda to make abortion legal, and he had a very conservative voting record.

Obama is about as post-modern as they come. It's all relative to him. Below is a link from where I recieved this above information.

http://www.issues2000.org/Social/Barack_Obama_Abortion.htm

It appears this guy is just catering to the masses, not wanting to offend anyone...this kind of mediocracy makes me sick! I'm not saying oh look at me, how perfect I am, obviously I know I am a sinner and need the grace of Christ in my life every second. But come on! In several interviews that I have read, he never really seems to answer the questions presented to him, however, his voting record won't lie.

Please, if you're reading this.. Be Informed! In the end, all I can do if vote and pray.

Proud Parent Moments

I know this blog is supposed to be about our family, but I usually end up just posting stuff about Dallas. Well, to keep with tradition....
Today, Dallas said some rather big words, so I thought, for his age. I was getting him ready this morning, and he said, "This shirt is very comfortable." Then later today we were driving next to a big truck, and he commented, "If you walk by that truck it can be very dangerous." This afternoon we went to Andy's Custard and he said, "This ice cream is very delicious and scrumptious." Not sure where he heard that last word.
Funny...Last week we were talking about Disney World, and he ran to us with the most serious face and said, "I bet it will cost $4 to go to Disney World." It was too precious.


In other news one of my best friends, Shannon, and my cousin, Angela, will be having their second baby soon. Shannon is having a little girl, Piper, and Ang is having a boy, Jaxon. Be praying for them, they should both deliver within the next 2 weeks or so.

Summer Fun

Summer is in full swing. We're just living life. Dallas has started a new daycare for the new summer, and Adam and I are still chugging along with our jobs. Dallas has discovered a favorite past time, Putt Putt. We went the other day with Eden and Amanda, and he really likes it. We're going to take him this again this weekend. Here are a few pics when we went with them last week.

Saying Goodbye...for now

Dallas finished his first year of pre-school at ETCA last week. I know he'll be back but I just felt sad. That has been the best school for him. http://www.etca.org/ Anyone living in Tyler should look into it. I never thought, nor did never not think, I would send my child to a private school. However, it has been the best experience. It's truely like a little family. I'm looking foward to many more years there.

Here are a few pics from his end of school splash day party.

First round, not too wet yet

He wrote his name, you can't see it because of the sunlight, but I was rather proud

Trying to get some worms with his feet

Now he's got the hang of it

Pretty much soaked at his point, his team won the relay.

Time to eat with his classmates, Skylar and Emma.

Counting in class

Not sure about this one. He just insisted I take it.