Dallas World Aquarium/Labor Day Weekend

Jon, Calli, Callen and Baby Sampson came to visit us this weekend and we had a blast! The boys are so hilarious together, a regular toddler comedy troupe. They played and laughed all weekend. Mimi and Pop took us all to the Dallas World Aquarium and it was so exciting! The boys had so much to look at, it was such a fun afternoon!!! We were sad to see Jon, Calli, Callen and Baby leave but we'll see them again soon!!!

Simply Fondue

On Saturday night we went to Simply Fondue on Greenville Avenue to celebrate the engagement of Jennifer and Daniel. It was a blast! More of a mini high school reunion of sorts, but fun none the less. Enjoy the pics...

Pep Rally Pics

Here are a few more pics of Ethan and the Pep Rally. He was having a BLAST! He kept trying to conduct the band just like Caleb and Katie...

Another crazy couple of weeks...

Well time flies by as usual! We have been having so much fun. We went with Mimi and Pop to visit Grandpa in Rockwall, and see all of the cool plants and flowers in his backyard. Ethan loved picking up and "collecting" all the pretty rocks. Then we got to welcome a new friend to the USA. Katrin will be joining our extended family for 10 months all the way from Germany. We had a big welcome to America party and Anya (who is also from Germany and is one of our friends from Andy's work) and Jacob(her husband) came too! On Sunday we went to Joe Pool lake with "Unc" and Cari for a fun time swimming with the "ishes". Then on Monday we went to the Red Oak 2008 Pep Rally and got to see Auntie Hannah play in the band. (They are amazing by the way!!!!)Also, today our good friend Jennifer(also from andy's work) had a beautiful little baby girl, Madelyn Paige. I hope to have pics of her and Ethan up very soon! We hope all of you had just as much fun as we did! Hope to see you all soon!

Love,
ABE

Another fun evening at the DMA

Well guys, what another exciting week! We had a blast tonight at the Dallas Museum of Art Late Nights Gala. We were there from 6:00pm to 10:00pm and Ethan loved EVERY minute!! There was a 1920's style Jazz Band in the Main Foyer with Dancing and singing, it was so delightful and fun! Ethan had fun telling us about all of the colors in the artwork. Blue Momma Blue, Orange Nana Orange, it was so adorable! He started speaking in sentences this week, so that has made life very exciting, you never know what he is going to say next. He loves to say Momma (or Nana),I go to see Hannah at school? Meaning... Can we go see Hannah and the band play up at the high school and... Momma, Nana's house almost??. He is counting more and more, and loves to sing his ABC's. He can also sing, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little star and Deep and Wide. He is growing so fast, it is hard to believe!!! He is such the charmer too, he was waving hello and goodbye to every single girl/woman we saw at the Museum tonight and blowing them kisses... He had the ladies fawning all over him... What a goofy kid! All in All, if you ever get the opportunity to go out to the DMA for another Late Nights event, then please go, it is such an amazing experience for all ages.


Also, on another note... Andrew was asked to be a contributing writer for the American Institute of Architects Magazine, thanks to a nomination by Raymond. His first article is due October 24, and will be published in the January 2009 Issue. We are so proud of him, what an honor!

Well, it is getting late and I am exhausted from a long and busy week!
Hope to see you all soon!

Love,
ABE

FYI

Just a quick note, Ethan is not sitting in Dirty water in those pictures of him in the tub, he is in an oatmeal bath...

I have had several people ask me, so I thought I would let you know :)

See ya!

B

Houston Trip 2008 3 and Home, Sweet Home

Houston Photo Slideshow 2

Houston Photo Slideshow

Here are some of our Favorites from Today...

New Blog and Vacation

Alrighty guys...

Here is the new location of our Family Blog. I had issues with the other site. Please enjoy all the fun family photos! We look forward to seeing you all soon.

Houston Update:

Well we have survived the Tropical Storm Edouard. It wasnt so bad after all, and actually it is still raining pretty hard. None of the Museums we were supposed to go to today are open due to the weather, so we are hoping to check them out tomorrow. Today we drove around an saw Rice University, Lupe Tortilla, and the Rothko Chapel. Last night we had an awesome dinner at Yia,Yia Mary's absolutely amazing GREEK food. We went with Micah and Lara and had a Great time!

Love you all!

ABE