January

Traveling back to SA for game night is one of our favorite things to do. 

Luckily we still live close enough to make this happen on a semi-monthly basis.

With the Larry's, The Watson's, and The Gardner's.

Visiting Grant at Grandview Hills Elementary for his 3d Grade Expedition.

Isaac chilling out in the van with a movie and pizza on the way home from a successful Costco venture. This is one of his favorite places to go!

HEB with it's Buddy Buck machine is another fav of Isaacs. Here he is getting an Instant Winner! 

Cul de Sac friends:

Amazingly we moved to Austin and immediately made friends with our next-door neighbor who, like William at Sable Crossing is one year younger than Sam and lives immediately to our right. We're super stoked to have friends to play with outside again!

Sid, Sam, and Grant

Isaac loving that his scooter helps him keep up with the big boys

A sport they came up with using a skate board that they have termed "butt boarding"

(I'm actually blogging this April of 2020 and a 13 y/o Sam and 11 y/o Grant walked by the computer, saw this pic and said: "oh yeah, butt boarding! Let's go outside and do that again!"

3 y/o Isaac took this one of me and did a pretty good job!

Oh Grant, I love your picture poses!

 Grant 3rd Grade Field Trip - The Austin Zoo

Brandon, Elise, Mya, Grant, Safa, Isaac, Aarya

Safa, Aarya, Grant, Elise, Brandon, Mya

 Lillie is so good about playing with Isaac. He's a poopy-pants sometimes despite how good she always is to him. Often though he loves it when she takes time to play with him.

 Pinewood Derby - 2018 - Grant - Bear Scout

Dad teaching G how to slick the nails so the wheels spin faster

Cheering for his car to come in 1st against Luke Sanchez

Luke Sanchez, Noah Hill, Bennett, Jack, and Megan Peterson, Houston Bourne, Grant

Bennett and Grant

     Lillie got a new camera for Christmas and is doing a lot to learn how to use it. One afternoon she took Isaac in the backyard for a fun photoshoot:

     Nana sent Isaac some money in the mail. That combined with his bday money was enough to do to the store to buy a fun toy. Where did he want to go? One of his favorites - HEB!

      One of Sam's old buddies from San Antonio moved up to Washington about a year before we came to Austin. For his birthday his mom brought him back down to hang out with old friends. Of course, we had to make the quick drive back for the night! Here they are having a blast at some jumping trampoline place:

Spencer, Harlan, Preston, Sam, Keith, and Keith's Bro! 

     Making sugar cookie "gingerbread men" for FHE

Jesus Want Me For Sunbeam - Isaac's 1st Day in Primary!

     Isaac wasn't sure what to think at first but then decided that he loved it! His teachers said that he got really involved with singing time and loved that he still got to be in class with his friend Sarah Jones and Tessa Orr.

Happy New Year 2018! Climbing Mt. Bonnell

     To ring in the New Year we went hiking with Aunt Katie for day at Mt. Bonnell. We love Austin and all of its amazing hikes. It's so much fun to explore our new city!