some belated photos

Here are some fun pics of Miles during all of our Christmas festivities. We sure did have a fun holiday!

Reading with Daddy

decorating the Christmas Tree!

We had a lot of fun decorating the christmas tree last week. Miles got to stay up a little late and help us out. He was such a good sport. He loved playing in all the ornament boxes. Here are some pics...






Merry Christmas Everyone!

Life

So life has been going by pretty fast lately. We are still in The Woodlands with my parents, which is great. Miles is having a lot of fun with his grandparents and it's nice to have help. We had a really nice Thanksgiving in Dallas with Corey's family. Miles had fun playing with his cousin Cade and getting to know all of Corey's family. We had some good family time and wonderful cooking! Now we are just getting geared up for Christmas. Miles is taking down the Advent calendar goodies each day, and counting down the days. It will be here before we know it. Here are some pics of Miles from Thanksgiving playing with his cousin Cade and some shots I took of him playing in the yard yesterday. Hope everyone is well and enjoying this glorious season.

The Owl Party!!

Miles's birthday party was so much fun! We had access to so many fine things (dishes and such) because we are at my parents and my mom is the queen of dishes! We spent all day Friday baking and getting ready for the big day. We made owl cookies, and I made Mile's owl birthday cake. It was so much fun to decorate and get everything in order. I was so thankful for my mom, she helped out so much. She even took Friday off to help which was so much fun! Thanks to everyone who came to his sweet birthday and for all the neat presents. Miles is so lucky to have so many amazing people to love on him. Miles, I will always remember your first birthday! What a special day! You are such a precious boy. I love you!!!!!

Miles turns 1!!!!!

Sorry I am so behind on things. Life has been pretty crazy lately and it's been really hard for me to find time to blog. We had a wonderful birthday week and weekend with Miles. His actual birthday was on Novemeber 13. We celebrated by waking up bright and early and going to The Egg and I for a pancake breakfast. Miles ate his very own pancake, which was a treat for him. We then headed down to Houston and took Miles to the Zoo. He loved it. He really liked the birds and the inside aquarium area. We had a lot of fun with him. Here are some pics from the day!







Happy Birthday sweet boy! We love you so much!!!!!

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Halloween and such

So we had a pretty fun weekend with Miles and the fam. Our Halloween was spent by first eating some really yummy Tortilla soup together as a family. Then we got Miles dressed so that we could go to all of two houses to trick or treat. It's not as fun as you think it's going to be trick or treating with an almost 1 year old. I think it's mainly because we had to hold him the whole time!! He was super cute though in his Charlie Brown costume. He looked just like him. On Saturday we made some really fun cookies and got to hang out with our friends later that night. Jen and Philip had a welcome party for us with lots of yummy food! It was fun to see everyone! On Sunday we went down to Rice Village to partake in the Swirl experience. For those of you who don't know what Swirl is...it's this amazing yogurt that is very similar to Pink Berry which is huge in LA and New York. It's a really fun experience because everything is self serve, so you get to help yourself to over 10 different flavors and then you get to top it with anything you want! It was a lot of fun! Here are some pics from our fun weekend! Hope everyone is doing great!!

Texas

So we made it safe and sound to Texas last Tuesday morning, early morning (2:15 a.m.). It has taken us a while to get settled but we are finally in a grove and enjoying being with family. I must admit I am very homesick for Asheville. You couldn't pick a harder time to leave that place, right in the peak of fall! The leaves are going crazy and fall is in the air. Luckily we've had pretty good weather here in The Woodlands. I'm actually wearing a coat right now inside my parents house because I can't seem to get warm. Anyways, not much is new. Corey is still trying to figure out what he is going to do. Miles is almost walking so that has been fun. He will randomly take a few steps, usually when no one is looking. He is having fun with my mom's dog, Sam. Well, I will leave you with some random pics of Miles. Hopefully I will start posting again soon, as many fun things are approaching. Miles is turning 1 in 2 1/2 weeks! Can you believe it!!!!!

These pics were taken in our neighborhood before we left Asheville!

A little Mason update

Sorry I have been neglecting the blog. We've had a crazy whirlwind of things happening around here. For those of you who don't know yet, Corey was laid off last week. We knew that it was coming but the reality of it stinks. We are doing fine considering the circumstances and just trusting that God knows what he is doing. Corey had an interview last Friday that went really well... we wil keep you posted on that. For now we are just trying to figure out what to do. Corey is looking for jobs and we've also put our house up for sell and rent on Craigslist. We just did that yesterday and we've already had calls and emails from people that are interested. It's such an amazing house, so I am confident that it will move. Corey finished the driveway and yard this past weekend. It looks amazing. What curb appeal. Well, I hope everyone else is doing well. Please pray that our house will sell/rent and that God will have his way in our lives.

I leave you with some random pics...

cool pic

Some of friends, Missy and Eric, came into town from Wilmington this weekend. We had a really fun time hanging out with them and catching up. Eric got this neat pic of the 6 of us hiking (Missy has a bun in the oven!). Miles looks like a little cub! Thanks Missy and Eric for coming to see us, it's always a lot of fun!