Christmas comes early...

well at least for us it does. We find out TUESDAY the sex of our baby! Of course all our friends and family will have to wait until Christmas to find out! Make your guesses now!

Jonathan turns the big 3 0 !

Life's been a little crazy lately and I have been neglecting the blog. But I thought I would post some pics from the past month or so.

For Jonathan's 30th birthday I surprised him with a night in Norman to see the Sooners kill A&M. Here are some of the pictures

Love is.....

saw this today and thought I would share:

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-Olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy - age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." Karl - age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy -age 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." Danny - age 7

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Bobby - age 7

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate," Nikka - age 6

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle - age 7

"My mommy loves me more than anybody . You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." Clare - age 6

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine-age 5

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris - age 7

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." Mary Ann - age 4

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren - age 4

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." Karen - age 7

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." Mark - age 6

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." Jessica - age 8

F stop and Shutter speed

So, a week into my new photo class and I am learning lots!! There is SO much to the techinical side of a nice camera. I am learning that the more techinical I can be, the better the pics are!

Here are some of them so far:

Although, this isnt the prettiest pic, I did win the pic of the night in class for my use of the "s" curve and giving the viewer a front and back door when looking at the pic. All that to mean that I was taking a picture at sunset (which was our homework) and the pic was the landscape that he was going to teach on last night so....... I am just THAT good! Just kidding. But it was nice to be singled out when walking in I wasnt thinking these were very good.

Here is a pic of Cooper.....Funny, at sunset, Jet is too dark unless you use a flash and from what I have learned a flash is a MAJOR no-no. That is how you tell the beginners from those that know what they are doing. Of course to get Cooper to sit still Jonathan had to tempt him with a shoe that he was throwing. I got him to sit long enough to get this one off.....too bad he has no neck :)

Also, only time you should take pics if you can help it is 30 minutes on either side of sunset and sunrise. Note, the soft glow on cooper :)

Summer is Softball time

Of course so is fall and spring. Thank God for winter :) Here are some fun pics from the softball fields.

Jonathan taking a rest from pitching. And then gets up to bat.

Walking out after a close game. Not used to losing, the guys lost by 1! Got them back this past week when they run ruled the same team.

So, for those of you who would like some light infertility reading I thought you would be interested in this. www.dallasivf.com

Happy reading. :)

Swimming with the hurds

The hurds came in town this weekend and we splashed around with them for awhile!

Collin is all smiles

Colby coming up for air!

Caden drying off

New Camera

Jonathan got me a new camera and although it's smarter than I am, I am having fun learning! Hopefully with the classes starting next month I will only get better!


Allies puppy, Sadie taking a break...Pic of ACU last weekend when Jonathan toured his college home....... Swim party with the Hurds......

Chase turned 1!