Monthly Archives: April 2019

Happy 5th Birthday Anna

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On Thursday, April 11th, we celebrated Anna’s 5th birthday with family members in SC. Anna requested a panda cake in honor of MyMy, her stuffed panda.

We started the day with going to the library to get Anna her first library card. She was very excited!


We had a special lunch for Anna with just our family. Then we gave Anna her gifts. I live our kids’ excitement when giving gifts.

In the evening, my two brothers and their families and Josh’s parents came to celebrate. There were a total of 11 cousins.

Anna is a delight and we are excited about seeing her grow as a 5 year old.

Texas 2019 (Week 3)

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On Thursday, March 28th, we drove from Lubbock to Alvarado to spend a few days with our friends the Martins. We became friends right after we both got married. Our families have grown in the past almost 11 years. So good to spend time with our friends.

Sunday afternoon we drove to the Dallas area to visit with the Kroegers, one of Josh’s PhD advisors. We had a lovely time visiting with them.

Monday we drove to Mississippi to visit with the Parkersons. Tuesday morning Dr. Parkerson checked all our teeth – no cavities. Thankful for their generosity to our family.

Wednesday morning we drove to Atlanta and arrived at Josh’s grandma’s to celebrate Josh’s 38th birthday.

Thursday, April 4th, we drove to Greenville, SC. We had another birthday celebration with Josh’s family.

Saturday as we headed out for another church we stopped by to visit Josh’s grandpa.

Thankful for a good trip to Texas – it was good seeing so many friends. Thankful for time with family.

Texas 2019 (Week 2)

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Train Ride

Our original plans were to head to Houston on Friday (March 22), but Karen convinced us to stay an extra day and have fun in Fort Worth. We had a great day at the Fort Worth Zoo with Karen and three of her grandchildren. Not only did Karen treat us to the zoo – but she also bought tickets to ride the carousel and the train AND bought ice cream. The kids were thrilled. (Thanks, Karen, for suggesting we do that, it was great!)

Saturday we drove to Houston and had dinner with our friends Michael & Katie and their son. So good to catch up with them.

Saturday and Sunday nights we stayed with the Kinghorns. The kids loved learning about honey bees!

We enjoyed our Sunday with North Houston Baptist Church and an afternoon and evening with the Brays

Monday (25th) we traveled back to the DFW area and visited with our friends the Woods. The Rylands came over for dinner as well.

Tuesday we drove to Lubbock to visit our friends the Siu. Lap helped Josh with his dissertation research on Vietnamese Jarai. On Wednesday we visited Texas Tech University Museum. We also visited the National Ranching Heritage Center. The kids loved seeing all the houses from to the old west.

Thursday we drove back to the DFW area.