Babies and Bowling

As we have previously posted about, we have tons of friends that are expecting babies. We've had two new additions within the last couple of weeks. Before we left for vacation, we went to visit Samantha Grace. This is the 3rd daughter for Chris and Ainslee Love.


On Thursday, our Sunday School class also welcomed Cadie Ann to the world. Tim and I went to visit on Friday night. Her parents are Texas fans so we are already trying to train her that no orange is good when it is burnt, GO VOLS!
To finish the night off, we went bowling with our small group to Alley Cats. We played three games. I , Jill, came in last all but one of those games. Yeah, bowling is not my best sport. However, Tim put in a great showing coming in second most of the games. Robert, one of our Sunday School teachers, is a bowling ringer! This is Natalie cheesing it up...
Tim, trying to scare off the competition...

And last but certainly not least, Robert, the bowling CHAMP!

Our Texas Vacation

Sorry for the long length of time between our posts. However, we have a reasonably good excuse...vacation. Tim finished his Turbo Hebrew class on Friday, Aug. 8 and we left for vacation the next morning. Last week was the only week we would be able to take a full week's vacation, and we did just that. We decided to stay in Texas and see some of the beauty that is in our backyard. Not literally in our back yard because that is quite dry and ugly at the moment. We had to drive 3 hours South/Southwest. We visited several towns within the Texas Hill Country (Burnet, Buchanan Lake, Enchanted Rock, Fredericksburg, Hunt, Boerne, Canyon Lake, Wimberley), San Antonio, and Austin. Here are some photo highlights of the trip.Hiking alongside Buchanan Lake at Canyon of the Eagles.


Sunset at Canyon of the Eagles


Hiking at Enchanted Rock


Enjoying German food (bratwurst and schnitzel) in Fredericksburg


The massive slide at Mo Ranch in Hunt, TX (enjoy Tim's facial expression; in my picture which is not posted for a reason, it looks like I am about to pop several veins in my neck)


Sunset at the Chapel on the Hill at Mo Ranch


Celebrating our 3rd Anniversary at Boudro's on the Riverwalk in San Antonio


The Alamo!!!


The Texas Capitol in Austin; Texas does everything HUGE


Oasis Restaurant on Lake Travis outside of Austin


It was nice to see Texas sites outside the DFW area. Despite the heat and lack of rain, there are some truly beautiful places. If you ever need a Central Texas travel itinerary, let us know!

A RANGERous Storm is Brewing

Tim and I had the pleasure of attending a Texas Rangers game tonight. The Rangers have been doing very well lately and are in the Wild Card race. One of the things we have enjoyed about the DFW area is all the activities, particularly sporting activities, that are available. We have attended both Mavericks and Rangers games since living in the area. Yeah, no Cowboys games yet. That would cost a small fortune...like any future children we may have.

Here is a picture of us near the start of the game. Special Note: please ignore the profuse amount of sweat because it was a cool 105 degrees when the game started at 7:05pm.

Currently, we are in talks with Rangers management to get free tickets because we are good luck charms. Each of the four games we have attended thus far have ended in a "W."

We sat in the second row of right field (thank you Robert and Tina) with a good view of the entire game and Murphy, the right fielder. Also, if you tune in to ESPN you might catch a few quick shots of us. There were only three homeruns hit near us! Here are some more pics of the game.
Yes, that would be Josh Hamilton (Christian and "real" Home Run Derby Champion)