Catch up!!

Sometimes I feel like the weeks are flying by and sometimes they seem very slow...this week is a slow one!!  But luckily I feel like I have time to blog today ;)   A couple weeks ago we went to the Texas Rangers opening day as a family.  This has become a tradition since Briley was 9 months old.  In fact she has not missed an opening day since.  Daniel and I will of course keep this tradition going and we can't wait to add Miss Delaney to the tradition next year.  Here are a few pictures from our day and a few from past opening days!!

She was so excited to watch the Rangers.   She thinks every sport/game on TV is her Texas Rangers!

Once we got to our seats she got a little distracted but peanuts and snow cones helped out...

Love this family pic :)

LOVE THEM!!

  Rangers Opening Day '10, '11, '12, and '13!!

Last week Briley had her very FIRST dentist appt.  I was pretty nervous.  I thought she would be difficult and I was afraid of the x-ray results.  I do not have good teeth genetically and I was hoping she did not inherit my bad teeth.  We checked in and they called us back with minutes!  She picked out the movie she wanted to watch while she was in the chair and had her x-rays done first.  Daniel and I got to go back with her and she did SO GOOD.  She seemed so big standing there getting x-rays, sitting in the dentist chair, and even using the sucker thing that cleans out the water in your mouth!!  As silly as it sounds I did get a little emotional...I was just so proud of her!!

Best part...NO CAVITIES!!!!  She picked out a pink toothbrush and a pink frog to play with in the bathtub.  We also took her to Target to pick out a special present from Mommy and Daddy!!  We were so proud of our big girl and I loved that Daniel could be there and we could experience this first big milestone as a family :)
On Sunday was mine and Daniel's 6th wedding anniversary!!  We ate dinner the night before and then spent Sunday at church and just relaxing in the afternoon.  We exchanged our yearly letters and added them to our heart box.  I can't believe we already have six letters to each other in the box.  I know they will be so neat for our children/grandchildren to look back on.  I'm so grateful our pastor challenged us to do that every year...I hope Briley and Delaney carry that tradition on with their future husbands.

So looking forward to year 7 and adding another sweet baby girl to our family :)   Today I had a doctor's appt. and Delaney once again looked wonderful.  God is continually over and over blessing us during this pregnancy.  I have to find a sign/make one to hang in Delaney's room that says "Prayer Works". God is so GOOD.  This little girl is growing A LOT.  They measured my belly today and it is measuring 32 weeks...but I will only be 27 on Saturday.  ;) I am so thankful but WOW.  With Briley I measured around 2 weeks ahead every time so I'm thinking Delaney will be a big girl just like her sister.     Before church this past Sunday :)

  Last but not least Briley had to bring something that started with the letter "x" today to preschool.  Of course x is a pretty hard show 'n' tell to come up with but Briley and I came up with the perfect idea...

The x-rays of her teeth!!  Her dentist office was kind enough to make us a copy to keep and she couldn't wait to show her friends at school her "sparkly teeth with no sugar bugs"!!   Have a wonderful Thursday!! ~Melissa

July 4th Weekend

Now that my San Antonio posts are completed I can get to our July 4th weekend!!  We had a great time with family celebrating our beautiful country!!

On Sunday, Daniel's dad, sister, and cousin came out to enjoy some hamburgers on the grill and the fireworks that are neighborhood puts on.  Daniel set up the swimming pool for Briley and we had so much fun watching her swim!!  This is our 3rd year of having fireworks in our neighborhood...the 1st year was the year Briley was born!!  I can't believe how fast time flies!!  Here are some pictures from our night :)

 After swimming we went inside and had some delicious hamburgers on the grill and then enjoyed some of the famous Chocolate Goodie that I spontaneously decided to make that day.  It is one of Daniel's Mom's recipes that she used to make for every special occasion and it is AMAZING!!!  I will definitely carry on her tradition and make it for our family often :)

After dinner and dessert we headed outside for sparklers and fireworks!!

For the 4th we had tickets to go see our one and only Texas Rangers!!  I was so excited to see them on the the actual 4th of July because of the amazing fireworks show they have and they did not disappoint...it was amazing!!!  Daniel, Briley, and I went to the game with my Mom (my Dad and brother were out of town), Daniel's dad, sister, and one of his sister's friends.  It was a great group and I got some great photos at the game...which is always a bonus for me :)

We have taken the same family picture at 4th of July 3 years in a row and I love looking to see how much Briley has changed...

In Christ's Love,

Take me out to the Ballgame

I love going to baseball games with Daniel and Briley.

We bought season tickets last year late in the season but this year we knew how much we would want to go and decided it would definitely save us more money to buy season tickets at the beginning.  When you have season tickets you get to know the people who have season tickets around you and there was a couple that sat by us last year that we saw last night and they could not get over how big Briley is from last season.  It is bittersweet when I hear that.

Here are a few pictures I snapped before we left and of course Briley was in no mood for pictures.  Wouldn't even look at the camera!!

Luckily I got a couple cute ones on my iphone at the game.  She was all smiles when we got there.  Briley is over the height limit so we have to purchase her a ticket now too...she LOVED having her own seat this time!!

What's a baseball game without a lemon chill??

Just a fun comparison...

I love making summer memories with my family.

In Christ's Love,