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Kate Amaris: Artist Extraordinaire

This is a photo that Kate took on Shawn’s iPhone recently.  She obviously blurred whatever she was looking at, but the resulting image was just too pretty to delete.  What’s amazing to me is that Kate’s a better artist on accident than her mommy ever is on purpose!!  :)

John Mayer Concert!!

Our wonderful friends, Jon and Terri, invited us to join them on the lawn at the John Mayer concert at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands recently. And it was A-W-E-S-O-M-E! It was HOT and it was HOT. And if you look at the picture here and see John in the middle, you’ll know [...]

Overheard at Our House II

Ethan was lying on the couch next to me watching tv when Shawn came over to tickle him.  Ethan was giggling uncontrollably when Karis marched over and pushed Shawn’s arm away from Ethan with a very stern look on her face.  Apparently she was trying to ‘protect’ her big brother from the big, mean Daddy. [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Corny Boy

Daddy’s My Hero

Kate turned to me today and said, “My Daddy’s my hero.”  So, I asked her to tell me more… Why is he your hero? “Because I love him.”  ”Because he helps me with spelling.”  ”Because he loves me.” What are some of your favorite things about Daddy? “He has fun with me and tickles me.” [...]