Weekend in Houston

John and I went down to Houston this weekend to visit John's side of the family. It had been 6 weeks since our niece Payton was born and we were really wanting to see her again. We stayed with Julie and Robert and had a blast as we always do at their house. Julie made us French toast for breakfast on Saturday and Blueberry pancakes on Sunday morning. We were definitely spoiled. We were able to spend a lot of time with Payton, Phil and Amanda. Payton is so sweet and dainty. We are not used to seeing babies in little girly clothes and headbands! Julie and Robert's baby Silas was his usual happy self and is growing so fast!
Our beautiful niece Payton. I loved her headbands!Aunt DeAnna with Payton
Uncle Dusty with Payton (John's family has always called him Dusty)
Julie and me at breakfast. Julie and Robert turned me into a coffee lover this weekend. I had like 4 cups each morning!

Phil (Daddy) and Amanda (Mommy)

Payton and Amanda
Silas is getting so big. He is such a good, easy going baby!

A Texas Cowboy

Tristan is 10 months old! Erica took these portraits of him and I think they turned out fabulous. He is such a funny and personable little boy. Great job on the pics, Erica!

Graduation Party

John finally finished his MBA program in August. He was not too interested in going to the graduation (even though I wanted him to :). So we compromised by having a family graduation party at the house. John's family came in from Houston and my family all came. We enjoyed having everyone in town to help us celebrate! Congratulations, John! I am so proud of you!


Nanaw and ShirleyJohn's dad and LisaMother and my cousin Todd



What was John doing here? Maybe a dance??
Silas and Tristan sharing toys. They became fast friends

Baby Payton is here!

Wow! I have not blogged in a while. The longer I go without blogging, the more intimidating it is to add a new post. I know, I am weird. I am a frequent procrastinator. Anyway, enough about my psyche. At the end of July, Amanda went into labor. John hopped on a plane to Houston and he was able to be their for the birth of our niece Payton. I drove down on Saturday morning and we were able to spend a few days visiting Amanda, Phil and Baby Payton in the hospital. She is a precious baby and Amanda and Phil are awesome parents to her. I can't wait till we see her again! oh, how I love being an aunt to precious babies!!