sam and erin

Monday, October 1, 2012

Sunday Treats

Sam and I have taken the challenge, along with my mom, to only have treats on Sunday. We have done it for two weeks and feel great. To get through the week we plan the most outrageous treats for Sunday. This week we made a giant chocolate cake with whipped cream and toffee. It was super good!

The sadly thing is left overs are useless as Monday forbids there eating. So we gave one half of our cake to the neighbors and the other to the missionaries. Our neighbor, Jennifer, was so surprised and said that no one had ever done something like that. In Utah goodies at your door is a regular, here it's a novelty.

I have been running each morning with James. There are trails every where in Flower Mound through beautiful wooded areas along streams and ponds and it is quite delightful. James loves the time in the stroller. Today we passed a pond where a mama turtle and a baby turtle were sitting on a log soaking up the sun together. It was really sweet.

We went to a festival in Lewisville this weekend called the Western Days Festival. There were tons of vendors, a car show, live bands playing, food booths, but no people. We felt really weird as we walked through a ghost town festival. The rain must have scared everyone away. After the no show festival, we met up with the Peets, family friends of the Powell's, who have also recently moved to Dallas. We had a very nice lunch with them.

James' hair is long enough to comb now and I think he always looks so handsome after a bath.

Monday, September 24, 2012

James Update

Here are a few recent photos of James for the grandmas.

Dallas Texas

We moved to Dallas, Texas! With this move I have been commanded to update my blog more often and I will try to please.

Last week we loaded all of our stuff into a uhaul with the help of Brian, Ross and Jake. Thank goodness for there help. Mary-Jane ended up cleaning my whole house, because I woke up with a horrible stomach flu and James had an eye infection. We were miserable, but everyone was so helpful. Thank you so much to all.
While everyone was loading and cleaning my mom was finishing up our couches. Sam's parents had given us there old couches, and my mom was recovering them. She did so much work and they look great.

It was two full days of driving to get here, with all three of us in the front of the truck. It was a tight squeeze. James was a sweetheart and laughed and slept the whole time. We only had a few times where he got upset.

Sam has started his new job as the manager of YESCO Dallas, a sign service and repair company. I have almost unpacked all our boxes and the apartment is starting to become our own. James is moving all over the place and has started a new habit of screaming out. It is a happy scream, but very loud.

The Garden we had to leave behind. It got flooded.

James and his sick eye.

Cute James.

A lot of work to do. As we were unloading the truck it was so humid and we were so tired I said a quick little prayer telling Heavenly Father it would be great if the missionaries walked by. Five minutes later who did we see across the parking lot- the Elders! We put them to work!

James is happy to be in Texas.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

3 Months

James is growing up too fast. He is now three months old!

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

British Field Day

We went the British Field Day. It is a British car show that is held in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City. Sam loaded up his dad's 1969 MGC to show off to all the other funny car owners. It is an interesting type of person that attends this type of car show. When I think car show, muscle shirts and Mountain Dew come to mind, but in this case there were more blazers, bow ties and Pierre. Russell met us there and we had a great time. James loved it.